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  10.24.2008 | by Ann Dee Allen

  New Forum for jewelry designers

  We’ve opened a new Forum on BeadAndButton.com for participants in the joint ISGB-Bead&Button project Convergence: Contemporary Jewelry Design with Art-Glass Beads. It's not really meant to be an administrative space for questions about the processMore Tags: Creativity, trends, Behind the scenes, lampwork, ISGB, competition, jewelry design, Bead&Button Show, Bead Dreams, choosing materials, art glass beads, beadwork, Bead&Button Magazine, bead news, color palettes, Larry Scott, Bead&Button Show 2009, beading competition, jewelry competition, Bead&Button, glass beads, International Society of Glass Beadmakers, BeadAndButton.com, inspiration, lampworked bead, jewelry

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  07.11.2008 | by Ann Dee Allen

  Enter a Bead Society jewelry-design contest

  The Bead Society of Greater Washington and the Bead Museum in Washington. D.C. have launched the first annual International Juried Jewelry Design Competition. The contest has 12 categories and a deadline of July 25, 2008, so you have a little time toMore Tags: Creativity, metal clay, competition, jewelry design, crystal jewelry, bead stitching, seed beads, culture, history, beadwork, Jewer

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  06.01.2008 | by Ann Dee Allen

  The lights are on at the Bead&Button Show!

  Today is the first day of workshops at the Bead&Button Show, which features seven days of immersion in jewelry-making, shopping, and socializing! It's the best and biggest bead show in the world, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. I wishMore Tags: Creativity, trends, 2008 Bead&Button Show, competition, Artist interviews, Bead&Button Show, workshops, Bead Dreams, Bead Artists Against Breast Cancer, Beaded aquarium, Bead Social, Bead Auction, art glass beads, Bead&Button Show 2008, classes, Show Us Your Stuff, beadwork, Bead&Button Magazine, shopping, June 2008 Bead&Button, silent auction

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  03.24.2008 | by Ann Dee Allen

  Swarovski's Create Your Style crystal jewelry competition

  Swarovski is looking for entries for its annual Create Your Style contest. Do you have a concept for a beautiful jewelry, home decorating object or paper craft made with Swarovski crystals? Your project must be 80 percent Swarovski crystals, but afterMore Tags: Creativity, competition, jewelry design, crystal jewelry, crystals, beadwork

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  09.10.2007 | by Anna Draeger

  Swarovski Design Contest 2007

  Earlier this year, I spent months making this necklace: Designing it, stitching it, taking out the work, and then beading it again. Then I entered it in the Swarovski Bright and Beautiful Design Contest 2007. Although I didn’t win, I’m glad that I wentMore Tags: Creativity, competition, jewelry design