Seward Junior Women's Craft Show Tomorrow!

We are thrilled to be participating in a new show for us tomorrow in Seward, Nebraska.  Here is the link:
Seward Junior Women's Craft Show

We are located in the Harvest Hall.

Information

The Seward Craft Show has over 100 booths in two locations (Harvest Hall and Ag Pavilion) on the Seward Fair Grounds.
On average over 1,000 visitors attend our show each year.
Visitors are asked for $1 free will donation to attend the show.
Profits from the sales of the booths go back to multiple organizations in the Seward Community.
Food booth is located in the Harvest Hall (rolls, sandwiches, soup and beverages)
Coffee and rolls are sold in the Ag Pavilion
Crafters in the Ag Pavilion will have the option of having a sloppy joe meal delivered from the Harvest Hall

The show is sold out of booths and is two buildings FULL of HANDMADE crafts!  Chris will be torching and doing demos all day 9-3:30.  We have TWO booth spaces so we have plenty of room to set up all of our goodies!  Hope to see you there!

If you haven't bid on the Art Charm swap charm donations yet there is still time!  All proceeds go to Beads of Courage and you can bid here.

We donated a green eyed Batty Bat for the auction! 

Laughter Art Bead Charm Swap & Auction

I recently participated in the Art Bead Charm Swap hosted by Jen Cameron, Glass Addictions.  Our theme was "laughter" and our challenge was to create a charm that went along with that theme.  We had to make a charm for each member of our group (in my group there were 11 beaders), plus one extra for an Ebay auction benefits going to Beads of Courage.  If you are not familiar with Beads of Courage, here is a link to their website: Beads of Courage.  They are a wonderful organization and we have donated beads before to the cause.  So without further delay, here is what we created:

 A flutter of batty bats!  Chris made the lampwork bats and I did the wire wrapping (I had to order more Swarovski jet 4mm bicones after this project!).  Why did we choose batty bats?  It was almost Halloween, and these cuties make me giggle.  They bring to mind a Loony Tune cartoon, which involved a vampire and Bugs Bunny.  The vampire would say Hocus Pocus to be in human form and Bugs Bunny would say Abracadabra and the vampire would be changed into bat form.  Each transformation came more quickly and by the end of the cartoon, the bat looked like it had flown into a wall (though after a review of it on YouTube, the vampire had a stone block dropped on it in bat form)!   Each batty bat charm was attached to one of our Pixybug Designs pendant cards (which we order from Dolphin Bead Designs) and a business card.  The whole batch was then sent on to Jen.  She had the monumental task of sorting, dividing, and mailing the charms back to the individuals in the groups.  This swap was open to international participants as well.

This was the batch of handmade charms I received:

I like the smiling mouth the best.  Appeals to my quirky side!
 The charms in their packaging:

So there you have the results!  Now if you would like to help out, Jen will be posting the auctions for the Art  Charms at :

Auction Site: http://myworld.ebay.com/glassaddictions

The auction will go live at 3pm Eastern time today on Ebay.  Please bid often to help raise money for the Beads of Courage!
Stop by the other artists' blogs to see what they made!  Here is the list! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to bid on the charms in the auction to support Beads of Courage!

Participant link list:


Alenka Obid http://pepita-handmade.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-exchage-reveal.html

Alicia Marinache http://www.allprettythings.ca/2012/11/charm-swap-reveal-blog-hop-and-auction.html

Babette Cox http://babettecox.com/blog.htm

Carol Watson http://www.carolwatsonartglass.blogspot.com

Carolyn Chenault  http://carolynchenault.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/beads-of-courage-auction/

Cassi Paslick http://cassisbeads.blogspot.com/2012/11/beads-of-courage-charm-swap-reveal.html

Charlene Jacka http://clay-space.com/2012/11/early-christmas/

Cheri Reed http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/2012/11/to-participate-in-charm-swap-you-must.html

Cheryl McCloud http://cherylmccloud.blogspot.com/2012/11/charm-swap-reveal-blog-hop-and-beads-of.html

Deb Kauzlarich http://debkauzlarich.blogspot.com

Denielle Hagerman http://somebeadsandotherthings.com

Emma Todd  http://apolymerpenchant.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-swap-in-aid-of-boc.html

Erin Prais-Hintz http://treasures-found.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-swap-laugh.html

Ginger Bishop http://lilmummylikes.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-exchange-2012.html

Inge vonRoos http://ingetraud.wordpress.com

Jean Peter http://jeanpdesigns.blogspot.com/ http://jeanpdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/11/2012-charm-swap.html

Jeannie K Dukic http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog/2012/11/12/beads-of-courage/

Jennifer Cameron http://wp.me/p1xIa0-wn

Kia Dallons http://kiadallonsstudio.blogspot.jp/2012/11/laughter-is-best-medicine.html

Kimberly Roberts http://bahamadawn.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-swap.html

Kristi Bowman  http://dreamsomedesigns.blogspot.com/2012/11/charm-swap-reveal-hop.html

Lea Avroch http://lajewelrydesign.blogspot.com/2012/11/2012-beads-of-courage-art-charm-swap.html

Leslie Schenkel http://twistedchicken.wordpress.com/?p=171

Linda Florian http://www.lilysofthevalleyjewelry.blogspot.com/

Lori Greenberg http://lorigreenberg.com/blog

Lynnea Bennett http://designsbylynnea.blogspot.com

Mallory Hoffman http://rosebud101-fortheloveofbeads.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-time-has-come-art-charm-blog-reveal.html

Marcy Lamberson http://studiomarcy.blogspot.com/2012/11/charmed-by-minions-im-sure.html

Marsha Neal Studio http://marshanealstudio.blogspot.com/2012/11/charm-exchange-and-beads-of-courage.html

Maureen Connolly http://mrsbeadsley.blogspot.com/2012/11/charm-reveal.html

Melissa Meman http://melissameman.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-swap-blog-hop.html

Monique Urquhart http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.com/2012/11/charmed-im-sure.html

Natalie McKenna http://www.grubbi.co.uk/

Perri Jackson  http://shaktipajdesigns.com/11/blog/reveal-the-laughter-art-charms/

Renetha Stanziano http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-exchange-auction-and-reveal.html

Robin Koza http://www.robinkoza.com

Shaiha Williams http://shaihasramblings.blogspot.com/2012/11/art-charm-hop.html

Shannon Hicks  http://uptwnsh-fallingintothesky.blogspot.com/

Shelby Foxwell http://sundownbeaddesigns.blogspot.com/2012/11/charm-swap-reveal.html

Shelley Graham Turner http://shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com/2012/11/reveal-2012-charm-swap.html

Shirley Moore http://beadsandbread.blogspot.com/2012/11/beads-of-courage-art-charm-reveal.html

Stephanie Haussler http://www.pixybugdesigns.blogspot.com/ You are Here!!!

Susan Kennedy http://suebeads.blogspot.com/2012/11/beads-of-courage-charm-swap-reveal-and.html

Toltec Jewels http://www.jewelschoolfriends.com/2012/11/BOCArtCharmRevealBlogHop.html

Vanessa Gilkes http://culturezine.com/blog/

Chris's Great News

We were contacted a couple weeks ago by Diane Woodall from Soda Lime Times Magazine.  She came across Chris's Monster Finger Pendants on Etsy and they will soon be published in the magazine!  So EXCITING!  Here are some of the finger pictures Chris submitted and a few other Halloween goodies thrown in!

Traditional Monster Finger with Oozing Blood

 New Style Monster Finger with Oozing Blood AND Nail Art

 Traditional Creepy Lady Fingers with Oozing Blood

 Witchypoo (when finished she will have legs (wired) and feet (lampwork)).

 Gone Batty Bats for earrings/pendants

 Completed Lady Finger ready to wear

 Completed Monster Finger ready to wear

 Clump of  Fingers ready for wearing.

Gone Batty and Hanging with the Zombies

I mentioned the other day that Chris has a new design "Batty Bats" and he also made a Zombie guy (which strangely looks like one of Mina's teachers!)

Zombie Guy:

Batty Bats

We would love to hear what you think of the new designs!  The batty necklaces are fun, the bats hang from mono-filament line so the line disappears against your skin and makes them look like they are flying!  Chris designed both the bats and the necklaces and put them together while I was working on other things.