Enter a summer beading contest ~ Use the Muse II

Have you heard of the Use the Must beading contest? Well, the second one - Use the Muse II - is now underway and its founder, Scarlett Lanson, invites you to participate!

Scarlett's vision in creating Use the Muse was to offer a contest that all types of beaders could join and – importantly – would run over a shorter period of time than most of the “big” annual contests that you read about in beading magazines. At the same time, she wanted to create a real contest with valuable prizes that winners could put to good use. Somehow she got it all organized, brought in reputable supplier-sponsors to help out, and made it happen.

Here’s how it works. In order to enter, you must purchase a contest kit ($30 plus $5 shipping) that you use to create your entry. (Everyone’s kit will be the same.) You can use the beads and components in the kit along with other materials in your stash, and you don’t even need to use all of them except for the most important part of the kit, which is the “muse.” The muse is the central component of your design, and you should keep secret exactly what it is until the end of the contest. (However, everyone has a hint at what style it’s going to be, since Scarlett has disclosed that it'll be from the Lillypilly line; in fact, it's a custom design made specifically for the contest.)

The sponsors of Use the Muse II are Artbeads.com and Rainbows of Light, and the prizes are definitely valuable – you can read all about them here. If you’d like to enter, you need to order your kit by June 27, 2009, at the latest (there is a limited number of kits, and they could potentially run out before then.) The deadline for finishing your design and submitting your entry form is Saturday, July 18.

The winning entries will be posted on Scarlett’s website, and I look forward to seeing them. If you’d like enter, click here to review the official rules, and then here to order your kit. Good luck!

Comments

[Sherry]

this is fun but I dont know about beading anyway blog at my blog to inform reader. I think some of them know about beading. :)