What kinds of projects do you think we should create?

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survey-pieWe do our best to create products based on customer ideas and feedback as often as we can.  Often, we’ll post questions or photos to the Blue Buddha Boutique page on Facebook to help us figure out what you would like us to create to keep you growing as a mailler.  Below is a link to a survey all about B3 projects.  Wish we had more beginning level projects?  Want more necklaces?  Think we should be tackling certain weaves?  This is your time to let us know!

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Click the button above to complete this quick 8-question survey.  Should you have ideas or suggestions that don’t fit into the survey, you can always contact us at [email protected].  Thanks in advance for your feedback and stay tuned to see what we release next!

YOUR idea could become a B3 Tutorial!

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Last month, we added some extra-LARGE rings to our inventory after they proved to be super-popular in one of our sales.  These rings are so cool, we want to create some project tutorials and kits just for them.  That’s where you come in.

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We invite you to submit your project ideas for these BIG rings.  Projects can be bracelets, earrings, pendants, necklaces, rings, sculptures, you name it!  The project must use one or more of the following sizes:

CC16 (16ga 1/2″ / 16ga 12.7 mm)
CC14 (14ga 1/2″ / 14ga 12.7 mm)
KK16 (16ga 5/8″ / 16ga 15.9 mm)
KK14 (14ga 5/8″ / 14ga 15.9 mm)
SS14 (14ga 3/4″ / 14ga 19.1 mm)

To submit your idea, you’ll need to complete our project proposal form which includes basic information about the project (materials list, description, etc.) as well as information about how you’d like to be involved with making the tutorial (providing photos or instructions or having us do all that.)  You will also need to include up to 3 photo of the finished piece.

GO TO THE PROPOSAL FORM

Submit your idea to us by 5pm CT on June 30th to be considered.  If you have questions or need assistance with your proposal, you may send us an email at [email protected].  Learn more about what it means to work with Blue Buddha to create a chainmaille tutorial in our FAQ.

Happy Weaving – we can’t wait to see what you create!

 

Cre8time Project: Orbital Earrings

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This month, we’re Cre8ting time for maille here in Chicago AND in Milwaukee, WI at the Bead&Button Show.  If you’re at the show, you can stop by our booth to create the project below for FREE (along with 3 others).  Not at the show?  No problem.  Check out the instructions below and put together these fun earrings wherever you are!

Orbital Earring

by Omni Mee

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Materials List:

10 large jump rings
T16 anodized aluminum
T = 3/8” (9.5mm), 16ga = 1.6mm
2 earwires

Note: You will be working from the bottom of the earring to the top.


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1. Pre-open 2 rings and pre close 3 rings.






2. Hold one closed ring with the tips of your fingers, while also balancing another closed ring directly on top.






3. Weave an open ring through the balanced ring, while also scooping through the ring you are holding.













4. Close the open ring. Note how the ring you balanced on your fingers is now orbiting around horizontally.






5. Holding the weave that was just completed, carefully balance your last closed ring on the top most ring.






6. Weave your last open ring through the balanced ring, while also scooping through the ring you are holding.







7.Before closing, slide the earwire on. Now close the ring.

Vote to customize July’s “Maillers’ Choice” kit!

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Below you can vote for the kit we will release in July.


Love “Maillers’ Choice”?  Join the club!  Subscribe to receive every “Maillers’ Choice” kit automatically to your mailbox each month.

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Below, you can vote to customize our newly revamped “Mobiused Rosettes” kit! This beginning level project was Rebeca’s first published tutorial and was revamped for the 2013 Bead&Button Show.  For July, we’re making this weave extra fun with colorful anodized aluminum.

 

Finishing your “Spiked Cuff” bracelet

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We just released a B3 tutorial for Rebeca’s “Celtic Spikes” bracelet and included a few bonus variations on the weave to keep your imagination flowing.  We got such a strong response from our community on Facebook about the “Spiked Cuff” variation that we had to release a limited time kit for it.

You can grab your “Spiked Cuff” kit in the project section of our website through the end of June.  To finish the piece perfectly, follow the diagram below.  Happy Weaving!

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H18 rings (shown in blue)
H = 3/16″ (4.8 mm)
18g = 0.048″ (1.2 mm)

D18 rings (shown in green)
D = 1/8″ (3.2 mm)
18g = 0.048″ (1.2 mm)