Cast your vote for November’s “Featured Product” contest winner!

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CAST YOUR VOTE NOW!

Submissions for Novembers’s Featured Product of the Month Contest are closed and the B3 team has done the difficult job of narrowing down the submissions to our group of finalists which means it’s time for YOU to cast your vote to determine the winner. This month, we challenged everyone to create something inspired by geometric shapes.  The results prove that, while we might use rings to create chainmaille, we are certainly not limited to circular results!

To share the survey, we recommend you copy the link to this blog post and use that in any emails, blog posts, or social media posts you’d like to make about it (we’ve noticed some weirdness in the past with sharing the link directly – it sometimes like to bump people out of voting that haven’t already.)

Get a sneak peak at the all of our finalists below:


                     

 

 

FEATURED PRODUCT FOR DECEMBER – Bright Aluminum Jump Rings


For December, we’re keeping it simple and looking for pieces created entirely from aluminum rings.  No color.  No mixed metals.  Just this simple and affordable material.  We know how versatile it can be and we can’t wait to see what you come up with to showcase how less can really be more sometimes.

December’s contest winner will also be the final one for the year to go on to the “Mailler of the Year 2012” contest!  In January, all 2012 winning pieces will go head to head to determine who will be crowned our new “Mailler of the Year”, winning a $100 B3 Gift Certificate and, of course, bragging rights for the year *wink*!


 

 

Chainmaille Starter Packs are here! Plus, Blog Hop & Giveaway

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“Chainmaille Starter Packs” have finally come to Blue Buddha and just in time for the holidays!  These new packs (which we think will also make great gifts!) contain everything you need to get started creating beautiful chainmaille jewelry.  Absolutely no guesswork involved!  We provide you with the tools we love for beginners, projects we know people can succeed at and even color customization we know will look beautiful together.  All you have to do is click!

 

Each Starter Pack is completely different from the next, allowing you to mix and match without any overlap in projects.  Our convenient Tool Pack is also kept separate so you won’t end up needlessly paying for extra tools over and over again just to get more projects.  Each pack is designed to take the user from complete novice to at least an intermediate level.  The largest pack (the “Scholar” Pack) even takes people past intermediate and closer to advanced.  Each pack also comes with a handy “Get Started Guide” with tips for how to hold your pliers and open and close your jump rings properly.  Also included is a bag of practice rings so newbies can try their opening and closing skills without damaging the rings in their project kits.

We are ridiculously excited about these packs (in case you couldn’t tell!)  We’re also excited because, in honor of their release, we have organized a blog hop and giveaway! Between November 14th and 21st, seven awesome blogs will be making posts featuring our starter packs as well as personal stories from the writers about their experiences with chainmaille.  We can’t wait to read all these posts and we know you’ll love them too. Not to mention that each blog post offers the chance to enter to win a kit for our “Shaggy Loops” project, customized with any two colors you like.

Here’s the list of where you can find each post.  We’ll update it each day with links to the posts as they are published so check back often to see the stories and enter to win the giveaway!

Wednesday, NOVEMBER 14TH
The Beading Gem’s Journal

Thursday, NOVEMBER 15TH
Beading Daily Blog

Friday, NOVEMBER 16TH
Angelica Brigade Blog

Monday, NOVEMBER 19TH
Handmade Artists Forum Blog

Tuesday, NOVEMBER 20TH
ChiIL Mama Blog

Wednesday, NOVEMBER 21ST
Lovestruck Jewelry Blog

 



But wait, there’s more!  Comment** on THIS POST though midnight CT on November 28th for your chance to win our Grand Prize Giveaway: an “All-in-One, Easy Start to Chainmaille” pack.  This pack comes with two pairs of pliers, a mini bead mat and kit and instructions for one of our most popular projects, “Celtic Visions” bracelet.  We’ll choose one lucky winner on the 29th – it could be you!

 

**Please note: Your comment may not appear right away.  In order to prevent spammers and robots from taking over our giveaway, we must approve comments, particularly from folks who have not commented on a previous blog post.  We will do so frequently throughout the day, so we’ll get to yours soon!


Customize December’s “Maillers’ Choice” kit!

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B3’s “Maillers’ Choice” kit continues to be a hit! So much so that, in order to make sure our inventory can keep up with the popularity of these kits, we have bumped up voting by a month. Below you can vote for the kit we will release in December.


For December, we’re inviting you to customize a special kit for a Double Spiral necklace (or two bracelets if that’s more your style). This is a great project, especially for beginners.  We love it as a necklace because it’s detailed but not too ornate for those who prefer a subtler look.  Vote on two colors or metals you’d like to combine into one stunning piece similar to the example below.  Or, choose your favorite base metal and one color for even more contrast!


Congratulations to October’s “Featured Product” contest winner!

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Voting for October’s Featured Product of the Month contest is officially closed and the winner as chosen by you is……

 

Lindsay L. with her piece “Shelob’s Snare”


Congratulations, Lindsay! Your creativity has earned you a B3 gift certificate for $25! To claim your prize, please send an email to [email protected].

 

 

FEATURED PRODUCT FOR NOVEMBER – Geometric Shapes


For November, we want to see just how creative you can be with a bunch of circles when it comes to creating geometric shapes. Pieces can be symmetrical or abstract, straight-edged or curved – whatever you can imagine! Just make sure shape is the focus. Happy Weaving!

As a special bonus prize for this month, the winning piece will be featured as our cover photo on our page on Facebook*! Just a little extra motivation to be creative this month *wink*.

*Pleas note that, in order to prevent false advertising, we can only feature pieces created primarily with Blue Buddha product. Thank you for understanding!