And the Winner is... ;)

I know who the winner is! You will find out about it in just a few lines. ;)

First of all, thank you for participating in my giveaway. I didn't even think that so many of you would like to join, and yet there were 72 participants! So, as the number exceeded 50, there are more prizes to get!

Not going to tell you to wait for longer. Let's start!

The first prize - all tutorials I have written so far - goes to number 47

ZELA from http://uzeli.blogspot.com

The second prize - 10 tutorials of your choice - goes to number 5

SILKE from http://silkes-perlendesign.blogspot.com 

The third prize - 5 tutorials of your choice - goes to numbers 32, 20 and 26

 Angelika Kurrle

 

misskitty

Marián from http://missbisuteria.blogspot.com

 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU!

The 2nd and 3rd prize winners are asked to contact me to my e-mail address eridhan@gmail.com with an information which tutorials you want me to send you. The first prize has just been sent to Zela - I hope you all will like the patterns. :)

But... It's not the end yet!

I wouldn't be myself if I didn't have another surprise for you. ;) No one can loose in my draw, so I decided to give one pattern to every other participant - that's my way for saying "Thank You" for reading this blog. So if you didn't win any 1st, 2nd or 3rd prize, you still get one tutorial of your choice. Only to make it easier for me, instead of sending me a message, go to the CANDY post, find your comment, click reply to this comment and type down which pattern you want. It will be delivered to you via e-mail as soon as possible. :)

Once again, thank you for visiting this blog and participating in the giveaway. THANK YOU!

And now I'm starting my vacation! Finally! I'll see you soon with more beaded jewelry then. ;)

Pastel rainbow necklace

Busy with crocheting some other necklace, but in the meantime you can see some other beaded crochet rope I have finished recently. This one soon will go to a friend of mine, so hopefully she will like it. It's a thick one, made with 20 beads per row, yet soft and flexible. Made entirely with Preciosa seed beads size 11 and accompanied by two round jasper stones. The total length of the necklace is 43 cm (17").

Oh, the pattern isn't mine, it was found somewhere in the internet. :)

And as today is the last day you can join my giveaway, tomorrow you can expect the results. So see you until then. :)

Back to beadweaving...

But only here, for the blog purposes. Just because there's a beaded pendant, made last month I think, that was waiting to be shown... In fact it was (and still is) waiting for a tutorial to be written... but it's far too hot here to work. So the tutorial will be prepared in the future, while the pendant can be shown even today. And since there's been nothing happening here recently (I'm so lazy, I know), I might as well do that. :)

The pendant is made with spikes, fire polished beads and Toho seed beads. It measures roughly 5 x 3,5 cm (1,96 x 1,37") without the bail.

Don't know about you, but to me it looks like a strange, multi-legged bug. ;D

I'm happy that so many of you want to participate in my blog candy. Well, there is already more than fifty people who joined the fun, so there will be more prizes for you to win. And there's still one week left, so if you haven't joined yet, better do that when you still have a chance. :)

And as it's finally not that hot here anymore, I'm going out to catch some fresh air. Have fun whatever you do and I'll see you later. :)

Copper and caffè latte

So here we have the third soutache pendant... It's actually a miracle that I have managed to finish it, since Leon, while running on the sofa, constantly kept stealing the cords. I've spent most of the time on fighting to get them back, so sewing the pendant has taken even more effort than last time. Good thing that neither Leon nor Strider were interested in the finished piece. They were too busy with biting the blanket. ;P

But enough about the rats, time to show the pendant, so here it is:

 

 

That will be a very short entry, looks like I have to go. Now. :/

 

Oh, but I'm happy to see that so many of you is interested in winning the tutorials! Anyway, I'll see you soon again. :)

 

 

 



CANDY!

I have been thinking for a while about it and finally have made the decision. Since Eridhan Creations will celebrate its 1st birthday by the end of this month, it might be a very good occassion for a blog candy! And considering that during the last year I have focused mostly on beading tutorials, this is what you can win. :)

The person who will be lucky to win first prize gets ALL tutorials I have written! - That makes over 20 patterns. :)
The second prize - 10 tutorials of your choice
The third prize - 5 tutorials of your choice.

If the number of participants is 50 or more, there will be more of the thirds prizes. :)

Of course, all the tutorials are digital copies (pdf files), just so you know. ;)

What you need to do:

1. Leave a comment under this post - if you don't have a Blogger account make sure that you leave your e-mail address.
2. Share this post on your blog/Facebook/Pinterest/whatever. You don't have to share it everywhere though, pick one and it still will be enough. ;)
3. Follow this blog and/or like Eridhan Creations on Facebook. It's not obligatory at all though, but I'll appreciate it. ;)

You can join by June 30th, midnight, Central European Time. Good luck. :)

Taming wild cords - part 2

Okay, after making the first soutache piece, I coudn't really stop too soon.That resulted in another pendant made with this technique. This time it took only something like 8 hours... and I didn't get enough sleep again last night. Looks like it's not really a technique for me. It is just too time-consuming, and my impatience simply doesn't allow me to stop in the middle of work and return to it the next day. So, either I will give up sewing, or I won't be sleeping at nights. Ah, sleep is a waste of time anyway. ;)

As it is only the second attempt at soutache, I didn't expect it to be perfect - and it certainly isn't  - still it looks a bit better for real than in the pictures. It is truly eye-catching though - and it will remain my new favourite pendant, at least until I make a new one. So, that means a couple of more days, I think. ;)

The pendant measures 6,5 x 5,5 cm (2,55 x 2,16") without the bail. Somehow it turned out to be the same size as the first one. That's the only thing they have in common though, as you can see from the pictures below. ;)

 

 

Also, it's nice to see new followers! I hope you are enjoying your time here. ;)

 

I'll see you again soon. :)

 

 

 



The beaded bead in a beading magazine!

I am proud to announce that my tutorial for a beaded bead has been published in a digital DIY Beading Magazine Issue 6, distributed via iPad Newsstand. Considering that Eridhan Creations will celebrate its 1st birthday later this month, I must say that it is the best present I could get. :)
I just feel honoured that it has been noticed by the editors and featured in their magazine. :)

You can read more about DIY Beading Magazine here.

Thank you, Jane and Isabel! :)