Bead Dreams CompetitionEach year, Bead&Button magazine sponsors Bead Dreams, a juried competition of exceptional bead artistry from around the world. We display the accepted pieces at the Bead&Button Show and award ribbons in nine categories.
We are pleased to announce that Fire Mountain Gems and Beads will again underwrite the top three Bead Dreams awards in 2012.
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads will sponsor the following prizes to the winners:
- $1,000 Fire Mountain gift certificate for the Best in Show
- $500 Fire Mountain gift certificate for the Best in Show runner up
- $500 Fire Mountain gift certificate for the People's Choice
In addition, we have underwriters for each category in the competition. Bead Dreams awards will be gift certificates from the underwriting companies. No cash awards will be issued. |
A unified collection of four or more buttons or beads in any media including but not limited to ceramic, raku, resin, bone, etc. (This excludes lampworked, glass, polymer clay, metal clay, and beaded beads.)
Sponsor: Artful Success
Booth: 433
1st Prize: $300
2nd Prize: $200
3rd Prize: $100 |
This category will include jewelry, accessories, handmade beads, jewelry-related objects, and sculptural objects that are made predominantly with wire or in which the primary techniques used are wirework techniques.
Sponsor: Beaducation
Booth: 534
1st Prize: $300
2nd Prize: $200
3rd Prize: $100 |
One piece or an ensemble of jewelry that is made from materials such as, but not limited to, glass beads, crystals, semi-precious stones, wire, metal clay, seed beads (piece must be less than 50 percent seed beads), found objects, etc.
Sponsor: Rio Grande
Booths: Located in the foyer near the Silent Aucation and Bead Dreams Display
1st Prize: $450
2nd Prize: $200
3rd Prize: $100 |
One piece or an ensemble of jewelry, including, but not limited to, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and rings predominantly made of machine-cut crystals. Jewelry made using fire-polished beads, or cathedral beads, should be entered in the Finished Jewelry category.
Sponsor: SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS
1st Prize: $450
2nd Prize: $200
3rd Prize: $100 |
Includes beads, buttons, components, jewelry, or jewelry-related objects that are 85 percent or more glass made by the applicant. Entries that use someone else's glass beads or components will be placed in the Finished Jewelry category.
Sponsor: Soft Flex Company
Booth: 525
1st Prize: $300
2nd Prize: $200
3rd Prize: $100 |
Includes beads, buttons, components, jewelry, or jewelry-related objects that are 85 percent or more metal clay.
Sponsor: Art Clay World
Booth: 509
1st Prize: $300
2nd Prize: $200
3rd Prize: $100 |
One piece or an ensemble of jewelry such as necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings, or sets of beaded beads predominantly made with seed beads or bugle beads.
Sponsor: Beadalon
Booth: 618
1st Prize: $300
2nd Prize: $200
3rd Prize: $100 |
Non-jewelry items or accessories, including, but not limited to, purses, shoes, sculpture, or wall hangings in any bead-related media.
Sponsor: Rings & Things
1st Prize: $300
2nd Prize: $200
3rd Prize: $100 |
This category includes beads, buttons, components, jewelry, or jewelry-related objects that are 85 percent or more polymer clay.
Sponsor: Fire Mountain Gems and Beads
Booth: 409
1st Prize: $300
2nd Prize: $200
3rd Prize: $100 |
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Important Dates:Online Registration Opens
Tuesday, January 10th at 12:00 p.m., CST
Meet the Teachers ReceptionSponsored by SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS
June 6, 2012, 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. ($13.00 per person)
Frontier Airlines Center, 1st Floor Ballroom
Item Number: B12TR
Public Shopping Show datesThe Bead and Finished Jewelry Marketplace opens June 8 - 10th, 2012. Admission $10. Discount coupon available here: Learn moreLampworking MadnessJune 8, 2012, 8:30 - 10:30 p.m. ($26 per person - very limited availability)
Frontier Airlines Center 3rd Floor, Show Hall D
Item Number: B12LM
Classes and Workshops
June 1 - 2: Preludes
June 3 - 5: Master Classes, Fundamentals, Moonlight Sonatas
June 6 - 10: General education classes
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