Bead-U-t-full Weekend

Greetings,
Another Bead-U-t-full weekend!  I found a couple really cool Butterfly patterns from Betty J Hauser.  There are several Free Patterns some of which are Patriotic on her page here:
http://www.beadpatternsbybetty.com/id83.html

These are 2 inches wide by about 1 inch high, they can be made into Pins, Earrings, Barrettes, or just sewn onto clothing like patches. 
I have had a couple sales in the NEW Pattern shop on Craftsy, you can follow the link from the banner on the right side of the blog page here if you haven't checked it out yet.  The Free Military patterns are going like hotcakes as well in there.

I was invited to and have joined a Guild, the "Artfire Beadweaver's Guild".  I am excited about participating there, always Love to learn new things, meet new people, and share Wonderful beadwork.  If you want to join this guild on Artfire, click on the ABG logo on the right side of the page.  I have comprised a Great Collection of Beadwork from Artisans in the Guild.  I explain this collection as: The Colors from the Six Directions... I have Always used Opaque Traditional colors in my beadwork, but I am now starting to dabble in the many colors of Delica! 

I had fun with this gif generator from an app for the Chrome Browser. 

I hope everyone has a Wonderful 3 Day weekend, as for me its....

                                                                                                                                                                     .............Back to Beading!
                                    

Six Directions Beadwork

  Curated By: SixDirections...

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Handmade Gifts  

Sneak Peek Pre-Opening Special** Spiderwrulf NDN Supplies

9 days left !

There are 9 days left to enter to win a Dragonfly Angel Ornament.  Please see the original post to enter (and see additional ways to enter) here: http://blogg.sixdirectionstraders.com/2011/10/first-giveaway-dragonfly-angel.html

                        

  

I have signed up to use Random Picker to choose the winner.  The protocol there is on this page:
http://www.randompicker.com/protocol.aspx?key=2298x96447

I am working on the Supplies shop which will be hosted and part of www.SixDirectionsTraders.com Be sure to let me know if there are any supplies that you would like to see us carry. I know that some of the places we go to pow wow do not have supply vendors and I want to start providing this service. Especially for the people that need specific "Special Order" items. I will have more specifics on this as the site builds. You can get a sneak peak here:

http://www.sixdirectionstraders.com/ndnsupplies/

Spiderwrulf NDN Supplies

All Supplies available for sale so far are listed in our "By These Hands" online shop until about mid November at this link:

http://spiderwrulf.bythesehands.com/

**The "Special" is FREE SHIPPING on the Supplies category until the end of the year! Click the spider to shop~~~~>    //^@^\\

You have to sign up for Free with "By These Hands" in order to make a purchase from that shop, which is another reason I am going to host my own onine shop here.  "By These Hands" is a quick, safe,  and easy online e-commerce shop site, but I am going to try and host the entire shop myself. 

One more thing today before I close, If you were ever thinking about getting a website hosted yourself, Hostmonster.com has quite a special going on right now for $3.95 per month good until 31 October 2011.  I have been very Happy with what I get for the money at Hostmonster, I have been with them for several years now. 

http://www.hostmonster.com/

First Giveaway ~ Dragonfly Angel

I have been tossing around the idea of a Giveaway for some time... Now that I have brought back the Dragonfly Angel, I think I will give it a go! 

This is the Giveaway Prize!

Background:
This year has been important in my life, I lost my father to Cancer 22 years ago.  He was a Jeweler and very much an inspiration in my life.  I am the only one of his 4 children that has pursued the Artistic qualities handed down to us.  I have realized that from this point on, I will live longer without my father than with him.  His birthday would have been November 6 and he would have been 83 this year.  THUS, the ending date for the Giveaway.
 
How to Enter:
Want to win? Now through 11:59pm EST 6 November 2011 you can enter to
win a Dragonfly Angel!
To enter this contest, simply leave a comment on this blog. Please remember to leave a way for me to contact you if you win. Your contact information will only be used for acquiring your address information should you win this contest.
 
For additional entries:
1. Tweet this contest. Comment here with your twitter name.
2. Become a fan of SixDirectionsTraders on Facebook and leave a comment about the Dragonfly Angel on there.
3. Blog about this contest. Comment here with a link to the blog
post.
4. Follow this blog with an email subscription.
5. Visit Six Directions Traders shop to see what your favorite item is, then leave the comment here.

6. Make a purchase in the shop and you will automatically get 5 extra entries. 

Notification:

By random draw, we will choose an entry and notify the winner through email (or method given in entry to contact you.)  If winner does not respond within three days, a new winner will be chosen.

Each one comes with this printed card

Good Luck!