Contest winners!

Post by: Traci - 03:50 PM

The voting is over, and the winners are...

1st place: The 80's (Sarah) with 122 votes
2nd place: Gulf Coast Flowers (Susan) with 38 votes
3rd place: Billboard top 100 (Brenda) with 30 votes

Thanks to all of you for the submissions, and for voting! I got some really great name ideas from this, and I've already used a few.

Detailed submissions for naming contest

Post by: Traci - 01:45 PM

Ok, it's time for the poll!

We're finishing up the poll and it will be right above this blog entry when it's finished, likely within the next couple of hours.

The poll will show the person's name, and the theme name. There are too many examples listed for each person to put specifics on the poll, so all of the specifics are listed below.

Voting will end on May 30th, and winners will be announced on May 31st. You may vote once every 24 hours with a single IP address.

1st place: 2 free sterling cored beads from my store
2nd place: 1 free sterling cored bead from my store
3rd place: $10 credit towards your next purchase

In case you're wondering what you're voting for, the May 5th blog entry explains it all. These are submitted ideas for themes for naming my beads :)

The detailed submissions are as follows:

Andrea W. - Wine Names: Cabernet, Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot, Riesling, Muscat, Garnatxa, Barbera, Seyval, Mataro, Mourvedre, Tempranillo, Zinfandel, Inzolia, Cereza, Marsanne, Rousanne, Semillon, Burgundy, Borgogne, Bordeaux, Paulliac, Pomerol, Rhone, Mosel, Santorini, Tyrol, Barolo, Andalusia, Aragon, Catalonia

Brenda C. - Billboard Top 100: Sleepy Lagoon, Swingin’ on a Star, Symphony, Blue Tango, All Shook Up, Summertime, Tequila, Surf City, Blue Velvet, Hanky Panky, Wild Thing, Cherish, Good Vibrations, Ruby Tuesday, Penny Lane, Light My Fire, Crimson & Clover, Dizzy, Aquarius, Superstition, Sundown, Lady Marmalade, Rhinestone Cowboy, Afternoon Delight, Dancing Queen, Heart of Glass, Hot Stuff, Rapture, Centerfold, Ebony & Ivory, Eye of the Tiger, Abracadabra, Maneater, Billie Jean, Flashdance, Maniac, Karma Chameleon, Footloose, Invisible Touch, True Colors, La Bamba, Faith, Roll With It, Kokomo, Escapade, Ice Ice Baby, Macarena, Wannabe, Hypnotize, Promiscuous, Viva la Vida, Poker Face, Fireflies

Cara H. - Aboriginal places: Katoomba, Parramatta, Wagga Wagga, Yackandandah, Echuca, Coolamon, Murrumburrah, Warrimoo, Gumly Gumly, Lightning Ridge, Grong Grong, Mangoplah, Gundagai, Ulladulla, Wollongong, Broken Hill, Kurrajong, Bilpin, Batlow, Junee

Charlena S. - Metallica Songs: nothing else matters, don't tread on me, whiplash, metal militia, jump in the fire, hit the lights, poor twisted me, trapped under ice, fade to black, ride the lightning, fight fire with fire, the struggle within, where the wild things are, attitude, prince charming, the memory remains, devil's dance, the frayed ends of sanity, eye of the beholder.

Cindy T. - Beatles Songs: Lucy in the Sky, Strawberry Fields, Day Tripper, Octopus's Garden, Across the Universe, Carnival of Light, Blackbird, Cayenne, Eleanor Rigby, Glad All Over, Helter Skelter, Here Comes the Sun, I Am The Walrus, Let it Be, Looking Glass, Mr. Moonlight, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Penny Lane, Yesterday

Daphne V. - Exotic fruit & vegetables: mango, rambutan, mangistan, papaya, durian, jackfruit, tamarillo, passion fruit, Lychee, starfruit, mangosteen, kumquat, durian, dragon fruit, Langsat, Sugar Apple, Guava, Salak, Santol, Tamarind

Darree P. - Artist's Last Names: Picasso, Pollock, Kandinsky, Rothko, Matisse, de Kooning, Klee, Miro, O'Keefe, Cassatt, Gorky, Johns, Motherwell, Rauschenberg, Renior, Van Gogh, Degas, Chagall, Cezanne, Calder, Mondrian

Elaine S. - Movies: You can use a movie as the bead series name, then terms, etc., related to the movie that are appropriate to the bead design. For example, in a "Wizard of Oz" theme, you could name a red dichro bead such as you made me "Ruby Slippers", a yellow bead could be "The Scarecrow's Straw", green bead could be "The Wicked Witch", a blue water-color bead could be "Trouble for the Witch", etc. For a "2001: A Space Odyssey" series, you could make a reddish bead and call it "HAL" (for his red sensor), blue/purple beads could be named with astronomy terms, etc. A "Gone with the Wind" series could feature a green bead named "Scarlet's Curtain Dress", a red bead could be "Scarlet", a white-shaded bead could be "Rhett's suit", etc.

Julia T. - Peace and Harmony: paz, dancing in the rain, namaste, breathe, inspire, meditation, day dream, unity, dream weaver, dream catcher, believer, optimistic, happy dance, grateful, thankful, sweet dreams, butterfly kisses, going green, organic, balance, ying yang, one love, you are my sunshine, eracism

Lauren - Pirates: Pieces of Eight, X Marks the Spot, The Black Flag, Pirate Ship, Gilded Cutlass, The Black Spot, Davy Jones' Locker, The Mermaid's Tail, Eye of the Kraken, Treasure Map, White Shells, Pipe of Clay, Moonlit Bay, Black Lagoon, Bones 'n Beaches, Black Powder, Golden doubloons, Parrot, Spaniards, Crow's Nest

Lin - London landmarks: Dorchester, Savoy, Ritz, Buckingham, St James, Obelisk, Marble Arch, Pall Mall, Trafalgar, Piccadilly, Carnaby & Camden, SoHo, ChinaTown, Serpentine, Thames, Hyde Park, Mayfair, Kensington, Chelsea, Westminster

Lorene H. - Dr. Seuss characters: Bim, Bingle Bug, Bippo-No-Bungus, Birthday Honk-Honker, Blindfolded Bowman from Brigger-ba-Root, Blinn, Pinner, Blogg, Bloogs, Bofa, Bolster, Bombastic Aghast, Briggs, Brown Bar-ba-loots, Brutus, Bumble-Tub Club, Captain of the Guards, Cat in the Hat, Catfish, Chief Yookeroo, Chief-in-charge-of-fish, Chippendale Mupp, Chuggs

Maria - Roses: tea roses, Alister Clarks, felicia, kazanlik, lamarque, quatre saisons, honeyflow, copelia, new dawn, seagull, safrano, restless, sunlit, gladsome, daydream, mermaid, scabrosa, ispahan, leda, nihpetos, souvenir d'un ami, moonlight

Paula E. - Caribbean: Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Curacao, Martinique, Nevis, Saba, Tobago, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, plus all the Sts. like St. Martin, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, Prickly Pear, Necker, Guana, Great Dog, Fallen Jerusalem, Honeymoon, White's Bay, Half Moon, Cinnamon Bay, Whistle, Hibiscus, Anegada, La Sagesse, Manzanilla, Anse Chastanet, Morne Rouge, Smugglers Cove, Cane Garden Bay, The Baths, Red Hook Landing, Mongoose Junction, The Sugar Mill, Nelson's Dockyard, Old San Juan, Devil's Bay, Rain Forest, Goldeneye, Caneel Bay, Little Dix Bay, The Bitter End, Sandcastle, Drake's Anchorage, La Samanna, Cap Juluca, Golden Lemon, Jumby Bay, Portofino, Blue Water's Inn

Penny J. - Sea & Celestial: squall, splashy, abalone, sea mollusk, sea anemone, sea urchin, sea weed, oceanic, sea shore, sea gull, sandbar, seascape, shock wave, sea board, sea coast, sea horse, rough waters, seafaring, coastal, shipwreck, tides of the sea, tide water, sails, soupy sails, choppy waters, sea water, watercolor, sea bird, ship shape, shock wave, surf's up, sunlit, sunlight, surfer joe, shooting star, cosmos, milky way, meteor, meteoric, meteorite, meteoroid, star burst, starboard, starlight, galaxy, galactic, cosmic ray, starry night, twinkling star, micro burst, atomic, bedazzle, avalanche, shimmer, sparkles, sparkly

Robin D. - Angel names: Abdiel, Azrael, Balthial, Barchiel, Cassiel, Cherubim, Dina, Ecanus, Ezekiel, Gabriel, Gazardiel, Haniel, Iofiel, Jophiel, Kakabel, Lailah, Manakel, Micah, Muriel, Nisroc, Omniel, Paschar, Qasphsiel, Ramiel, Raziel, Sachael, Seraphiel, Uzziel, Valoel

Sara B. - Texas Rivers: Angelina, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Frio, Red, Rio Grande, Trinity, Llano, Navidad, Paluxy, Lampasas, Concho, Colorado, Nueces, Pecos, Medina, Leon, Guadalupe, San Saba, San Jacinto, Sabine, Wichita

Sarah - The 80's: Purple Rain, 16 Candles, Rubiks, Simon, Duke Boys, Pebbles, Superman, Wonderwoman, Dino, Punky, pacman, Mrs pacman, Frogger, Save Ferris, Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Tootsie, Mogwi, Gremlin, Dundee, Etch, E.T., Q Bert, Atari, hairspray, Funkytown, Pop Muzik, Doves Cry, Egyptian, Popeye

Shannon L. - Sex and the City: Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, Samantha, Big, LV, Cosmo Martini, Poolside, Sparkle, Decadence, Arabian Pleasure, Champagne, Dior, Soul mates, Girls Rejoice!, Savvy Style, Manhattan Skyline, Central Park, Fate, Poochi, Goochi, Whirlwind, Fairytales come true, Hot Flash in the Desert

Sue Lynn - Perennials and Annuals: Honey Suckle, Silver Lace Vine, Wisteria, Black Eye Susan, Pachysandra, Fuji Mumm, Cora Bell, Forget-me-not, Coreopsis, Bee Balm, Lamb's Ear, Iris, Phlox, Orange Poppy, Lily of the Valley, Cone Flower, Sweet Woodruff, Apricot Yarrow, Toad Lily, Trillium, Jack in the Pulpit, Wild Ginger, Punch Impatience, Sweet Potato Vine, Purple Wave Petunia, Blue Salvia, Red Salvia, Gold Marigolds, Pink Zinnia's, Sunflower, Bachelor's Buttons, Dusty Miller, Pink Verbena, Red Begonia, Purple Dahlia, Red Dianthus, Yellow Gerber Daisy, Peach Snapdragon, Periwinkle, Moonflower, Fuchsia Geranium, Orange Nasturtium

Susan G. - Gulf Coast Flowers: Louisiana Iris, Voo Doo Magic, Creole Rhapsody, Praline Festival, Zydeco, Twister Sister, Bayou Dawn, Sunset, Dizzzy Lizzy, Bayou Mystique, Whispering Waters, Bold Pretender, Saucy Minx, Parfait Supreme, Fiesta Gal, Mudbug, Flareout, Hurricane Party, Puttytat, Reflection, Dixie Dusk, Shrimp Creole, Amber Goddess

Contest!!!

Post by: Traci - 08:15 PM

I know I know, I JUST made a blog post about some new beads, but I wanted to keep the contest announcement separate so it would be more visible :)

First, an explanation: I'm awful at naming beads. To date, I've named over 1,200 beads. I can make the beads, clean them, core them, photograph them, list them, ship them... but I just can't name them. I'll sit here at look at the photos in front of me for a bead I need to list, and my brain totally locks up. Sometimes I'll sit here for 5 minutes trying to think of a name. There are times that I give up and I ask my husband for a name, and he throws out "Dragonshark" and I'm so frustrated by that point that I actually use the name. Yes, I named a bead Dragonshark, thanks honey.

Anyway, here's the contest: Give me a theme for names. It can be anything you want, just as long as they'll translate into cool bead names. Your theme needs to have at LEAST 20 viable names that I can use. Just a quick example, you can give me cats (but don't do that cause it would be cheating!), and some names that could come from that are Calico, Tabby, Persian, etc etc. It doesn't really even need to be a theme, it can just be 20 cool names for beads. If you go to my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/beadsbytraci/ You can type in names in the search bar to see if I've used them before... chances are I have, which is why I'm running out of names. Surely your themes will be better than mine. I once named an entire day's worth of beads after Arrested Development stuff (Funke, Maeby, Bobloblawslawblog (I'm not even kidding), Tobias, Lucille...) It won't be hard to impress me, I promise!

Only one theme per person please so it doesn't get too confusing! Make sure you like your theme, because I'm only accepting one per person! If you send me a theme that someone else has already used, I'll write you back and tell you BZZZZZT, try again!

So what do you get out of it?

Everyone that submits an idea to me will get a freebie next time they order from me. You WILL need to remind me, so just put it in your order notes or convo me that you submitted a theme and I owe you one.

BUT wait, there's more!

I'll take submissions through May 20th. On May 20th, I'll post all the ideas on a poll. The poll will run through the end of May. You'll be able to go to the poll and vote for your favorite idea, and you'll even be able to send your friends to vote for you. The poll will run through the end of May.

1st place: 2 free sterling cored beads from my store
2nd place: 1 free sterling cored bead from my store
3rd place: $10 credit towards your next purchase.

So let's hear your ideas! You can send me your ideas in a convo on etsy, in your order notes on your next order, or you can email me at beadsbytraci@gmail.com I'll write you back to confirm your entry.

Thanks guys!