Ok so Mom (Becky) and I decided that we wanted to have a contest that involved you guys a little more. So we are givng everyone to wants to enter a chance to design/come up with an idea for one of our soldered pendants. If your design in choosen we will feature your design in our etsy shop Art Under Glass and you will also win a free pendant of your winning design! yay! 

So get those creative gears cranking and start submitting those designs!

Like always, the main purpo​se of these​ conte​sts​ (​twice​ a month​)​ is to featu​re other​ talen​ted artis​ts from Etsy. Not only do you get a free hand soldered pendant, you’ll also get to walk away with a warm and fuzzy feeling for supporting Etsy’s hard working and talented DIY artists and handmade community. YAY!

This week’s theme is What’s in a Name?, in relation to our “In a Word” series of pendants. 

Rules:

In order to enter the contest please submit your word designs to mandy@artunderglass.net

These file formats are accepted: JPEG and PNGs. 

If you aren’t familiar with these formats go ahead a send us a text email with your word design idea at mandy@artunderglass.net

Finished Examples:

The type of design that we are looking for is very simplistic. You can use your favorite words or phrases. Be creative! We love quirky and unique ideas, remember if you win you’ll get to see your design turned into a pendant and keep it, so make something you would wear yourself! Some fun ideas could be:

song lyrics

quotes

word definition

movie/book titles

etc.

Remember that you have the front and back of these pendants to express your idea. The finished pendant size is        5/8″  x  1 1/2″  Make sure your design will fit in these dimentions. Check out our In a Word section in our etsy shop for even more examples. 

Each person can enter up to 3 different designs. 

At the end of the contest on Febuary 23rd we will review everyone’s entries and pick our favorite for the winner.

GOOD LUCK! 

So what do you win?

Well I will tell you! The winner for this contest will recieve a free silver soldered  pendant with their winning desgin on it! It will also be put up for sale in our etsy shop at artunderglass.etsy.com

The rules are above, if you have any other questions feel free to email us at mandy@artunderglass.net or just leave your question in the comment box at the bottom of this post. Goooooood luck! 

Participant’s will automatically be added to our newsletter, which features up to date information of what’s new at Art Under Glass’s etsy shop and our blog.

Alright I know it’s a bit early to start smothering you guys with a plethora of pink and hearts so for this contest/giveaway we decided to pick sellers with a humble love theme. But don’t worry hearts, pink and lacy confessions of love are sure to come in Febuary.  

As we said last time, the main purpo​se of these​ conte​sts​ (​twice​ a month​)​ is to featu​re other​ talen​ted artis​ts from Etsy. Not only do you get a free hand soldered pendant, you’ll also get to walk away with a warm and fuzzy feeling for supporting Etsy’s hard working and talented DIY artists and handmade community. YAY!

This week’s theme is simply Feeling the Love, but it’s also a treasure hunt of wonders! 

Rules:

In order to enter the contest all you have to do is click on each of the Featured Artist’s shop banners below and find the specific item we decribe by our clues. After you’ve found the one treasure hunt item also choose one of your favourite items from each seller’s shop.

Do this for all four (4) shops. Once you’ve found the treasure hunt item and your personal favourite come back to this post and post the links of said items in the comment box at the bottom of the page. And that’s it!

At the end of the contest on January 30th we will compile a list of everyone who left a comment with the links and randomly draw a name from said list.

Important! When you post please make sure to leave your name (just first is ok) and your email so we can contact you if your name is chosen for the prize.

GOOD LUCK! 

So what do you win?

Well I will tell you! The winner for this contest will recieve a free silver soldered drop pendant donated by our secondary etsy shop at underthelookingglass.etsy.com

This is a silver soldered Love Letters From Afar Collage Small Drop Pendant from our secondary shop, Under the Looking Glass.  

Featured Artists:

Treasure Hunt Clue for The Little Prince: Love isn’t always reserved for people. Look for a purse with a heart by it’s side.

Treasure Hunt Clue for Every Little Counts: Yes, pretty girls get hangovers too. Look for love with with a headache. Take two pills and call me in the morning.

Treasure Hunt Clue for Farouche: Not all hearts can be pretty but all give the message of love. Look for autonomically correct love.

Treasure Hunt Clue for Pecan Pie Puppies: Our furry friends need to be classed up sometime too. Look for bows and a heart, those should do. 

The rules are above, if you have any other questions feel free to email us at artunderglass@yahoo.com or just leave your question in the comment box at the bottom of this post. Goooooood luck! 

Participant’s will automatically be added to our newsletter, which features up to date information of what’s new at Art Under Glass’s etsy shop and our blog.

Alright well we have officially wrapped up our first humble blog contest. We’d like to thank everyone who participated in supporting the handmade etsy community. Everyone who entered, you are more than welcome to enter any other contest that our blog will be having twice a month.

But lets give a huge congrats to Edi. She has won a free Vintage Inspired Crown Initial Double Sided Silver Soldered from our shop. yay! 

Edi is also an etsy seller and creates beautiful and unique custom scrapbook albums and other paper crafts in her Etsy Shop memoriesforlifesb.etsy.com

Also check out her blog @

 http://memoriesforlifescrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Thanks and Congrats!

Mandy

Blog Elf

Hola! We have our first contest ready to rock and roll. After searching many seller’s shops we have finally found our favourites for our first contest here at Art Under Glass Blog. The main purpo​se of these​ conte​sts​ (​twice​ a month​)​ is to featu​re other​ talen​ted artis​ts from Etsy. Not only do you get a free hand soldered pendant, you’ll also get to walk away with a warm and fuzzy feeling for supporting Etsy’s hard working and talented DIY artists and handmade community. YAY!

This week’s theme is dates. Yes you read right, dates. We figured that since we all have a new year and have to try and remember not to write 2008 on our checks or what have you, dates would be suiting.

Rules:

In order to enter the contest all you have to do is click on each of the Featured Artist’s shop banners below and find your favourite item with a date somewhere on it.

Example: You find a shirt you like that has a 1980 date somewhere in the shirt’s design.

Do this for all six (6) shops. Once you’ve found your favourites come back to this post and post the links of your six favourite items in the comment box at the bottom of the page. And that’s it!

At the end of the contest on January 16th we will compile a list of everyone who left a comment with their favourites and randomly draw a name from said list.

Important! When you post please make sure to leave your name (just first is ok) and your email so we can contact you if your name is chosen for the prize.

GOOD LUCK!

So what do you win?

Well I will tell you! The winner for this contest will recieve a free silver soldered pendant donated by us at artunderglass.etsy.com

This is a silver soldered doubled sided initial pendant from our shop. The winner will be able to customize it with whatever initial they want.

Featured Artists:

Gemini Studio really impressed us with their creative original artwork. Definitely made our list for the contest. Go check them out, click on their banner above.

Paloma’s Nest is a recognized Etsy favourite and is certainly ours too! Their elegant and simple designs scream charm and handcrafted goodness. Go check them out, click on their banner above.

Birth Designs makes some beautiful custom jewelry. With their endless and unique ways to personalized their sterling sliver pieces make Birth Designs one of our favourites! To go check them out, click on their banner above.

Viva la Violette is simply chic and classy, they caught our eye for this contest right away. A shop specializing in personal cards, invitations, and more. To go check them out, click on their banner above.

JamJam Tees makes us giggle. But their witty shirt design is not laughing matter, they sell some seriously awesome shirts. So be classy and check them out, click on their banner above.

Shameless self promotion.

The rules are above, if you have any other questions feel free to email us at artunderglass@yahoo.com or just leave your question in the comment box at the bottom of this post. Goooooood luck!

Participant’s will automatically be added to our newsletter, which features up to date information of what’s new at Art Under Glass’s etsy shop and our blog.

Welcome my lovelies to Art Under Glass’s blog. My name is Mandy and I’ll be your host today.

Art Under Glass is a quaint little shop that makes handmade soldered, glass and wood jewelry. We sell out of our Etsy shop Art Under Glass. This blog is currently under contruction but will be filling up with yummy blog goodness very shortly, so check back often. In the meantime, click the link and pop over to our shop. 

Thanks,

Blog Elf Mandy