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One lucky person wins this kit!

Doggerel for a Beading Kit

No need to plunk down any cash,

To try embroid’ry with soutache.

We’ve kitted up a project in

Our book “Soutache” for you to win.

You get beads and thread, leather and trim,

Immediately, you can begin.

The Vintage Bracelet has panache

Stitch it, wear it, you’ll make a splash!

I spent an hour–no balderdash–

On this rhyme, but…is it trash?

One thing’s

One thing’s certain: The Vintage Bracelet that you can make using this kit is pure treasure! See for yourself:

To enter for a chance to win the kit shown in the photo at the very top plus a copy of the book Soutache, simply leave a comment on this post by 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 13, 2013. A winner will be selected at random from among all eligible entries on June 14, 2013. Click here for the official rules.

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If you’ve been to Bead&Button, you know how amazing this event is: beading royalty around every corner, exciting classes, happy crowds, funky hair color, zillions of products to choose from. (Oh, and miles of corridors to walk…grin!)

So many Lark Jewelry & Beading authors are going to be at the show! In celebration, we’re giving away one great big set of 20 books—all of these were written by Lark authors attending B&B 2013. Here’s what one lucky winner will receive:

To enter for a chance to win these 20 books, simply leave a comment on this post by 11:59 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 27, 2013. One winner will be selected at random from among all eligible entries on May 28, 2013. Click here for the official rules.

The 20 books are:

• Making Bead & Wire Jewelery, by Janice Berkebile and Tracy Stanley
• Metalworking 101 for Beaders and Necklaceology, both by Candie Cooper
• The Art of Enameling, by Linda Darty
• Marcia DeCoster’s Beaded Opulence, by Marcia DeCoster
• Diane Fitzgerald’s Shaped Beadwork and Diane Fitzgerald’s Favorite Beading Projects, both by Diane Fitzgerald
• Suzanne Golden Presents, by Suzanne Golden
• I CAN Herringbone, by Melissa Grakowsky
• Heat, Color, Set & Fire, Wrap, Stitch, Fold & Rivet and Mixed Metal Jewelry Workshop, all by Mary Hettmansperger
• Sabine Lippert’s Beaded Fantasies, by Sabine Lippert
• Laura McCabe’s Embellished Beadweaving, by Laura McCabe
• Japanese Beadwork with Sonoko Nozue, by Sonoko Nozue
• Beadmaille, by Cindy Pankopf
• Steel Wire Jewelry, by Brenda Schweder
• Metal Clay Beads, by Barbara Becker Simon
• Jill Wiseman’s Beautiful Beaded Ropes, by Jill Wiseman

Anneta Valious

We’re celebrating the release of the new book Soutache, written by Anneta Valious, with a fabulous giveaway! Three lucky winners will each receive a copy of the book, still hot off the presses. And—drum roll, please—one extra-lucky person will win a copy of the book PLUS a piece of jewelry made by the author and featured in the book, the gorgeous Zenith Bracelet shown below!

To enter for a chance to win one of the four prizes described above, simply leave a comment on this post by 11:59 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 23, 2013. The winners will be selected at random from among all eligible entries on May 24, 2013. Click here for the official rules.

UPDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY IS OVER. ANNABELLE BESNARD, ELENA MARY SIFF AND TAMARA ALLISON EACH WON A COPY OF THE BOOK. THE WINNER OF BOTH THE BOOK AND THE BRACELET WAS ANNA BEALL.

Lark Jewelry & Beading has reached 10,000 fans on Facebook. We try to get the right mix of photos of breathtaking jewelry, industry news, and info about our books, and we’re grateful to you for being part of our community on this social-media forum.

Thank you.

To celebrate, we’re giving away 33 of our most popular beading and jewelry how-to books. Since the last major giveaway we did focused on art jewelry, the list biases toward the beading books, alongside several popular jewelry titles we know everyone will love. And all the books are signed by their authors!

Thanks to everyone who entered our 33-book giveaway! It’s now closed, and we’ve contacted a lucky winner: congratulations to Cheryl Klosowski!

Though this giveaway has ended, you know us–we love giveaways–and we’ll host others in the future, so stay tuned!

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To enter this giveaway on Facebook, click here!

Here is the complete listing of books, which include some fantastic titles. I encourage you to look for them at your local bookstore or bead store, or on online stores:

Jill Wiseman’s Beautiful Beaded Ropes
Sabine Lippert’s Beaded Fantasies
Laura McCabe’s Embellished Beadweaving
Maggie Meister’s Classical Elegance
Diane Fitzgerald’s Shaped Beadwork
Japanese Beadwork with Sonoko Nozue
Rachel Nelson-Smith’s Bead Riffs
Marcia DeCoster’s Beaded Opulence
Sherry Serafini’s Sensational Bead Embroidery
Beading with Cabochons by Jamie Cloud Eakin
Dimensional Bead Embroidery by Jamie Cloud Eakin
Bugle Bead Bonanza by Jamie Cloud Eakin
I Can Right Angle Weave by Mabeline Gidez
I Can Herringbone by Melissa Grakowsky
Tapestry Bead Crochet by Ann Benson
Metalworking 101 for Beaders by Candie Cooper
Necklaceology by Candie Cooper
Diane Fitzgerald’s Favorite Beading Projects
Making Wire & Bead Jewelry by Janice Berkebile and Tracy Stanley
A Bounty of Bead & Wire Earrings by Nathalie Mornu
A Bounty of Bead & Wire Necklaces by Nathalie Mornu
A Bounty of Bead & Wire Bracelets by Nathalie Mornu
Creating Glass Beads by Jeri Warhaftig
Glass Bead Workshop by Jeri Warhaftig
30-Minute Bracelets by Marthe Le Van
30-Minute Earrings by Marthe Le Van
30-Minute Necklaces by Marthe Le Van
30-Minute Rings by Marthe Le Van
Metal Clay Origami Jewelry by Sara Jayne Cole
Bronze Metal Clay by Yvonne Padilla
Metal Clay Fusion by Gordon Uyehara
Heat, Color, Set & Fire by Mary Hettmansperger
Shrink! Shrank! Shrunk! by Kathy Sheldon

UPDATE 1/9/2013: Congratulations to Colleen White of Bradenton, Florida, the randomly selected winner of this giveaway. Our thanks to everyone who participated: thank you for being a part of our community! ~ Ray

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Well, it’s the holiday season, and I hope you’re feeling in the spirit—or at least whatever kind of good spirit is meaningful to you!

The spirit I’m feeling today is genuine gratitude for all the kind community you share with us throughout the year, and that makes me want to give something special to thank you.

So I’m doing a spur-of-the-moment giveaway, and a big one: a random selection of 15 of our 500 Series books old and new from Lark Jewelry & Beading, including two especially precious ones that are out of print. Here are the books in the set, stacked nicely in a pile by my desk (okay, honestly, that’s not my desk or anywhere close to it; my desk is covered in papers and a stack of books would tumble over very loudly):

Showcase 500 Rings
Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry
500 Necklaces
500 Pendants & Lockets
500 Metal Vessels
500 Judaica
500 Silver Jewelry Designs
500 Plastic Jewelry Designs
500 Brooches (out of print)
500 Bracelets
400 Polymer Clay Designs
500 Gemstone Jewels
1000 Glass Beads (being taken out of print with more than 38,000 copies sold lifetime, and we have now run out of stock in our warehouse)
1000 Rings
21st Century Jewelry: The Best of the 500 Series

How can you enter for a chance to win this fabulous set of 15 inspiring gift books? Leave a comment on this blog post by 9 p.m. EST on Wednesday, January 2. Any comment will do, but we’d love it if you’d write about something special: the most meaningful present you’ve ever given—and what made it so special.

One winner will be selected at random and announced on January 11, 2013. I encourage you to join us: Please “Like” the Lark Jewelry & Beading Facebook page to see photos of contemporary jewelry and beading work and to be alerted to free projects and giveaways on this blog. Click here for the official giveaway rules.

Good luck. And, of course, we here at Lark wish you and your family a holiday season and new year filled with kindness, joy, laughter, and grace.

UPDATE: Congratulations to Linda Roberts of Santee, California! She is our randomly selected winner of the I Can Herringbone giveaway. Thanks so much to everyone for participating. We appreciate you being part of our community!

Enter for a chance to win an autographed copy of I Can Herringbone & the complete kit to make the gorgeous Sinusoidal Necklace project.

You WILL be inspired!

Author Melissa Grakowsky’s new comprehensive workbook for beaders, I Can Herringbone, is nothing short of stunning. Featuring 26 accessible, wearable, and beautiful projects—including earrings, necklaces, chokers, pendants, and bracelets, with all the techniques you’ll need to make them—it’s an inspirational must-have book for beaders of all skill levels.

Lark Jewelry & Beading’s I Can series debuts with this book as well as Mabeline Gidez’s I Can Right Angle Weave, both publishing in November 2012 and both packed with hundreds of step-by-step illustrations to make your beading experience enjoyable and successful.

Join in the excitement by entering for a chance to win an autographed copy of I Can Herringbone PLUS the kit to make Melissa’s gorgeous Sinusoidal Necklace.

Enter for a chance to win this jewelry kit, used to make the Sinusoidal Necklace at right.

How do you enter? Simply leave a comment on this blog post by Tuesday, November 20 at 9 p.m. EDT. Comments can cover any topic, but we’d love to hear how you became interested in beading. A special beading store? An artistic friend? A necklace that grabbed your attention?

One winner will be randomly selected and announced on Wednesday, November 28.

Please “Like” the Lark Jewelry & Beading page on Facebook right now to be alerted to free projects and giveaways and to see pics of many fabulous jewelry and beading creations. Click here for the official rules.

Author Melissa Grakowsky

Thanks for your participation, and best of luck. Oh, one more thing…a second giveaway involving this beautiful book by Melissa Grakowsky is just around the corner, so stay in touch with Lark Jewelry & Beading!

The exquisitely talented Mabeline Gidez is the author of the brand new book I Can Right Angle Weave officially publishing Nov. 6 and available in many stores already. Mabeline, a renowned jewelry designer and teacher from Southern California, presents excellent instruction supplemented by nearly 500 diagrams in one of beading’s most popular and versatile stitches: right angle weave. The 25 projects reinforce the teaching, and they are also simply beautiful and inspiring as creative designs. The book serves as both a comprehensive refresher course for experienced beaders and a great introduction for beginners to the stitch.

Take a look below to see a handful of the book’s marvelous projects. You can click here to go to an earlier post that offers two beautiful projects from the book as downloadable PDFs: Mabeline’s Lotus Flower Necklace and Earrings and her Egyptian Queen Collar. Ask for the book at your local bead store or book shop, or you can buy it on Amazon or BN.com.

Now, leave a comment on this blog post by Tuesday, October 30, at 9 p.m. EDT to be entered for a chance to win actual pieces of jewelry that Mabeline made for the book: her RAW Channels Bracelet and her Jeweled Clover Earrings. Any comment will do, but let’s make it fun and somewhat ludicrously open-ended: tell us what you like best about beaded jewelry. Two winners — one for each piece of jewelry — will be randomly selected and announced on Wednesday, November 7.

Please “Like” the Lark Jewelry & Beading page on Facebook right now to be alerted to free projects and giveaways and to see pics of many fabulous jewelry and beading creations. Click here for the official rules. And good luck!

RAW Channels Bracelet project by Mabeline Gidez in her book I Can Right Angle Weave

Jeweled Clover Earrings project by Mabeline Gidez in her book I Can Right Angle Weave

Pearly Elegance Choker project by Mabeline Gidez in her book I Can Right Angle Weave

Sunny Flower Earrings project by Mabeline Gidez in her book I Can Right Angle Weave

Triple Elegance Lariat project by Mabeline Gidez in her book I Can Right Angle Weave

Amazon Jewels Necklace project by Mabeline Gidez in her book I Can Right Angle Weave

Mabeline Gidez, author of the book I Can Right Angle Weave

UPDATE: Congratulations to Twyla Harbick of Springfield, Oregon, the randomly selected winner of this giveaway. Our sincere appreciation to everyone who participated. Thank you for being a part of our community. If you like these books or have feedback about them, please let us know!

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We’re celebrating the release of the newest book in the Beadweaving Master Class series: the spectacular Jill Wiseman’s Beautiful Beaded Ropes, a September 2012 release and already a No. 1 bestseller among beading books.

Here’s how we celebrate around here: We give things away. So it makes sense to me to give away a COMPLETE SET of the Beadweaving Master Class books. But how can I make it special for people who already have some or all the books? Hmm. Well, how about this: All the books are signed by their respective authors.

The Beadweaving Master Class books being given away are:
Diane Fitzgerald’s Shaped Beadwork (signed by Diane)
Marcia DeCoster’s Beaded Opulence (signed by Marcia)
Laura McCabe’s Embellished Beadweaving (signed by Laura)
Sherry Serafini’s Sensational Bead Embroidery (signed by Sherry)
Maggie Meister’s Classical Elegance (signed by Maggie)
Rachel Nelson-Smith’s Bead Riffs (signed by Rachel)
Japanese Beadwork with Sonoko Nozue (signed by Sonoko)
Sabine Lippert’s Beaded Fantasies (signed by Sabine)
Jill Wiseman’s Beautiful Beaded Ropes (signed by, you guessed it, Jill)

And, just so the lucky winner doesn’t feel like she or he is missing out on anything, I’m throwing in copies (unsigned) of three wonderful gallery books, filled with photographs of gorgeous beadwork:
Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry
Masters: Beadweaving
500 Beaded Objects

That’s a dozen books! As I mentioned, we realize that if you’re interested in this giveaway you might already have some of these creative-juice-stirring books in your home or studio. No worries: Enter anyway for fabulous holiday gift-giving opportunities. Or you can donate the books to your local bead society or library.

Also, people tell me sometimes they get frustrated: they enter a giveaway, forget to check who the winner is so the giveaway never really “closes” for them, and then later realize they’d forgotten to buy a book they really wanted. Easy solution: Click through and wishlist the books you’re interested in right now. If you don’t happen to win, you’re giving yourself a reminder. And if you do happen to win, you’re all set already!

How can you enter for a chance to win the set of 12 books? Leave a comment on this blog post by 9 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, October 17. Any comment counts as an entry, but I encourage you to write about what you see as the most exciting trend in beading or jewelry these days. That will be fun!

One winner will be selected at random and announced on October 24. Please “Like” the Lark Jewelry & Beading page on Facebook to be alerted to free projects and giveaways and to see digital pics of many fabulous jewelry and beading creations. You can click here for the official rules. And good luck!