Song Doll Bead-along

Beaded Art Dolls held a bead-a-long based on designing a doll created from one's favorite song. The photos show the members' dolls and the song they came from. Aren't they fabulous? Thank you to all who participated.
Please click on photo for a larger view.

Poll Results for Recent Bead-alongs

Our members have voted for their favorites in recent bead-alongs and the results are as follows:

Global Warming
Sapphire by Jeanbean
Autumnal Equinox by Aryd'ell
Falling Leaves by Jackie

September Calendar Doll
Ghost Turtle Mother by Sue in Portland
Terra by Dot
Maizey by Heather

Congratulations to these members and a big thank you to all members who participated. Your contribution is always appreciated.

We now move on to our October Calendar Doll and our Song Doll Challenge. Get those beads ready, ladies!

Global Warming Bead-a-long

We are delighted to feature a group of beautiful dolls created by our members for our recent Global Warming Bead-along, a project initiated by Robin Atkins. From July to September these members put their heart and soul into creating a beaded doll which would reflect their concern for a particular aspect of global warming. Congratulations to these members for producing such a wonderful array of ideas.

Hello to Visitors and Members!!!

BAD (Beaded Art Dolls yahoo group) and BDZ (Bead Dreamz yahoo group) have a lot to offer in the way of challenges and swaps and if you are interested in participating, please make sure you are a member so that you can join in. Links to our groups are on the right hand side of this blog.

BAD July/August/September Bead-along - I am aware that members are busy with their Symbolic Class Doll and Four Seasons Round Robin preparations but I would like to remind you that in July we intend to start a new bead-along, inspired by Robin Atkins. Robin has generously offered to introduce a special project to BAD and will give a helping hand and share her ideas with us along the way. I am hoping that members who are doing the Symbolic class will be eager to participate and put their new knowledge into practice.

BAD Puzzle Piece Doll Bead-along has ended and produced wonderful results. I am so proud of everyone and their work. I hope YOU have voted.

BDZ Magic Carpet challenge is almost finished. Moderators made a decision a little while ago that any challenge with less than 10 entries would not have a poll for voting on our favorite. It seems a shame when there are so many beautiful carpets. If any member would like to comment on this, please feel free.

BDZ Spring Panel Swap/Challenge finishes at the end of June and we probably won't see photos until after the swap. These darling little panels are something to look forward to.

BDZ starts a new challenge/instructions/bead-along on July 1 which is a freeform bracelet and ring with Aryd'ell and Sharon Harry. Don't forget to sign up.

BDZ also has a special challenge/swap running September 21 to mid November hosted by Debra Pyeatt. If you want to learn from an exceptional beader, you must sign in for this one.

Always remember that if you have any ideas, suggestions or comments regarding our groups, we love to hear from you. We need your input to make these groups interesting and fun.

On behalf of owners and moderators of both groups, a big THANK YOU to everyone for your continued support.

Lynn

Yellow Puzzle Dolls

Which one is your favorite? Using the color yellow and being permitted to use a maximum of 10% of a contrasting color, our members have created some of the most gorgeous works of art.
Congratulations ladies!

Monochromatic Puzzle Dolls

Since some members were not comfortable about using the color yellow to make their puzzle doll, a lottery was created so that the members could not pick what color they could use for their project. The guidelines were to use only one color of bead. This portion of the challenge was much harder than using yellow with a 10% contrast color. As you can see from the above slide, everyone did fantastic using a monochromatic color scheme.

Freeform challenge dolls 2007

While we are waiting for photos to appear from our latest bead-along and swap, let's take a trip down memory lane and look at some of the beautiful work created by our members last year. Despite the fact that we had many beginners to freeform beading, our members produced this wonderful array of dolls.

Button Doll Challenge

Here are photos from one of our recent challenges where members were invited to create a doll using buttons. Our members enjoyed the freedom of creating with buttons as a change from fully beading their dolls but most couldn't resist the urge to include at least some beading.

Orange Challenge - Sunny Dayz

These beautiful dolls were created by 20 of our members for our recent Sunny Dayz challenge.