The Battle of the Beadsmith: How Not to Enter a Jewelry Competitionhttp://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/beading_instructions/archive/2012/07/26/the-battle-of-the-beadsmith-how-not-to-enter-a-jewelry-competition.aspxWell, the first round of voting in The Battle of the Beadsmith competition ended last week, and the winners have been announced. Much to the surprise of many, my piece, Mother of Dragons, didn&#39;t make it into the second round. But, get this: it lostenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Debug Build: 40407.4157)re: The Battle of the Beadsmith: How Not to Enter a Jewelry Competitionhttp://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/beading_instructions/archive/2012/07/26/the-battle-of-the-beadsmith-how-not-to-enter-a-jewelry-competition.aspx#166928Sun, 05 Aug 2012 01:11:49 GMTe599e337-6bb7-4670-8e80-180f614937ac:166928momcat560<p>Jennifer,</p> <p>This is one of the most beautiful pieces of bead work I have ever seen. &nbsp;I am just now getting up the nerve to try such intrique pieces, and items like yours are a great inspiration. &nbsp;Thank you for sharing it, and your insight, with all of us!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.beadingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=166928" width="1" height="1">re: The Battle of the Beadsmith: How Not to Enter a Jewelry Competitionhttp://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/beading_instructions/archive/2012/07/26/the-battle-of-the-beadsmith-how-not-to-enter-a-jewelry-competition.aspx#166927Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:40:50 GMTe599e337-6bb7-4670-8e80-180f614937ac:166927Anna_Gray<p>Jennifer, enter the next one! I LOVE competitions and enter quite a few of them. Just received my Bead Dreams 3rd place ribbon yesterday, and it&#39;s gonna join the Hall of Fame! :) I think it is a great fun to compete and really makes you to be a better you.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.beadingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=166927" width="1" height="1">re: The Battle of the Beadsmith: How Not to Enter a Jewelry Competitionhttp://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/beading_instructions/archive/2012/07/26/the-battle-of-the-beadsmith-how-not-to-enter-a-jewelry-competition.aspx#166915Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:53:58 GMTe599e337-6bb7-4670-8e80-180f614937ac:166915Mary KP<p>Same question/comment as elefsis -- but I&#39;m sure you meant &quot;DOESN&#39;T&quot;!!</p> <p>Really great advice, thank you.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.beadingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=166915" width="1" height="1">re: The Battle of the Beadsmith: How Not to Enter a Jewelry Competitionhttp://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/beading_instructions/archive/2012/07/26/the-battle-of-the-beadsmith-how-not-to-enter-a-jewelry-competition.aspx#166913Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:23:23 GMTe599e337-6bb7-4670-8e80-180f614937ac:166913BARBARA CARPENTER<p>personally i thought your piece was by far the winner !</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.beadingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=166913" width="1" height="1">re: The Battle of the Beadsmith: How Not to Enter a Jewelry Competitionhttp://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/beading_instructions/archive/2012/07/26/the-battle-of-the-beadsmith-how-not-to-enter-a-jewelry-competition.aspx#166910Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:06:09 GMTe599e337-6bb7-4670-8e80-180f614937ac:166910elefsis<p>Jennifer,</p> <p>Did you mean to say this? &quot;1. Just because your beautiful piece of beaded jewelry didn&#39;t win, it means your work is awful, worthless, or not good enough. </p> <p>I hope you meant to say &quot;it DOESN&#39;T mean your work is awful, worthless, or not good enough.</p> <p>Elefsis</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.beadingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=166910" width="1" height="1">