I just went to the Beader's Muse website, and there's an update as of yesterday evening:
Dear USE THE MUSE Participants,
I am officially extending the deadline of submission for USE THE
MUSE III to accommodate for some packages that did not make it to their
International destinations as early as I would have liked. The new deadline is November 9th, 2009 (giving
you an additional 3 weeks to complete your entry). This gives more
time for all of you to work on your submission and take photos. I had
a small handful of you post on my forum or email me that a kit has not
made it to you yet . I have just received some additional Muses to
complete extra kits to resend to those few people. Every contest there
are always a few packages that get sent back to me or get lost in the
mail. If your initial kit shows up too late for you to use for your
schedule, you can return it and I can pass it along to someone who
wanted to participate but was unable to because the kits were sold out.
Last event almost all of the people who didn't initially receive a kit
and requested a replacement ended up with two kits and sent one back to
me because the first one was just caught up in the mail service. It's
very important for me that everyone feels like they have had enough
time to work on their entry, that the International Participants feel
like this is a contest that they can enter, and that they have enough
time to complete their project - therefore I feel an extension is the
best solution at this stage in the game.
For all of you who would like to begin submitting your entry here is the link: http://jotform.com/form/91903233189
If you would like to order anymore of the items from the kit
to add to your project, they are all in one place at Artbeads.com and
you can use this link: http://www.artbeads.com/use-the-muse-contest-iii.html
I'll be sending an email
with this submission form link to the address attached to your Paypal
account as well in the coming days, but to be on the safe side I am
also posting here as I have noted from last time that not everybody
keeps up with that email address, and these things easily get lost in
spam folders.
I have been on the road and am still working through a list of
participant emails I am responding to. I try to personally address all
issues in a timely manner, just please know I'm playing a game of
catch-up and should have addressed all comments and concerns in the
coming days. If it's been a while and you haven't heard from me,
please resend your email so I can get back to you. With so many of you
asking similar questions it's easy to mistake I've responded to your
query, but indeed it was a different participant.
I have received so many positive emails about people discovering new
creative paths with the latest USE THE MUSE color palette, I am so
thrilled to see what you all have come up with! Looking forward to
your entries!
Hope this helps a few people...