Bead Dreams 2007 Contest Winners - Fire Mountain Gems and Beads

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View the winning designs from the 2007 Bead Dreams beading contest, including the 1st Place Prize-Winning polymer clay necklace, "Floral and Faux" by designer Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg. The zoom feature in the Gallery of Designs allows you to view the winning designs and jewelry-making techniques up close for even greater creative inspiration.

The Bead Dreams beading contest is an annual, juried competition of bead artistry from around the world. Sponsored by Bead and Button magazine, the entries are displayed at the Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with ribbons awarded in seven categories.


Place	Name	View Winning Design

Best-In-Show	Nicole Schlinger	Seed Beaded Church

Runner-up Best-In-Show	Barbara Caraway	Necklace

People's Choice	Kim VanAntwerp-Poenisch and Wayne Robbins	Iguana

Place	Name	View Winning Design

1st Place	Barbara Caraway	Necklace

2nd Place	Diane Hyde	Necklace

3rd Place	Kathy Goswick	Bracelet

Place	Name	View Winning Design

1st Place	Sheila Carlson	Necklace

2nd Place	Sherry Serafini	Necklace

3rd Place	Tatiana Van Iten	Necklace, Cufflet and Hairpiece

Place	Name	View Winning Design

1st Place	Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg	Necklace

2nd Place	Julie Picarello	Handmade Beads

3rd Place	Janice Abarbanel	Handmade Buttons


Place	Name	View Winning Design

1st Place	Nicole Schlinger	Seed Beaded Church

2nd Place	The Lone Beader (Diana Grygo)	Seed Beaded Fire Engine

3rd Place	Sachiko Takasaki	Seed Beaded Ribbon

Mary Lou Allen	Christi Friesen	Susan Mandel
Caito Amorose	Beverly Gilbert	Valerie Moore
Paulette Baron	Suzanne Golden	Sonoko Nozue
Jeannie Bench	Cassandra Graham	Kim O'Neill
Ann Benson	Keila Hernandez	Marlee Page
Ingrid Bernhardt	Louise Hill	Angela Plager
Beth Blankenship	Darcy Horn	Mary Reynolds
Patti Cahill	Diane Hyde	Jana Roberts Benzon
Ann Campbell	Jacqueline Jarmol	Elfleda Russell
Katherine Crowley-Peckham	Maiko Kage	Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg
Judy Dunn	Kathy King	Sherry Serafini
Darlene Durrwachter Rushing	Laurel Kubby	Miyuki Sugimura
Barbara Fajardo	Heidi Kummli	Karen Swiech
Louise Fischer Cozzi	Loretta Lam	Eugena Topina
		The Lone Beader

View additional Bead Dreams Contests here.

The pieces featured in the Gallery of Designs are copyrighted designs and are provided for inspiration only. We encourage you to substitute different colors, products and techniques to make the design your own.

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Customer Photographs

Fire Mountain Gems and Beads is proud to feature your artwork, and we invite you to submit images of your favorite projects to the Customer photographs section. Here's how you can be included:

Email your name and attached image to designs@firemtn.com
Please describe your project (ie: necklace, bracelet, home décor) and include the main components of your design, if known.
If you've named your piece, please let us know!

Photography tips:

Photos should be a minimum of 500x500 pixels (or 6.94 inches)
To best showcase your artwork, place dark designs on a light background and light artwork on a dark background.
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If you have any questions or concerns regarding the artistic credit of the artwork displayed here, please contact us at designs@firemtn.com.