Handmade Giveaway: $30 Gift Card to Beadmask

EDIT: Giveaway is officially over. Congratulations to the randomly chosen 49th commenter, Little Fever!

One of you shall be the best accessorized damsel of the next masquerade ball you attend. Andrea Adams of Beadmask is giving away a $30 gift card to spend on her beautiful bead and leather art. Her Etsy shop glitters with beaded cabochon jewelry and gleams with sculpted leather masks, crowns, hair sticks and barrettes.

Andrea is a second generation artisan living in Seattle. She was fortunate to learn from her father, who also supported his family through his art. The amazing work she creates now is the culmination of many years spent honing her skills and developing a distinctive style. Despite working with beads and leather for so long, her favorite materials still intrigue her. She keeps dreaming up projects that are just beyond the scope of her expertise, which motivates her to learn new techniques. This creative process helps her to find her center, and also brightens the world with her whimsical creations.

How To Enter The Giveaway

Giveaway is open worldwide to entrants at least 18 years old. I will be pulling a number from my random.org top hat after 11:59pm EST on August 15, 2011, and the corresponding commenter will win! Andrea will contact that lucky soul for a mailing address. If she doesn't hear back from the winner within 3 days, a new number will be drawn.

Mandatory Entry: Browse the Beadmask Etsy shop then comment on this post with your favorite handmade item and a way to contact you, preferably an email or Etsy shop.

Extra Entries: Don't forget the mandatory comment before moving on to these! Please leave a separate comment for each extra entry to count.

1. Like that same item by using the facebook like button on the right sidebar of Andrea's Etsy listing and leave a comment here with the number of likes to the right of the button.

2. Like this giveaway on facebook by using the like button at the bottom of this post and comment with your profile link. If you have a facebook business page, you may also share it there for an extra entry.

3. Like the Beadmask AND aquariann Art pages on facebook. Liking both counts as one extra entry.

4. Tweet about the giveaway using the one below or a variation of your own. Leave a comment with the link.

Enter @aquariann #handmade #giveaway to #win $30 gift card for beaded jewelry or leather art by Beadmask ~ http://bit.ly/pBOFeO

5. Follow the Beadmask blog AND my blog on Google Friend Connect, Networked Blogs or your favorite RSS reader for another entry.

6. Vote for my blog just by clicking Picket Fence Blogs. You may do this once a day.

7. Spread the word! Use the leaf icons at the bottom to share this giveaway on Stumble Upon, Technorati, Digg, or Del.icio.us. I'll honor one entry for every networking website you share it on, just make sure to leave separate comments for each.

8. Reblog my post on tumblr, just leave a separate comment to let me know.

9. Blog about it or copy and paste the button code below to your sidebar!

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