Back in December, Stacie Tamaki, my dear friend, aka - The Flirty Girl, took a picture of a flower on a walk she had been on and thought of me. Somehow during our blog commentary back and forth we thought of a "Crafter's Throwdown" kind of like Bobby Flay's Throwdown on the Food Network. Obviously it has nothing to do with food (except that our prize whether her creation or mine gets the most votes is a Kara's or Sprinkles Cupcake! LOL.
People say I'm crazy to do flowers out of clay, but I think Stacie is more insane than me to create things out of hundreds and thousands of beads. She always amazes me with what she can create with tiny glass beads. I think her work is ABSOLUTELY amazing and I would vote for her version over mine. LOL... :)
This is the photo that inspired the challenge. Isn't it beautiful, almost reminds me of a cherry blossom.
These are the detail shots both Stacie and I took of my clay and Stacie's beaded version of the flower.
Anyway, to vote and read more about the Crafter's Throwdown Challenge, click here. Cast your vote on whether you like her recreation in beads or my recreation in clay and you could win a collaborative piece that Stacie and I worked on together. You can either comment on her blog post to enter or click here to send an email with your vote/entry. It's a beautiful fuchsia pink peony and green dendrobium orchid arrangement with Stacie's gorgeous beaded dragonflies! Stacie recently refocused her TheFlirtyBride.com site to specialize in custom beaded cake toppers. Part of her offering will include my clay flowers with her beaded art. So you can have the best of both worlds!
Click on image to vote and win!
(Images above were provided by The Flirty Girl and DK Designs)
Don't miss out on your chance to vote, win a great prize and be a contestant in the
next Flirty Girl's Crafter's Throwdown Challenge!
CONTEST ENDS JANUARY 25TH!!!
So all you crafters out there, ask yourself this....
"ARE YOU READY FOR A THROWDOWN?"
Sorry, I couldn't resist. :)
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Congratulations to Orla who was randomly selected by Stacie's random integer generator! She won the beautiful centerpiece that Stacie and I created together! Thank you for all your votes and kind comments. So who won the Throwdown you ask???? Surprisingly enough, the clay flowers won! Thank you to all of you who voted for my clay flowers. I really expected more people to vote for the beads. I know that I would have! LOL.
Anyway, check out http://www.craftersthrowdown.com/ for the next challenge to come! For now I get to be the recipient of the Kara's Cupcake of my choice on Tuesday and the coveted Golden Glue Gun award! LOL. Thanks Stacie, this was so much fun! Can't wait for the next challenge to see what you create. :)
