13,102 Handmade Lampwork Beads and $110 Donated to Beads of Courage...And the Winners Are....

First, I want to thank you for your donations.  We raised over 13,100 handmade, artisan glass beads for Beads of Courage.  And as we all know...the kids are the real winners.  Thank you so much for reaching into your heart and donating so generously!  I will send emails to the winners and the donors, so each of you may communicate addresses and other important info.



The online custom random number generator picked the numbers for me.

And the big winner is....Janel Dudley!  Hooray for Janel.

And the next winner is ...
Lea Avroch

She wins Kristina's wonderful How To Make Critter Beads tutorial book.

Sisters Diane Kovach and Donna Myrick have won Robert Simmons' lovely aquarium bead.  Guess they'll have to work out a joint custody for this beauty.

Pat's generous frit sampler was won by Susan Sheehan

Michelle Bell and Joan Fogarty co-won

Leslie's donation of a fish bead and the winner gets to choose the color.  

Holly Dare won Rona's amazing jewelry book, Take the Next Step.

Jeannie Galt won Jo's Criss Cross Jazz Seed Bead Bracelet Kit

Maureen Donates 50 Beads and $50! Woohoo!!

Our Southern Flames Secretary extraordinaire, Maureen, has donated 50 beads and $50- that's 4 raffle chances for her and a BIG thank you from me and Beads of Courage!

Generously Donated Additional Raffle Prizes!

Here is one prize donated by Kristina of Fine Folly Glassworks.  She has donated this wonderful set of tutorials for making critter beads.  Fun, fun!  Thank you Kristina!

Michelle of Sun Door Beads has been so sweet to donate 3 baggies of her murrini- each with 25 chips!
"Love Remembers", "Deep in Thought" (which includes some Z-99 chips and a surprise bag with a new special blend.

(Photo coming soon)

Robert Simmons, beadmaker and Director for Beads of Courage Bead Donations has a wonderful aquarium bead that he has donated for a prize.  I happen to own one and just love it.

Pat of PittyPatBeads.etsy.com will send to another winner one ounce of each of these DragonFlyGlassWorx frits... Soma, Treescape, Green Lizard, Pixie Dust, Jester, Wintergreen, Lilac Blossom and Kashmir.  Wow!

Leslie of http:www.crazywomanglass.com will be donating one of her fish!  Woohoo!

(Photo coming soon)

Rona Horn of www.RonaHorn.com has generously donated a copy of her wonderful jewelry making book.  I know there are a few lampworker's beads in there too!  Thank you Rona.  That is so generous of you!

Complete Your Entry

So my friends, don't forget there are a few steps to complete your entry.  

1. Take a photo of your beads and send it to me along with your email address so I can find you if you win.

2. Send your beads to Beads of Courage (and don't forget to include your address and write "torch" somewhere.

3. Post on this blog how many you sent and your name (and email, if you wish)

Extra....

4. And even if you are done, please come back and help cheer everyone on and comment.  We want this to be a big success for Beads of Courage. (this isn't mandatory for the drawing, but just something nice.)

Thank you so much!  These kids are going to love getting new handmade, artisan beads.  You're all very special people.