Category: Contests


New Contest!!

Is everyone ready?

This is going to be a multi day contest that will be focused around a single picture. The winner must correctly guess what is in the picture. Sounds too easy? Well the picture posted will be distorted in some way.

The rules:

- Everyone is permitted one guess per day.

- The first correct guess wins. This guess must be reasonably specific. No general guesses will win.

- Either Curt or I will post a new picture each day until we have a winner. So make sure to check back daily :)

- A prize has already been picked for the winner. Yet the prize will not be revealed until the winner is selected, since there is a chance the prize can be used as a hint.

Ready to start playing? Well the first picture has been posted below! Good luck to everyone!

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New picture and hint  for 9/13

This image features one of my favorite weaves.

Curt

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Here is your new image for 9/14

It’s not as intimidating as the name sounds, or this picture looks.

–Curt

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And it looks like Jill is our winner.  Frann, you were very close with your first guess, but you were not quite specific enough.  It is in fact a dragonscale tattoo on my forearm.

And our prize is an argentium/niobium dragonsquare earring kit.

I’ve got a name!

First, thanks to everybody who participated in our “I need a name” contest.  We had a lot of great suggestions and there were a number of them that stood out to me, but I decided to go with “Acute Helm” as was suggested by Christy.  I’m still not sure what I will call the variant, but we are tossing around ideas here.

There was also another suggestion that as soon as I saw it I knew it was perfect for the other new weave that I mentioned but didn’t post a picture of.


You can see it has a very wavy look to it.  I had in my head that I wanted to name it something to do with water, so Jill’s suggestion of Hydroglyph just seemed perfect to me.

Christy and Jill I will contact you shortly to see which one you would like.

For everybody else who was interested in the original pattern, tutorials (both hardcopy and downloadable) are up in the store.  BA/AA and Argentium and niobium kits should be up by tomorrow.

Remember, It’s In the Maille!

I need a name

Last week I was playing with a pattern I had in my head and I ended up with something not quite what I was looking for, but I also ended up with a new weave.  Well, two weaves actually and a variant, but we’ll get to that later.

I’ve never been good at naming things so I asked for some suggestions here at the shop and didn’t get anything, so now I come to you.  Here are a few pictures of it first. (click on the picture for larger version)

BA 16g 11/32 and 18g 7/32

18-K and 20-C square wire

18-K argentium and 19g 3.50mm niobium

18-K argentium and 19g 3.50mm niobium

And a quick one of the variant.

18-K and 20-C square wire

So, I need a name for this and I am asking for your help, and to make it fun I’ll make it a give away.

Here are the details:

Leave a comment here with your suggestion.

One suggestion per comment.

Leave as many comments as you like.

Next Friday, (July 30th) I will pick the name I like best.

If I pick your suggestion, I will send you a kit with instructions to make your own.  (so be sure to leave a way for me to contact you)

It’s just that simple.

Remember, It’s in the Maille!

New blog look, features

A couple weeks ago we had a facelift to the store.  That made the blog look even more outdated, so we had to do something about that.  You’ll now notice everything is nice and uniform across the site, regardless of where you go.

While we were getting that fixed, we figured why not do a little extra.  If you look up at the top of the page you will see a couple new tabs.  Customer gallery and C&T Gallery.  We will be using the C&T gallery to put up some items that hopefully will inspire you.  The customer gallery is for you to use and hopefully inspire others, so show us what you have made.

We will also be using the new gallery for a couple contests and give aways, so keep your eyes open or grab the RSS feed!

Remember, It’s in the Maille!

What are your favorite things?

Stainless steel square rings and metal that glistens

pliers that close gaps, and service that listens

Still shiny copper, yes you would agree

These are a few things from my C&T

Dragonscale, byzantine, persian and Jens Pind

All of our products will leave you with big grins

Even some rainbow niobium to see,

These are a few things from my C&T

When it’s dirty, when it rusty, when it’s cut real sad,

I only remember my own C&T, and then all my weaves, aren’t all bad.

Send us pictures of your favorite things and we may include them in the video!

Remember, It’s in the Maille!

Another give away

Yeah, I know we just had one, but this isn’t ours this time.

Go visit our friend Theresa at Theresa’s Treasures where she is giving away a very nice set of Sterling silver earrings.  Not only is she a wonderful person, but she is a great (fe)Mailer as well.
Tell her C&T sent ya.

And remember, It’s in the Maille.

500th sale winner

While we were holding our 400 or 500? contest, we were keeping a secret.  I do that sometimes, it’s to keep you on your toes.  We decided our 500th sale on Etsy would get an extra surprise in their package.  We have done this a couple times now, and it’s always a blast for us.  That person completed their purchase this morning.  Congratulations to kareneliza008!

She happens to be a longstanding customer of ours who loves to work with jumprings.  Tiny jump rings to be exact.  I have made her lots of 22g 5/64″ in many different metals.  One of these days I hope she shows us what she makes.

In the mean time, she will be getting a nice assortment of jump rings to feed her muse as her prize.

We’d also like to take a moment to thank all of our customers.  No matter if you are a new customer, or a long standing one, we appreciate your business and the opportunity you give us everytime you order.  Without you we wouldn’t get to do what we love.

Remember, It’s in the Maille!

400 or 500?

Some of you may remember back in January we had a 200 or 250? contest/giveaway.  Well, it’s time for another.  This time it’s 400 or 500.  I figured since it is exactly double what we did last time, what better time to do another.

It’s going to work exactly the same way as the last one, but here it is again:

Right now we have a little under 500 sales and a little under 400 feedbacks for our Etsy store.  Starting right now and the time we reach BOTH 400 feedbacks AND 500 sales, I will take every name that has purchased something, or left a feedback in that time frame and have a little drawing.

But wait, there’s more…….

So there is “no purchase necessary” I will also take everybodies name who posts a comment here and add it in the mix.

FAQ:

How many prizes will there be?

I’m not telling.  There may be 1.  There may be 2.  There may be one for each group.

What will I win?

I’m not telling.  Don’t expect a $200 sterling silver bracelet though.

How will I know if I won?

I’m not telling.  (Do you spot a trend here?)

Ok, I’ll tell you that one.  I will post the winner(s) here on our blog.  If you have purchased/left feedback, well, I already have your address and I will send it to you.  If you leave a comment here and win, I will contact you for your address, so make sure you leave an e-mail (no I won’t spam you) address with your post, or you have one associated with your profile.

Who doesn’t like something for free?

Remember, It’s in the Maille.

Another giveaway

Time for another giveaway!  This time it is put on by the Etsy chainmaillers guild, of which we are members.   Details, pictures and voting are on the guild blog.  Vote for your favorite and win some cool stuff!

What are you waiting for, go!

200 or 250? winners

We had nearly 100 entries in total for this contest, which was a little more than I thought we might get.  We appreciate everybody’s participation!

I decided this was too many entries for just one prize, so we did one for each catagory.

Who won?

I’m not telling!

ok, ok, I won’t do that again.

In the “purchase” category, Mossfox was our winner.  She will be getting a package of assorted niobium and silver jump rings, valued at $40

Square sterling silver jump rings

Square sterling silver jump rings

In the “feedback” category, Avionmaille was our winner.  She will be getting a package of square sterling jump rings, valued at $40.

Gold fill jump rings

Gold fill jump rings

In our “comment” category, April (AKA G&A Maille) was our winner.  She will be getting some brand new, not even released Gold fill “diamond” jump rings designed for JPL, valued at $40

Once again, we would like to thank everybody who participated and we hope our winners enjoy their rings.

If you haven’t seen, we do have another contest running right now.  We are giving away a free print from infivision on artfire.  Check it out, he’s got some really nice photo’s.

Remember, we may do this again at anytime, so keep checking back with us.