A while ago, I entered the the Beads and Beyond magazine Jewellery Maker of the Year Competition, and was short-listed in the Mixed-Media category; today I got the issue that announces the winners.

Well, I didn't win. I can't say I wasn't a little bit sad at first, but now I'm feeling glad that I got shortlisted at all; it was the first jewellery designing competition I entered with my polymer clay work, and only the second one I ever entered (and I might have entered that past the deadline, so I guess it doesn't count!). It felt like a big step, and it was fun :D

The others designs *were* really beautiful, so congratulations to all the winners! :)

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Anyway, here's one design I entered that wasn't shortlisted

And here's the shortlisted one:

Practically everything on both ofthem is handmade by me: the feature beads/pendant, the round links and jumprings, the toggle ring and bar/clasp, and the accent beads. The only things I didn't make were the tiny silver-plated beads that are dotted around :D