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pamela

(3,469 posts)
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 09:48 PM Mar 2016

Bead the Bern Bracelet Giveaway!

I finished the bracelet that I posted about last week in this thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280135041 and now I am going to give it to one lucky DUer.

This is what you win:



This was made using Delica beads on a beading loom. It is adjustable in length and should fit wrists from approx. 6 to 7 1/2+ inches.

To enter just leave a post in this thread saying that you want it. I will put the names in a hat and have my husband draw the winning name. The drawing will be around this time tomorrow evening.

That's it. No complicated rules except one: be nice. All DUers are eligible to enter so if someone you don't like wins don't get mad at me.

Good luck!

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Bead the Bern Bracelet Giveaway! (Original Post) pamela Mar 2016 OP
I would LiberalElite Mar 2016 #1
Love it! marew Mar 2016 #2
oh please! Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #3
Send it to Jane Sanders :) Donkees Mar 2016 #4
What a wonderful gift, and how incredibly rare!!! Mira Mar 2016 #5
I want it ;) It's lovely flamingdem Mar 2016 #6
It's wonderful! I made one- multicolored years ago when a teen. We share a name, appalachiablue Mar 2016 #7
Very nice! Liberal Jesus Freak Mar 2016 #8
Wow, it's beautiful! You do great work. kas125 Mar 2016 #9
How my goodness, look what you made!! nc4bo Mar 2016 #10
Beautiful xloadiex Mar 2016 #11
I really like Donkees' idea to send it to Jane... mak3cats Mar 2016 #12
Someone mentioned Jane Sanders. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #13
Me want Bernie bracelet! Baitball Blogger Mar 2016 #14
I would treasure this but I think giving it to Jane would be lovely. Stardust Mar 2016 #15
What others have said. Send it to Mrs Sanders sarge43 Mar 2016 #16
I love it! It's gorgeous! Ino Mar 2016 #17
I would love to have it! noamnety Mar 2016 #18
I would love it! Dragonfli Mar 2016 #19
I'd love to have it. potone Mar 2016 #20
I would like to win this! Else You Are Mad Mar 2016 #21
What a sweet thing to do! Pharaoh Mar 2016 #22
You could make it smaller than 6" I think. pamela Mar 2016 #27
my wrist is about 7 Pharaoh Mar 2016 #40
I would love to wear this PuraVidaDreamin Mar 2016 #23
I think it should be given to Mrs. Sanders. It is so pretty ! agracie Mar 2016 #24
The cutest thing I ever saw! Fawke Em Mar 2016 #25
Please put my name in the hat. SheilaT Mar 2016 #26
Wonderful!! AmBlue Mar 2016 #28
Love it! Nite Owl Mar 2016 #29
Seriously, I love it! How sweet of you to do a giveaway. Kittycat Mar 2016 #30
Ooooo lovely work! dana_b Mar 2016 #31
Ooh Ooh Me Want! ljm2002 Mar 2016 #32
Ohhh. pugetres Mar 2016 #33
I'd love to have it. Live and Learn Mar 2016 #34
I worked on it for about two weeks. pamela Mar 2016 #41
Are you sure you want to give it away? Live and Learn Mar 2016 #42
It's beautiful . . . baran Mar 2016 #35
That's awesome! I want it :D YourAMIGO Mar 2016 #36
Oooooh! Toss my name in the drawing. ladyVet Mar 2016 #37
Me too Rebelde Mar 2016 #38
That is beautiful! Hope I get lucky. I'm in! glinda Mar 2016 #39
Kick! (eom) mak3cats Mar 2016 #43
So beautiful! It would be a treasured item riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #44
I'm going to make more. pamela Mar 2016 #45
I'm sitting in my rocking chair Mira Mar 2016 #46
So cool. suffragette Mar 2016 #47
Last chance! pamela Mar 2016 #48
May I announce the good news????? I WON ___I WON____I WON Mira Mar 2016 #49
Congratulations Mira! suffragette Mar 2016 #50
Yay for Mira! LiberalElite Mar 2016 #51
Very happy for you. pamela Mar 2016 #52
Congratulations! SoapBox Mar 2016 #53
Thank you for saying that. Mira Mar 2016 #54
Awesome! noamnety Mar 2016 #57
It's beautiful! Include me in! flor-de-jasmim Mar 2016 #55
Yes--put my name in the hat too. n/t eridani Mar 2016 #56

Mira

(22,378 posts)
5. What a wonderful gift, and how incredibly rare!!!
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 10:05 PM
Mar 2016

Please put my name in the pot.
I like this idea and the work you did very very much.

kas125

(2,472 posts)
9. Wow, it's beautiful! You do great work.
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 10:09 PM
Mar 2016

Please put my name in the hat. And if you have other stuff available, I'd love to see it. I love beadwork!

mak3cats

(1,573 posts)
12. I really like Donkees' idea to send it to Jane...
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 10:14 PM
Mar 2016

...so put me in the drawing, and if my name is drawn do just that. I'm sure a good address to which to send it can be found here (Omaha Steve, perhaps?).

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
13. Someone mentioned Jane Sanders.
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 10:15 PM
Mar 2016

Put her name in my place. My wrists are huge and I don't get to wear many bracelets.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
19. I would love it!
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 10:25 PM
Mar 2016

Also since I possess no cash (I mean that literally, I currently have only food stamps as income),
I can't even buy a Bernie T shirt or other swag.

My wife used to make jewelry and did a lot of bead work, I can imagine her compliments on your work in my head. You do Beautiful work.

 

Pharaoh

(8,209 posts)
22. What a sweet thing to do!
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 10:59 PM
Mar 2016

I would be very happy to get it!

whoops! Just checked my wrist it too big! But the Jane idea is a good one if you could get it to her.

pamela

(3,469 posts)
27. You could make it smaller than 6" I think.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 12:00 AM
Mar 2016

It's only about 5 3/4 inches from end to end so, with a different clasp, it might fit. Also, it could be worn a bit higher up on the wrist.

Or, did you mean your wrist is too big? Again, a different clasp would make it bigger.

PuraVidaDreamin

(4,094 posts)
23. I would love to wear this
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 11:13 PM
Mar 2016

Fantabulous bracelet in the O.R.

Although most surgeons are surprisingly feeling the Bern too!

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
26. Please put my name in the hat.
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 11:58 PM
Mar 2016

I do a small amount of beading myself, but nothing like that. I also embroider and crochet, so I know what goes into making things by hand.

I am sure whoever gets it, will wear it proudly.

Kittycat

(10,493 posts)
30. Seriously, I love it! How sweet of you to do a giveaway.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 12:49 AM
Mar 2016

Off to check out the other thread, because I love handmade items. 💕

ljm2002

(10,751 posts)
32. Ooh Ooh Me Want!
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 01:54 AM
Mar 2016

Very nice work! And how wonderfully generous of you to give it away to one of us lucky DUers!!

pamela

(3,469 posts)
41. I worked on it for about two weeks.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 01:46 PM
Mar 2016

I didn't keep track of the exact time but I only worked on it about an hour or two each day due to eye strain. (I need new glasses.) I'd say there is ten to fifteen hours total in it.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
42. Are you sure you want to give it away?
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 02:18 PM
Mar 2016

It is really nice and after all that work, I don't see how you can part with it.

ladyVet

(1,587 posts)
37. Oooooh! Toss my name in the drawing.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 08:57 AM
Mar 2016

If I won it, I think I'd give it to my mother. She loves Bernie and her birthday is on the 26th.

pamela

(3,469 posts)
45. I'm going to make more.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 04:52 PM
Mar 2016

This was kind of an experiment. I had a piece on my loom that was taking forever and then I got this Bernie idea and just wanted to see how it would look and I wanted to try out a new finishing technique. I was pretty pleased with the result (I wish I'd used a brighter background color) and I was really happy with the new finishing technique-should save me hours on future bracelets.

I have an idea for a twist on this design that I'm excited to try. (hint: think warhol.)

Mira

(22,378 posts)
49. May I announce the good news????? I WON ___I WON____I WON
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 11:47 PM
Mar 2016

I'm so excited, I seriously am speechless.
I therefore don't know what to say and send a huge thank you along with the assurance that I will wear it with pride all the way to November and beyond, , knowing fully how special and unique it is.

I don't have a full appreciation of what went into the creation of it, but enough to appreciate the artistry and the design.

I have 4 Bernie workers staying here from all over the country, they have been here working for Bernie in NC and have slept in all possible bedroom and niches in my house for 2 weeks or so.
I have not seen harder working humans, they leave at 9 am and return by 1-2 in the morning, and they said they would work through the whole night tonight because tomorrow is the election in NC. I can't wait to corner them to show them what I won.

I don't mean to be rambling, but I'm so excited, and incredibly grateful.

I'm feeling the Bern, and what a gift on the eve of our big day tomorrow.
Champagne is on ice.

And Thank you so very very much pamela and husband who pulled my name.


Mira

Mira

(22,378 posts)
54. Thank you for saying that.
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 12:37 AM
Mar 2016

And yes, I will be sporting it with great pride for a long long time.
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