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  • Home
  • The Bead In Hand Store
    • Beading Kits and Instructions
    • Gift Certificates
  • Free Tips & How To's
  • Classes
    • Help Me Choose
    • Basic Earring Design
    • Basic Stringing
    • Beginning Bead Weaving: Peyote Stitch
    • More Beginner Stitches
    • Advanced Bead Weaving Classes >
      • Puffed Triangles & Beyond
    • Bead Embroidery
    • Knotting
    • Kumihimo (Japanese Braiding)
    • Simple Wire Wrapped Stones
    • Rosary Workshop
    • Wire Work with Melody MacDuffee
    • Class Survey
  • Calendar
  • Special Events
    • 2024 Tempestry Project
    • Mother's Day Gift Making
    • What's Blooming On Harrison
    • Dia de Muertos | Harvest on Harrison
    • Holiday Special Events
    • Art & Wine Walk
    • WOW! Women-Owned Works
    • Ava Motherwell Vintage Beads Trunk Show
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Virtual tour
    • Kim's Beading Blog
    • April Fools
    • Links
    • Bead Challenges >
      • 2015 So Soft
      • 2014 LogoCentric
      • 2012 Rock On!
      • 2011 Uniquely Yours
      • 2011 Some Like It Hot
      • 2010 Beaded Calendar Pictures
      • 2008 Going Green Challenge
      • 2007 Beaded Animals
      • 2006 Beaded Good Luck Charms
      • 2005 Beaded Birds
      • 2004 Beaded Flatware
      • 2003 Beaded Hands
      • 2002 Salt and Pepper Shakers
      • 2001 Beaded Cow Creamer
  • Design & Repair Services
  • Hours, Directions & Contact Info

2004 Challenge:  Beaded Flatware

The theme for 2004 saw us back in the kitchen with Beaded Flatware.  As always, the only rule was that the majority of adornments had to be beads, and customers voted for their favorite in two categories: over age 12, and age 12 and under.
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Pirate Spoon by Miles Kosik, age 4

OVER AGE 12 CATEGORY

1st Place: There is No Spoon

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By Diane Carter

2nd Place: She's Growing Like a Bead

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By Michelle Dybal

3rd Place: Formal Flat Wear

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By Kim Humphrey

A Spoon Full of Sugar

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By Jo Davis

Bead Soup

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By Rhonda Harris

Don't Try to Cut Your Peas with a Knife

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By Jill Hillock

Have You Had Your Protein, Fruit & Vegetables

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By Naomi Winslow

May the Fork Be With You

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By Sue Habley

Neptunes Gifts

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By Rhonda Harris

Tasty, Yum & Delish

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By Alexandra Jamoz

AGE 12 & UNDER CATEGORY

1st Place: Spooning In Florida

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By Alicia Masen

2nd Place: Two Forks Bead as One

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By Alexis Kosik

3rd Place: Taste of the Tropics

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By Sylvia Bochner

Honorable Mention: Pirate Spoon

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By Miles Kosik
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