Beadtober is back! You all love our #Beadtober challenges, so we’re challenging you again this year. For the entire month of October, we’ll be sharing prompts each day to inspire your creativity. Make new jewelry for every day of the challenge, share creations you’ve already made, or show off beads from your stash. However you participate, it’s sure to be inspiring to everyone else. Join us on our private Facebook group starting October 1st and share posts for each day’s theme (make sure you join the group in order to share and see what others share). Use the hashtag #beadtober on each post. Once the challenge is over our designers will each pick a participant to receive a $50 Artbeads gift card (that means there are 4 chances to win!). Keep reading to see the themes we’ve chosen for each day and to learn more about our Beadtober Giveaway.

Challenge Prompts

• 10/1: Autumnal Jewelry - we're kicking off the inspiration with fall favorites! Share fall jewelry you've made either this season or in previous years.  

• 10/2: Witchy Vibes - Share your jewelry with a witchy flair, or even some cute witch-themed Halloween jewelry.  

• 10/3: Celestial Showgirl - share celestial themed jewelry featuring moons, stars, and suns and showgirl sparkle. 

• 10/4: Think Pink - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Share pink creations to help raise awareness. 
  
   
• 10/5: Trick or Treat - share your beading trick and tips! 
  
• 10/6: Earrings - share some pretty earrings. They can be fall-themed, Halloween style, or just a favorite pair. 

• 10/7: Scary Simple – sometimes you only have time to make something simple and quick. Share a simple project to inspire everyone for their next speedy beading session. 

• 10/8: WIP Wednesday - everyone loves to see a Work in Progress (WIP for short). Share your current work (or works) in progress and maybe you’ll be inspired to complete it. 

• 10/9: Boo! It's Beads! - take this day to share your favorite beads in your stash, whether you've used them in a jewelry design or not. 

• 10/10: Halloween Crafts – share your spooky Halloween DIYs today. 

• 10/11: Bracelets - it's time to show off those beautiful bracelets you've made! 

• 10/12: Cozy Fiber Fun - share a jewelry creation featuring fiber. It can be embroidery, leather jewelry, or jewelry featuring yarn, ribbon, or another fun fiber. 

• 10/13: Spooky Saturday - Share anything spooky or fall today to avoid bad luck.  

• 10/14: National Dessert Day – Today is the perfect day to share something delicious, so show off something inspired by your sweet tooth cravings. 

• 10/15: Leaves - leaf-themed jewelry is popular for fall. Show off your leaf jewelry today. 

• 10/16: Birthstone Jewelry - Share your birthstone jewelry and beads today. If you need inspiration, Opal is October's birthstone (crystal and gemstone options are both available). 

• 10/17: Czech Glass – For today’s #Beadtober challenge, show off some jewelry featuring Czech glass or the Czech beads in your stash you’re dying to use. 

• 10/18: Orange and Black - it wouldn't be Halloween without these classic colors. Show off any orange and black jewelry and beads today. 

• 10/19: Necklaces - show off those beautiful necklaces you've made! 

• 10/20: Spooky Spooky Skeletons - show off the skull and skeleton jewelry you've made. 

• 10/21: Autumn Metallics - Copper, gold, brass, silver; they all make great metallic accents for fally jewelry styles and you can even mix them together. Share your metallic fall styles today.  

• 10/22: National Color Day – today is National Color Day so share a color that inspires you. 

• 10/23: Seed Beads - who doesn't love seed beads? Show off any seed bead jewelry you've created or maybe some favorite seed bead shapes or colors. 

• 10/24: Stay Inside and Bead! - Fall is the perfect time to get cozy and stay inside. So curl up in your favorite fall sweater and sip a pumpkin spice latte while you bead from the comfort of your home! Share a picture of your cozy beading space or the pieces you're working with today.  

• 10/25: Ghosts - Halloween isn't complete without ghosts. Share your ghosty jewelry and crafts today. we love all of the earthy colors that fall inspires. Share earth tones today. 

• 10/26: National Pumpkin Day – It's officially pumpkin season! Show off the little pumpkins you’ve added to your jewelry creations. 

• 10/27: National Black Cat Day - share any jewelry inspired by spooky black Halloween cats (or your everyday black cat - we love them all)! 

• 10/28: Mocha Mousse for National Chocolate Day - This year's Color of the Year is Mocha Mousse! Share Mocha Mousse inspired jewelry and beads for on-trend October style inspiration. Chocolate doesn't have to be saved just for the candy bowl! 

• 10/29: Creepy Crawlies - Spiders, snakes, bats, oh my! These creepy crawlies can sometimes make cute spooky jewelry, so share your creepy (but cute) crawlies today.  

• 10/30: National Candy Corn Day – Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that candy corn is cute and festive. Share something candy corn-inspired for this prompt. 

• 10/31: Happy Halloween! Share whatever gets you in the spooky spirit today. 

You Could Win Our Giveaway!

We hope to see your posts for the #Beadtober challenge starting October 1^st. Make sure to sign up for our Email Newsletter for special inspiration and deals for the Beadtober challenge all month long. As an added bonus, we’re giving away a $50 Artbeads.com Gift Card to four random lucky winners who participate in the challenge (Artbeads Official Contest Rules apply). Just make sure to use the hashtag #Beadtober when posting in the Facebook group so we are sure to see you participated in the challenge. Our designers Deb Floros, Becky Dahl, Julie Bean, and Sara Lovecraft will announce the winners in their live videos the first week of November! 

Will you be participating in the #Beadtober challenge? We can't wait to see what you share!