It’s that time again! 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 Instagram and our private Facebook group starting October 1st and share posts for each day’s theme (make sure you join the group and follow us on Instagram so you can see what others share). Use the hashtags #beadtober and #SeriousArtbeader and tag us with each post on Instagram so everyone can see your posts show up on the hashtags. You could even win an Artbeads.com gift card just by participating. Keep reading to see the themes we’ve chosen for each day and to learn more about our Beadtober Giveaway.

If you want to keep track of our #Beadtober prompts easily, we've also created a PDF calendar for you to download and print! Each day of the calendar has the prompt noted, with plenty of space to add your own notes. Get the calendar here. 

Challenge Prompts

• 10/1: Fall 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: Think Pink - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Share pink creations to help raise awareness.
• 10/3: Spooky Celestial - share celestial themed jewelry featuring moons, stars, and suns.
• 10/4: 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.

• 10/5: Viva Magenta - This year's Color of the Yeary is Magenta! Share your magenta jewelry for on-trend October style inspiration. 
• 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: Cozy Fiber Fun - share a jewelry creation featuring fiber. It can be embroidery, leather jewelry, or jewelry featuring yarn, ribbon, or another fun fiber. (I love Yarn day)
• 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: Season of the Witch - Share your jewelry with a witchy flair, or even some cute witch-themed Halloween jewelry.
• 10/13: Freaky Friday - It's Friday the 13th! 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: Opal - Opal is October's birthstone (crystal ang gemstone options are both available). Share your opal jewelry designs or beads and projects that remind you of opal beauty or October themes. 
• 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: National Chocolate Day - chocolate doesn't have to be saved just for the candy bowl. Share your chocolate-colored jewelry today, from fall brown tones to sweet dessert hues.
• 10/29: Creepy Crawlies - Spiders, sankes, 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. We’ll be sharing some of your posts on our Instagram Stories throughout the challenge and 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 one random lucky winner who participates in the challenge (Artbeads Official Contest Rules apply). Just make sure to use the hashtags #Beadtober and #Seriousartbeader (and tag our Instgram account @artbeads if you are sharing on Instagram) so we are sure to see you participated in the challenge. 

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