In 2008 UMBS and The Textile Center co-sponsored a competition called Bead of Whimsey
These are the winners

Best of Show, Beadagomi by Jennifer Hastings, Littleton CO
Juror: Stephanie Eddy
Sponsor: StormCloud Trading Co.


Juror's Choice, Monarch Migration Through Manhattan
by Evelyn Letfuss, New York, NY
Juror: Stephanie Eddy
Sponsor: Nordic Gypsy


1st Non-Wearable-Flat, Revel in Red by Samara Kaufman, Chicago IL

2nd Non-Wearable-Flat, Split Rail Analogy
by Francis Holliday Alford, Austin Texas

3rd Non-Wearable-Flat, Festival by Karyl L. Lynch
Shutesbury, MA

1st Wearable Jewelry, Jump in the Water is Fine
by Valerie LB Kuzma, Carlsbad, CA
Sponsor: Nordic Gypsy

2nd Wearable Jewelry, Reef Garden by Carole Horn, New York, NY
Sponsor: Nordic Gypsy

3rd Wearable Jewelry, Fauna and Flora by Maggie Hamel McCloud
Sponsor: Nordic Gypsy

1st Non-Wearable 3D, Motorcycle Mama by Laura Leonard, Minneapolis, MN
Sponsor: Beadbury

2nd Non-Wearable 3D, Peep! Peep! by Diane Fitzgerald,
Minneapolis, MN
Sponsor: Beadbury

3rd Non-Wearable 3D, Tricksey Boodin by Julie Fletcher,
Maple Grove, MN
Sponsor: Beadbury

1st Wearable Other, Tatiana's Crown by Brenda Brousseau, Minneapolis, MN
Sponsor: Bead & Button Magazine/Kalmbach Publishing

2nd Wearable Other, Shell Game by Kelly Dorman,
Mackinac Island, MI
Sponsor: Bead & Button Magazine/Kalmbach Publishing

3rd Wearable Other, Three by Terry Steen, Plymouth, MN
Sponsor: Bead & Button Magazine/Kalmbach Publishing

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