Daily Jewel Sponsors Crowd Jewel Competition

Happy Valentine's Day!!!  to some of us it is a day that symbolizes Love and really beautiful feelings...to others it can be a really difficult time....that is what I want this competition to bring to the table.

So this is your challenge...as professionals you know that you want your style and emotion to come through in everything you do.  But, you also want to make something that is lovely that a customer would wear with pride.

BRING IT!  Your theme is "Valentine's Day"!   Contest Opens TODAY!  Deadline for entries is Sunday, Feb. 5th.  See the Crowd Jewel Facebook page for more...

Enter on the Crowd Jewel page on Facebook!  You've heard of "Crowd Sourcing"?  Well at Crowd Jewel one winner is chosen by the "crowd" and one by the Sponsor (this time that is ME!).

...and at the end of the contest I will be featuring the winners right here on my WILDLY ;-)  popular Daily Jewel blog which can bring you both public and Industry interest and we all know it is about getting more eyes on the goods!

I am sitting here in sunny Tucson Arizona at the largest Gem & Jewelry Show in the country and I can't wait to see the submissions and the opportunity to get to know two amazing new Design winners!

About Crowd Jewel
"Our style curators hunted high and low to find the best jewelry designers in the world, and invited them to submit their exclusive designs on Crowd Jewel to compete for your votes.

View the entries, vote for your favorite, and at the end of the competition at 12 PM PST on Sunday, February 5, 2012, a Crowd and Sponsor favorite will be announced. You will then be invited to the limited edition sale of the winning pieces.

Don't forget!! After you vote, be sure to fill out the Crowd Jewel survey to enter yourself for a chance to win your choice of the Crowd or Sponsor favorite. "

Mastercut Diamond Jubilee Jewellery Competition

Mastercut Diamond Jubilee jewellery competition to launch at Spring Fair 2012

To celebrate the Royal Diamond Jubilee in 2012, Mastercut Diamonds is launching a Jubilee Diamond Design Competition at The Jewellery Show in Birmingham in February.

The competition's goal us to foster creative talent, with entrants encouraged to let their imaginations soar, and then translate this into an innovative piece of diamond jewellery, which will contain 20 sparkling Mastercut diamonds, valued at over £20,000.

The winning design will reflect the brand ethos of Mastercut Diamonds, the perfect expression of love. Every Mastercut diamond has a very special symmetrical cut that has been developed to bring out the maximum sparkle in the stone.

The competition will be judged by Jean-Paul Tolkowsky of Mastercut Diamonds and the winning design will be manufactured by Mastercut Diamonds. The piece will then be exhibited during London Jewellery Week, at the Company of Master Jewellers Business Conference in June and the CMJ Summer Trade Event in August, and at the IJL Show in London in September, as well as touring the country to be exhibited at selected Mastercut stockists.

The competition will be a valuable stepping stone for young designers on their way to successful careers in the jewellery industry, and the winner will also be awarded a free stand at the CMJ August Trade Event in Birmingham, with the chance to showcase their jewellery design to leading independent retail buyers across the UK and Ireland.

Criteria
Submitted entries must be original designs, which have not previously been put on display or commercialised.

Diamonds must be an absolutely indispensable part of the jewellery design. The jewellery design should contain 20 Mastercut diamonds between 15pts and 50pts in size, set in 18ct white, rose or yellow gold.

Designs will be judged according to originality, wearability, the creative use of Mastercut diamonds and technical skill.

The competition is open to professional and non-professional designers, students, graduates, teachers, jewellers and goldsmiths based in the UK.

Participation is on an individual and not a company basis.

How to enter

• Submit drawing(s) of your design(s).
• Specifications for drawings: A4 size, full colour, top and bottom should be marked. Name and address of entrant must be included on the reverse of every design.
• Competition entries can be emailed to mastercut@masterjewellers.co.uk or posted to Mastercut Diamond Jubilee Competition, The Company of Master Jewellers, Somers House, 25 Somers Road, Rugby, CV22 7DG.
• Entries should be received before the closing date of 30th March 2012.