This contest is now closed. Thank you all for participating and congratulations to our winner! Click here to view our winner post.
Did you miss out on taking a trip to the 2012 Gem and Mineral Show in Tucson this year? Don’t worry! You may still get your hands on some of the coolest beads, findings and other goodies available at one of the world’s biggest shows. Follow the Artbeads crew on our Facebook event page and the blog as they discover fun new items by browsing through thousands of tables, booths, rooms, nooks and crannies, cherry picking a few items to place into a goody jar as they go. Over one crazy, exhausting and exhilarating week, you will see the jar gradually fill with an eclectic mix of beads and other fun stuff.
Now that we’re back, take a look at the full jar above and guess at the number of items we’ve stuffed into the jar. If your guess comes closest to the actual number, you win the jar! Guess it exactly and you will also win a $100 Artbeads.com gift certificate! You can see the progress of the growing jar below, but be sure to look above for the final fill.
To enter the contest, just fill out the short survey below! One entry per person, please. Make sure to scroll to the bottom of the survey and click the “done” button.
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This contest runs until today, February 5, 2012 and ends Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at Noon PST. Winners will be announced Thursday, February 9. Must be 18 or older to enter. This contest is void where prohibited by law and open to US and Canada residents only excluding Quebec. No purchase necessary. In the event of a tie, one winner will be randomly selected. Winner will be notified by e-mail.
Good luck to everyone!
-Marissa
What a fun contest!
Keeping my fingers crossed!
I’m thinking 2525 would be a good number. Have no idea how to figure something like this out so going with numbers I like.
Hi! My guess is 1011 beads; what a bonanza! Keeping my fingers crossed….
2,478 is my guess. Hope!
I got the right number!
What a neat deal! It would be so nice to win. Good luck to everyone!
hopeful
Thats a lot of beads. I could sure use them.
Love the colors!
My guess for the number of beads in the jar is: 8888
I would love to win this as when I read about the American fairs and see the pictures I feel I could lose myself in among them. Good luck everyone!
never check out the jar and that got to be way over what i said. it gotta be @ least 8000…
This is a beader’s dream!
Really – I NEED to come to one of these shows!
love this treasure trove of delights!!
Wow what a great idea for a contest but I’m afraid I guessed way too low:-(
What a cool contest…I’ll have great fun using all the 999 pieces in many projects..
Sure is hard to guess because of the different sizes.
Hi, I have no idea how mant beads are in the jar. I used to do an Earth Science lab on permeability where we had tubes filled with the same size beads (s, m, lg) and one tube with a mixture od all three sizes. The kids poured water through the beada and timed how fast the water went thrugh each. One day one of the kids knocked over their mixed tube (minus H2O luckily) and we were finding those beads for months! I guesssed by birthday year! I was born the day sfter Christmas which as a kid had to feel like the most unlucky day on which to be born. I got Merry Christmas/Happt Birthday presents a lot. I always felt cheated that my 6 siblings had birthday parties, but I never did. I’m going to make my birthday a LUCKY number for once! I guess there are 1226 beads in the jar!
OOPS! I just read my post and ouch…look at akk of those typos! I realized I made a mistake in my comment. I was going to use the year I was born, but changed to to the date I arrived in the world because I want it to be associated with something good! Thanks again. I was a great science teacher, but never a very good typist! LOL!
My best guess is 1943. I’d love to win this jar with all the goodies I can see! I have a LOT of beading to do!
1,959 fabulous and fun beads!
cool contest
SOOOO exciting!!!
I was soooooo bad at this as a kid, but I soooooo want to win! 🙂 xox jean
so much fun!!!! 2341 is my guess!
This is such a great idea! I hope I win!
Would love to win this.
Lots of fun! thanks for the chance to win!
I think there are 4277 beads in the jar!
This is a fun contest. 🙂
🙂 What a fantastic idea!!
great beads for making an impression.
I have never been good at this sort of thing.
But here goes. Let’s just have fun.
I would really like to see someone count the items as they take them out of the jar.
wouldn’t it be fun to watch someone count all those items as they come back out of the jar?
The amount will probably leave us speechless.
Have fun everyone.
1962
5321 i thnk
nope for sure 1525
I want that jar!!! Lol My guess is 5327
Would love this jar! My guess is 4976.
My guess is 12,000!
I sent in my crazy guess!!!! 11390!!!! Cause that was a good day!!!!!
This is the first time I visited this web site! Free shipping over $10.00. Thanks for the guessing game! What fun you are!!
and my answer is………….all of them
Boy what I could do with this delightful jar of goodies.
What a beautiful array of goodies in the Tucson Jar.
Forgot to add the amount… 2,116