How to Participate 

The Rules:

1. Choose your bead(s). Please make sure bead release has been cleaned out and beads annealed.

2. Download the information from the Label Your Bead page and attach it to a blank card. Please do not use a business card; this project is about sharing the love of beads, not soliciting business.

3. Place your bead and card in a clear plastic ziplock bag.

4. Release your bead.

Please avoid releasing your bead(s) at airports and in other places where it could be deemed inappropriate, hazardous, or dangerous.

Some release ideas:  Leave with a tip, on a hotel pillow, on a restroom door handle, on a park bench, at the library!  Let your imagination be your guide!

5. Let us know your story - the clues, the finding, etc. You can send information and photos (in jpeg or gif format) to info@releaseabead.com

A special release request:

The members of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers would like to generate excitement for our Gathering by giving away Bead Bazaar tickets with released beads in the Oakland area. We need at least 100 beads that will be "seeded" in the Oakland area. Please send some of your beads by the Deadline June 25, 2008 for this special release to:

Fran Wincek, ISGB West Regional Director
11737 Upper Van Allen
Felton, CA  95062