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What Are You Working on Now? Show Us What’s on Your Bench AND Enter Our December Contest!

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What inspires you these days? What materials have you been experimenting with? Nearly every month we present you with another “What are You Working on Now?” contest, in which we invite readers to submit a picture or two and a description of what’s on their bench right now. Well, this month’s winner, Beth Beck, has won a $20 Rio credit, and December’s contest has officially begun—show us your stuff for a chance to win!

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The Studio Team Gets Their Hands Dirty: Enter Rio’s Incredible WHITE COPPRclay Contest and Join Them!

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It’s not too late to join our Incredible WHITE COPPRclay Pinterest Contest! Check out The Studio today to see the what happened when Rio’s blog team got the WHITE COPPRclay bug and had a workshop to create some treasures. Then you can join the Incredible WHITE COPPRclay Contest yourself for a chance to win a fabulous blog spotlight of your jewelry!

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2014 Saul Bell Design Award Competition: There’s Still Time to Enter!

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The deadline for the prestigious 2014 Saul Bell Design Award competition is approaching but there’s still time to enter! This international competition recognizes distinction in jewelry design. It invites you to challenge yourself as a designer, and in the spirit of innovation, to create without boundaries. Go ahead. Show the jewelry world what you’ve got! Push yourself to new limits. Innovate. Entertain and surprise us all!

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We STILL Want to Know, “What Are You Working on Now?”

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What inspires you these days? What materials are you dying to work with? Our monthly “What are You Working on Now?” contest is back! This is your invitation to submit a picture or two and a description of what’s on your bench right now. This month’s winner, Kathy Anderson, just won a $10 Rio credit, and our next contest has officially begun – show us your stuff for a chance to win in April!

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Rio Grande’s Annual “What Was Your Favorite Purchase” and Giveaway Post!

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Every January, we ask fellow jewelers what their favorite jewelry-making purchase was for the previous year. Sometimes, it’s a hammer or a saw; other times it’s an iPad for designing, diamonds for setting, even a ladder for building a new studio. Check out 2012’s list of favorite purchases…and participate in the awesome giveaway!

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What Are You Working on Now? Show Us What’s on Your Bench AND Enter Our January Contest!

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What inspires you these days? What materials are you dying to work with? Each month we present you with another “What are You Working on Now?” contest, in which we invite readers to submit a picture or two and a description of what’s on their bench right now. Well, this month’s winner, Laura Burbaker, has won a $10 Rio credit, and January’s contest has officially begun – show us your stuff for a chance to win!

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What Are You Working on Now? Show Us What’s on Your Bench AND Enter Our October Contest!

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What inspires you these days? What materials are you dying to work with? Each month we present you with another “What are You Working on Now?” contest, in which we invite readers to submit a picture or two and a description of what’s on their bench right now. Well, this month’s winner, Erin Brown, has won a $10 Rio credit, and October’s contest has officially begun – show us your stuff for a chance to win!

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What Are You Working on Now? Show Us What’s on Your Bench AND Enter Our September Contest!

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What inspires you these days? What materials are you dying to work with? Each month we present you with another “What are You Working on Now?” contest, in which we invite readers to submit a picture or two and a description of what’s on their bench right now. Well, this month’s winner, Melicia Phillips, has won a $10 Rio credit, and September’s contest has officially begun – show us your stuff for a chance to win!

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Gregg Burgard’s Zombie Beads Inspire the Question: “What Are You Working on Now?” (It’s a Contest!)

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“What are you working on now?” We asked that question here at Rio and discovered Gregg Burgard’s whimsical and creepy “Zombie Beads”. For us, it’s completely inspiring to see a work-in-progress and hear about its evolution. Check out Gregg’s charms and then enter to win $10 in Rio cash, by sharing a photo of what YOU are working on now!

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