![]( "Countdown to Mother's Day - Week 5")
Can you believe that another week has come and gone for the Mother's Day Countdown. We just passed week 5 and Mother's Day is getting closer and closer and closer. Are you ready? Picked out that special handmade and/or vintage gift? If you are still dilly dallying, the Mother's Day Countdown - Week 5 will come in handy. Hosted by Julie and Blu of Blue Morning Expressions on their BluPrint blog, you can shop for Mom without leaving home. Add your selections to the shopping cart, pay and the items will quickly be winging their way to you. So many wonderful handmade and vintage items for so many wonderful Mums can be found on the Countdown - Week 5, 78 items to be exact.
Mine cut faceted carnelian nugget gemstone beads, set of 18, by Diane of
BeadSouk
You can participate in the Countdown if you have a studio/shop on ArtFire, Indiemade, StoreEnvy, Zibbet, SupaDupa, Etsy, stand alone websites and the like. You are invited to share up to three Mother's Day gift items between Friday around noon MST until sometime the following Sunday night. Then a new collection of gift ideas will start the next Friday, and so on, until the nine weeks are up and Mother's Day is here! The items shared need to be G-rated.
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When you participate in the Mother's Day Countdown 2015, important back links that we know and want are provided to your items. This will help make you more easily found by the Google gods. If you share items, you MUST promote each item in the Countdown collection. That is only fair. Pinterest and/or Wanelo are preferred since everyone can see the items and it is easy to save off of them. Twitter, Facebook and G+ just do not provide the ability to find items easily to share again. It would be great if you would provide your links in the comment section on Julie's BluPrint blog or on the ArtFire thread.
Just Girl series vintage undivided postcard with beautiful woman and poem by Colleen of postcardsintheattic
In addition to saving all the items shared in the Countdown onto my Mother's Day Pinterest board and Wanelo collection, as in Countdown's past, I decided to share one item from each of the varied artists who participated. This will be a perfect time to pull out a sheet of paper and a pen or pencil (or get your computer bookmarks ready) and begin your shopping list. Above all, however, have fun!
In addition to the items above, here are the rest of the items chosen for this week in the order they were shared in the collection:
Bottle cap pincushion in purple and white with embroidered flowers handmade by Nancy of
Wyverndesigns
"Bear Paw" stained glass Appalachian quilt square in shade of blue by Jo of 2GlassThumbs
Ammonite fossil and sterling silver necklace handmade by Eve of
evezbeadz
"Container Garden" fine art print handmade by S L Waldon of IslandsofTime
Gold claddagh double sided charm earrings with leverbacks by Connie of TheSingingBeader
Chartreuse beaded double wrap leather boho superduo bracelet handmade by Kathy of KatsAllThat
Black, white and silver wine glass tags with swirl and diamond charms, set of 6, handmade by Mary Beth of TheTwistedRedhead
Woodland nature animal tags for birthdays and baby showers handmade by Nat of adorebynat
Howlite chip anklet, bracelet and earrings set handmade by Janice of CreativeManiacs
Hand stamped lotus blossom thank you card in teal handmade by Lisa of cardsbylibe
Faux polymer clay turquoise and Swarovski crystal statement necklace handmade by Julie of BlueMorningExpressions
Black, white and pink Scottie dogs quilted zipper case / gadget purse handmade by Donna of SewAmazin
Lacy hand knit white cotton scarf handmade by Cathy of Cathy Creates
Distressed wood Americana recipe box handmade by Carla of ArtBySunfire
Carved bone lotus, blue lampwork earrings and padpardascha Swarovski crystal earrings handmade by Mary of PrettyGonzo
Dinosaur design baby bib with personalized matching burp cloth handmade by Mary of SimpleEmbroiderySew
"Spirits of the East" jade and golden tigers eye bracelet handmade by Scotti of JewelrybyScotti
Green, purple and blue square dichroic glass cuff links handmade by Kelli of ResetarGlassArt
Leopard wall art from birch wood handmade by Kev of KevsKrafts
Transparent medium amethyst purple lampwork glass beads by Charlotte of Covergirlbeads
Blue daisy polymer clay charm earrings with Czech glass and Swarovski crystals handmade by Catherine of Shadow Dog Designs
This is but a small sampling of all the creations shared in the collection. be sure to click on this link: Mother's Day Countdown 2015 - Week 5 to see all 78 handmade and vintage items that were shared. Hopefully one (or more!) of the items will make its way to your Mum on this Mother’s Day (:
THANK YOU to Julie and Blu of Blue Morning Expressions for all their hard work in putting the Countdown together and for providing a place on your blog where we can promote each other . . . and ourselves!
If you would like to make my day and the day of the artists featured, please leave a comment. In addition, any and all promotion you can do for this blog post will benefit us all and will be greatly appreciated.
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