Well, here it is, the last week of the Countdown to Christmas 2014. I don't know about you, but I find it hard to believe that it's over. Seems like we just started Week 1 of the Countdown just a few short weeks ago. Where does the time go . . . ? According to the Christmas clock, there are 15 days, 5 hours and 27 minutes since I hit the "save blog post" button.
Gingerbread man bookmark for Christmas handmade by Mary Beth of TheTwistedRedhead
Many, many thanks to Julie and Blu for planning and hosting the Countdown and for the delicious Twelve Days of Baking blog posts. What fun it all was! Please be sure to visit Julie's ArtFire studio, BlueMorningExpressions, for polymer clay pieces and other goodies.
"The White Dragon" fantasy filet crochet art handmade by Ruth of RSSDesignsInFiber
This week, 51 items were shared. There was a wide variety of items: hand knit, crocheted and sewn beauties; fun polymer clay pieces; gorgeous lampwork glass beads and dichroic glass jewelry; sparkling jewelry; handmade gift tags; lovely counted cross stitch patterns; and, wooden ornaments. All of these and more made their appearance this past weekend. There is something here in the Countdown for each and every person on your Christmas gift list, even the hard-to-buy-for person we all seem have on our list!
Knitted purple infinity scarf and fingerless glove set handmade by Nancy of jazzitupwithdesignsbynancy
In addition to saving each item for the countdown collection to my Pinterest board and Wanelo collection, I decided to share my favorite item from each of the ArtFire artists who participated in this post - fabulous for long lived backlinks (and we all want and need those!). Here are the rest of my picks for Week 12 in an order only known to me:
Pink flower polymer clay coin beads for jewelry making handmade by Julie of BlueMorningExpressions
Organic ivory and emerald green lampwork glass beads with fine silver dots handmade by Charlotte of Covergirlbeads
Set of three polymer clay millefiore style buttons handmade by Nancy of Wyverndesigns
Large black Gothic cross pendant necklace with red enamel accents handmade by Connie of Thesingingbeader
Star Christmas earrings with red and green Swarovski crystals handmade by Mary of PrettyGonzo
Magical snow queen, Elsa, gemstone pendant necklace handmade by Eve of evezbeadz
Knitted autumn red infinity scarf or hooded cowl handmade by Cathy of CraftingMemories
"Kyoto Pond" dichroic fused glass pendant handmade by Jo of Umeboshi
Peace, love and paws insulated water bottle carrier handmade by Donna of SewAmazin
Red and white superduo snakeskin beadwoven cuff bracelet handmade by Kat of KatsAllThat
Charoite and amethyst copper wire wrapped gemstone earrings handmade by Diane of dianesdangles
Genuine turquoise and pewter Southwest inspired chunky necklace handmade by Catherine of ShadowDogDesigns
So there you have it, my picks for this final week. All of the amazing items shared above are just a sampling of the gift ideas that can be found in the Countdown to Christmas 2014 - Week 12 collection hosted by Julie and Blu of BlueMorningExpressions. To see all of the shares, please click here: Countdown to Christmas. I hope at least one . . . and possibly several . . . of these handmade items caught your eye and found their way to your shopping list. Shop early - shop often!
MANY, MANY thanks to Julie and Blu for hosting the Countdown to Christmas again for the third year! ALL of us appreciate all your hard work greatly!
If you would love to make my day and the day of the artist's featured, please leave a comment. And any promotion that can be done will be greatly appreciated by all. Thank you so much!
Here are the links to the other collections in the 2014 Countdown:
My contact information:
Artfire studio: ShadowDogDesigns
Blog: ShadowDogDesigns' Blog
Facebook: ShadowDogDesigns - Jewelry
Twitter: ShadowDogDesign
Pinterest: Shadow Dog Designs
Wanelo: ShadowDog
SocialBliss: Catherine Waterhouse
Rebelmouse: ShadowDogDesigns
Google+: Catherine W
Zibbet: ShadowDogDesigns
SupaDupa: Shadow Dog Designs
Flickr: Shadow Dog Designs' Photostream