Wow! Can you believe that we are a bit over 1/2 way through the Mother's Day Countdown? It's April 1st today! Where does the days go? Hmmmm . . . a good part of the day is sent right here in front of the computer - LOL!
With Mother's Day is fast approaching, Sunday, May 12, now is the time to start your Mother's Day shopping. A perfect place to do your shopping is at Julie and Blu's Mother's Day Gift Ideas Countdown, a collection of handmade and vintage items any Mum will love The Countdown will run for another 5 weeks, which will make 12 weeks total. Last week 96 wonderful handmade and vintage items were shared. This week we were down a bit at 83 items, which included: jewelry, woodworking, sewing, antique postcards and all sorts of different items and techniques! Shop early . . . shop often!
Antique Yemen silver amulet necklace with amber, bone and glass beads - amulet signed by the maker - by Anna of CraftsofthePast
Sellers who have a studio/shop on ArtFire, SupaDupa, Zibbet, Etsy, stand alone websites and the like, are invited to share up to three Mother's Day gift items starting each Friday of the Countdown. Julie usually posts the link around noon on Friday. The collection will close for item submissions around midnight Sunday night. Then, the following Friday, a new collection will start - and so on - until the twelve weeks are up and Mother's Day is here! The items that are shared need to be G-rated.
Shimmering dichroic glass pendant with a perfect bubble by Jo of Umeboshi
When you participate in the Countdown to Mother's Day, those all important back links are supplied back to your studio, from the collection itself and from the people sharing your items. This helps your ranking with the various search engines. However, if you share items, you MUST promote each item in the Countdown collection. Pinterest and/or Wanelo are preferred since everyone can see the items and it is easy to resave again from those two sites. Twitter and Facebook just do not provide the ability to find items easily to share again and don't provide long lasting links.
Colorful glass crow bead earrings with Czech crystals, 22K gold plated heishe and 14K gold filled earwires by Connie of TheSingingBeader
In addition to saving all the items shared to my Pinterest and Wanelo board/collections, each week I decided to blog about the Countdown Collection and share an item from each of the ArtFire artists who participated. This helps to provide even longer lasting backlinks into the studios. All you have to do is get comfy, pull out a sheet of paper and a pen/pencil, have your credit card handy . . . and begin shopping! Above all have fun browsing these fabulous creations!
Here are the rest of the items in the Mother's Day Collection - Week 7 pretty much in the order that they were shared:
Made to order crochet arbor rose clutch purse by Nina of Nina'sCorner
Pink hues tropical summer wrap bracelet by Eve of EvezBeadz
Large hole lampwork two tone bead charm with cubic zirconia and silver by Charlotte of Covergirlbeads
Wire wrapped green ice Chinese crystal earrings by Kathy of specialtivity
Bead embroidered bronzite pendant necklace by Rose of ThaddeusRose
Light blue embroidered sweatshirt jacket by Carole of CarolesJackets
Banded agate pendant necklace with white freshwater pearls by Diane of DianesDangles
Blue sodalite, white shell, Swarovski crystals and Bali-style silver bead adjustable bracelet by Mary of PrettyGonzo
White daisy handmade glycerin glower soap with gift box by Irena of Gingers-Garden
Antique ruby and white sapphire eternity ring by Juliet of Thefamilyjoolz
"Deep Blue Love at Midnight" Toekini barefoot sandals by Rebecca of RaigeCreations
Lavender polymer clay flower bead necklace with green glass and pearls by Julie of BlueMorningExpressions
"Mom's Kitchen" oven/rack push/pull kitchen utensil handcrafted from oak by Kevin of KevsKrafts
Titanium electroplated quartz and Swarovski crystal necklace by Barbara of SolanaKaiDesigns
Holey lime green fused glass plate, 7" x 4", handmade by Kellie of ResetarGlassArt
Blue and white Swarovski crystal and glass charm bracelet by Julie, Nicole and Linda of jnldesigns
Burgundy hand knit "Mom" dishcloth/washcloth by Sharon of HollyKnitterCreations
Pink and white inlaid mother-of-pearl pendant necklace with freshwater pearls by Patricia of Gaias-Gifts
Natural banana bark frame, 13.5" x 11.5", by asiansecrets
Spring floral polymer clay beads (from Julie!) and Swarovski crystal earrings by Catherine of ShadowDogDesigns
I hope you agree that there are many amazing creations shared in this sampling. Be sure to click on this link Mother's Day Gift Ideas Countdown to see all 83 items that were shared. Hopefully one (or more!) of the items will make it's way to you Mum this Mother's Day (: And remember, a new collection starts again this coming Friday!
Many, many thanks to Julie and Blu of BlueMorningExpressions for all their hard work in putting this together each week.
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