Quilting! Handmade soap! Digital art! Christmas ornaments! Knitting, crocheting and sewing! Gift tags! Polymer clay art! Jewelry! Decals! Vintage! Table accessories! Lampwork! All this and more can be found on this week's Countdown to Christmas 2013, Week 9, of handmade and vintage items hosted by Julie and Blu of BlueMorningExpressions. And, believe it or not, we are now 3/4 of the way through the Countdown - only 3 weeks more. The weeks are flying by . . . Week 9 on the Countdown hit a new record for participants/shares: 133 total! Browse through and you will find there is something in the Countdown for anyone, even your hardest-to-buy-for auntie or grandpa! Muchas gracias to Julie and Blu of BlueMorningExpressions for hosting the Countdown collection each week during the lead up to Christmas!
Shop owners of ArtFire, Zibbet, Etsy, SupaDupa, a stand alone website and the like are welcome to share up to three gift items between Friday night at 12:01 a.m. and Monday morning at 12:01 a.m. Then a new collection of gift items will begin again the next Friday. This will continue until the second week in December. The items shared need to be G-rated.
If you share items, you MUST promote the collection and EACH item on at least one social network site, preferably Wanelo or Pinterest where the items can be easily seen and then saved again. It's only fair to promote each of the participants who have promoted you!
In addition to saving each item from the countdown collection on Pinterest and Wanelo, I decided to share one item from each of the ArtFire artists who participated. Since we had so many participate again this week, I know I'll run up against the ArtFire blog length limit so have divided the Countdown blog into two parts. Part 1 can be found here: Countdown, Part 1. Here are the items for Part 2 in alphabetical order according to studio name:
Medium sized handmade decoupage Christmas trinket box by Carla of artbysunfire
Original watercolor painting of an elegant emerald birthstone fairy by Sarah of BLindEyeArtist-SJJ
Handmade Doctor Who inspired mini tardis nail polish box by Crystaland Christina of BrulezRulez
Single red ornament on "Happy Christmas" handmade cards, set of 6, by Lisa of cardsbylibe
Women's convertible hand knitted hobo gloves/mittens with longer cover by Cathy of CraftingMemories
Newborn baby gift keepsake and remembrance plaque by Fran of Creationsbyfrannie
Green wreath with red bow handmade soap in a pine, spruce and balsam fir scent by Irena of Gingers-Garden
Paris inspired blackberry and topaz charm necklace by Julie, Nicole and Linda of jnldesigns
Natural howlite spikes and leather wrap bracelet handmade by Kat of KatsAllThat
Mary and baby Jesus surrounded by a rosary vinyl decal sticker by LilBitOLove
Quilted Christmas table runner with pinwheels in squares and gold edged fabric by Ann of PutmanLakeDesigns
Shades of green striped handmade fused glass plate or candle holder, 7" x 5", by Kellie of ResetarGlassArt
Golden fused glass pendant with tree branch texture, gold filled wire wrapped bail by Roxanne of ShanghaiTai
Bead embroidered ruby zoisite pendant necklace with crystal and green beads handmade by Rose of ThaddeusRose
"Frozen Ocean Wave" handmade cobalt blue dichroic glass brooch with clear glass by Jo of Umeboshi
Reversible penguin toddler hat with earflaps handmade with fleece by Nancy of Wyverndesigns
Colorful dichroic glass pendant necklace with faceted black onyx handmade by Catherine of ShadowDogDesigns
I hope you have enjoyed this sampling of some of the handmade and vintage gift items that can be found in the Countdown collection hosted by Julie and Blu of BlueMorningExpressions. To see all the items in the collection, please click here: Countdown to Christmas 2013, Week 9. I hope that at least one, maybe more, items piqued your interest and made its way to your shopping list.
What will next week bring? MORE handmade and vintage beauties! I, for one, am looking forward to it!
If you are so inclined, please make my day and leave a comment (: Also any promotion will be greatly appreciated by everyone featured in this post. Thank you!
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