WOW! It's hard to believe that Week 10 of the Countdown to Christmas 2013 has come and gone. That leaves only two weeks left. When we start, ten weeks always seems like a long time. But does it ever flash by! Despite some glitchiness, there were 103 shares this week - down a bit from last week but still a sizeable amount. This week's Countdown included a wide variety of items: quilted and knitted beauties, handmade wooden ornaments and jewelry boxes, whimsical watercolor paintings, vintage postcards, polymer clay designs, wire wrapped cocktail forks, stylish jewelry, fun decals, handy jewelry supplies, cute gift tags, stunning lampwork and more in the 103 items shared. There is something here in the Countdown for each and every person on your Christmas gift list! A thousand ( and more) thanks to Julie and Blu of BlueMorningExpressions for planning and hosting the Countdown collection!
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 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 2 can be found here: Countdown, Part 2. Here are the items for Part 1 in studio name alphabetical order from the end of the alphabet to the beginning:
"Up on Your Toes" handmade polymer clay en pointe ballet slipper earrings by Nancy of Wyverndesigns
Four piece wire wrapped party cocktail fork set with lavender beads by Mary Beth of TheTwistedRedhead
Purple jade and Swarovski crystal handmade leather bracelet by Kathy of Specialtivity
Quilted holiday table runner with holly and ornaments handmade by Ann of PutmanLakeDesigns
Purple and green polka dotted earrings with sterling silver heart charms handmade by Elaine of LittleApples
"Wise Men Still Seek Him" Christmas vinyl decal by LilBitOLove
Rottweiler Christmas tree ornament handmade from poplar by Kevin of KevsKrafts
Pink Swarovski crystal, glass pearl and pewter ribbon breast cancer awareness earrings by Nancy of jazzitupwithdesignsbynancy
Chocolate and vanilla checkerboard handmade cold process soap by Irena of Gingers-Garden
Old Egyptian silver ankh pendant necklace with AAA lapis lazuli handmade by Anna of CraftsofthePast
Red cashmere hand knit lace scarf handmade by Cathy of craftingmemories
"Plumage" peacock blue iridescent spotted lampwork and glass pearl handmade bracelet by Julie of BlueMorningExpressions
Wire wrapped sterling silver toggle clasp with 20 mm ring and 21 mm bar by Diane of BeadSouk
Decoupage juilee pink and teal collage large wood jewelry box handmade by Carla of artbysunfire
I hope you have enjoyed this small sampling of some of the handmade items that can be found in the Countdown to Christmas collection hosted by Julie and Blu of BlueMorningExpressions. To see all the items in the collection, please click here: Countdown to Christmas, Week 10. 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
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Twitter: ShadowDogDesign
Pinterest: Shadow Dog Designs
Wanelo: ShadowDog
SocialBliss: Catherine Waterhouse
Rebelmouse: ShadowDogDesigns
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Zibbet: ShadowDogDesigns
SupaDupa: Shadow Dog Designs
Flickr: Shadow Dog Designs' Photostream
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