It is so hard to believe that the Countdown to Christmas 2013 is at week 11! Only one more Countdown collection left for this blazing fast year of 2013! This week, there were a whopping 123 shares, a wide variety of: jewelry and jewelry supplies; fused glass; antique postcards and vintage items; ornaments; handmade cupcake toppers and gift tags; lampwork beads; quilted, knitted, crocheted and sewn beauties; handmade cards; vinyl decals; wine glass markers; keepsakes; handmade soap and many other items shared. There is something here in the Countdown for each and every person on your Christmas gift list, even a hard to buy for auntie or uncle! 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 to 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 selected items for Part 2:
Polymer clay penguin with purple mittens ornament handmade by Nancy of Wyverndesigns
Burgundy and yellow fringed lampwork bead necklace with Swarovski crystals handmade by Julie of BlueMorningExpressions
Silver curb oval link chain bracelet with heart and arrow toggle clasp by Diane of BeadSouk
Upcycled Christmas gift tags, die cut and hand stamped, by Colleen of ButterflyintheAttic
Red candy jade and Swarovski crystal pewter charm Christmas bracelet by Kathy of Specialtivity
Winter decor geometric stitch crochet basket in red and green by Ruth of RSSDesignsinFiber
Grandma personalized gift keepsake remembrance by Fran of CreationsbyFrannie
Upcycled wire wrapped orange agate and vintage chain necklace by Kathy of Readesigns
Festive red and green Christmas adjustable bracelet with white pearls handmade by Mary of PrettyGonzo
Two-sided quilted wall banner of lighthouse and boats handmade by Ann of PutmanLakeDesigns
Scented red and green handmade poinsettia glycerin soap with a gift box by Irena of Gingers-Garden
Mykonos blue dried baby's breath in a glass teardrop bottle pendant necklace by Elaine of LittleApples
Brown swirl lampwork bracelet with purple Swarovski crystals and red agate by Nancy of jazzitupwithdesignsbynancy
Handmade dichroic fused glass pendant in lavender with gold / green accents by Jo of Umeboshi
Elegant Boho pink and black Miyuki seed bead and leather cuff bracelet handmade by Kathy of KatsAllThat
I hope you have enjoyed this sampling of some of the handmade and vintage gift items that can be found in the Week 11 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 11. I hope that at least one, maybe more, items piqued your interest and made its way to your shopping list.
What will the last 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