I am sorry this Countdown to Mother's Day 2014 post is late - always like to post it on Tuesday. But my husband and I celebrated our 30th anniversary in the lovely city of Tucson (blogs will be forthcoming about the trip) and didn't get back until late Monday afternoon. The one bad thing about taking time off is trying to catch up once you get home!
More interesting Mother's Day traditions were also planned for this post, but that will have to be part of next week's post.
Filet crochet textured mat of a cottontail rabbit in a bush handmade by Ruth of RSSDesignsinFabric
Another week has gone by and here we are closer to Mother's Day. Need a gift for Mum, Grandmom or other important ladies in your life? That's where the Countdown to Mother's Day 2014 collection on Julie and Blu's blog, The Blu Print, comes in so handy: shopping for Mom without leaving home. Heck, you can even shop without leaving bed! With so many wonderful handmade items, 57 to be exact, something is bound to be perfect for even the most picky Mum!
You can participate if you have a studio/shop on ArtFire, Zibbet, SupaDupa, Etsy, stand alone websites and the like, you are invited to share up to three Mother's Day gift items between Friday around noon MST until sometime the following Sunday night. Then a new collection of gift ideas will start the next Friday, and so on, until the nine weeks are up and Mother's Day is here! The items shared need to be G-rated.
Blue and green polymer clay bead, green glass, amethyst and lapis pearl necklace handmade by Mary of PrettyGonzo
When you participate in the Countdown to Mother's Day 2014, important back links that we know and want are provided back to your items. This will help make you more easily found by the Google gods. If you share items, you MUST promote each item in the countdown collection. That is only fair. Pinterest and/or Wanelo are preferred since everyone can see the items and it is easy to save off of them. Twitter, Facebook and G+ just do not provide the ability to find items easily to share again. It would be great if you would provide your links in the comment section on Julie's blog or on the ArtFire thread.
Sky blue crystal and striped agate antiqued silver chandelier earrings handmade by Kathy of specialtivity
In addition to saving all the items shared in the Countdown onto my Mother's Day Pinterest board and Wanelo collection, as in Countdown's past, I decided to share one item from each of the ArtFire artists who participated. I also share the blog post to numerous other social media sites, such as Google+, Facebook and Amazine. I'll try to do a blog post for each week, but when I have shows coming up, I might miss. I hope not!
This will be a perfect time to pull out a sheet of paper and a pen or pencil (or get your computer bookmarks ready) and begin your shopping list. Above all, however, have fun!
In addition to the two items above, here are the rest of the items chosen for this week:
Vintage rose glass pearl and Czech red glass memory wire bracelet handmade by Kat of KatsAllThat
African blue opal and flower pinwheel charm earrings handmade by Barbara of SolanaKaiDesigns
Yellow and orange zig zag crossbody bag purse with pockets handmade by Kathi of kathisewnsew
Green aventurine and amethyst bracelet with a leaf clasp handmade by Maria of TheGemmedGiraffe
Lacy cranberry Swarovski crystal and glass pearl woven bracelet by Nancy of jazzitupwithdesignsbynancy
Bright yellow and blue millefiori flower necklace, bracelet and earring set handmade by Connie of Thesingingbeader
Yellow "Delightful Daisy" hand knit washcloth / dishcloth handmade by Sharon of hollyknittercreations
Black and white beaded and wire wrapped salad set handmade by Mary Beth of TheTwistedRedhead
Kingman blue nugget turquoise, white mother of pearl and sterling silver bracelet handmade by Diane of dianesdangles
"Golden Phosphorus" dichroic fused glass dangle earrings handmade by Jo of Umeboshi
Large hole lampwork glass with dichroic charm bracelet bead set handmade by Charlotte of Covergirlbeads
Large neon green leather look polymer clay two hole button set handmade by Nancy of Wyverndesigns
Children in parade silhouette party favor or baby shower tags handmade by Nat of adorebynat
Czech glass dragonfly earrings with Swarovski crystals and copper handmade by Catherine of ShadowDogDesigns
This is but a small sampling of all the creations shared in the collection. Be sure to click out this link: Countdown to Mother's Day 2014 to see all 57 handmade items that were shared this week. Hopefully one (or more!) of the items will make its way to your Mum on this Mother's Day (:
Many, many thanks to Julie and Blu of BlueMorningExpressions for all their hard work in putting together the Countdown and for providing a place where we could promote each other and ourselves! THANK YOU!!!
If you would like to make my day and the day of the artist's featured, please leave a comment. Any and all promotion you can do for this blog post will be benefit us all and will be greatly appreciated.
My contact information:
Artfire studio: ShadowDogDesigns
Blog: ShadowDogDesigns' Blog
Facebook: ShadowDogDesigns - Jewelry
Twitter: ShadowDogDesign
Pinterest: Shadow Dog Designs
Wanelo: ShadowDog
Amazine: shadowdogdesigns
SocialBliss: Catherine Waterhouse
Rebelmouse: ShadowDogDesigns
Google+: Catherine W
Zibbet: ShadowDogDesigns
SupaDupa: Shadow Dog Designs
Flickr: Shadow Dog Designs' Photostream