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Make It an Artisan Handmade Christmas - Week 7 Favorites - 2024

It is so very hard to believe (at least to me - how about you?) that we are already into the first week of November . . .  and that there are only 5 more weeks left of the Countdown to Christmas 2024!  It’s also hard to believe that Christmas will be here before we know it, in less than 2 months.  According to the ever ticking Your Christmas Countdown Clock, there are only 49 days (as of today) until Santa drops down the chimney once again with his bag of goodies . . . or coal.  With Christmas rapidly approaching, Julie and Harry of Blue Morning Expressions continue hosting the twelve-week Countdown to Christmas of artisan handmade items on their Buy Handmade from Makers blog.  Start or finish your holiday shopping now on the Countdown - Week 7 - a perfect place to buy unique handmade / designed gifts!  This week, 36 items from 12 artisans were shared in the wide-ranging gift collection: jewelry of many different styles, Christmas ornaments, gearhead sweatshirts, keychains, lampwork glass beads, stickers, Christmas tags and more.  A wonderful motto to follow: SHOP EARLY and SHOP OFTEN!  And, most of all, SHOP HANDMADE to support small indie businesses.

In addition to saving each handmade item from the Countdown to Christmas 2024 Week 7 collection to my handmade Christmas Pinterest board and Twitter feed,  I pick a favorite item from each artist (hard to do!) and feature them here on my blog.  Here  are my favorites for Week 7: 

Monday Twitter Tree - Artisan Handmade - November 3, 2024

Please share your links and tweets on the host blog:  CHRISTIE COTTAGE

Queen of Peace Holiday Bazaar - November 9 and 10

This coming weekend, November 9 and 10, is the Queen of Peace Christmas Bazaar held at the Queen of Peace Catholic Church's Parish Hall.  Always well attended, this weekend is the perfect time to start and / or finish you Christmas holiday shopping.  So much to do and see:  arts, crafts, food, raffles, Grandma's attic, food, beverages, St. Nicholas and much more.  There is even a vintage car show on Saturday only, 10-3!  If you are in the area, please stop by and say "Hi!"  

Christmas Countdown 2024 - Artisan Gifts - Week 7

Please share your links on the host blog:  BLUE MORNING EXPRESSIONS

Friday Twitter Tree - Artisan Handmade - November 1, 2024

WELCOME to the TWITTER TREE!

The Twitter Tree© is hosted by a different shop M-W-F:

Monday: http://christiecottage.blogspot.com

Wednesday: http://elunajewelry-nc.blogspot.com

Friday: https://www.shadowdogdesigns.com/blog

Instructions:

Only 2 Items per person

Each tweet must contain the hashtag #SDFTT

2 other Hashtags may be used.

Please include a brief description of your item in the tweet.

Keep your Tweet under 280 Characters (including spaces).

No Mature Items

Tweet Everyone’s Listings. (It's not fair to others if you do not fully participate.)

Limit of three (3) hashtags including #SDFTT.

Happy sales!

Make It an Artisan Handmade Christmas - Week 6 Favorites - 2024

It’s hard to believe that we’re already half-way finished with the twelve week Countdown to Christmas 2024!  Yikes!  That means Christmas is bearing down on us and will soon be here.  According to the ever ticking Your Christmas Countdown Clock, there are only 56 days (as of today) until Santa and his merry herd of flying reindeer arrive once again.  With the rapidly approaching holiday season in mind, Julie and Harry of Blue Morning Expressions continue to host a twelve-week Countdown to Christmas 2024 of artisan handmade items on their Buy Handmade from Makers blog.  Start your holiday shopping now on the Countdown - a perfect place to buy unique gifts!  This week, 24 handmade / designed items from 8 artisans were shared in the wide-ranging gift collection: jewelry of many different styles, fine art prints, throw pillows, thank you stickers, Christmas ornaments, lampwork glass beads and more!  A wonderful motto to follow: SHOP EARLY and SHOP OFTEN!  And, most of all, SHOP HANDMADE to support small indie businesses.

In addition to saving each handmade item from the 12 week Countdown collection to my handmade Christmas Pinterest board and Twitter feed,  I pick a favorite item from each artist (hard to do!) and feature them here on my blog.  Here  are my favorites for Week 6: 

Artisan Tuesday Tag - October 29, 2024

Please share your tagged items on the host blog:  CHRISTIE COTTAGE

Monday Twitter Tree - Artisan Handmade - October 28, 2024

Please share your tweets and links on the host blog:  CHRISTIE COTTAGE

Christmas Countdown 2024 - Artisan Gifts - Week 6

Please share your links on the host blog:  BLUE MORNING EXPRESSIONS

Friday Twitter Tree - Artisan Handmade - October 25, 2024

The Halloween Tree by Laura Iverson

WELCOME to the TWITTER TREE!

The Twitter Tree© is hosted by a different shop M-W-F:

Monday: http://christiecottage.blogspot.com

Wednesday: http://elunajewelry-nc.blogspot.com

Friday: https://www.shadowdogdesigns.com/blog

Instructions:

Only 2 Items per person

Each tweet must contain the hashtag #SDFTT

2 other Hashtags may be used.

Please include a brief description of your item in the tweet.

Keep your Tweet under 280 Characters (including spaces).

No Mature Items

Tweet Everyone’s Listings. (It's not fair to others if you do not fully participate.)

Limit of three (3) hashtags including #SDFTT.

Happy sales!