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Artisan Handmade Gift Ideas - Tuesday Tag - August 11, 2020

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

Friday Twitter Tree - Artisan Handmade - August 7, 2020

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 is not fair to others if you do not fully participate.)

Limit of three (3) hashtags including #SDFTT.

Happy sales!

Here are my two for today:

Mimosas, Bumblebees and Hummingbirds

When we first moved into the house we now own, a scraggly “weed” started growing in a shrub bed on the southeast side of the house.  Being of a mind set where a “weed is just a misplaced plant,” I often let something grow until I can identify it, I left the scraggly plant. And I’m sure glad I did!  It turned out to be a mimosa tree (Albizia julibrissin), a tree I’ve seen quite  often and admired greatly in more tropical areas,  like Florida where it can be very invasive, but never thought it would grow here in an arid desert climate.  I don't remember seeing one anywhere near the house so am not sure how the seed that ended up in the shrub bed.  Since it sprouted fairly close to an irrigation mister head, it grew fairly quickly and is now, almost 9 years later, a beautifully arching tree that attracts a wide variety of pollinators.  An added bonus is that the mimosa smells heavenly, especially in the cool of the morning.  I know sometime in the not too distant future, we'll have to cut it down because we don't want the roots to mess with the house's foundation and sidewalk.  But for now, I'll definitely enjoy it.     

Artisan Handmade Gift Ideas - Tuesday Tag - August 4, 2020

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

Monday Twitter Tree - Artisan Handmade - August 3, 2020

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

Friday Twitter Tree - Artisan Handmade - July 31, 2020

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 is not fair to others if you do not fully participate.)

Limit of three (3) hashtags including #SDFTT.

Happy sales!

Here are my two for today:

Monday Twitter Tree - Artisan Handmade - July 27, 2020

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

Artisan Handmade Gift Ideas - Tuesday Tag - July 28, 2020

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

Saturday Shopping Spree - Artisan Handmade - July 24, 2020

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Got the Blues! - Artisan Handmade Jewelry

Research shows that the most popular color in the world is blue.  A survey conducted in 10 countries across four continents shows that one color – blue – is the most popular across the board, 8-18 points ahead of any other color.  This includes gender.  Men picked it as their favorite color more often than women, but blue was still picked as a favorite by more women than any other color.  Blue is also a favorite across racial groups, age groups and - even in the U.S. - political groups.

Blue is also very popular as a major design color when making necklaces, earrings and bracelets, as you can see in the nine pieces of jewelry chosen to feature in “Got the Blues! - Artisan Handmade”  The handmade artists who created the jewelry are:  Julie and Harry of Blue Morning Expressions; Kathy of KatsAllThat; and, me, Catherine of Shadow Dog Designs.  I hope you enjoy these selections of blue.  Please be sure to visit the shops of the artists featured for more handmade jewelry in many glorious colors, not just blue.