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Hot Summer Fun 2025 - Artisan Handmade - Week 1

To celebrate the hot, hot summer days, I asked artist friends to share three items that represent “hot summer fun” - items with hot colors, beachy vibes, flowers, sun designs, tropical themes, etc.  Some items shared are more on the blazing summer side and some represent a more mellow, cool summer.  However, ALL are artisan handmade / designed and many are one of a kind pieces.  So if something catches your eye on this Hot Summer Fun 2025 - Artisan Handmade - Week 1 blog, please click the photo or the link below the photo for more information and more pictures of the individual item.  Hopefully one or more will make it into your shopping basket - treat yourself or someone else to a unique artisan beauty!  And remember: SHOP SMALL and SHOP HANDMADE!

Summer Fun - Artisan Handmade 2024

Sun Art by Giuliana

If you would like to participate, share two of your favorite "Summer Fun - Artisan Handmade 2024" summery items (featuring hot summer colors, beach, ocean, sun designs, etc.) to the InLinkz below.   If you participate, promote all items on at least two social media sites.  AND do the same for the this blog.  I'll pull together a separate blog featuring your items for this Friday's Twitter Tree.  Once that is posted, just like above, post all items and the blog on at least two social media sites.  

Please tag with #SummerFun if you tweet out the items so they can be easily found and RTd. 

The InLinkz is scheduled to close this Wednesday at 6:00 P.M. MDST.  I look forward to see your sunny summer beauties!

Hot Summer Fun - Artisan Handmade Gifts

It’s hard to believe that we are already through a good part of the first week of June with most of the scorching summer still ahead of us - even though it’s not yet “officially” summer (June 21 at 3:14 a.m. MDT this year).  Up until the last few days, summer here in the Desert Southwest has been relatively mild.  BUT the triple digits have finally set in and the AC seems to run continuously.  As everyone says:  at least it’s a dry heat!  June is usually our hottest month.  And then the monsoon season sets in where we get most of the 9” of rain that is normal for this part of the desert.  Everyone is praying that the rains do start soon on schedule, normally at the end of June.  For the past several years, a big storm has shown up on the 4th of July where we can enjoy Mother Nature’s fireworks - and then the scheduled fireworks once the storm blows through, all from the comfort of our upstairs porch.  Hope that happens again this year since it’s quite spectacular.

Handmade Hot Summer Fun

Here it is, already August and a good part of scorching summer heat is behind us.  Summer here in the Desert Southwest, so far, has actually been pretty mild - at least for here.  Other places haven’t been so lucky, unfortunately.  With the days of summer rapidly waning, I asked artist friends to share two items that represent “hot summer fun” in shades of red, oranges and yellows.  Some items are more on the hot, hot hot summer side and some are more on the mellow cool summer side. But all are artisan handmade / designed and many are one of a kind.  So if something catches your eye on the Handmade Hot Summer Fun blog, please click the photo or the link below the photo for more information. I hope you enjoy all these beauties. And remember: SHOP SMALL and SHOP HANDMADE!