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Valentines Day Gifts: Artisan Handmade or Designed - Week 4, 2026

Posted February 5, 2026

 

 

Just a warning:  Valentine's Day is just a kittle over one week away, Saturday, February 14!  In case you still need a gift for the big day, Week 4 of the Valentine’s gift blog on Shadow Dog Designs features artisan handmade / designed beauties.  Each piece makes a wonderful gift for your loved one with traditional and non-traditional Valentine's designs included.  Even better yet, many of the artisan items can be worn / used all year long!  If something catches your eye, be sure to click either the photo or the description below the photo to be taken to the item in the artistan's shop.  Be sure to also browse all the other wonders in the shops!  To see all of the gift ideas in one place, here’s a link: Valentine's Day Gifts: Artisan Handmade or Designed - 2026.   ALL of the gifts shared here were created by small business owners.  Please be sure to SHOP SMALL this Valentine's Day and support an indie artist.  We will certainly appreciate that!!!

 

 

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Spring Flowers - Artisan Handmade - Three for Thursday

Posted May 16, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower . . . John Harrigan

 

 

If you are a flower gardener (like I am) and grow many flowers from seeds, you truly understand the above statement.  So much beauty is bound up in a single flower seed which, like magic, can transform into a breathtaking flower.  I find happiness in just holding flower seeds and dreaming of the infinite possibility of what they will become. And when that magic happens - a seedling appears, a plant grows, a bud unfurls and a flower faces the sun - I am truly happy, awe struck and humbled.  And if I can share those flowers with family and friends, so much the better.

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Make it an Artisan Handmade Mothers Day - Week 2

Posted March 19, 2019

 

 

Week 2 of the Countdown to Mother’s Day 2019, hosted by Julie and Harry of Blue Morning Expressions on their The Blu Print blog, quickly came and went.  A total of 48 unique items were shared - each one a perfect Mother’s Day gift - from 16 handmade artists. Since Mother's Day will be here before you know it - about 9 weeks from now - this is the perfect time to start thinking about and buying a gift(s) for your Mom.  Browse all the wonderful handmade shares for Week 2, visit the shops of the artists featured and buy your Mom a beauty that was handmade from the heart.

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