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Make It a Handmade Christmas - Countdown - Week 12

Posted December 5, 2017

Tick . . . tick . . . tick. According to the Christmas clock, there are now only 19 (!!!) days until Christmas! It’s hard to believe that December is already here and, with it, the last week of the Countdown to Christmas 2017. The Countdown has been graciously hosted by Julie and Blue of Blue Morning Expressions on their The Blu Print blog. Yes, week 12 has come and gone and sixty artisan handmade items were left in its wake, any of which will be perfect for a Christmas gift that was individually handmade from the heart. Help Santa make it a HANDMADE Christmas this year!

Christmas Red - Wonderful Handmade Wednesday on Indiemade

Posted November 29, 2017

As everyone is aware, the color combination of red and green is closely associated with the Christmas season. From ancient history to modern time, color has been an integral part of cultural awareness and even an understanding of life. The meaning of colors touched all members of society, conveying deep messages that everyone could “read”: at one time, only royalty could wear the color purple and the red robes worn by Catholic Cardinals signifies the blood of Christ, even to this day. The red and green color combination can be traced to the Mabinogion, a collection of Welsh stories from the 13th century. And these stories were most likely based on an oral tradition that dates back to the pre-Christian Celts many centuries before where a half-red, half-green tree figures prominently in one of the tales. In pre-Christian times, red represented male strength and desire and green represented female harmony and fertility.

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Make It a Handmade Christmas - Countdown - Week 11

Posted November 28, 2017

Yikes! Only one more week left to the end of the Countdown to Christmas that is hosted by Julie and Blu of Blue Morning Expressions! Hard to believe only 1 more week is left since the weeks have flown by so very quickly - week 11 has come and gone. According to the ever ticking Christmas clock, there are only 26 days left until Santa shows up and you find out if you have been naughty or nice. If you have been nice, let’s hope the gifts left for you have all been handmade. Let’s help Santa make it a HANDMADE Christmas this year!

Earthy Black Friday Finds! - Wonderful Handmade Wednesday on Indiemade

Posted November 22, 2017

Black Friday will soon be upon us, the official start of the holiday shopping season. To help you make that Christmas shopping gift list, I have pulled together artisan handmade items in beautiful earthy colors, most flaunting warm shades of brown as the main color. To give a gift that was truly made from the heart, shop HANDMADE this year and support small artisan businesses. I hope you enjoy the earthy lovelies featured below:

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Make It a Handmade Christmas - Countdown - Week 10

Posted November 21, 2017

Can you believe that there are only two (!!!) more weeks left of the Countdown to Christmas 2017? Week 10 quickly came and went. It seems the closer we get to Christmas, the quicker the week seem to speed on by. According to the ever ticking Christmas clock, there are only 33 days left until the jolly man in red and white shows up with gifts or lumps of coal. Let’s hope the gifts are all artisan handmade! Help Santa make it a HANDMADE Christmas this year!

Make It a Handmade Christmas - Countdown - Week 9

Posted November 14, 2017

Already Week 9 of the Countdown to Christmas has come and gone . . . leaving only 3 more weeks left! YIKES! This means, of course, that Christmas is looming even closer. According to the ever ticking Christmas clock, there are only 40 days left until the ever jolly Santa Claus shows up. Let’s help Santa make it a HANDMADE Christmas this year by shopping the artisan beauties shared in the Countdown!

Bohemian Rhapsody - Wonderful Handmade Wednesday on Indiemade

Posted November 7, 2017

It’s amazing how often my blogs are inspired by music. As you have probably noticed, music is, and always has been, a huge part of my life. For some reason, I have been listening quite a bit to the complete soundtrack to the Lord of the Rings movies. Heroic music for an awesome trilogy! It ended (for the umpteenth time) and I switched to my Pandora station. And . . . Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen started the mix of music. The song, which was released in 1975, instantly took me back to a time at university when several friends and I developed a Bohemian Rhapsody skit . . . and performed it at a university talent show! Am sure the skit was absolutely, undeniably horrible. But whenever I hear the song, it takes me back to all the hard work and laughter as we pulled the antics of the skit together. Am sure there is a photo or two around, but I have no idea where they are.

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