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Make It an Artisan Handmade Christmas - Week 5 Favorites - 2025

Where does the time go - It seems to go by more and more quickly each week!  Case in point is that week 5 of the Countdown to Christmas has already come and gone!  According to the ever ticking Your Christmas Countdown Clock, there are only 71 days before the the reindeer driving man clothed in red and white arrives once again. With the rapidly approaching holiday season, Julie and Harry of Blue Morning Expressions comtinue to host a twelve-week Countdown to Christmas 2025 of artisan handmade items on their Buy Handmade from Makers blog. Now is the perfect time to start your holiday shopping and the Countdown is the perfect place to begin that!  This week, 9 artiss left a total of 27 handmade / designed items.  The collection is wide-ranging gift collection: different styles of jewelry, stickers of various types, phtotography, Christmas ornaments, home decor, watercolor prints, lampwork beads and much.  Remember this motto: SHOP EARLY and SHOP OFTEN!  And, most of all, SHOP HANDMADE to support a small indie business.

Each week during the 12 week Countdown, I will pick a favorite item from each artist (hard to do!) and feature them here on my blog.  My favorites for Week 5 are:  

New Jewelry at Shadow Dog Designs, Handmade, One of a Kind

It has been a good while since I shared any new jewelry here on my blog.  Spring is always busy with planting flowers.  I choose mostly native plants that are proven to attract pollinators:  hummingbirds, butterflies, bees and/or wasps.  A hearty dose of cosmos, zinnias and sunflower seeds are planted also planted, all also very attractive to pollinators.  Another dust is brewing outside, so I decided to pull togther a blog of the eight newest pairs of earrings along with two of the newest necklaces.  If something catches your eye, please either click on the photo or the link and you'll be taken to the item in my SHADOW DOG DESIGNS shop for more information.  All of the jewelry is handmade and are one of a kind designs.  Thanks for stopping by!