Artisan Christmas Countdown - Week 8

 

Make It an Artisan Handmade Christmas - Favorites - Week 8, 2023

Posted November 15, 2023

 

 

It’s all going so, so fast!  Week 8 of the Countdown to Christmas 2023 has already come and gone, with only four more weeks remaining!  The ever ticking Your Christmas Countdown Clock doesn’t let up - according to it, Santa and his flying reindeer will start their journey in only 39 days!  Yikes!!!!  Need a perfect place to start / finish your Christmas shopping? The Countdown - a chance for artists to come together and share three of their unique gift ideas - is the just the place to do that holiday shopping!  Julie and Harry of Blue Morning Expressions are hosting the twelve-week Countdown to Christmas 2023 of artisan handmade items on their Buy Handmade from Makers blog (where you can also see the first seven Countdowns).  This week, 39 items, many which are one of a kind designs, from 13 artists are featured.  The artists shared a wide range of handmade gift ideas: jewelry of all sorts, Christmas gift tags, sweatshirts, limited edition prints, photographic prints, lampwork beads, coffee mugs and much, much more.  A wonderful motto to follow: SHOP EARLY, SHOP OFTEN!  And, most of all, SHOP HANDMADE to support hard working indie artists! 

 

In addition to promoting each handmade item from the Countdown collection to my "Countdown to a Handmade Christmas 2023" Pinterest board and on my Twitter feed, I decided to share one item from each of the artists who participated this week.  Here are my "favorites" picks of the items, in an order determined by drawing numbers from my trusty numbers bowl.  I hope you enjoy these unique items! 

 

 

 

Set of 8 Vintage Red Truck Christmas Gift Tags Handmade by Natalie of adorebynat

 

 

 

Antiqued Silver Lotus Flower Pendant Necklace Handmade by Connie of Thesingingbeader

 

 

 

Writing Because Murder is Wrong Multicolored Tie-Dye Writer's Unisex Sweatshirt Designed by Julie and Harry of Blue Morning Expressions

 

 

 

Adjustable Larimar Cross Pendant Necklace with Freshwater Pearls and Larimar Handmade by Suzanne of RivendellRocksSedona

 

 

 

Austrian Crystal Art Deco Earrings Handmade by Pamela of MagdaleneJewels

 

 

 

Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Print of the Historic Tampa Theatre, Tampa, Florida, Handmade by Roxanne of watercolorsNmore 

 

 

 

"A Touch of Red" Black and Red Bead Bracelet Handmade by Melanie of Beads N' Tabs

 

 

 

American White Ibis Canvas Print Photography by Joanne of Joanne Carey

 

 

 

Vintage-look Christmas Snowman Earrings with Lampwork and Swarovski Crystals Handmade by Linda of Victorian Style Treasures

 

 

 

Encased Apricot Orange and Raku Large Hole Lampwork Beads with Fine Silver Handmade by Charlotte of Covergirlbeads

 

 

 

Hanukkah Dreidel or Menorah Necklace Handmade by Linda of LinorStore

 

 

 

Hummingbird and Wildflowers Digital Art Coffee Mug Designed by Colleen of ButterflyInTheAttic

 

 

 

Sterling Butterfly on Heart Pendant Necklace with Chevron Amethyst and Swarovski Crystals Handmade by Catherine and Seamus of Shadow Dog Designs