Holiday Season

With the holiday season already upon us, it is time to start or finish your holiday shopping.  Start your shopping with some great handmade items.

On artfire, you have a wide assortment of handmade items.  There are earrings, necklaces, cards, candles and a whole lot more.  You will be happy with the handmade gift items and so will the person you give them too.

Here are some great handmade Christmas finds.

These beautiful earrings are by DesertCreations.  They are an amethyst dangle earrings.  Just look at the colors shine and sparkle.

If you are like most people, you never have enough cards for the holidays.  This great winter themed card is by Laurascrafts.  It has a cute snowman on the front.  Nothing says winter or holidays better.

This golf towel is personalized with Dad on the front.  This is the perfect gift for any golfer.  It is in Polkadot Orchards shop.

Does anyone on your list need a new scarf?  The CrochetCubby has a great selection of nice handmade and warm scarves.  This is a lovely purple and white one.

Of course, you will need a table runner for when you have family over.  You want things to be perfect and this snowman s'mores table runner by PutnamLakeDesigns will definitely give your table the perfect look.

In addition to making your table look nice, you will need to give the bread basket a little extra too.  This handmade lilac gingham bread basket liner by UniquelyHandmade will definitely give a lot of extra.

Don't forget you will need something to sit all that deliciously hot food on something.  This hot pad, by Handmadegiftsbybarb, will definitely get some use.

These are just some of the wonderful handmade gift ideas available on artfire.  There are lots and lots more.  You will not be disappointed.   There is something for everyone.  Don't forget to get something for yourself this holiday season also.

Halloween items

Halloween is a few days away.  Artfire has a lot of ghosts, goblins, witches, and other ghoulish Halloween items.

There are earrings, tarts, necklaces, bracelets, candles, cards and a lot of other items.

Here  is a ghostly necklace from The Singing Beader.  This is sure to get a fright.  Would you be scared?

For people who would rather have a pair of earrings instead of a necklace, here are some scary skull earrings from Shadowdogdesigns.   Now all you need is the skeleton costume and you would be all set.

If you aren't interested in scaring anyone, how about a cute little pumpkin pin from Bluemorningexpressions?  Isn't this cute?

All these items are handmade with quality material.  None of it is mass produced.

For people who aren't into jewelry, there are a lot of other great items.  Here is a little stuffed ghost for the young ones.  This is made by Daisydoodleembrodery.   This is something the little ones would treasure for a long time.

You can't forget candles.  A nice pumpkin spiced candle will surely remind you of Halloween and holidays beyond.  This one is one of my candles.  (I had to get one of mine in the listing).

Don't forget the costume.  You can't go out on Halloween without one.  Here is a great little mask by Eirewolf.

Don't be afraid to buy any of these items.  They are all handmade and well worth having.

Ready for fall collection

Here is a beautiful collection of handmade fall items.

Ready for Fall

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Handmade Gifts

Ready for Fall?

It's almost fall.  It won't be long before the leaves are falling and changing colors, the nip of cold is in the air and the holiday season will be upon us.

This is a listing for your fall items.  It can be anything fall related.  Please list as many as you want.  The more the better.  Please share this with others as well.

What I have been up to

It's been awhile since the last time I listed anything on my blog.  I have been a little busy.

Since the last posting, I lost my job.  I was part of a reduction in force from a government contract.  I was on various contracts at this one location for over 14 years.  The company I worked for was a major computer manufacturing company that has a government contracting division.  I have been looking for a job since.  I have had a few interviews, but nothing definite.  It seems like most of the people I get contacted by are head hunters or resume collectors.  They advertise they have a job and you apply.  They call you in and then inform you there is no job, but they expect some coming up really soon.  After this, you never hear from them again.  I hate dealing with them.  They get your hopes up only to dash them really quickly.

On the good side, I have had some promising interviews from a few companies.  I am waiting for them to call me back.  The good things are none of them are for a head hunter or a company that has a government contract.  I don't  think I want to go back to do contracting for the government.  It is unstable.  Every 3-5 years, you could be out of a job.  I was one of the lucky ones that stayed working for an extended period of  time.

I have also been working on my artfire studio and my web page.  I have been retaking pictures and editing them to make things look a lot better.  I have also taken quite a few pictures of some new items. I have them listed.  I have made it up to 180 items on my artfire page.  Once I get the web page done, I will be listing some more items on artfire.

I am hoping the next few months things will improve.

Artfire Jewelry Artists Part2

I tried writing this a few minutes ago, but my computer decided it didn't want to work and locked up on me.  Now I get to start from scratch.  I really need to get a new computer.

Since my last blog post about the wonderful jewelry artists on artfire, some people have asked if I could feature them on my blog.  Today, the artists are Metal_Artistry, DesertCreations and DianesDangles.   Each of these jewelry designers have beautiful pieces of jewelry.

Metal_Artistry makes wonderful jewelry out of metal.  The metal is shaped into some of the most beautiful pieces of jewelry you can imagine.  

The first piece is a mixed metal landscape pendant that features mountains, moon, snow and river.  When you look at this pendant, you can see the full moon shining down over the snow capped mountains and the river.  

Absolutely beautiful.  A perfect picture of nature for the perfect necklace.












Do you like rings?  Do you like sterling silver?  If so, this ring is for you.  This ring is made of sterling silver and has a mountain range forged on it.  Every time you look at this ring, you will feel as  though you are in the mountains.

Just look at how beautiful this ring is.  Very shiny and eloquent.  Bet you can't resist.














DesertCreations makes amazing jewelry using polymer clay, beads and wire.  I'm sure there is something for you.  Take a look.

This is one of the many pieces of handmade jewelry DesertCreations made.  It is a pair of copper glass on copper earring wires.  Aren't these earrings great?   These could be worn for any occasion.

Look at these earrings.  There are 3 different shades of copper.  The copper from the wires are a bright copper, the first bead is a little lighter color of copper and the last bead is a dark copper.  














Do you have a sweet tooth?  Take a look at this bracelet.  Nothing but sweet items.  What fun this bracelet is.

Popsicles, cupcakes and dougnuts.  What more could you ask for?  At least with these sweets, you don't have to worry about your weight or cavities.















DianesDangles has a wide variety of brilliant colors and jewelry pieces.  You will probably find your favorite color in her shop.  

For the people who love blue, here is a piece you will probably love.  It's a bright blue Swarovski Crystal with a silver bead cap.  

As you can see, the blue is very bright and is highlighted by the bead caps and the cute little swirl at the bottom.














Here is a piece of money for the people who like to wear money and unusual items.  You will get a lot of compliments when you wear this pendant.

You know you want it, just buy it.  How many people can say they wear money?


















If you are interested in any of these pieces, they can be seen on artfire.com or you can click on the images and be taken to the item.  

Be sure to support handmade.  These items are not mass produced.  They are made by hand and are unique.  You will not find anything in the commercial stores with the same quality as handmade.

Artfire Jewelry Artists

I have made several references to my shop on artfire.com.  Artfire has a lot of people who make great and beautiful handmade products.   You should check them out.  If you are looking for jewelry, candles, clothes, pictures, cards, photos or just about anything, you will find something you love on artfire.

Today, I am showing some of the people who make the fabulous jewelry you see on artfire.  Some of the people who make jewelry are shadowdogdesigns, bluemorningexpressions, and thesingingbeader just to name a few.

Shadowdogdesigns makes jewelry for just about every occasion.  She has some for the holidays, casual and more formal occasions.  The jewelry Shadowdogdesigns makes are all full of colors.  There is nothing dull in her shop.

She also uses a lot of different types of beads, gems and shapes.  This piece she used Swarovski crystals.  Doesn't it look very bright, cheerful and colorful?

These earrings could be worn to an evening out.  They are gorgeous.

















Shadowdogdesigns also has some fun items in her artfire shop.  Take a look at these Halloween earrings.

Now don't these put you in the Halloween spirit?


















Shadowdogdesigns has a huge selection you should check out.


Bluemorningexpressions also makes fabulous jewelry.  She makes jewelry along with polymer clay items.  Some of these items will become part of her jewelry pieces.  When you browse her shop, you will see the magnificent pieces she makes.

Here is a great example of Bluemorningexpressions polymer clay items and jewelry.

These are perfect for Easter or any fun occasion.  I bet you can't resist these earrings.

















Want to make your own earrings/jewelry?  Bluemorningexpressions has polymer beads you can use to make your own creations.  Here are some raw purple and yellow striped flower cane.

Aren't these colorful? They would be great for a pair of earrings and matching necklace.














TheSingingbeader has some beautiful musical themed jewelry along with a variety of other jewelry.  She has some sterling silver pendant neckaces of musical instruments that would be a very nice compliment to any outfit.

If you play guitar, you would love this sterling silver guitar pendant.

Just look at how shiny this beautiful guitar pendant is.  Visit her shop and you can get it before anyone else does.
















Thesingingbeader also has non-musical inspired jewelry.  Here is a lovely ruby red crystal pewter bracelet.

Doesn't the heart look great with these beautiful red crystal beads?
















These are just 3 of the great jewelry designers on artfire.  There are many, many more.  If you like jewelry, take a look at artfire and the jewelry designers.  You will surely find a piece you will love and will have to have.

If jewelry isn't your thing, there are other great artists on artfire.  Don't forget these are handmade items or supplies.  They are not like the cheaply made items you find in most stores.  They are quality handmade items.   These items are not mass produced, but made one at a time by hand.

Blue Morning Expressions Mother's day Countdown

Blue Morning Expressions on Artfire has a link on her blog to post Mother's day items.  Check it out.    There are a lot of great handmade items there.  A lot of great mother's day gifts and ideas.

Mother's Day gifts

Mother's day is in May and it's not that far off.  Everyone needs to get a great gift for their mother.  Post your handmade items that would be a great mother day gift.  

What I have been up to

I have been working on some new items and trying to get them posted.  There seems to always be more and more that need posting.  I am also having problems describing some of the items.  If you have multiple colors, scents or very similar items, it gets hard to come up with new ways to describe them.

My husband has been working on the basement trying to get his music studio up and running.  In doing so, my work area has been cluttered with everything that came out of the main room of the basement.  So making candles for the time being is out.  A person cannot even make it to the table to where I make my candles.  I am hoping I will be able to get back to making some candles soon.

I have some new molds I am excited about trying out.  They are for votive candles.  I don't know how much they weigh or how tall they are yet.  I won't know until I make some and see what happens.  I can hardly wait.

I have also been making some jewelry with my daughter and listing on my artfire shop (shymouseecrafts.artfire.com).  I also have a supadupa shop (shymouseecrafts.mysupadupa.com) where I have been trying to list some of the items we work on.  It also has a lot of my candles listed also.

Here are some of the items I have listed on my supadupa shop.

Just take a look at these earrings.  Aren't they gorgeous?  They are memory wire hoop earrings with Swarovski crystals.

Here are some dice earrings.  They are made of black, white and red dice beads.  Perfect for someone who likes to play dice.

I also have some of the zipper pulls we created listed.  They are so cute.

Be sure to check out both of my shops.  You will be amazed at what you see.  Everything is handmade and beautiful.  Enjoy your shopping.

New Items

I finally got all the new items listed in my artfire shop.  Ok, I think I have them all listed.  There may have been one or two that were missed.  I had so many of them to list, I couldn't keep track of them.

I have listed some more candles and key chains.  The candles I listed were some tarts, container candle and some pillar candles.  They all have the beautiful and strong golden rose scent.  They are also a very nice yellow color.  It is very bright, very hard to miss.

The key chains that were listed were mostly a brass color.  There are a few that are not brass color.  Some of them are pink, purple, red and have silver in them.  They are all gorgeous.

Check out my items at shymouseecrafts.artfire.com.  I'm sure there is something there you will like or know someone will like.

After Christmas Sales

A lot of people are probably having after Christmas sales to clear out some of their Christmas stock or just clear out stock for the upcoming seasons.  Please list your sales/items here.  I will then post it on facebook, twitter and pinterest.  

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New Fall/Christmas Items

I know a lot of people are posting new items for the upcoming fall and Christmas seasons.  List those items here.

Any item listed here, will be listed on my facebook page, pinterest, wanelo and twitter.  This is a great way to get some more exposure and maybe a few more sales.  

Brown, red, orange, yellow

Post any item that has a brown, red, orange or yellow color.  These colors are usually associated with the fall.  Since it won't be long before the fall season is upon us, I thought  there should be a place where people can post their fall items.

Upcoming Holidays

There are a lot of holidays that are coming up.  You have Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and a bunch of others.

List any item for any of the upcoming holidays.  This would be a good chance to get your items out there for any gift giving.

Ready for Fall

Post your items here that has something to do with Fall such as color, theme, design, etc.

What is posted on my blog, I will post on facebook, twitter, pinterest, wanelo and svpply.

I hope a lot of people take advantage of this and gets some sales.

Christmas in July

Christmas is not that far off.  List your Christmas in July items.

I will share these on facebook, svpply, pinterest, twitter and wanelo.

Summer Colors

Post any item here that has any kind of summer color. It can be a lot of summer colors or a little summer color. A summer color is any color you see during the summer months. This could be green, yellow, red, purple, orange, pink, etc. Let's have a great summer in sales.

Yellows, reds and oranges

Post anything here that is yellow, red or orange. It can have one or all colors. They can be bright shades or lighter shades. You can still post to my cheery blog post.

Oranges Citrus

Post all your oranges here. Soon summer will be here and so will the scent of fresh oranges. Orange is a nice bright color that makes just about anything and anyone cheery.

Remember to buy handmade. Support your handmade artists.