Mother's Day Countdown - Handmade and Vintage Gifts, Week 5

 

The fifth week of the "Mother's Day Countdown 2016" certainly blew past quickly!  Hosted by Julie and Blu of BlueMorningExpressions on their BluPrint blog, handmade and vintage gift ideas are shared by artisans to make Mother's Day shopping extra easy.  Mother's Day will be here before you know it - there is no time like now to start thinking about searcjing for, and even purchasing, your Mom's gift(s).  Browse the handmade shares for this week and visit the shops of the 16 artists featured here for even more lovelies, many of which are one of a kind designs, that will be perfect for even the most discerning of Moms!  

 

 

Ocean and African Jasper 18 inch Necklace with Turtle Jasper Pendant Handmade by Kathy of KatsAllThat

 

If you have a studio or shop on Indiemade, ArtFire, Zibbet, StoreEnvy, SupaDupa, Etsy, stand alone websites and the like, you are invited to share up to three Mother's Day gift items on the on the Mother's Day Countdown 2016 collection between Friday at 12:00noon EST until midnight the following Sunday night.  Then a brand new collection of gift ideas will start the next Friday, and so on, until the weeks are finished and Mother's Day is here!  By the way, the items shared need to be G-rated - no kinky Mom stuff here, please.

 

 

Multi-strand Blue Lapis Lazuli Gemstone Bracelet Handmade by Sharon of TheBlondePeach

 

When you participate in the Mother's Day Countdown 2016, important back links are provided back to your items.  This will help make you more easily found by the Google gods.  If you share items, you MUST promote each item in the Countdown collection.  That is only fair.  Pinterest and/or Wanelo are preferred since everyone can see the items and it is easy to save off of them.  Twitter, Facebook and G+ just do not provide the ability to find items easily to share again.  It would be great if you would provide your Pinterest / Wanelo blog links in the comment section on Julie's blog.  And it would also be much appreciated to blog hop the Countdown on your blog since that provides even more back links.  

 

 

Decorative polymer clay flower pushpins handmade by Julie and Blu of polymerclaybeads

 

In addition to saving all the items shared in the Countdown onto my new Mother’s Day Countdown 2016 Pinterest board and Wanelo collection, as in Countdown's past, I decided to share one item from each of the various artists who participated on my Indiemade blog.  This will be a perfect time to pull out a sheet of paper and a pen or pencil (or get your computer bookmarks ready) and begin your shopping list.  Above all, however, have fun!

 

Here are the rest of the wonderful handmade and vintage items from this week's Mother's Day Countdown in the order from which numbers were drawn from my trusty, colorful Mexican bowl:

 

 

Candy Apple Red Dichroic Glass Jewelry Set Pendant and Dangle Earrings Handmade by Jo of Umeboshi Jewelry Designs

 

 

Small Size Bracelet Light Orange Czech AB Crystal Antiqued Silver Handmade by Connie of The Singing Beader

 

 

Ladies Coral Neckwarmer Diamond Cable Celtic Buttons Caron Simply Soft Handmade by Nancy of Jazz it Up with Designs by Nancy

 

 

Sunflower Pendant Necklace with Blue Amazonite, Crystals and Pearls Handmade by Mary of Pretty Gonzo

 

 

Feather Tailed Glider Australian 1 Cent Coin Pendant Necklace Gold Filled Handmade by DianesDangles

 

 

Vintage Cage with Buttterfly Thank You Favor Tags Handmade by Natalie of adorebynat

 

 

Victorian-style Pink Multi Strand Bracelet with Swarovski Rose Pearls Handmade by Linda of TreasuresofJewels

 

 

Americana Concentric Circles Coasters in Red, White and Blue - Set of 4 - Crocheted by Ruth of RSSDesignsInFiber

 

 

1910's Vintage Postcard of a Beautiful French Woman Expressing Love to Pretty Little Girl by Colleen of ButterflyintheAttic

 

 

Two Tone Large Hole Nugget Lampwork Bead Transparent Intense Blue White and Clear with Cubic Zirconias Handmade by Charlotte of Covergirlbeads

 

 

Dog Lovers Pocket Tissue Holder, Travel Tissue Case Handmade by Donna of SewAmazin

 

 

Lotus Yoga Necklace, Peacock Mother of Pearl Shell Beaded Jewelry Handmade by Catherine of Shadow Dog Designs

 

 

This is but a small sampling of all the creations shared in the Countdown collection.  To see all the items shared in this week’s collection, be sure to click here:  Mother's Day Countdown 2016, Week 5.  Hopefully one (or more!) of the handmade and vintage items will make its way to your Mom on this Mother's Day.    

 

Thank you to Julie and Blu of BlueMorningExpressions  / polymerclaybeads for all their hard work in putting this together the Countdown and for providing a place where we could promote each other and ourselves!  THANK YOU!!!

 

If you would like to make my day and the day of the artist's featured, please leave a comment.  Any and all promotion you can do for this blog post will be benefit us all and will be greatly appreciated. 

 

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For even more handmade and vintage Mother’s Day gift ideas, check out all the previous Countdown posts:

Countdown to Mother's Day, Week 4

Countdown to Mother's Day, Week 3

Countdown to Mother's Day, Week 2

Countdown to Mother's Day, Week 1

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