My Handmade Holidays

The holidays are fast approaching and for most families money is tight, very tight. When my girls were young I was a single mom, we had very little money. So a handmade Christmas was what we had back then. One year my children and I made picture frames with cardboard, left over material and poly stuffing. Imagine an 8 year old and 2 year old with glue and fabric...messy to say the least.  Have you ever made Christmas tree ornament out of pine cones, ribbon and glitter? We made gifts and decorations from found objects. Found objects..little did we know we where green even back then! Oh no wait we also did that when I was little too. I can remember making stars and snowflakes out of aluminum tv dinner trays.
Fast forward to 2010...handmade has taken on a whole new look. There is all kinds of handmade venues on the internet, ArtFire is just one of many. You can find jewelry made from old pieces, journals and books made from old cereal boxes. You can find clothes knit with yarn reclaimed from discarded sweaters. Baskets made with yarn made from plastic grocery bags and old VCR tapes.
As artisans we can make anything old new again. On ArtFire you can find anything from vintage clothes and jewelry to cool guitar straps to pencils cups made from old computer discs. Stop by ArtFire and browse by trends, color, location or holiday to name just a few.
Stop and pour yourself a cup of tea and shop from your comfy chair.

Celebrate October

As summer draws to a close and we slip into fall. Falls brings along pumpkins, ghosts, witches and leaf peeping (the act of driving to look at the fall foliage) Leaf peeping is especially popular in the New England states in the US.
Along with all this ArtFire has rolled out some serious new changes. Thanks to all those involved especially the programmers extraordinaire. ArtFire has a new front page, new sellers tools,
new features for buyers and other stuff too.

And to celebrate all this new stuff... there is the ArtFire Group Deal...$5.95 a month for a Pro account. It doesn't get any easier. The deal ends 10/01/10. For more info on the group deal http://www.artfire.com/groupdeal

And with fall comes the end of baseball and here in Cincinnati we are celebrating the Cincy Reds winning a their division...world series here we come.

So in honor of all things good or all these good things, here is a deal from me to you 50% off any one item with coupon code; october50 good through 10/01/10.

Enjoy looking around the new ArtFire and hope you enjoy shopping handmade.

Celebrate Christmas in July...really?

Christmas in July....what a concept. But I have really needed an excuse to shop. For me the simple abc's of Christmas in July are:
A) We try to trick ourselves into feeling like it is winter out (when it is 90 outside).

B) Reminds us that the holidays are less than 6 months away! ( I will still be shopping in December even if I start now.

C) To give you a jump start on holiday shopping...with a coupon deal, 50% off any item.

coupon code: christmasjuly

Now just sit back and relax and shop in the comfort of your home for a handmade gift.

And as always free shipping.

Come by and see us sometime.

designsbyred3of5 artfire studio

Regina aka red

October Sale

Well I am celebrating again this week end...blood work is looking good. And I like having sales!

All the beatuies in my ArtFire Studio designsbyred3of5 are at 50% off. These savings are already showing in the listing. To get ready for the holidays you can now you the Amazon Wish list button on each listing. So it now even easier to leave hints for presents.

And 10% of all the sales for Sept & Oct will be donated to The Myosotis Association to premote reseach and awareness. For information on this disease please visit: http://www.myositis.org/

Wordless Wednesday

Just a few words on Wordless Wednesday...
In memoriam Erich Kunzel 1935-2009,
founder of the Cincinnati Pops.
May the road rise to meet you and the sun shine on your face.

and here is the sun...


Sunrise 4 by JoannBristol Fine Art Photography on ArtFire

Glorious Morning by dakotafire Images of Prairie Beauty on ArtFire

Sunrise and Seagulls by Nightmaiden Designs on ArtFire

Music Monday... sort of

Yes it is Monday, all day. I have been exploring the mystery of coupon codes. **What? Coupons in this economy** you ask.
ArtFire has released a new gadgets for us selling on ArtFire. No, not just the FaceBook Kiosk that was early last week which is a great app....late in the week it was the coupon code option.

So let's Celebrate with Kool and the Gang for the Kyle and the gang over at ArtFire.

A Super Sunday Sale

Tune in for a Super Sunday Sale on July 26, 2009. Let’s have 50% off any item in the 'just $10.00' category. Just visit my ArtFire Studio for a peek.
Just pick out your favorite item that is listed at $10.00. Use the Contact Artisan with your choice and wait until I send you a revised PayPal invoice to pay for your purchases.
And best of all Free Shipping worldwide!

Photo is UpCycled Green per Sarah

Happy Sunday and thanks for stopping by.

regina

Wordless Wednesday: Woodlands

Woodlands...



The ol Ohio by Thomas Flynn
Thomas Flynn's shop




In The Forest by Penny Hodge
Peggy Hodge Fine Art Photography




Bird in tree by Amy Grennell
amy grennell