Arfire Stimulus Sale Ending Soon

This great sale will be ending on Aug. 31.. If you haven't shopped for those unique handmade gifts yet, now is the time to get shopping.

There are all kinds of sales going on in the Artfire studios right now. My DancingWindDesigns studio has a BOGO on beaded earrings and ornament drapes. Other studios have deep discounts, free shipping and much more.

Start your Christmas shopping early with this sale and save some money. Nothing is better than a cool, one of a kind gift to stand out from the crowd.

Today's Artfire Crazy Train rider is.....

FABULOUSCreations.http://www.artfire.com/users/FABULOUSCreations

This studio has some seriously fabulous flip flops. These are the wildest, coolest flip flops I have ever seen-and believe me, being a southerner, I've seen plenty of flip flops in my life. It's all we wear practically. LOL!

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Riding the Artfire Crazy Train today is....

the very colorful studio of aimeewhite. http://www.artfire.com/users/aimeewhite When I first went to this studio, the huge color variety of her items caught my attention instantly. Not only is there a great feast of color, but a variety of items from hair scrunchies to jewelry to original artwork.

Here are a couple of pictures of things I like in her shop. Then, you can click the link and go see for yourself.

This colorful headband just rocks!!

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Get ready for a handmade Christmas

It's almost time to start Christmas shopping. You have a choice this year-you can shop for a handmade Christmas http://christmas.artfire.com/modules.php?name=categories&op=targeted&query=christmas or you can hit the superstores and buy the same thing as 10,000 other people are buying.

Handmade gifts are special gifts. They are unique. You can get your daughter a darling scarf or doll and she will be the only one of her friends that has something like that. You can get your mom a beautiful piece of jewelry and know that if she wears it out somewhere, she won't run into anybody else with the same jewelry.

Another reason handmade is special is the person who creates it. This is a small business person, not a giant "careing only about the bottom line" corporation. It's me, it's your brother your neighbor. It's people who put pride in their workmanship, and care and love goes into what they make, too.

So this Christmas, instead of buying from a facelss company, buy handmade. Give a unique gift and support a small business.

JewelryWorksbyKim is Artfire Crazy Train Rider

Her work is very bold, too. http://www.artfire.com/users/JewelryWorksbyKim

I love the style of her jewelry. I love chunky pieces even though I'm kind of small to wear them.

I love this necklace. She calls it Urban Rockhound. That's a great name for this necklace, too. So, after you look at this great necklace, click the link and go see her studio for yourself.

Today's Crazy train rider makes cards!!

Wonderful, cool cards, too. She cross stiches some, makes some with fiber and creates others.....well, click the link and go see for yourself. http://www.artfire.com/users/Valmade Her cards are incredibly neat!!!!!!!!

This Teddy Bear card is just one of the many adorable cards in this studio.

So, what are you waiting for? You know somebody has a birthday coming up, right??!

The artfire crazy train rider is...........

Colt Pixie http://www.artfire.com/users/ColtPixy This shop has some really cool polymer clay creations-jewelry and key chains to name a few. Now, do you remember how this works? I show you a couple of pictures of my favorties, then you click on the shop link and go visit.

Time is flying

I remember when I was little and anxious for my birthday to arrive, my mom told me that as I got older, time would fly by quickly. She had that right. I can't believe how fast time goes by now.

Several posts ago, I blogged about why buying handmade is important. One of the things that has always made it important to me is the uniqueness of the gifts you can get.

Artfire has a great selection of unique gifts http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=gift_hub . They have jewelry, wedding items, baby items and much more, so drop in on artfire and check out all the cool studios they have there.