Time for Holiday Bracelets as Gifts

I gathered some of my past and present bracelet creations for inspiration as I start to make new ones to sell and to give as gifts. And what would be better than a yummy, full charm bracelet? A yummy, full charm bracelet with a full, yummy bottle of wine!
The top three bracelets are my own. The first one is my Blythe Bracelet. This one has been through a few iterations. It first started as the result of a charm swap a few years ago in the Arte-du-Blythe group, hosted by Miss Vicky of Cut-It-Up fame. Then I added a few kitschy things to it. But in preparation for Blythecon 2012 in Dallas I sent it to Natascha of Insanely Sweet Jewelry on Etsy to bling-it-up another notch.
Next is my All Pink bracelet with a favorite handmade ceramic goth girl charm by Melanie of Earthenwood Studio. I love to look at it but often forget to wear it! Plus, as much as I do love pink, I hardly ever wear the color with the exception of fuschia now and then.
All of these bracelets contain many elements by the talented Amy Labbe of Art-i-Cake. I especially love the playful bracelet I flung on a wine bottle to photograph, and then realized what a great gift idea. This bracelet has a lot of my favorite things: Mini Lalaloopsy, a tuxedo cat, a Blythe maryjane shoe, vintage enamel flowers, soldered charms, pearls, rhinestones, multiple chains and BLING!.
Time to get busy and make jewelry to sell in my little display at Feja's Salon and Day Spa.

The best Fall loot!

The stuffed Eek pumpkin head with her toy cat on a piece of vintage ruler just made me take her home from the Plymouth Blueberry Festival Friday. She is about 18 inches tall and very well made by a woman from Missouri. Her booth was outstanding, and I also got some potpourri and a pumpkin lid for a wide-mouth ball jar, that I can use for fall candy or a gift.

I usually don't like cutesy stuff, but primitive cutesy is a whole different thing, especially Halloween primitive cutesy. In fact, you can search ebay under "prim" and find all sorts of wonderful things. One particular group is NEPG, New England Primitive Gathering. A favorite seller and site in NEPG is pumpkin*seed*primitives.

It still amazes me how crafters come from all over the United States for this festival. It also amazes me that there were about 500 booths to peruse. Add to this the corndog, loaded potato skins and elephant ear, and this is one of my favorite Labor Day traditions for over 15 years.

The beautiful ripe tomatoes were a pleasant weekend surprise from the Gormans.