Christmas in July sale on Etsy

Many Etsy sellers participate in a Christmas in July event from July 11th through July 21st by offering a sale on some or all items in their shops.  It's a great time to begin Christmas shopping or even to buy something you've been wanting for yourself.  The shops might offer a percentage off, free shipping, or Buy One Get One.  Tags that are used by shops which participate include CIJ and Christmasinjuly.  So, you can use those tags as search terms and can also search for CIJ sale which is oftentimes included in the title or description of the item.
I plan to offer 10% off on the items in my Embracing the Present shop.  The discount will include:
Wedding brooch bouquets


Iphone cases


And button bracelets


I'll be out of town from Saturday, July 13th through Wednesday, July 17th, but will be keeping my shop open during that time.  I'll ship anything ordered as soon as I am back home.

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Embracing the Present

"Embracing the Present" is the name of my new Etsy shop. I wanted something that would tie in with my vintage shop "Touching the Past." My new shop will feature items I make, such as button bracelets and brooch bouquets. I had forgotten how hard it is to fill a shop, and I am slowly adding items.

I wanted to show some of what I have so far in the shop. I have several wedding brooch bouquets available and am going to add more. These will be ready-made as I don't have the time right now to do custom requests. I have a cameo brooch bouquet for the bride who wants a victorian wedding.



There is a peacock brooch bouquet. This seems to be a really popular theme in weddings these days.



And my most recent brooch bouquet is in metallic colors. It has gold and silver jewelry and there is a touch of copper in the middle of the hydrangeas at the base. Martha Stewart has some wonderful ideas of how to use copper, gold and silver as the colors for a wedding here.



I've also added a number of button bracelets made from vintage buttons. Right now, I have several which were made to highlight some glass paperweight buttons I have. I love all vintage buttons but paperweight buttons have to be my favorites. They look just like miniature paperweights and are amazing in detail and artistry. If you're interested in finding out more about them and their history, this site is a good resource. Most of the paperweight buttons I have used have a flower in middle, usually a pink one. These are the bracelets I've made from them:







I hope you'll stop by to visit and to see additions to my new shop.

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