One more week!!!

Can you believe another year is almost over!!  One more week and Christmas will be here....and gone again!  I remember when I was a little girl and it seemed like it took forever for Christmas to come each year.  Now as an adult...the older I get the quicker it seems to get here :-)

I guess, I am as ready as I will ever be for Christmas.  Earlier in the week, I spent some time decorating my house.  Nothing wild and crazy...just some garland and bows, Christmas towels in the bathroom and kitchen, and using the cards that family and friends have sent to decorate the mantle.  Just enough so that I started to 'feel' Christmas-y.  This year has been weird here, weather-wise, and it has not quite felt like Christmas.  Then last night, we went and got a Christmas tree (it must be 8' tall!!!) and I spent the morning decorating it.   So it is, at last, beginning to feel like Christmas finally!  I guess, sometime this week I will have to get motivated and wrap some gifts to put under the tree too!

And as I can't help but thinking of Christmas, when it is only a week away...here are some holiday finds from my fellow BESTeam members.

This adorable little vintage Santa from Redemption Art.  Such a cute Santa of Days Gone bye...yet in perfect shape! He measures approximately 4" tall. His arms open when you squeeze his back, so that he can be clipped on to your tree or gift or desk drawer or given as a gift, squeezing some "greens".

Vintage Clippie Santa

Gmaellen made this beautiful 3 inch satin ball ornament adorned with lace, flowers and ribbon. This beauty will last forever and will surely become a family heirloom!  This would look so beautiful on a Christmas tree!

Handmade Crochet Lace Flowers and Ribbon Christmas Ornament

And these very pretty rainbow colored wine charms from Absolutely Kismet.  These would bring some color and be ornaments for your holiday beverages :-)

Rainbow Wine Charms w/ Focal Beads - Set of 6

Merry Christmas to all!  And to all a Happy and Prosperous 2012!!!!

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Colors! Colors!!

I love this time of the year for many reasons.  But one of my favorite things to do is drive around looking at all the colorful lights and decorations every where.  So many different ways that people decorate....some have all white lights; some have a 'color' theme; some a few 'choice' pieces and then there are the people that go all out and it looks like Christmas exploded all over their yard!

With that being said as I started researching for my BESTeam feature this week, I think I was still thinking about all the pretty colors and lights!

First up, is Empty On the Inside with this colorful String of Lights card, which of course, is 'empty on the inside', that reminds us all of years gone by, way before those tiny little Christmas tree lights we have now, when all we had was these strings of lights with big bulbs that came in red, blue, yellow, orange and green.  And although they may not have looked as refined as our Christmas lights are today...they made a very happy and colorful looking Christmas tree!

Christmas Lights, Blank Christmas Card, Colored Lights, String of Lights, Holiday

Next, the way the light catches in this Dragon's Tear Drop crystal from Poison Garden, caught my eye, as I imagined the way it would catch the lights from a Christmas tree or Christmas Light display.

Dragon's Tear Large Multicolored Glass Crystal Style Pendant or Suncatcher

Blue and White Wear has some amazing blue and white things, as well as some other surprisingly colorful items!  Four funky colorful discs are strung with silver toned spacers as a horizontal pendant. The colors caught the eye of the artist and creator behind Blue and White Wear in a market in Peru, so she bought them and came up with this great pendant!

Olive, Burnt Orange, Fuschia, Deep Blue Necklace

And lastly, Knitful Dezigns, has this adorable and colorful caterpillar!  Such a cute little stuffed toy and such happy colors, it will make kids of all ages smile!

Charlie the colorful caterpillar

I feature an etsy shop weekly as part of my commitment to the BESTeam.  We are a group of etsy artists, vintage curators and crafters whose purpose is to support and promote each others etsy business via features and mentions on our personal blog sites and any on line communities where we are involved.

If you are an etsian and an avid blogger who is serious about your shops' visibility and success, I would like to invite you to click on the BESTeam logo above to learn more about our mission, purpose and requirements.  If the BESTeam appears to be an opportunity that fits for you, please contact us and a team administrator will get back to you promptly.