Doilies really aren't that hard to care for, especially if you know what not to do with them.

I have made, sold, and decorated with a lot of doilies over the years. I've always recommended to my customers the same care plan that I have used myself with much success at keeping my doilies looking beautiful for many years.

What a fabulous rooster painting! Such vibrant colors, and the strut was captured so well. Reminds me of our roosters strutting around protecting the hens from danger and from wandering off too far. If you collect and display chicken art, this rooster print would make a great addition to your collection.

Handmade by LarkStudios

Soapsmith makes some wonderful bath and beauty products to soothe and relax after a long hard day. She has an amazing assortment of handmade soaps, bath salts, body creams, shower gels, tub teas, as well as lip balms and so much more. Check out her amazing soap shop and enjoy the luxury of handmade.

After featuring the aqua and turquoise patchwork quilt yesterday, these aqua and turquoise items caught my attention today and I thought they would complement yesterday's post quite nicely.

I love handmade, whether it be in the form of making, buying, selling, giving, receiving, or just admiring. Handmade has heart and soul poured into it. It has a personal touch that machines just cannot duplicate in our mass-produced world.

Because I value handmade so much, I love to promote it whenever I can. When I see something wonderful that has been handmade, I enjoy sharing it with others. Thus the reason for my blog... to share handmade with all of you.

If you love handmade as I do, be sure to come back again and again. In addition to featuring handmade items for sale directly by the artisans themselves, I will also have other posts from time to time on topics pertaining to handmade. Some will be written by myself and some by others.

If you have something you'd like to contribute to my handmade blog, please contact me with your submission. All published posts will have credit given to the author along with a link if desired.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy reading my blog. Comments on posts are much appreciated if you'd like to take a moment to share your thoughts. :)

-- Nikki Weiss / myMountainStudio