Oh, and in case you missed my other announcements, HaldeCraft will be taking a slight break from December 20th – January 3rd. I’m tentatively taking “off,” in which time I’ll continue to sell and ship, and work on current custom orders (but won’t be able to talk about new custom orders until January), and I won’t list anything new during that time. I will still definitely be around, and chatty, and you can reach me by convo/email/PM/text/Bat Signal/old-fashioned phone… but I appreciate your patience in advance if I’m a little [more] scattered and busy than normal! Thanks, y’all!

1. Celtic Knotwork soap in Cranberry, Spiced Mahogany, and Lavender Lemon
2. Grooved Bar in Sea Breeze, Lavender Rose, Frankencense & Myrrh, and Teak & Sandalwood
3. Cattail & Dragonfly soap in Patchouli, Rosemary Mint, Black Amber & Lavender, and Peppermint
4. Celestial Moon in Marie’s Hearth
5. Marie’s Hearth scented soap in a Green Man design
6. Beer Lover’s soap set
7. Sheep Soap in Monkey Farts
8. Oatmeal, Milk, and Honey soap
9. Maple Leaf in Maple Sugar
10. Longevity knot in Lavender, and Apple
11. Celtic square soap in Sea Breeze, Applejack, Mountain Man, and Ancient Sedona
12. That’s not a football! And it smells like Wood Violet & Maple
13. Floral Leaves in Clover, and Basil
14. Sheridan Leaf in Lost in the Woods, and Spiced Mahogany
15. Hedgehog soap in Peppermint

Speaking of soap – I’ve recently updated the fragrance and design page, to kind of give a bit more of a breakdown in types of fragrances.

1. South African Fine – handspun
2. Marsham – handspun
3. Wensleydale – handspun
4. Organic Merino – handspun
5. Blend – handspun
6. BFL/Silk – handspun
7. More Wensleydale – handspun
8. The Hardiest Rose in Andre – a limited edition sock colorway (only two left!)
9. Sock Club for January, February, and March still has open spots; signups are available through December 26th!

1. Waterfall Blue Jumbo Mug,
2. 50s/60s style coaster ashtray in red
3. Pink and gray mug
4. Pink cloud fat bottom mug
5. Pink pair of mugs
6. Butter Toffee acorn pen cup
7. Terra Cotta love mugs
8. Terra Cotta dragonfly pen cup
9. Brown retro owl soap dish
10. Dark gray Buddha
11. Cactus Sand colored mug
12. shallow lime green dish
13. shallow yellow dish
14. Pill boxes with flowers
15. 50s/60s style platform ashtray in blue
16. 50s/60s style coaster ashtray in blue,
17. Dolphin “welcome” sign
18. Black Madonna
19. Blonde Madonna
20. Pair of brown owls

1. Acorn birdfeeder – renewed item
2. Neapolitan in Andre – a new sock colorway for the shop; this will be a regular colorway!
3. Basil sceented soap in a Green Man design – sold out, relisted
4. Gingerbread House guest soaps – in a new fragrance, Christmas morning.
5. Holly holiday mugs – new in the shop
6. Irish Coffee in Tepper – renewed
7. Neatly wrapped yarn mugs – let me tell you a little story about these! I was contacted a couple of months ago by Creative Knitting magazine; they were doing a spread in their January issue on gifts for knitters, and would I be interested in sending them a few to photograph and write a little blurb about? They would send me the mugs back, with a copy of the magazine. Well, who wouldn’t be interested in that, right?! The issue came out a couple of weeks ago, and after getting favorited and favorited a lot for the first week, I then sold out of the dozen or so I had had time to make within about two days. After three or four days of fielding emails and taking custom orders, making a waiting list, I decided to list four that could be pre-ordered for February (I can pour one a week, and it takes about three weeks from start to finish, to allow not only for drying time and multiple kiln firings, but also time for me to make enough other things to be fired at the same time as my kiln is not small). When I made the February listing, I had a waiting list that was full to the end of January. I sold out of the February listing in less than two days. I thought about it for a day, then made a listing for five mugs that would be ready during the five weeks of March. As of right now there is one left, however, I’ve also been contacted by someone who wants four, so April is all spoken for. When this one sells out… I honestly don’t know. Should I make another listing for the five weeks in May…? I seriously don’t know…!
8. Sock Monkey in Andre – renewed
9. Flamingo welcome sign – renewed
10. Peace symbol guest soaps in patchouli and cedar.
11. Sock Monkey in Octavia – renewed
12. Snowflake guest soaps in Christmas Morning
13. Sun Yellow bathtub soap dish – renewed
14. Neapolitan in Octavia – new regular colorway for the shop
15. Poinsettia guest soap in Christmas Morning and Pumpkin Pecan Cake
16. Grey Gardens in Octavia – renewed
17. Hedgehog soap in Sandalwood Vanilla and Sandalwood
18. Snowmen guest soaps in Cranberry Chutney and Orange Clove.
19. White owl soap dish and tumbler set – new color (or should I say, “lack of color”…?)
20. Celtic Knot Exfoliating Soap in Frankincense & Myrrh
21. Tree guest soap in Christmas Morning and Winter Cheer
22. Bird and Flowers wall hanging – renewed
23. Cedar scented Flamingo soap
24. Cedar scented paw print guest soaps
25. Pink messy yarn mug – a new colorway in the shop for this item; eventually I plan to offer all my yarn-themed ceramics in this color, as I can catch up to making them.
26. Baby blue pineapple crochet tumbler – new color
27. Neapolitan in Tepper – new colorway for the shop
28. Green footed mug – I love, love, love this!
29. Irish Coffee in Octavia – renewed
30. Another acorn birdfeeder

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Crochet stuffed animals… DoodlebugCroch… $16.00	eclectic napkin set. pl… margotbianca $28.00	Ceramic salt cellar wit… WisperOn $30.00	Panther Puzzle of Brazi… WoodNCreations $20.00
Aunt Helen’s Banana… jewelofthelion $32.00	Mediterranean Blue Pott… claycoyote $90.00	Hand Blown Purple Glass… SassyGlassy $120.00	Linen Accent Throw blan… AVISAOrganics $95.00
Antique Rust Cream Can rockysprings19… $32.95	Original Painting Impre… jcstrong $40.00	Blue Bird Box linen bin… hoganfe $29.00	Acorn birdfeeder in Med… haldecraft $35.00
Chest, Storage Chest, H… retrospectrepu… $575.00	Dreamland Doe – Forest&… SongandBranch $40.00	Purple Stemmed Sherry G… HobartCollecti… $14.33	Purple Hat with a big w… inspirebynancy $20.00

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Snowflake Suds ajsweetsoap $6.75	Autumn Sale – Vintage H… catnapcottage $22.05	Striped amber fly. Irid… LatentEcho $40.00	Stained Glass Jewelry B… GaleazGlass $36.00
Azure Blues – azure wir… mercurymermaid $9.00	Pacific Topaz Vintage S… theluckyfish $40.00	12 Blueberry Muffin Lol… ThisCharmingCa… $20.00	Vintage Jack In the Box… lavenderlemon $25.00
Light Blue Pendant Char… PinkSugarSuppl… $2.00	As Above So Below by Ni… NickGilbertFin… $85.00	COPELAND SPODE’S To… HoardersShop $10.00	Midnight Blues is a met… DesignsAreUniq… $28.00
Pello Postcard nottapixiepres… $3.00	Vintage Chevron and Fea… soradesigns $29.50	Ceramic Wall Hanging – … haldecraft $48.00	Large Cobalt Kyanite Sm… saritasupplies $15.20

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Paper Mache Bluebird Fo… JuneBugsByLind… $22.00	Tiny Bluebird Miniature… FlowerandPearl… $13.00	Wire and Beach Glass Ne… HamHandedProdu… $25.00	Bluebird Knit Toy, Han… beadedwire $12.00
Locket Necklace, Long, … LimonBijoux $22.00	There’s a Bluebird … MichelleHartne… $22.00	Vintage Blue Bird Broke… vbellejewelry $128.00	Mixed Media Necklace – … dadadreams $10.00
Bluebird Family – Littl… FirstLightGlas… $15.00	1960s Style Trinket or … haldecraft $20.00	Ring Holder,wedding rin… DarriellesClay… $20.00	Soap – Bird’s Nest … bigtranch $6.00
Ceramic Wall Bird: hand… CathyKiffneySt… $24.00	Mini Quilled Bluebird joanscrafts $8.95	Bluebird Topped Stonewa… Venicemud $35.00	Bluebird of Happiness B… MeredithDada $18.00

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Bird Vintage style bras… UniqueArtPenda… $28.00	Reni – Original Jenny M… jennymendes $75.00	The bird watcher – enca… BrightDay $135.00	Mini Tweeting Birds Oli… LBArtworks $45.00
Owl with crown – ORIGIN… Cocodeparis $12.00	Folk Art Fraktaur Bird … MRCROWSGARDEN $12.99	Cotton BIrd Pillow ArtTripping $20.00	1960s Style Trinket or … haldecraft $20.00
ON SALE Birdcage Embroi… SacreCoeurVint… $24.50	Birdhouse Earrings – Ha… YukonRon $42.00	Fat Bird, No. 3 TokenEmotion $23.00	Lil’ Birdie Garland… memeandsaysay $13.00
Cardinal (Male) – Fine … mbracestudios $15.00	White Owl– Original Co… cartbeforetheh… $100.00	Ghost Banjo Tshirt – me… barkdecor $23.00	swallow button…. she … LauraJaineWalk… $17.50

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I’ve also been working on putting an email newsletter together. It’s something that’s been in the back of my head for a while, and I think if I keep it to every-other-month, not only will I not get overwhelmed with doing it, but anyone who signs up won’t be overwhelmed with seeing it. My goal with it is to make it as customizable as can be — for instance, if you want to know about soap and ceramics, but not yarn, you can do that. Or if you want to know about yarn and sock club, you can do that. Or if you just want an email reminder about craft shows, you can just sign up for that. Click here to see what the sign-up form looks like (you can totally just look at it, you don’t have to sign up for it).

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And now, what’s new and restocked in the shop this week!

1. South African Fine - relisted item.
2. Nag Champa scented Cattail & Dragonfly soap - sold out and restocked.
3. Retro ashtray in fudge marble - new item.
4. Good morning mug - finally, restocked!
5. Jumbo pink mug - restocked.
6. Blackberry scented bunny soap - restocked.
7. Nag Champa scented Southwest Bear soap - relisted.
8. Absorbent Leaf coasters - new item.
9. Cranberry red neatly wrapped yarn mug - new color!
10. Jumbo mug in sand - new color.
11. Patchouli scented Hedgehog soap - relisted
12. Terra Cotta love mugs - new colors.
13. Gray owl jewelry box - restocked.
14. 50s/60s style platform ashtray - restocked (and I couldn’t believe how fast it sold; I guess there’s more of a market for retro ashtrays than I thought!)
15. Oatmeal, Milk, and Honey scented Celtic Knotwork soap - restocked
16. That’s not a football! soap in Woodberry, Honeyed Sandalwood Vanilla, Hazelnut, Columbian Coffee, and Apples - some of the stock from the Pride fair. I kept about half, and the other half will be making it to Wild Iris soon.
17. Roasted Red Pepper neatly wrapped yarn ball cup - restocked
18. Cedarwood Rose scented Celtic knot soap - relisted, and the last one of this limited edition fragrance.
19. Pill boxes with bluebirds - relisted
20. Brown footed mug - finally restocked!
21. Wool/Alpaca - relisted

1. Red oval planter – new item!
2. Pair of yellow mugs – new color for an item I’ve had previously and keep selling out of.
3. 1970′s retro style owl soap dish in Baby Blue – new color (previously done as a custom order).
4. Small baby blue shell soap dish – new color for a previously sold-out item.
5. Pineapple crochet stitch tumbler in Cranberry – new color!
6. Baby blue bathtub soap dish – I’ve done this color as a custom order twice before, but honestly don’t remember if it ever made it into the shop as its own listing.
7. Oval planter in blue – new item!
8. Pumpkin spice pitcher – new color!
9. Madonna in White – really renewed item this time, unlike last time I included her in a roundup for seemingly no reason.
10. Gargoyle candle holder – renewed item.
11. Pair of Owls (in white) – restocking of a sold-out item.
12. Footed mug – restocking of a sold-out item.
13. Pumpkin Spice mug – renewed item, included in five different treasuries.
14. Acorn pen/pencil cup – renewed item.
15. Birds in Flight – renewed item.
16. Plum Blush messy yarn ball mug – restock of a previously sold out item.
17. Pair of stone-flecked white pair of owls – new item!
18. Brown stoneware-like mugs – renewed items.
19. Pink Clouds African Violet pot – renewed item.
20. Toad & Ladybug welcome sign – renewed item.

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Gothic Gargoyle New Bla… FloozeesDoozee… $17.99	My Little Gargoyle PFD… Phoenixknits $4.50	Notre Dame Paris Gargoy… fosterbk $18.00	Custom Gargoyle Ex Libr… AsspocketProdu… $18.00
Stone Smoked Porter Gar… HumphreysHandm… $32.00	20 Tiny Gargoyle Beads TheCraftyBead $15.95	Gargoyle T-shirt celticfantasy2 $22.00	Guardian Gargoyle Gothi… enchantedlocke… $18.00
Black Gargoyle Incense … haldecraft $25.00	The Secret of Notre Dam… strangeling $29.99	9ct Yellow Gold Gargoyl… MetalCoutureJe… $750.00	Gargoyle Cat Statue Co… PhenomeGNOME $19.99
Gargoyle Series St Step… IntheWoodsStud… $7.00	Gargoyle / Large Glass … crystalbouquet $12.50	Vintage Gargoyle Mug by… sweetmeadowstw… $14.99	PDF (.pdf) Original Cro… bombastitch $4.00

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Roswell, Stained Glass … GoTo $50.00	Negative Fascinations LuxuryMarleyPr… $30.00	Cute Alien Head on Stee… WayFarOut $4.00	Alien Head Applique Mac… LittleApplique $3.00
Alien Head Appliqued Sh… jillalvarez200… $15.00	Alien Head Area-51 LED … OHLighting $79.95	alien head macbook deca… imoledy $7.50	An Out Of This World Ba… paranormalpres… $25.95
Roswell Alien Head UFO … TheMailleCafe $20.00	6 Pc handmade Felt Appl… kaitlinskookie… $3.99	SALE-Alien mounted head AmyLDice $13.00	Frankincense and Myrrh … haldecraft $5.50
One dozen alien head lo… MandiesCandies $15.00	Green Alien Hair Barret… WayFarOut $3.00	Bay Rum scented Alien H… haldecraft $5.50	3 Alien Heads Cat Toys JennerationFix $13.99

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1. Sunflower scented soap in a Sunflower design
2. Baby Blue yarn bowl - new color (in case you can’t tell, I’m working up to offering both yarn mugs, the yarn bowl, and the Pineapple Crochet tumbler in six colors).
3. Gray owl jewelry box – to go along with the brown one, and the one painted in detail.
4. Sagebrush gargoyle incense burner – to go along with the black one I listed a week or two ago
5. Lavender scented soap in a Lavender design
6. Roasted Red Pepper yarn bowl - new color.
7. Light Blue Jumbo mug – new color for the shop.
8. Pitcher: Purple over Purple - love the way this came out, and as it’s an overglaze of an already glazed object, I can probably never repeat it.
9. Little House on the Prairie guest-sized soap gift set – in case you don’t want to commit to nine full-sized bars, here’s a guest-sized sampling.
10. Lost in the Woods scented soap in a Celestial Moon design – one of my own fragrances.
11. Plum Blush yarn bowl - new color.
12. Pitcher: Fudge Marble over Sand – my personal second favorite of the four pitchers I listed this week (my most favorite sold right away).
13. Large alligator planter
14. Monkey Fart scented soap in an Owl design
15. Yellow yarn bowl - restocked after having sold out.
16. Brown owl Soap dish and tumbler set
17. Cactus Sand colored pitcher
18. Coffee (or tea) cup with knitted cozy – do I even have to point out the level of which this is handmade?