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Review and Giveaway: Kellie Christie – A brand of her own

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Kellie Christie – Jewellery Designer

Kellie Christie started making jewellery just 6 years ago and has since created a mini brand all of her own.

Kellie has a background in fine art and majored in printmaking but her passion today is using “found” buttons to create unique one off designs.

Kellie’s pieces can be bought via her Etsy Store or Madeit store from as little as $10 a piece for earrings or $35 for a necklace making her jewellery line affordable for all fashionistas. Kelliechristie.blogspot.com

Button necklaces are very popular right now and for good reason as they look fantastic and ooze the very essence of handmade by using a crafty material such as a button. So embellish your life with some handmade art!

WIN WIN WIN

Kellie is giving our readers the chance to win a pair of custom-made polymer clay button earrings for your chance to win simply enter here.

Competition open Worldwide

Competition closes 1st of August

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Comments

  1. Those are so creative! I think designers that use “recycled” materials like she does are so creative! I, for one, would never have thought to use buttons as a basis for jewelry. They are beautiful!

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Book Review: The Festival of Lights

As if Diwali weren’t colorful and fun enough, The Festival of Lights: A Lift-the-flap Diwali Celebration by Namita Moolani Mehra, illustrated by Darshika Varm, makes it even more fun to read about with flaps and things to lift and pull to see more information or details in the illustrations. 

The book is a story about a family getting ready for Diwali and what happens on the different days of the five-day celebration. There’s cleaning, shopping, crafting, food preparation and getting the home altar ready for the big day. 

It covers decorating the outside of the house with rangoli, diyas and lanterns, buying sweets to share with family and friends, the sights and scents of the mandir (home temple), getting dressed up in new fancy clothes, the story of Diwali and celebrations with relatives.  

Flaps (there are more than 140 in all) give you vocabulary words for different foods and definitions, as well as fun things like what’s inside the shopping basket or where the cat is hanging out. They also help illuminate the story of Diwali, which is the triumph of good over evil as Lord Ram defeated the demon Ravana to save his wife, Sita. 

This pretty and colorful book helps kids understand what Diwali is and how it is celebrated, regardless of whether they practice it at home. This would be a nice book to keep in a classroom (it’s rated for kids ages 3-7) or to have at home to teach kids about Diwali even if it’s not something you celebrate. Where I live there are a lot of people from India so we are probably exposed to Diwali more than some other regions of America, but it’s a nice holiday to know about wherever you live. 

Combine with the book Diwali and check out some fun lantern crafts and printables for kids to round out your experience. 

About the book: 24 pages, hardcover, published 2025 by Wide Eyed Editions. Suggested retail prices $22.99.