News about glass ornaments, events and collecting …
Posted in De Carlini, Halloween, Italian free blown, JingleNog, Thomas Glenn Ornaments, christmas, design, event, folk art, glass ornament, ornament on Jan 12th, 2010
While driving over to Atlanta Saturday morning to meet up with Connie and her sister Benita of Willow Springs … a family farm at AmerciasMart Atlanta an idea came to me. We all enjoy the beautiful publication Celebrate365 that Connie creates for us, so I thought a behind the scenes look at what goes on [...]
Posted in Bruce Elsass, JingleNog, christmas, design, glass ornament, ornament on Jan 10th, 2010
News from the Mart …
My web master, Leslie Kirk, joined us today driving in from the Birmingham, Alabama area. Leslie and my sister Benita attended the keynote presentation at AmericasMart. Erik Qualman discussed Socialnomics and how it can help retailers, artists and designers. They were impressed and I hope that they learned a few new [...]
Posted in Christopher Radko, Halloween, christmas, contest, design, glass ornament on Jan 8th, 2010
AmericasMart, Atlanta – Day 2
We completed work in the Radko showroom today. That’s one down! I’m still working on those photos so you’ll have to be patient. As I mentioned previously, this year’s line is much more focused and shows a restrained hand with fewer colors, less glitter and less “doo-dads”. I was impressed! Good [...]
Posted in christmas, contest, design, glass ornament, ornament on Jan 7th, 2010
I’ll be in Atlanta during the huge wholesale market this week and next. This is the spot where many ornament manufacturers debut their new collections each year. Today, I made quick stops at most of the permanent European glass showrooms. Tomorrow, I will begin note-taking and photographing styles to feature in the spring issue of [...]
Posted in Artistry of Poland, Poland, christmas, contest, design, folk art, glass ornament, ornament on Sep 24th, 2009
Susan Vanderhoek, folk artist and member of American Holiday Artists (aHa) is the winner of the 2009 Design Like a Star contest sponsored by Artistry of Poland and Celebrate365.
Susan’s Design Like a Star Victorian Whimsy Santa is now available exclusively at the Celebrate365 store. The ornaments is 5″ high, handcrafted in Poland and retails [...]