Celebrate365 … a journal for the ornament enthusiast

Hi everyone!  This is a very tired reporter from Atlanta.  What a LONG but EXCITING day.  I began with a 9 AM appointment at the Inge-glas showroom.  Everything you’ve heard on the Glass Links mail list about the new line is absolutely true!  There are some fabulous new techniques, introduction of ornaments using the company’s [...]

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     JingleNog is a fresh new line of hand crafted European glass Christmas ornaments that will premiere at the January 2009 markets in Atlanta and New York. Sno-Jingle, European glass ornament from JingleNog   Paradiso, Italian free blown jeweled design           JingleNog’s owner and creator, Melissa Byrne, produced the ornaments in Poland and [...]

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I arrived home about 9 PM last night.  The 8-day trip was fabulous but exhausting.  Today, I’m busy  downloading orders and getting things ready to ship. If you have ordered tinsel, be watching your mail this week.  All tinsel orders went into the mail this afternoon, first class or Priority Mail, depending on the size [...]

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News just in from Italy … Celebrate the Holidays with De Carlini Ladies Each holiday season, the De Carlini Workshop creates a set of very special ornaments to celebrate the holiday season.  This year’s exclusives are six free blown Italian “ladies” costumed for holidays throughout the year. Miss Valentine’s Day Miss Mardi Gras Miss St. [...]

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If you are in the area, don’t miss it! Many of the artists featured in the upcoming Halloween issue of Celebrate365 will be at the show. And, I can promise that they will all have wonderful things for your collections. Halloween and Vine Illustrator and folk artist, Matthew Kirscht, created “Lighting the Way,” featured on [...]

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