Celebrating Christmas 2010!

Holiday 2010 Celebrate365, Front Cover

Front cover, Holiday 2010 Issue

Here’s the front cover of the newest issue of Celebrate365. It features classic reflector designs from Inge-glas, Joy to the World and David Strand.

Click on the cover to see the back cover and table of contents.

You can also purchase single copies from the link. I expect to begin mailing issue on Wed next week.

Check back as I add more information about this holiday issue!

Jump Start Your Christmas Tree!

Christopher Radko Prize
To mark the celebration of the company’s 25th Anniversary, Christopher Radko will be holding a contest for the best Christmas tree in town!

Please submit photographs of your Christopher Radko® decorated tree along with a paragraph on what Christopher Radko and the holidays mean to you. The winner will be selected by the Christopher Radko Artists and will receive a free 25th Anniversary Oversized Sculpture. This statue depicts “Celebrating Santa” with a beautiful bag of gifts and the 25th Anniversary Star. It stands a whopping 54 inches tall and retails at $1,500.

Second place will receive 1 Santa each of our 25th Anniversary Santa Collection. Third place will receive our 25th Anniversary ornament, “Celebrating Santa.”

So start decorating early this year as images need to be sent by December 15th!

Please see christopherradko.com for more details. Send no more than 4 low resolution JPEG images to newsletter@christopherradko.com.

Octoberfest … it’s free!

FREE!

Did that get your attention? It’s the deal of the day!

Ghoultide Scarecrow

Ghoultide Gathering Pumpkinman, October 2, 2010
– A Scott Smith, Rucus Studio Creation

Would you like to connect with like-minded people? Those who share your passion for collecting? Consider this my personal invitation to join me at the Glass Links email discusison list.

Long before Celebrate365 was even a concept, I began the Glass Links. It was the mid-1990s … dial-up was the norm. Very few stores were online with shop. Gosh, even Christopher Radko didn’t have a web site. The Glass Links was born of necessity. Collectors simply needed to find out what was out there. What better way than to communicate with one another through that new way of talking — email!

While the Glass Links began as a way of discussing glass ornaments, it has certainly evolved from its initial 12 members! The discussion list is now part of Celebrate365 and it is open to one and all. So, whether you are a collector, a designer, a manufacturer or a folk artist, we all have one thing in common. We love holidays and things that relate to them.

Sound like something you’d like to be part of? Give it a try.

Ah, my email box is already overflowing! I really don’t need anymore coming my way. We understand. That’s why we offer a lot of options. If you join, you may opt to receive your mail as:

  • individual messages
  • one digest per day (one email containing all the messages for the given day)
  • NO mail! Check in ONLINE and read/respond to messages.

We aim to please. And, did I mention it’s FREE?

Give it a try? We don’t hold you hostage. If you decide we aren’t for you, it’s simple to unsubscribe.

Here’s where you need to go: CLICK HERE.

One final comment:

I need to physically approve each new subscriber. And, I’ll be traveling until Monday, October 4. I won’t have internet access again until Monday morning. So please be patient until I can activate you.

Unless I personally know you, your first 4 posts will be moderated. That just means that I will need to read & approve them before your email appears for others to read. It’s just my way of seeing that you are real and not one of those pesky spammers!

So, please join us. Let us know what you collect, design or hand craft! Join others who share your passion.

 

 

Halloween Issue in the Mail!

It’s in the mail … the much anticipated Halloween issue of Celebrate365 … featuring ornaments and folk art from these designers:
Halloween Front Cover Halloween 2010 Back Cover
Front cover: Scott Smith, Rucus Studio cover photo and design

Back Cover:
Center Painting

Joanne Harper
, Boo Wacka Doo
$120, 8 x 10”; acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas
Inspiration: The illustrations of John Held Jr.

Surrounding, clockwise from top:
Joyce Stahl
Pumpkin, $39.95; Johanna Parker for Bethany Lowe Designs Shriek the Cat, $34.99; Robert Brawley Who is On the Moon, $25; Debra Schoch for Bethany Lowe Designs Owl and Moon on Pedestal, $49.99; Becca Bilas, Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin Ornament, $14; Allen Cunningham The Trinket Peddler, $165; Eric Cortina Estate Garden Urn, $32.50; Elaine Thomas Pumpkin Bucket, $38; JingleNog Jack-O, $80; Debbee Thibault Halloween Queen, $45; Soffieria De Carlini Witch’s Web, $38.

Layout: Bev Verbeke, Gohr’s Printing, Erie PA

To purchase a single copy of this issue, CLICK here!

Featured in this issue (sources):

Allen Cunningham

Alycia Matthews

Amelia Schaefer

Apple Tree Gallery

Artistry of Poland

Becca Bilas

Becky Federico

Bethany Lowe Designs

Bruce Elsass

Carmen Ellis

Carrie Murtha

Cathy Nash

Christina’s World

Christopher Radko Ornaments

David Blair Designs

David Everett/Chicken Lips

Debbee Thibault & Kitty’s Ltd.

Debbie Hawkins

Deborah Adams

Debra Schoch, see Bethany Lowe

Dee Foust, see Bethany Lowe

Elaine Roesle

Elaine  Thomas

Eric Cortina Collection

Flora Thompson

Greg Guedel Originals

HalloweenArtists.com

The Heart Cottage

Historical Christmas Barn

Inge-glass of Germany

Iva Wilcox

Jamie Moore

Jerry & Darla Arnold

JingleNog

Joe Spencer

Johanna Parker

Joanne Harper

Jorge De Rojas

Joyce Stahl

Kerry Howard-Schmidt

Kittys Ltd.

Table of Contents, 10-3
Kris Hurst

Laura Irrgang

Laurie Hardin

Lisa Haxmeier

Lisa Nelson

Lori Ann Corelis

Lori Rudolph

Matthew Kirscht

Mother’s Dream Artworks

Moth to A Flame

Old World Christmas

Pam Gracia

Patricia Breen

Phillane Harris Saathoff

Robert Brawley

Robin Seeber

Scott Smith, Rucus Studio

Sheila Bentley

Sheryl Parsons

Shirley Olsen

Soffieria De Carlini

Stephanie Baker

Sue Franke

Susan Houldin

Susan Vanderhoek

Susie Pastor

Sylvia Smiser

Tannenbaum Treasures

Vaillancourt Folk Art

Vergie Lightfoot

Wendy Leaumont

The Whimsical Whittler

Williams Nursery

Coming Your Way … Celebrate365 Summer Issue

It’s in the mail … the summer issue of Celebrate365 … featuring ornaments and folk art from these designers:

Summer 2010 Front Cover Who do you know?

Can you match the designer with his or her creation?

Artistry of Poland

Carrie Murtha

Christina’s World

Christopher Radko

David Strand

Inge-glas

JingleNog

Lori Ann Corelis

Maggie’s Memories for Bethany Lowe Designs

Nancy Malay

Pam Garcia

Patricia Breen

Soffieria De Carlini

Thomas Glenn

Answers to follow!

Summer 2010 Back Cover
Summer 2010 Table of Contents Who is Who on the Cover:

Front Cover:
Row 1
: David Strand Sunflower Santa; Carrie Murtha Blue Cat Hot Air Balloon; Artistry of Poland Sun and Moon (double-faced ornament)

Row 1: Patricia Breen Tartan Beeskep; Thomas Glenn Japanese Lantern, Raspberry; Artistry of Poland Butterfly

Row 3 (on watermelon): Christinas’s World Golden Sunflowers; Soffieria De Carlini Caterpillar; Inge-glas Lucky Lady Bugs (full size & petite); Artistry of Poland Sunflower; Soffieria De Carlini Ants

Bottom of Page: JingleNog Ribit-O-Rana

Back Cover:
Row 1
: JingleNog SunDays; Thomas Glenn Oriental Teapot

Row 2: Thomas Glenn Swan; Christopher Radko Nap Time Nick

Row 3: Patricia Breen Aviary Finial, Green; Nancy Malay Patriotic Chester; Pam Garcia Hotdog Vendor; Lori Ann Corelis E Plurbus

Row 4: Maggie’s Memories for Bethany Lowe Designs Yankee Doodle Dandy; Carrie Murtha Smiling Frog

Row 5: Soffieria De Carlini Gentleman Snake; Christopher Radko Beat the Heat; JingleNog Sailor’s Delight; Christopher Radko Sandy Family

Featured in this issue:

Artistry of Poland

Bethany Lowe Designs, Maggie’s Memories

Bronner’s

Carmen Ellis, Spooky Hollow

Carrie Murtha

Christina’s World

Christopher Radko

David Strand Designs

Flora Thompson

Inge-glas

Jennifer MacNeill Traylor

JingleNog

Joy to the World

Klassics by Kurtis, 248-593-1034

Lori Ann Corelis

Nancy Malay

Old World Christmas

Ornaments to Remember

Pam Gracia

Patricia Breen

Robert Brawley

Soffieria De Carlini

Susan Vanderhoek

Sweetb Folk Art

Thomas Glenn

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