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

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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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Bethany Lowe Designs

Apple Tree Gallery

David Strand Designs

Debbee Thibault

Elaine Roesle’s Snow Children

Eric Cortina Ornaments

The Heart Cottage

The Historical Christmas Barn

Kitty’s Ltd

Spooky Time Jingles

Williams Nursery

Willow Springs Family Farm

Celebrate365, Spring Issue Arriving Soon

Celebrate365, Spring 2010 Front Cover Celebrate365, Spring 2010 Back Cover
Coming soon to a mailbox near you …
Celebrate365’s Spring 2010 issue!

Cover design:  Sheryl Parsons – Mother’s Dream Artworks

Celebrate365 is beginning its second decade of reporting holiday, ornament and folk art news. I can hardly believe that it has been 10 years since this little “retirement” pastime began. How technology has changed in those 10 years! Back in October 1999, I used my brand new, top of the line 1.5 megapixel Sony digital camera to take photos for the the Halloween test issue. I must say that my camera and editing skills have improved significantly over that first black and white issue.

I’ll be announcing 10th Anniversary celebrations and surprises in the coming days and weeks. Stop back often for updates!

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Inside this Issue:
Spring 2010 Table of Contents Spring 2010 Tenth Anniversary
Illustrated in this Issue:

On the Cover

Designers:

Bethany Lowe Designs

Allen Cunningham for BLD

Debra Schoch for BLD

Johanna Parker (BLD)

Bruce Elsass

Christina’s World

Christopher Radko

David Strand Designs

Debbee Thibault

Elaine Roesle

Eric Cortina

JingleNog

Joy to the World Collectibles

Maggie’s Memories

Ornaments to Remember

Soffieria De Carlini

Teena Flanner

Thomas Glenn

Vaillaincourt

Folk Art:

Carrie Murtha

Elizabeth Howard

David Everett

Flora Thompson

Lori Rudolph

Inside the Issue (Easter):

Bethany Lowe Designs

Greg Guedel

Carrie Murtha

Christina’s World

Christopher Radko

David Everett

David Strand Designs

Debbee Thibault

Elizabeth Howard

Flora Thompson

Folk Art from the Heart

Ginny Diezel

Greg Guedel

JingleNog

Laurie Hardin

Lori Rudolph

Mary Lesniak

Nancy Malay

Patricia Breen Design

Sheryl Parsons

Soffieria De Carlini

Inside the Issue (Atlanta 2010):

Bethany Lowe

Allen Cunningham

Debra Schoch

Dee Foust

Johanna Parker

Maggie’s Memories

Vergie Lightfoot

Bruce Elass

David Strand

Debbee Thibault

Christina’s World

Christopher Radko

Elaine Roesle

Eric Cortina

Inge-glas

JingleNog

Joy to the World

Klassics by Kurtis

Old World Christmas

Ornaments to Remember

Teena Flanner

Soffieria De Carlini

Thomas Glenn

Vaillancourt Folk Art

Shop for Items Illustrated in this Issue:

Eric Cortina Collection

Chicken Lips

The Christmas Tree

David Strand Designs

Elaine Roesle’s Snow Children

The Heart Cottage

The Historical Christmas Barn

Kitty’s Ltd

Williams Nursery

Willow Springs Family Farm

Sunday – Another Day With Connie

On Sunday, we road MARTA in to AmericasMart Atlanta. It was a tad bit chilly outside waiting for the train but it was a lot better than trying to deal with icy roads and trying to find parking. Benita stayed back with our hosts Mark & Margaret Feit to help prepare for the annual Celebrate365 reception that would be held in their beautiful home later that evening.

Our first stop was in the West Wing Gourmet temporaries. Connie looked for a cup of coffee and I found sipping chocolate. Wow, is that stuff rich! Next stop was the High Design temporaries, Connie was gathering ideas and also stopped off at Glory B Hats. She found out that they were doing another give away, so we headed off to get our free hats.

With hats on head, we were off to JingleNog – Connie had work to do there.

Connie had to finish up at Thomas Glenn, so off we went. I left her to finish up her work there to grab a cup of coffee. While waiting in line for my coffee I was inundated with questions about the hat I was wearing. Since I had become a walking display for Glory B Hats, I figured I should at least be able to give people a bit more info about them, so I headed off to their display to see if I could grab a few business cards to hand out.

After we finished up at Thomas Glenn, we grabbed a bite to eat in the Press Room, then headed off to the Eric Cortina showroom. I could not take my eyes off the Christmas Candy ornament – a clear glass apothecary jar filled with blown glass candy – amazing!

Next stop – Klassics By Kurtis where we got a peek at the tribute piece to the “Gloved One” – a glove covered in silver sequins and a “Big Boy” ornament that sparked a conversation into the history of the “Big Boy” restaurants.

Off to Inge-Glas, where we got the complete tour of the showroom. Look at those chocolates – good enough to eat! Continuing on to see the amazing artisanship and detail, but I don’t want to spoil anything that Connie will be writing about her visit to their showroom.

It was time for us to gather up our belonging and head to the MARTA station because their was still a party to throw that evening.

This has been the second of three guest posts by Leslie Kirk.

A Day With Connie

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 would be fun to share.

The day started off with me arriving in Atlanta around 10am, trying to find a “reasonably” priced place to park near the AmericasMart -Atlanta $25 a day to park in the garage was a bit too steep in my book. I did find a place a few blocks away. Walking in the bitter cold back to the Gift Mart had me rethinking the value of the parking deck. After meeting up with Connie & Benita, Connie took me to get my badge “that must be displayed at all times”.

Elaine Roesle graciously let us store our coats and excess “baggage” in her showroom closet. When Elaine was not busy talking with buyers, you could watch the great care that is taken with each individual piece in action. I was also introduced to Luca Terruzzi of Soffieria De Carlini Italian Ornaments.

Benita and I wandered off to attend the keynote address by Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business. The session was a very informative reminder as to why we need to be using blogs, Facebook and Twitter. After that we met back up with Connie on the 20th Floor. Then we headed to the Press Room for credentialed media types like ourselves and had a nice lunch.

We stopped off for a few minutes to chat with Debbee Thibault and she showed off some of her beautiful work to us. We then headed over to see the JingleNog and Thomas Glenn displays. Connie had quite a bit of work to do at the Thomas Glenn booth. Since  photographing and measuring every ornament would be time consuming, I wandered off to see other parts of the Gift Mart.

More treats were in store for us this evening as we made our way back to the 20th Floor to attend Halloween Carnevil – a whimsical little Halloween party that included a meet & greet with the artists along with a signing event.


What a wonderful surprise it was for me to see old friends again – Glenn Lewis and Debi Thomas of Traditions. This year I had the pleasure of meeting Debi’s mother. The last time I saw Glenn or Debi was in 2001.

We left the Gift Mart around 8pm, wrapping up glitter jam packed day. This is only one of eight days that Connie will spend gathering information for all of us to ahhhh and ohhhh over.

This has been the first of three guest posts by Leslie Kirk.