News about glass ornaments, events and collecting …
Look what someone brought me as an open house gift … an original 1915 photo from a Columbus, Ohio photographer. I’ve enlarged it a bit so you can see details.
How our decorating styles have changed yet some things remain the same. Can’t you sense the children’s delight as they point to the tree?
What details can you spot in this holiday setting. Click the photo to enlarge the view.
Merry Christmas!
Brent Lawyer, the new owner of Thomas Glenn Holidays, is coming to visit me tomorrow, March 24. His new 2014 samples had not yet arrived from Poland when I visited his booth in Atlanta in January.
It is so sweet of him to make this effort. He’s in Chicago … I’m in western Ohio. That’s not a quick little trip!
Of course, I’ll be taking lots of photos and reporting in about what is new.
I’ve been going full tilt since coming home from Mexico … tax records in to the CPA this morning, so I have a little breathing room now. And, it is certainly time to play catch up with news!
I will do my best. But, the best news is that the STORE IS OPEN!
2014 orders will not arrive until fall … but I will be posting them online as soon as possible. I might need to increase the small quantities that I ordered!
Connie
Eric Cortina Celebrates Ten Years
It’s exciting to see one’s dreams become reality. That’s the case for Eric Cortina, visual director for Roger’s Gardens in Corona del Mar, California.
Surrounded by holiday ornaments throughout the year as well as traveling to Europe in conjunction with his career, Eric developed an appreciation for glass ornaments.  AmericasMart, Atlanta 2013
Celebrate365 first met Eric in 2003 in an interview in the Early Fall issue. He had just 14 designs. Now, Eric is celebrating his tenth anniversary as an ornament designer. The innovations just keep coming. Eric continues to think outside the box. He is not afraid to design over-sized ornaments that can stand along as accents in the home. He does not hesitate to create ornaments that are formed from multiple molds and then assembled into the finished design.
Compared to other ornament companies, Eric still maintains a very small, highly curated collection and he exhibits his ornament designs and home décor at AmericasMart, Building 1, Floor 20. For most collectors, it’s not that easy to find an Eric Cortina ornament locally. Neiman Marcus and Horchow carry the line nationally. Premiere level accounts are located in California and New York and internationally in England. To honor Eric’s Tenth Anniversary, Celebrate365.com is offering a diverse selection of ornaments from his ten years of design. |
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Exclusive Ornament News for Patricia Breen Collectors
Peacock Green Chinoiserie Series Exclusive
To Be Sold By Lottery
Stroke of Midnight $250
Pagoda Cornucopia $180
Miniature Santa Sculpture $160
Miniature Bonsai Sculpture $100
In order to be fair to everyone, we will conduct a lottery for those who are interested in the opportunity to purchase these magnificent pieces.
Please contact our Breen Specialist, Patty Beardsley at pattyred@ameritech.net or 866-746-0111.
Your names must be received by 5 pm central time on June 4th.
Please be sure to indicate if you are entering for all 4 pieces or clearly specify the ones that you are interested in.
Lottery will be held on June 4th after the store closes.
What a beauty! This richly jeweled egg is a perfect exclusive for Chicago’s famed Art Institute. Patricia Breen created this spring time Polish glass ornament exclusively for the Art Institute’s Michigan Avenue gift shop and catalog.
Flowers, c. 1610 by Jan Breughel.
Mouth blown glass is elegantly hand painted and accented with Austrian crystals. Made in the Patricia Breen studio in Krakow, Poland.
Approx: 2.16″ diameter x 2.23″ high.
$220
$198 Members
Item #135987
Click on the image for a direct purchase link.
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