Pre-Order De Carlini 2018 Ornaments

Soffieria De Carlini now has its own permanent showroom at AmericasMart in Atlanta.  This is a huge step for a little family company with only five full-time employees.

Company head Luca Terruzzi has reorganized the production schedule. Anticipating increased orders, he has shifted production for independent retailers from September to the spring and early summer.

Blue Tweed Chanel
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For Celebrate365.com and its collectors, this news is both good and bad.

The positive: customers might receive their order as early as June or July instead of November or December.

The negative: Celebrate365 will have very limited time to accept pre-orders, adjust quantities for styles ordered in January and to place special orders for collectors. In other words, I need to refocus the way I’ve been doing business as well!

New for 2018 from Soffieria De Carlini

With these changes in mind, the website is now accepting pre-orders along with special request orders for De Carlini ornaments shown online. The 2018 collection is up and pre-ordering status is enabled.

In addition, many 2017 designs have been reactivated along with time-honored favorites. Those styles are available for your special order.

De Carlini Tiny Red Molded Santa
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Pre-Order Deadline: MARCH 31

I will not be able to adjust my order numbers after that final date.

So, take a look!  Feel free to pre-order your favorites for later shipment. And, take advantage of the free shipping offered on specific styles … be sure to fully read the ornament description. It tells you if a specific style will ship for free.

And, finally … I will be saying “adios” to the beach on March 7. I’ll be back to “real life” in western Ohio soon.

 

Italians Are Arriving!

Shipped Air Express from Milan Italy

The first carton of Soffieria De Carlini ornaments arrived Saturday morning. Our poor mail carrier! We have rural delivery. This huge carton certainly filled the back of her little truck!

 

 

New styles make the trip from Italy.

Thanks USPS and Soffieria De Carlini for getting the ornaments here! It shipped from the workshop on 11/17/2027 & arrived 11/25/2017! That is fast even for air express!

I’ve just finished updating the web site to show the “New Arrivals” and show how many are available per style. 

Shipping begins on Monday!

 

 

Looking for a holiday bargain?  I’ve marked down all styles from Germany’s Ino Schaller workshop.  If you are looking for a traditional European heritage gift, these choices might appeal.

Mastering the Om ……

Don’t let the holiday rush stress you out.

Thomas Glenn Holidays “Buddha”, also available in red

You can find Celebrate365.com “open” 24/7 … although Santa has been known to take some naps!

Celebrate365 offers “zen” worthy ornaments from Thomas Glenn, Eric Cortina and David Strand.

Stop by and browse awhile!

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Ornaments As Art …

The late Thomas Glenn was a contemporary artist whose imagination on canvas was often reflected in his ornament designs. What does this style evoke for you? I see Mid-Century

“Teal Squared” (TG724) from Thomas Glenn Holidays, $32.99

colors that I grew up with … or perhaps boldly colored pocket squares peeking from a businessman’s otherwise austere black suit. How about you?

To view this ornament online:
http://www.celebrate365.com/product/TG724.html

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New Styles from Soffieria De Carlini

The Krampus Tradition …

St Nicholas and Krampus

If you are a child in southern Germany or Austria, when St.

Nicholas rides through your village on the evening of December 5, he does not arrive alone. Krampus is his scary companion.

St. Nicholas Ornament
Vintage Krampus postcard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Krampus, a terrifying horned figure wearing chains and carrying switches, runs behind him. It’s his job to scare children into being “good.”

Krampus ornament

 

 

The Soffieria De Carlini Krampus ornament depicts a classic German orAustrian Krampus clad in black with a scary red face, horns and elongated tongue. And, don’t miss that tail. He is truly a frightening character … as bad as St. Nicholas is saintly!

Soffieria De Carlini has been a family-operated glass blowning working shop since 1947.  Located near Milan, the De Carlinis are the last workshop in Italy still producing these whimsical free blown holiday ornaments.

Krampus vintage postcard

Read more about the tradition: