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Closed-For-Maintenance

It’s time to escape Ohio’s winter weather once  more!  The Celebrate365.com online store will be closed for the winter.  We are heading to Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula to enjoy the beach, sunshine and warm weather.

I plan to use this “downtime” to upgrade the store’s behind the scenes software, discard products that are no longer available and generally tidy up the site.

Actually, I planned the same mission last year.  Unfortunately my laptop crashed the second day of our vacation.  I’m hoping for better luck this year!

I will have WiFi and Internet service while at the beach and plenty of leisure time for posting holiday news.  So stay tuned!

If you suffer an ornament “emergency”, use the contact tab above and I’ll try to direct you to someone who might be able to help.

Keep checking this web blog for updates!  You just won’t be able to make purchases until the store goes back online on April 1.

Traditional German Holiday Artisans: Ino Schaller Candy Containers

ON SALE NOW FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Ino Schaller, Celebrate365.com Celebrate365 supports traditional artisan and hand made craftsmanship.
Whether you’re a serious collector or an admirer from afar, antique papier-måché candy containers from Germany are still highly coveted, and even reproduced today. One of the last remaining native producers is Thomas Schaller, great grandson of noted craftsman Carl Schaller. Ino Schaller Santa, Celebrate365.com
Ino Schaller Santa, Celebrate365.com
Following in his great grandfather’s footsteps, Thomas uses the original molds Carl Schaller crafted in the 1890s. At the dawn of the 20th century, Carl had a successful business creating much-loved holiday decorations. In keeping with the magic of the holidays, almost all of Schaller’s antique figures served double duty: they were candy containers that had secret compartments that opened from the bottom or middle.
Ino Schaller Santa, Celebrate365.com Carl’s son, Ino continued his father’s work after World Wars I and II. Consumer trends forced Ino to shift production to pressed cardboard figures and, in 1961, to plastic. Both Ino and his son Dieter produced plastic plush-covered figures through the 1970s and 80s.
When selecting any Schaller design, collectors can be assured of time-honored family craftsmanship and pride in holiday collectibles for generations to come.
Excerpted from McCann, Susan.  “Papier-måché – the Schaller Way”, Celebrate365, Holiday 2005 issue.

 

Cyber Monday Sale!

Celebrate365’s First Ever Cyber Monday Sale! 

Super holiday bargains from Bethany Lowe Designs, Ino Schaller Paper Mache German Santas, Soffieria De Carlini Italian Ornaments, Thomas Glenn Polish Fabrege-Style Eggs. 

Holiday 2011 Front Cover

 

Click on the laptop image above to view the full page of bargains. Many are “one only” items!

Quantities are limited to items in stock. No rain checks or special orders. When items are sold out … that’s it!

This first ever Celebrate365 Cyber Monday Sale includes 25 different styles. There are limited multiples from Ino Shaller and Thomas Glenn. The De Carlini Candy Cane ornaments are workshop samples, limited to one per style. Signed Halloween pins are from the owner’s personal collection and are also limited to one per style.Shop the Cyber Monday Sale!

Celebrate365 supports traditional artisan and hand made craftsmanship.

 

Christmas is Coming … #1

Christmas Cover, Front Christmas Cover, Back
The Holiday Issue is Coming … It’s at the printer in Erie, Pennsylvania with the final proof approved today.

Here’s sneak peek of the covers. Artist Michael Storrings created the art deco inspired cover illustration especially for this issue of Celebrate365. Santa flies through an art deco sky as his reindeer leap and bound, anticipating the task ahead. Non-traditional holiday hues –black, gray, white, gold, pink and fuchsia – lend a dreamlike quality and set the scene for the gift-filled morning to come.

Inside the Issue:

  • Meet Joellen Church, Landmark-Creations ornaments
  • Christopher Radko writes about how to decorate your dream tree.
  • All Decked Out for the Holidays, a century of change
  • Behind the Design with Maggie’s Memories
  • della Robbia, a Renaissance-Inspired Williamsburg Tradition
  • Pages and pages of Christmas-themed ornaments and folk art

11-4-table-of-contents-med Folk art designs from:

Jerry & Darla Arnold

Joanne Harper

Lori Ann Corelis