Wednesday, November 21, 2012

All packed up!

Just a short note to say we are off to the Der Belsnickle show in Boyertown Pa. This time of year we are on the run and hardly have a minute to think! Here's a quick picture of the last guy to get packed....

Sunday, November 11, 2012

It's a sunny Sunday!

We are having beautiful weather here in central pa., at least for the next day or two. I thought I'd write a quick note as I wait for a customer to arrive. Today is a "around the house" day for Guy and I. Later we will be catching up on a few projects the weather is allowing us to do. I will be changing the flower boxes in front of the store from fall to winter which will take us through to March. We need to hang some wonderful snow fall lights a dear friend gave to us and drag out the garlands for the windows. I'm sure somewhere along the way there will be the late afternoon nap on the couch! This week brings more belsnickle painting and getting stocked up for The Der Belsnickle  show Thanksgiving weekend in Boyertown Pa. Two of our new woodland belsnickles I am posting a picture of here so you can see what we have been working on. These cool little guys have pine cone hats!

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Crazy Town!

Today I'm crazy woman. That's not to say that I'm anything other than that most of the time! The whole day has felt like a mad dash to something. What I'm not sure but suspect it's the Christmas season. It gets like this around this time of the year, the days all blend together and I have to keep reminding myself  what day/week it is. Today started with voting.Guy, myself and our four year old gran-daughter went to the high school to vote. I took Lily into the voting booth with me and tried to explained what I was doing. Afterward all she said was she was glad that it was over and grammie should be president. Ok, simple enough! It was then back to the studio to finish some more belsnickles and try to work on the store a bit. I feel right now if I had at least three more sets of hands I might get things on track. Sadly I do not so it's just me when it comes to the store decoration. I grabbed a quick picture of the store window tonight. Now it's back to painting and watching the election results..will I be a happy camper..or moving to another country? We will see!

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Aaah..It's good to be a gnome!

Today is Sunday and I didn't do a thing in my studio.Nothing. Sometimes it's just good to get away from work. With the Christmas season right around the corner my days are filled with santas, santas and more santas.When my santas start to look "grumpy" it's a good idea to try something else. This week we worked on these little happy pine cone gnomes. We love gnomes, who wouldn't. They are happy little magical creatures that live in the woods. They have kozy  little moss and stone houses with little glowing fireplaces. They spend their days doing all kinds of happy little jobs and humming happy little tunes! The little pine cone guys pictured  were patterned after one I got from the Chec Republic. My husband says we need to have a little name card attached to each of them. For some reason Mr. Stamm has named the gnome on the right..Barry..he's such a happy little fellow!