We surived!

Well Christmas is over and Guy and I are still alive! A huge thank you to all our friends and customers who visited our store this season. Without all of you we would not be in business..so thank you. Whats next here at Stamm House? Well after a small break and we will be working on items for the Market Square wholesale show in Oaks Pa. the first week of Feb2013. I will be making some crazy Halloween and believe it or not more..aaagghhh..Christmas! After that we will be back home and working on new Easter items for the store. We will have a new German clown rabbit and a new German girl duck in her Easter bonnet. I'm also working on a German gnome under a toadstool candy box...so coool! There will be new retro candies in the store when we reopen and a selection of new toys. Look for our open sign around the Valentines day briefly for a few days, then open for the Easter season around the end of Feb!

Some Day....

"Some day", these are the words I hear myself saying more and more lately. Every year for the past twenty seven years or so when the Christmas season begins to approach, I find myself turning into a crazy, neurotic  screaming banshee. Orders are piled up, my studios a mess, I can't find a piece of paper to write on let alone a pencil or pen to write with. The phones ringing, the door buzzer is going off, the dog wants out, the coffees cold, the fish want fed, my leg hurts from my fall two months ago and the mailman left my supplies at someone else's house! Last night for a few precious minutes I was able to quickly glance through a Christmas magazine.There on the pages were wonderful pictures of homes completely decorated for the holiday season. Pictures of  vignettes with antique santas, fresh greens and cookies right out of the oven. The home owner looked so relaxed and happy to be enjoying the holiday season with her cup of (I'm sure warm) coffee in front of a fire. Switch back to me, in the studio late working on more stuff....The dogs asleep on her pillow, I'm huddled by , not a cozy fire but a propane heater for warmth. The belsnickles look like they are about to rebel and march out the door in a line singing "later crazy bitch!" A few more weeks of this madness then  maybe I will have time to get a Christmas tree..wonder if they are free after Christmas? The picture above is of myself and my sister, I'm the little one. Right now my sisters aboard a giant cruise ship in the pacific on her way to Hawaii and Mexico..hmm.. somethings not right in my life.."some day!"