Santas and snowmen are the favorites at my next show--Christmas in the Woods. Everyone who comes has their mind set on Christmas and Christmas gifts. I know---Halloween isn't even here yet, but when you step into this magical festival, you forget about all of the other Holidays (more about this show in a future post). My favorite is Santa, so I started out with him in mind (It's not really crooked--I'm just not a very good photographer)--
My favorite childhood book at Christmas time was The Night Before Christmas. I loved this book even before I knew how to read. I would just look at the pictures, page after page, over and over again. Then when I learned how to read, I would read it over and over again-- just adding to the excitement of my childhood Christmases. So every year I incorporate this book into at least one of my Christmas pieces.
Originally, Santa's fur trim was text from the book, but after looking at it, I knew I wanted to add molding paste for texture--I'm really happy with the way he turned out.
And more Santa fun--
The Santa in this fun little shadow box is a print of a Santa that I painted that's on here--
These are hot sellers for me--now I don't want to jinx myself......but USUALLY they're very popular--painted chairs with pine greenery on them. And I really like to use the folding chairs, because they're easy to transport, and also the customers like them because they're easier to store.
So my next focus will be on snowmen, which, no doubt about it, are very popular guys there.
Okay about the couple new things that I've added to my sidebar. The first one is a very fun giveaway from Gloria at Viva la Vida. You'll notice Frida on my sidebar, but just click here, and it will take you directly to her giveaway. But you'll have to hurry, because it ends today at 5:00 PST. I don't want to be greedy, but I want to win again!!
And the next thing that I've added is this--
Okay about the couple new things that I've added to my sidebar. The first one is a very fun giveaway from Gloria at Viva la Vida. You'll notice Frida on my sidebar, but just click here, and it will take you directly to her giveaway. But you'll have to hurry, because it ends today at 5:00 PST. I don't want to be greedy, but I want to win again!!
And the next thing that I've added is this--
Tam at Willowing is offering this very generous FREE art course that starts on Oct. 18. All you need to do is join her ning group and then you can join this group. I've never taken a class from her before, so I'm really excited for this one. I enjoy her you tube videos--she's a very caring spirit, not to mention a wonderful artist. So head on over to these places--spread the love!!
