Armed with his copper bottomed pan, candy thermometer and beret perched upon his head, he works tirelessly in his cozy little kitchen creating "Bob's Original Candy Canes".....they are the most pepperminty-est in the land!
This little ornament is created from layers of decorative papers on a piece of baltic birch wood. Little "Bob" is a copy of a vintage photo from the turn of the century in which a sprinkled superfine glitter on his lapels and stockings (sort of hard to see in this photo). The candy cane is a chenille stem. I still need to attach the hanger to the back of this ornament.
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Bob's Candy Cane company! In my opinion (I consider myself a candy cane aficionado) Bob's has the best candy canes! When I start in creating my Christmas ornaments I make sure I have the Christmas tunes on the iPod and a ready supply of Bob's Candy Canes! Really gets me in the Zen-Christmas-mode!
How about this little dude? I've named him "Ansel". Doesn't he just look like an Ansel? This ornament reminds me of the happy hours that my cousin George and I spent flying down the pasture hill on our sleds when we were young. My Dad would always tell us "watch out for the mean bull!!!"......but I digress, that's a whole other story for a whole other time.
This is a copy of a photo from sometime in the late 1950s-early 1960s. Just look at that bulky snowsuit. He looks like a little blue Stay-Puff Marshmallow boy! Remember wearing one of those one piece snowsuit and waddling around like a penguin?!?!? I hand colored the photo, backed it with chipboard, added cardstock shoes and glued him on a little wooden sled which I painted blue with red polkadots and glued decorative paper to the top of the sled. I will tie a red ribbon on the top of the sled to hang it on a tree. The snowflakes are cut out of paper and dusted with ultra-fine glitter. Just another addition to the Fresh Vintage Ornament Collection.
The joy of Ansel flying down the snow covered hill on his Flexible Flyer!Well, I have to get back to the studio but "smiles" until the next entry!
Tootie
When we think of Christmas the traditional colors of red and green instantly come to mind, however I decided to play with a popular color combo that wouldn't necessarily be associated with Christmas.....chocolate and aqua. I love to see this combo together and thought I'd create a snowman with the modern color comb. Who better to name the snow-woman with the modern color combo after than the pioneer of what we know today as "modern dance"......that would be Isador Duncan. She was a free spirted, barefoot dancer (1877-1927). Click here to see a 45 second video of her dancing. She was known for wearing long flowing scarves and tragically died in a car accident when she was riding in a convertible in the French Riveria when the end of her scarf became tangled in the wheel of the little sports car and strangled her! There are Isadora Duncan schools of dance all over the world to this day.
Isadora has been sculpted from Paperclay and painted with acrylic paints. She holds a bundle of sticks tied with an aqua satin bow. There are tiny handmade ornaments on her stick bundle. She wears a handsewn brown felt hat with a tiny brooch and ribbon on the side of it. Her aqua scarf has a slight shimmer to it. She's about 7.5 inches tall. If you'd like to welcome her into her home, she will be over at Spooky Time Jingles on December 1st.
Icy the Fridge Boy! He's from a 1950s fridge advertisement..........
This is my favorite vintage image. I just love the joy expressed on her little face. I've used her in many collages. To me, she just screams 1950s with her beret, swing coat, fur muff and leggins. I call her Mary Belle!
This is the top and bottom of the tin (top with snowmen)
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