Read all the way to the bottom for the giveaway!
Today my friends Donna, Rita (from left to right) and I went on our Candy Cane Excursion. We started out with breakfast at a little diner. Then on to the Hummel Shop in New Springfield, Ohio. It's more like a Christmas Shop with Hummel figurines in one room of it. Aren't these trees beautiful!?!?!?!
No Rita! NO! You can't buy the $1495 Hummel figurine on the top shelf! That's really how much the ones on the top shelf are! I'm thinking Rita's just happy she doesn't have to dust all these babies!
How about this cute display! It's the Department 56 North Pole Elf Land Series. I collect these house but only the ones that have to do with food, like the Donut Shop, the Hard Rock Candy Shop, etc...
I love the way they have these houses displayed on the glass blocks. It gives me a great idea about how to do my display. I see a trip to Lowe's in my very near future for glass blocks. This is the Candy Cane Factory.....too cute!
Let's talk ornaments. A whole wall of ornament after ornament after ornament.....and some very odd ones too. Rita and Donna and I amused ourselves for a good 15 minutes putting the words "Christmas" in front of each ornament. For example "oh, look at the Christmas Asparagus" or "the Christmas Dragon" or "the Christmas Weinie Dog"....you get the picture. We chucked like idiots after we said each one. I think the lady next to use was getting annoyed, but it WAS funny.
How would the Christmas Asparagus look adorning your tree? LOL
We all agreed that this one was the winner for the most bizarre ornament......"The Christmas Banana Santa". Really what the heck is up with that and it was $33!
Woodland Santa tree......very decorated...........
I'm not sure how this tree is going to translate in a picture but in real life it was simply gorgeous. It's almost a neon green color and with the sparkly red ornaments and glittery green holly it really popped.
From the Hummel Shop we went to the little village of Columbiana, Ohio as the town was having their open house. I bought this cabinet card in a little antique shop there. Please feel free to use him in your art. After we left there we went to an art show then to a junk shop then to lunch! Whew, I'm tired!
While in the candy cane mode I created this collage sheet. Leave a comment and you'll be in a drawing for one printed on cardstock or you can copy it and use it in your art.
And if you leave a comment you will also be in the drawing for the Candy Cane Excursion 2009 Christmas CD. Artists on it are Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley Horn, Diana Krall, Lou Rauls, John Coletrane, The Clarks, Kay Star, Straight No Chaser, Vincent Guiraldi and a few others. I'll draw on Tuesday!
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