Gone for another year. !!

                            

                             It will be back  in 365 days.  

If you did not get everything done for Christmas this year, start now for next year.  So many people said they never got everything finished that they wanted to.  The first thing is to get the most important things done.  Then you know that the  most important  stuff is finished.

Shop for Christmas all year long.  Don't get shorts and a beach top for Christmas, but I got some wonderful beach towels for Christmas.  What a good idea that was.  

Everyone can use a basic sweater.  A good, gray,  black or brown.  They are the new grays.  

You can make Christmas decorations all year long.  Buy the stuff that is on sale now.  

After the first of the year, I will be posting ideas for the Holidays.  It will be things that will make your house festive looking,  all through the year.  Not big things, but just a hint of happiness when someone spots it.  

I never quit making my Santa's and Snowmen.  I just make them along side of the Easter Bunny, Uncle Sam, and Valentine Hearts.  I better go and work on some New  Year and Valentine  Holidays right now.  

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas & have a safe and Happy New Year.  

Do not drink & drive.    Young people... Do not text and try to drive.  It may cost you your life and some poor innocent.  

Merry Christmas !

                  

                  Merry Christmas & Happy New Year  

Christmas is almost here.

                      Christmas Time is almost here.  

I love Christmas.  I love the decorations, bright colors and the music.  I have already started making plans for my blog for next year.  I thought I would give you and idea of what it takes to make a art piece.  And, I would like to give you some tutorials of some of my crafts.  Of course, this would all be free.  Who could ask for anything more.  

My snowpeople hit ebay and sold well.  I am very pleased for my first Christmas on ebay & etsy.  

I am already thinking about Spring & Easter.  Easter Bunny and soft green grass.  I still have bulbs that I never got around to planting.  Maybe, tomorrow.  the ground is not frozen yet.  It should be.  

I have several cutter quilts that Easter Bunny would look great in.  Let's see how we are going to do this.  Easter Bunny made out of the quilt or just a coat for the Easter Bunny made out of the quilt.  Decisions, Decisions. !!   That is one of my biggest decisions I have to make.  How do you use the limited amount of fabric to the best of your ability.  

The most up to date information is usually on my DK Vintage Holiday, facebook page.  

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/DK-Vintage-Holiday/434496043264022

I still have several unfinished pieces sitting in my shop but can't  come up with the correct design to use them in.   This is where I have my most difficult task, " Deciding on how to use my pieces to the best of my ability.  I sometimes think, "I think too much".   

This is La Bafana, the Italian Santa lady.  She come to visit the children on Jan. 6th.  She came out beautiful.  So many people like her face, that I have to do more.  

Well better get back to the shop and make some decisions.  Merry Christmas !!       DK

Christmas time !!

             Christmas is almost  upon us.  

Christmas is almost here and everyone has so many things to do.  I have been nursing a sick husband.  He is getting better everyday.  Coughing is the worst thing.  I hope he stops soon, so I can get some sleep.  

I just put on a Candy Containers on ebay.   They came out so beautiful.  I put on 2 different sizes.  

This is Peppermint Patty.   Over 8 inches tall and candy container is a generous 3 1/2 inches deep.  Plenty room for a gift or candy.   On ebay now !!

This is a wonderful green candy container.  She can be out until St. Patty's Day.   Snowmen do no have to go away after Christmas.  They can be out all winter.   

 Candy container head.  This is such a cute piece.  It is smaller and can fit anywhere.   A necklace or ring would be beautiful inside.   On ebay right now.

  http://www.ebay.com/sch/dkvintageholiday/m.html?item=200860927531&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESINDXX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

My snowmen have been going fast.  Be sure to jump on over and take a look and see if you can get a unique gift for someone special this year.  I will have snowmen & Santa's all year long.  I am working on Santa Candy Containers.  Soon it will be candy boxes chicks.  Oh My!!  

Merry Christmas.  dk  

Santa & Baby Jesus on ebay

                                Santa & Baby Jesus on ebay

I am putting a Santa holding Baby Jesus on ebay tonight.  He has a stern look and the baby is a vintage, sleepy eyes , 4 inch, celluloid  doll.  He is wrapped in gauze and then is  wrapped with a piece of  antique quilt.  It has some red in it and it just blends so nice.  

Santa is a sitting Santa that would be 18 inches tall if he were standing.  He has a faded red, flannel coat that is lined with Christmas green. He has a wide strip of rabbit fur down the front of his jacket.  His jacket can be pulled back a little also.  He has a Christmas vest on that was a never used glass wrap.  It had  lacquered holly leaves that I put on his hat. 

Santa will have a basket on his lap with some holly leaves and a white bottle brush tree.  In his right hand he is going to be hold a sprig of pine tree and 2 vintage mercury glass bulbs.   In his left hand, Santa will have Baby Jesus.  Baby Jesus and the basket are able to be moved.  Hanging off the basket is a vintage quilt, Christmas stocking.  It has a flat back doll and 2 candy canes in it.  

Santa has a clay face, boots & gloved hands.  His hood is trimmed in aged chenille.  His boots trimmed in aged cotton batting.  He has a leather belt holding his coat closed.  He has on his coat a magic key to your house,.....or your heart, at Christmas time.  It is pinned to his belt.  Also on the pin in a tiny silver bell.  It is quite dirty though.  

Also in his basket, is a piece of WV coal. This is for the naughty children or to leave for someone who has no fire in their hearth.  There are a few of wrapped gifts in the basket also.  

I will post a picture as soon as I get them done.         Bidding is starting out at 9.99.    WOW !! 

Facebook link below.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/DK-Vintage-Holiday/434496043264022

Merry Christmas!    dk

Sneak Peaks

                                             Sneak Peaks

Just a few pictures to give you a sneak peek of what is going to be on DK Vintage Holiday on facebook and then onto ebay.  

They were so much fun making.  I am working on the Santa.  He may be holding baby Jesus.  I am still thinking.  

There are several candy containers.  The heads of the snowmen are definitely  candy containers.  2

 of the standing snowmen are candy containers also.  

Now remember these are not finished.  Just try to guess what they will be.   

One is a Candy Container and the other reminds me of a laughing baby.  

These are both Candy Containers

The Santa may be holding baby Jesus.  Not a snowball head.  

The snowmen heads are definitely Candy Containers tops. 

 

I will be selling Santa's after Christmas since I got such a late start.  It is always a Holiday at my house.  Santa and his friends live at my house all year long. !!   What a fun place to live and create.   

Check back on DK Vintage Holiday on Facebook...  https://www.facebook.com/pages/DK-Vintage-Holiday/434496043264022

Merry Christmas !!    DK

Home Sweet Home

                                 Home Sweet Home

It is so nice to go away but, it is most wonderful to come back home.   the trip to Dc for Thanksgivings was just super.  We ran into hardly no traffic.  Sooo Lucky !!   The beltway, coming out of DC was a mess, but going in it, was smooth sailing.  Everyone was trying to get out to get home or to go someplace else for Thanksgiving.  I hope everyone made it in time.  

My son made the most wonderful Thanksgivings dinner.  Second year in a row and everything was wonderful.  Of course, everything taste better when you don't have to cook it.  

Grand daughter, Miss Katie and I, did some wonderful glitter crafts.  We both love love glitter.  Can't wait to have time to work on my Putz houses.  I am going to restore the one's I have.  

I am going to work on some Santa candy containers for ebay.  I think I have about 4 heads ready to go.  I know they will come out nice.  I just love making my Santa's.  I could spend 15 hours on my workshop and the time passed so quick.  Sometimes I look down and think, is this all I've done?  Everything takes so long and ebay takes about 15 % off me after the shipping is added.  I know, no fair.  Why not before shipping is added?  

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving and has started their Christmas shopping.  Usually by Thanksgiving, my shopping was done and mailed out.  Now for the holidays, I make Santa's.    ♥ 

Check out        http://www.ebay.com/itm/200851209619?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649

for a few nice gifts.  You may get something really nice because the Santa's are on an auction.   My snowmen are very reasonable priced for a handcrafted, One Of A Kind.  Ooak

Well,  have to dash and start making some candy containers.  Seems that a lot of people are interested in those right now.   A got a very late start and then got very sick with strep throat.  This knocked me out of commission for several weeks.  But, Next Year, Look Out.   

Take care,  dk

 

Full of Turkey

                                      So Full of Turkey

Why do I do it?  Why do I always have to stuff myself?   Well, it could be that Thanksgiving is the only time all this good stuff gets cooked together. Stuffing, pie, sweet potatoes, and of course the magnificent turkey.   

So maybe I will do it all over again and serve it for Christmas Day.  Oh !  I did not do it all!!  My son cooked.  That is why it tasted so good.  I did not have to cook it at all.  I did make the pies and cranberry salad, that was my mom's recipe.  Oh so good.  Yum.

I did not like cranberries until I was in high school.  Every year I took my Grandmother to a special dinner to honor St. Anne.  She was the Grandmother of Jesus.  Every year we drove to Steubenville, Ohio, which was only across the bridge, to go to St. John's Catholic Church, where we attended the service.

After the service we then attended a dinner, which was a turkey dinner.  So, that is where Gram insisted I try the the cranberries.  On My !!  I was in Love!!  Now we have cranberries anytime of the year at my house.
so if you encourage your kids to try different things, you should also try.

My son also encourages us to try oysters, clams and mussels. Those are something I will never eat again.  It was not instant love like the cranberries were.

My grand daughter and I are going to make Christmas decorations for her littlest pet shop doll house. She is the most important item  right now.  So, signing off.

 PS  I even named a snow doll after her.  Miss Katie.

dk

   

   

Thanksgiving

                          Happy Thanksgiving 

I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving Day.  I just can't wait to have some pumpkin pie and cranberries & turkey.  Yum !!

Thanksgiving

                             Thanksgiving

I have so many things to be thankful for.   ♥

My husband is number one on the list.  We have been married for 45 years.  Wow !  How could 

he put up with me for that long.   I guess he did because I put up with him that long also.  

 I worked on a few things for ebay today.  I had such a bad sinus headache that I could 

not concentrate on anything.  I even came home from work early because I got so bad.

 So, I set it aside and finished something for my Grand Daughter. 

 Her birthday was on the 18 and I just can't wait to give it to her.  I wish I could show you but, it 

is a secret thing that I will be making for Easter and next Fall & Christmas 2013.   It is really cute.  

I hope each and everyone of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.  

dk

 

Not all things come out great. !!

               Not all things come out great.  

Things did not go so well today.  Yesterday was a great day when all 5 of my Snowmen went.  Today I wanted to make some snowman candy boxes.  After they were about 80 % done, I found out the lids were so tight, that I could hardly get them on.  Sooooooo  I had to tear them apart.  The snowman heads had cotton batting party hats.  They came out so cute.  Good thing they were not attached to the lids.  UGH !  That would have been disastrous.   

      What  did come out great was a Snowgirl, Miss Katie.  

She has on a coat made from an antique wool blanket.  She has on a pair of leather, antique opera gloves.  I cut the little fingers off and they fit her perfect.  She is holding a Frozen Charlotte that is over 150 years old,  Not perfect, but beautiful for something that old.  Katie's dress is made from a vintage piece of ruffled sheer fabric.  

At least I have something to show for the day.  Amen......Thank you God !!

Snow people on their way !!

          Snow People are on their way to Florida  !

All five Snowmen are on their way to Florida for Christmas.  An office full of men & woman bought them and saved money on shipping.  2 of the Snowpeople did not even make it to ebay.  I know they will be very warm this Christmas and beyond.  Since they are not exactly just Christmas decorations, people can leave them out until Spring.   They will be great for Valentines day also.

I am working on Miss Katie.  She is a snowgirl who just came from the play, The Nut Cracker.  She will have antique leather gloves on and be dressed in a pink wool coat.  

 Sorry , she is already sold.

I will also have, Bob The Baker.   He makes all the treats in Hollytown, where we all live. 

 

Santa lives at my house all year long.  Thank you for stopping by and saying hello. Yes, they speak,......to your heart.   Remember to check back for all other Holidays. Candy boxes , Easter, Americana, Pumpkin Men, Witches, Santa's Oh My !!

Ok, off to make more Snowmen & Santa's.  

Thank you for all your support.    DK

Snowgirl gone

                            Little  Matchstick girl sold !

The Little Matchstick girl has gone to a new home in Ohio.   I know she will be safe and warm there for a long time.  She was Ooak.  All my snowmen and snowladies are Ooak.         ( One of a kind)

Her family will be on facebook this evening,  Go to   DK Vintage Holiday in search .  

I think 40 days until Christmas.  You can keep Snow people out until March !!

Struggling to get the Snowpeople finished.

           Struggling to get the Snowpeople finished. 

I am struggling to get the Snowpeople finished.  They came out so nice.  I have a walking Frosty with a broom I made.   I have a Red Hat Snow woman !  She is caring sugared snowflakes.   What else would she be caring. 

 I have one that has a candy cane, cane.  They have on little hats, party hats, and one has on an old  beer cap for his hat.  I had to take out some of the cork to get it to set right.  They have not used cork in the caps for a looooog time.  He looks great with it on.  He reminds me of a bully Snowman.  

I have to work at the doctors tomorrow.  Hope my legs don't fall off.  Then I will be home to finish up the Snowmen and post them.  

I'll pout a few finished pictures on here.

Don't forget to check out, DK Vintage Holiday,  on Facebook.  Just type it like I did and it will get you to my site.  I also have," Sneak Peeks",  on there.  

Keep your toes warm tonight.  It is going to get cold here.  Down to 29 tonight.  I wish I knew why my electric blanket stoped working.  I think I really need it tonight.  

Merry Christmas.  

Dolores

Snowpeople are getting dressed.

                            Snowpeople are getting dressed.

All the little Snowpoeple are getting dressed  for their appearance on facebook...

DK Vintage Holiday  ~  on Facebook.                                          

To ebay page

http://www.ebay.com/sch/dkvintageholiday/m.html?item=200847017227&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l25  
                       

                     Little Matchstick Girl

Little Match Stick girl is already on ebay.  She is so sad because it is so cold and she only has 1 more match to light.  I hope someone takes her home for the Holidays to warm her up.  

She was so much fun making.  I have several old  vintage hankies and made it into her cape and scarf.  It is aged a little and then it is crusted with ice and snow.  She sparkles so much.  

               Old Folk Art, African American Santa

I just want to keep him!!  He has the most beautiful hand painted eyes.  He comes in a set of 3.  A Folk Art Snow angle and a 10 inch home made folk art Christmas tree in addition to the Santa.  

He has on a vintage green coat, trimmed with aged batting.    He has silver bells on his hood.  He is also on ebay already.  Jump on over and take a look.  I love feedback, drop me a line.    

To http://www.ebay.com/sch/dkvintageholiday/m.html?item=200847040304&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

I am now off to dress the Snowpeople.  

Don't forget to jump on over to my Facebook page and like me.  

Leave me a note if you want of what you would like to see.  

https://www.facebook.com/pages/DK-Vintage-Holiday/434496043264022

Back to working on Santa's

            Back to working on Santa's and Snowmen.  

It seems that I am getting better from the worse case of strep I had ever seen.  I am in medicine and I never heard anyone describe it as hurting too much to swallow.  I wanted to lay on my stomach and just let the spit run out of my mouth,  I just did not want to swallow.   Oh, was it painful.  Then I took the medicine wrong.  I had to start over because my whole mouth inside hurt.  I still have a cough sometime but hope, time will take that away.  

Enough about me.  I want to tell you how wonderful my house smells.  I have been cooking my next Santa in the oven.  He is a Grunge Primitive Santa.  

His coat is a green vintage fabric.  Snow angle next to him.  He also has a Primitive Christmas tree , with raffia bows on it.  He smells wonderful.  He is a lot of hand sewing and I hope I can get him done to put on ebay this week.  

I am about to finish about 6 snowmen.  They will be on soon.  

Hope you have seen my Santa's on ebay.  My first Snow girl is, The Little Matchstick Girl.  She has on a scarf and cape from a vintage hanky.   She is trimmed in ice and has a little tree in front of her.  All her matches are burnt except one.  I hope someone nice lets her into their house for Christmas.  

Well, it is off to finish.  Just a heads up, my Santa's will be smaller.  That is about all the large heads I have.  The rest will be 14 to 16 inches tall.  

Marry Christmas !     I am thinking of Thanksgiving and the turkey dinner.  Can't wait.  Yum !!

Dolores~

Vote !!

                     I hope everyone voted today.

One of these days, we may not have the right to vote.   Exercise your right to vote.


Santa's did not sale on ebay.  I am not going to put them back on for a week.  I am working on a Primitive Santa.  My house smells so good.

My husband got up early on Saturday because he smelt the cinnamon.  He thought I was baking.  Poor thing.  He was so disappointed.  I can't wait to rub the clothing of this last Santa.  He is going to be an African American Santa.  He has such a beautiful face and eyes.   I won't have him finished for a few more days.

Merry Christmas !

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http://dkvintageholiday.com/

New Santa's are on ebay.

New Santa's on ebay this week. 

2 new Santa's went on ebay and there is only 1/2 as many people as last time who are seeing them.  I think it is because no one had bid on these.  A little sad because the start was so good.  But, I tell myself," I have just started on ebay, "  give it time.  Time is what I have. Anything that does not sale on ebay may go on etsy or saved for a craft show.   I will only go to 1 show next year.

This is one of my own sculpted faces.  

Blue 120 year old, Blue quilt coat Santa.

My new Santa, in the Blue Coat has a quilt  coat that is 120 years old.  It has 2 wool, green blankets inside of it and also a pink flannel top sheet.   The flannel top sheet was trimmed in pink crochet edging.  I wanted to rip it all up just to have the top sheet.  I did not and it made into a wonderful coat.  It was so old that all the fabric just sort of blended in together.  Not a bit bulky.  

I made the lantern that he is carrying in his right hand.  

If you have a chance, hop on over to ebay and check him out and see more pictures.  

Happy Santa !!

My other Santa is also one of my Sculpts.  I call him the Happy Santa because of his teeth and big smile.  I did make a silicon mold to save this face.  I like seeing Santa's teeth.  Make kids remember to brush. !!

He has green garland around his face and it is trimmed in vintage mercury glass beads.  His coat is also made from an Antique quilt.  I just love these guys.  I really hate to part with them.  But, I want to share the happiness I feel,  when I show them.  I hope they make everyone who sees then happy also.  

One more Surprise.  

Frosty the Snow Man, was also at my house.  He did find a new home in Rhode Island.  

Frosty was helping Santa deliver gifts on Christmas Eve.  He has a metal, ice covered bucket that is loaded down with gifts.   He has a long list and also a Magic Key that is on his flannel neck scarf.  It fit into any door, to open it, on Christmas Eve.  His hood can be worn up or down.   He has on his red boots and red button caps for the occasion.  

Here is a sneak peek of more Frosty friends. 

 Santa and his friends live at my house all year long.   

You may not recognize them after I am finished.  One will be Miss Katie.  she will have on leather gloves and a Pink coat.  

I actually cut the fingers off an antique pair of opera gloves and slipped them on the snow girl arms. I will attache a picture to show what I did. I just can't wait to finish Miss Katie.   

Worked at the doctors office today and had to get up in the early AM for several days.  Going to jump in my jammies and off to bed. 

Good Night.  Merry Christmas !! 

Happy Halloween !!

                Hope Everyone has a Happy Halloween !!  

Sneak Peek !!

Next 2 Santa's on ebay !!ebay account

Storm for Halloween :(

So, a noreaster is coming in for the Halloween Trick or Treat Night.  What am I going to do with all the candy I bought?  We used to get over 200 kids coming to our door.  We had 36 kids in our neighborhood alone.  Now the numbers are down to a little over 35.

It is still so great to see the little one's dressed up in their outfits.   Their eyes so wide at what they are going to get inside their bag.

OK,  Santa Time !

Finished the next 2 Santa's but can't post them until I have a box size and dimensions.  My postage is calculated so I don't make anything off of postage, like some people do on ebay.

Hope I can get them on in a few days.   They both came out so nice.  Like I said I hate to part with them.  My next one is a  Primitive Santa and he will be on a beehive bobbin.  He will be grungy.  I hate to do this but a lot of people have asked for them.  He will be African American Santa.  His face came out so great.

People ask what I like best about making Holiday Art and I can't tell them.  I love it all.  I love when I am sculpting,  I love the challenge of the painting, and I love costuming.  While I do each step in the process, I say, "this is the best".  Then I go on to the next step and say  repeat this is the best.

I did buy several boxes that will help get my workshop in better order.  I had a lot of items stored in odd size boxes and they did not stack well.  So, to the workshop I am going.

Watch on ebay for my next 2   Santa's.          http://myworld.ebay.com/dkvintageholiday


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2 more large santa's are almost ready to go!

I have been diligently working on Santa & Snowmen the past few days.  About a week behind schedule.  I have found out that my biggest problem is, I take too much time to pick out certain toys and gifts for Santa.  You can't just hang anything on him.  You want to keep the integrity of the year, you are trying to represent.

My next 2 Santa's have on Quilt coats.  One coat is 120 years old the other antique.  My husband likes the Santa with the red & blue quilt coat, and I want to keep them all.  That is another problem.  So much blood sweat and tears went into them.  It is so hard to give them up.

The next 2 Santa's will have my sculpted faces I created.  Another reason why it is hard to let go.
I did make a silicon mold though.  They are just so realistic looking.

Ok back to the workshop to finish them.

Merry Christmas !!

DK Vintage Holiday Santa's chosen for, Vintage Collectables !

I started to feel better today so I went to work on my Santa's and Snow people.  I have some wonderful Snow People coming up in a few days.  

But first, the GOOD NEWS.  I receive a weekly Collectors News Letter.   I opened it today and was shocked to see that my 2 Santa's that are on ebay, were picked in the top 40  of Vintage Santa Collectibles & Figurines.  What an honor.  My legs are still shaking.  At first I only saw 1 Santa.   I ran down the steps to tell my husband.  When I came back to the computer, I saw that they both were picked.   I had to run back downstairs to tell my husband.  I just need to keep the momentum going.  

I worked on Snow People today.  I love sparkly things.  Snow & Snow People have just the right sparkle.

I recently made and donated a Snow Woman Candy Container.  It was donated to help fund breast cancer items for people who can't afford some of the aftercare. The fund is for men & woman and children who lost their hair and need wigs.  They buy  bra's, skull caps , makeup , etc.  This is located in Las Vegas Nevada.  My sister is a breast cancer survivor in Vegas.

 My next item I'll sell,   will be sent to, Athena's Closet,  in Weirton, WV.  They do the same.  Help cancer patients to get things that they need in after care, and cannot afford.
I worked with Athena.  We were both X Ray Technicians.  My friend Athena, lost her battle with breast cancer,  but her memory lives on through this organization.  I will be so proud to support this fine organization. no one gets paid.  They are all volunteers.

Well, just a heads up  from me to you.

Merry Christmas !!   DK Vintage Holiday on facebook.  Come & like me.

Santa's were picked in the top 40. !!

Just wanted to let you all know that my 2 Santa's, that I have on ebay, were picked in the top 40 of Vintage Santa Collectables & Figurines.  I almost fell over when I got my email.  I have worked hard and hope that this would happen one day, but not with my first 2 Santa's.

I am feeling better and worked on Santa's and Snowmen.  I love sparkly stuff.   I mean snow & snowmen.  One of the first will be, "The Little Matchstick  Girl".  She is so cute but, a bit sad snow woman.  Even Snow people get cold.  !!  All her matches are gone except " 1".     DK Vintage Holiday, on facebook or under r advance search, seller, dkvintageholiday, on  ebay.

Sick! UGH !

Did not sleep all night and work up with a temperature.  Every time I swallowed, it hurt so bad that it work me up.  I don't know how much I will be able to get done today.  :(

Working on 2 more children & 2 sitting Santa's

I am working on 2 more Santa's and children to go with them.  These children's faces will be the old Hummel doll faces, I got from Germany  They are so cute.  Such an innocent look.

The Santa's will be sitting Santa's and I know one will have Burgundy velveteen coat and pants.  I love figuring out what they will hold and what the children will be dresses in.

I am working on more toys and also on some smaller Santa's.   I want the winning bedder to get a surprise when they open up the package.  Maybe something extra put in the box for Santa.  Hummm !
What could that be?

All my Santa's will carry or have by them a piece of real, WV.  coal.  This is for the naughts kids or to light a fire in the hearth for someone who has none.

Ok, back to creating.  :)

Merry Christmas !   It will be here soon.

Stink bugs

What is it with these stink bugs??  I walked out the patio door and 3 stink bugs walked in.  They are everywhere.  This is the first year we have had them.  I heard that the outdoor shed is full of them.  Wonder if a bomb would get rid of them?  Better look into that because they will be in my attic then.  

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DK Vintage Holiday: That's a Go!!

That's a Go!!

Ok, everything seems to be set.  Santa's on ebay, web page has tags & I have to get started on the rest of the little men.  I am a bit sad that I was not able to do this 20 years ago. But, I thank God that I can do it now.  ;->  .   

It is about 76 here in the Northern Panhandle of WVa.  My husband is putting the rest of the patio things  away.  Too warm to think about Santa but, Christmas & Winter are always on my mind. 

Here is a peek at what I am working on now.  These are 2 of my own sculpts.  One is a very Happy Santa & the other an old tired, but Happy Santa.   I sculpted these and made a silicon mold and poured them in Resin.  I did not like how they felt or looked.  So..... I got a scalpel and cut them apart.  UGH!!  

I then casted them in paper clay and re sculpted them.  I found that this gives them a one of a kind look that I am really happy about.  They should be on my web site,  dkvintageholiday.com   in a few weeks.  

One Santa will be trimmed in rabbit fur and the other, maybe in pajamas.  Red Pajamas of course.  He will be carrying a down feather pillow. 

Santa and his Friends live at my house all year round !! 

Check back to see how I am doing with them.  I'll keep you posted.  

Check out my ebay page  Do "Advance" search, and then hit ,    "by seller" and type in my name.  

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If you are on Facebook,  go to my store, DK Vintage Holiday , and like me.  Leave a comment if you want. Tell me where you first saw my Santa's.   

Thanks, DK