Sorry I have been away so long !

Sorry I have been away for so long.  I am back now. 

I have been working on Santa's and they are coming out beautiful.

Scroll down to look at the pictures and tomorrow or Saturday I will be back to describe what went into this Santa !!

This big fella is going to Ohio for Christmas ! That will be his forever home.  He is 23 inches tall and haas all kinds of goodies on him.  Almost too many to list. 

A lot of you may know the Santa artist, Norma DeCamp.  She is a friend of mine and she was on one of the islands that got hit by the hurricane.   I finally heard from her that she is all right.  Look her name up.  A lot of people have said that my Santa's look like her's.  What a compliment this is.  I could never do what she does.  

Santa's pipe stuck in his hat decorations. 

No Snow, No Inspiration

I am so tired of waiting for snow in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. We are in the most furthest peak and still no snow.  Ohio gets it and Pennsylvania gets it, but us?  No!  I live in the Appalachian hills and valleys. Where is my snow and where is my inspiration? 

I look outside at the fresh fallen snow, and ideas just pop into my little head. I have several orders for next year but I am going to get them done and out before then.  I have several La Bafana's orders also.  I will let you see them before I send them put. 

I have sculpted several new items for Christmas 2017. I have one half imbedded in plaster.  Oh My !  This is the one imbedded in plaster.  Oh Gees, I hope he comes out.  

 This face  (above and below) is of a Belsnickle Santa.  They were considered Santa's helpers.  The Belsnickles often carried switches to beat, yes, beat the bad children. Some children were even carried away by the Belsnickle.   

I have gathered some ideas by looking at these vintage cloths.  They kept me happy over Christmas.  Kept my followers happy also.  Here is just a few. 

I love this hat.  

DK Vintage Holiday

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas &  Happy New Year.