Seven Santa's will arrive tomorrow.  

I am so happy that 7 Santa's will be here tomorrow.  I can't wait until they arrive.  I passed over my Halloween to make sure i got the Santa's done. 

 They are all big Santa's about 22 inches.  They won't be totally finished but almost.  I just want to show them off.  

2 of the Santa's have little children with them.  He found them in the woods.  They heard the bells on his coat ringing and went to look for him.  Ahhhhhhhh !  

They both have frozen Charlotte's with them.  Theses dolls were dug up in Germany.  They spent a long time in the ground.  They were dumped because they were not perfect and they have been there for over 150 years.  I was so lucky to have some of them to put with my Old Germany Santa's.  They where found while digging in factory yard in Limbach in Thuringia Germany.

I love this old stuff.  It makes the Santa's so much more real.  

See you tomorrow !!  

Cheers, D Koper

Wow, Christmas is coming fast and it seems to come ever year at the same time.  So why can't I get done? 

  

Well, here it comes.  Every year I say I will be ready but I can see me falling behind.  

I am still working on orders and can't wait until I mail them out.  They are coming out beautiful.  I hope the people will be happy with them.  

***  I will have a 1 man show at the Gallery in Weirton.  This will be on November 16, 2013.   This was a great honor.  I hope I have enough art Santa's done so I have a good showing.  

Some of what I am working on.  

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This is an antique, silver toned candle clip from Germany.  It even has a burnt candle still in it.  Oh, the secrets it could tell about the family and children  who used it.  I would love to hear it speak. 

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These are 6mm glass beads that I strung on Bullion Wire, and am going to sew it to Santa's hat.  
I just can't stop adding detail.  That is what it's all about.  Everywhere you look , you see something different.  

I love the Christmas rush.  As Long it's not me doing the rushing.  I love the hustle and bustle  of people passing on the street, all the shops decorated, and the smell of cinnamon everywhere you go.  The only problem with the cinnamon smell is I want to eat all the time.  What else?   Gingerbread cookies . 

  I won a wonderful little gingerbread house cake mold.  I think it may take 1/2 of a cake mix.  Can't wait to try it.  I will take the cake to my Grand daughters at Thanksgiving and we will decorate it for Thanksgiving.  Of Course we will have pumpkin pies also.  

           Ok, You have been warned.....Start Christmas Shopping right now.  

See you in a few days !!  Merry Christmas !

Cheers,  Dolores K



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                                   Santa's are here !!

After 2, ten hours days, the Santa's have beards.  Very time consuming but, this is where their personality comes out.  They started to really talk to me about who they are and where they come from. 

                                         Santa's and Elf"s

 Some are Primitive Santa's and some are, the Jolly old Elf.  In fact,  2 little elf's showed up this year. They said that Santa's need help this year.  I have never had Elf's before. 

Several Santa's  told me they were Old World, German Santa's.  They will go on top candy container bodies.  

Some of these Santa's have beards of recycled rabbit fur, curly sheep wool and Peruvian sheep wool.  The white rabbit fur in the middle make the other Santa's look yellow, but they are all a soft white. 

 One of my favorite Santa's will be kneeling in front of Baby Jesus and holding onto his hat.  Merry Christmas   

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                     Everything is coming along !! 

Every year the Art's Club has a parade of homes.  People set up elaborate decorations in their home and the club sales tickets to view these homes.  Only 200 tickets are sold.  This year I have been asked to be one of the stops.  No, they are not coming to my home but to the Gallery  in town where they will view my Old German Santa's, Candy Containers Santa's, & my Snowpeople.  

I have hands and gloved hands on one cookie sheet, Snowpeople on another and Santa's faces on another.  I have standing bodies all over the shop and of course, the sitting bodies in a safe place, so I won't poke my eye with the wires.   LOL

Here are some of my Santa faces just waiting for the beard to grow.  Some of these are Santa Candy Containers, Some are special orders and children, candy containers.  

The Snowpeople were out in the hot sun yesterday.   I was giving them  the final no melt test.  See, my Snowpeople, never melt.  

Right now I have the boots and hands on a special sheet to dry then hard so I can start to assemble.  

Every time I do a part of the Santa or Snowpoeple, I say, "This is my favorite part".

I am sculpting a new face, " This is my favorite part".  

I paint the faces to get a look that I am after, "This is my favorite part.  I have found that, I love it all.  

Come back soon to see finished  Santa's.  Hope to have some done  by this weekend.  They will go on my facebook page and then onto ebay & etsy.

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See you soon !!  Cheers  DK

  

 

Where has summer gone?  

I can't believe that it is so cool outside.  Going down to 49 in the east tonight.  Where has the hot summer gone? I can only remember 1 & 1/2 weeks of hot weather.  I love Winter but, I want some summer also.  I have been working on my Santa boots all weekend.  Everything just takes so long to do.  I love it though.  

I will have new Snowmen and Santa's on line soon.  

Cheers, Dolores

             German factory closing it's doors.  

I was so sad to find out yesterday that a German factory that has been manufacturing paper mache boots, balls and eggs,  has closed it's doors.  It was always special to have a pair of paper mache boots on a Santa and to say, the "boots were made in Germany".  

I have been thinking all day about how to replace, the irreplaceable.  What do I craft to make it still feel special ?  I have been working on ideas all day.  A few look promising, but not like the German boots.   

Cheers, Dolores

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Working Fast & Furious

             Working Fast & Furious

I have been working on Santa's and Snowmen so fast and furiously.  I had been sick and now I have to catch up.  I found a branding black & white that I am going to use.  I just love it so much.  I liked it so much that I added a new board to pinterest, Black & White

It is filled with so many silhouettes that I had a hard time deciding on what to use.  

Here are a few of my favorites. I then had to decide on something totally different because this only represented Christmas.  What about the other Holidays I love?  

             

Old German Santa

Jolly Santa I grew up with.  

An older Santa that I love, love, love.



I had one more favorite and I picked it.  Here it is.  My new Branding, Black & White.  

Soon, it will be on all my sites.  When you see it, I will be close by.  

I felt that it has a "Holiday Festive  Spirit" about it but, you would never guess what Holiday.  That is why, I thought it was perfect.  It can represent all the Holidays that I create for !! 

Please keep watch for more news from me as I go about creating Santa's that look old, even though they are new.  

I will have a lot of candy container Santa's and Elves, and children.  What good is Christmas without children. Santa needs a child   next to him.  Don't you agree.  

Check out my Facebook page.  That is where I sell from, before ebay.  I even give sneak peeks on that page also.  Email me with any questions.  

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As of today,  151 days until Christmas.  Start your shopping early.

 This year  Shop ~~ Made in the USA, 

Buy~~~ Handcrafted.  

Cheers, Dolores Koper

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