WSOAPP Holiday Open House

WSOAPP will be hosting a Holiday Open House from November 7th – December 10th. Be sure to stop by and enter our giveaway for a $50 gift certificate that will be redeemable in any WSOAPP Market Street Shoppe!

As you click through individual shops in the marketplace during that time, you will also be able to sign up for chances to win additional prizes. This should be a fun way to begin getting into the holiday gift giving spirit!

WSOAPP Holiday Open House

Primitive Santa Doll + Halloween Fun

Santa Claus is comin’ to town! I just added this new primitive doll to the Old World Primitives Etsy shop – a robed Santa carrying a Christmas stocking. The sweet annie in Santa’s stocking came from Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm in Pennsylvania (I never miss their delightful Harvest Festival).

Santa primitive doll

primitive folk art Santa doll

Santa is SOLD, thank you!

Although I have started making Christmas items already, I am still having fun getting into the Halloween spirit and enjoying the season. Last night I went to the Great Jack-O’-Lantern Blaze in Hudson Valley, NY. It featured over 4,000 individually hand-carved, illuminated pumpkins on display in the form of dinosaurs, pirates, snakes, spiders, mummies, an undersea aquarium, grave angels (my favorite part!) and more. Below are some of the photos that I took at the event that came out well enough to be recognizable (it was dark and spooky! which meant that sadly many of my favorite parts of the display didn’t photograph well).

Great Jack-O'-Lantern Blaze 2008

Great Jack-O'-Lantern Blaze 2008

Great Jack-O'-Lantern Blaze 2008

Great Jack-O'-Lantern Blaze 2008

Great Jack-O'-Lantern Blaze 2008

Great Jack-O'-Lantern Blaze 2008

Primitive Folk Art Sheep

primitive folk art sheep doll

SOLD, thank you!

Today is the 7th of the month, which means that the WSOAPP Market Street Shoppes have all been updated with new goodies. The primitive sheep pictured above is available in my Old World Primitives WSOAPP shoppe now. In celebration of WSOAPP’s first anniversary on October 2nd, many Market Street Shoppe listings this month will include something made of paper. My sheep wears a stained, cinnamon-dusted paper label.

Victorian Style Santa Ornaments

WSOAPP turned one year old yesterday – Happy Anniversary, WSOAPP! For our anniversary launch I listed a new set of 6 Christmas ornaments in the Old World Primitives Etsy shop. The ornaments are made of Victorian paper scrap, felt, cotton batting, and chenille. They are also available via the Old World Primitives homepage shop.

Victorian style Santa ornaments

I am off to go get a new Santa doll ready for the next WSOAPP shoppe update on October 7th.