Primitive Folk Art by Old World Primitives » Christmas decorations http://www.primitive-folk-art.com Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:37:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Happy Holidays! http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/12/happy-holidays/ http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/12/happy-holidays/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:43:27 +0000 Primitive Folk Art by Old World Primitives http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/12/23/happy-holidays/ Happy Holidays

Wishing you and yours a happy and safe holiday season!  I am excited that we should have a white Christmas this year – the foot of snow that fell here last weekend hasn’t done too much melting yet.

On to my exciting news that I have to share – I am honored to have one of my chenille angel ornaments featured on the cover of the Winter 2009 issue of Celebrate 365 magazine.   I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my copy of the magazine to get a peek at what is inside as well.  A picture of the cover is below.

Celebrate 365 magazine - Winter 2009

I also have two new sets of two Valentine’s Day ornaments to share.  Both sets are available now in my Old World Primitives Etsy shop. These little Victorian ladies are made of chenille with crepe paper skirts.

Victorian style Valentine's Day ornaments

Victorian style Valentine's Day ornaments

]]> http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/12/happy-holidays/feed/ 4 Decorating for Christmas… Crafting for Valentine’s Day http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/12/decorating-for-christmas-crafting-for-valentines-day/ http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/12/decorating-for-christmas-crafting-for-valentines-day/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:35:32 +0000 Primitive Folk Art by Old World Primitives http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/12/13/decorating-for-christmas-crafting-for-valentines-day/ December is such a fun and festive month here… I love decorating my primitive twig tree, each year with a few more new ornaments than the last.  I always keep some pine scented candles burning throughout the month to make it smell like we have a real tree.  As I unwrap my winter folk art decorations and place them about the house, each one brings smiles and gets me in the Christmas spirit.  Below are a few peeks at my primitive Christmas decor this year.

primitive Christmas decor

primitive Christmas decor

primitive Christmas decor

I have also been working on some new ornament designs for next year, beginning with Valentine’s Day. I added a new set of vintage style chenille cupid ornaments to my Old World Primitives Etsy shop today. They are ready for the season of love with their Valentine hearts and arrows.

vintage style chenille Valentine's Day ornaments

]]> http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/12/decorating-for-christmas-crafting-for-valentines-day/feed/ 8 New Kitties and Works in Progress http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/11/new-kitties-and-works-in-progress/ http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/11/new-kitties-and-works-in-progress/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:20:48 +0000 Primitive Folk Art by Old World Primitives http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/11/15/new-kitties-and-works-in-progress/ I added a new set of kitty themed chenille ornaments to my Old World Primitives Etsy shop this past week – a set of 3 calico cats with paper Victorian scrap faces.  I have some hanging from the feather tree on my mantel and looking quite festive.

Vintage Style Chenille Christmas Ornaments

This holiday season has been keeping me quite busy with wholesale orders, but I am determined to complete some new dolls that I have been working on by the end of the coming week.  Below is a peek at them as works in progress, sitting behind and beneath a small sea of Christmas ornaments that I will be packing up tonight.

primitive dolls as works in progress

I hope to be showing these dolls completed very soon.

]]> http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/11/new-kitties-and-works-in-progress/feed/ 13 Chenille Christmas Cat and Dog Ornaments http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/10/chenille-christmas-cat-and-dog-ornaments/ http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/10/chenille-christmas-cat-and-dog-ornaments/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:30:59 +0000 Primitive Folk Art by Old World Primitives http://www.primitive-folk-art.com/2009/10/29/chenille-christmas-cat-and-dog-ornaments/ I added two new sets of chenille ornaments to the Old World Primitives Etsy Shop today, especially for cat and dog lovers (like myself!).

chenille cat ornaments for Christmas or everyday decorating

chenille dog ornaments for Christmas or everyday decorating

They can be used as feather tree ornaments for Christmas or everyday, and would also make nice handmade wedding favors.

While starting to create for Christmas, I am still enjoying counting down to Halloween!  Last weekend I went to a spooktacular Halloween costume party that featured some truly out of this world decorations and interactive displays.  Below are some of the photos that I took during the evening, including pictures of the *least* scary decorations. In one room, the walls reached out and grabbed me… twice!

Halloween party

Halloween party

Halloween party

Halloween party

Halloween party

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