Christmas Greetings!

it's in the detail, originally uploaded by Blackberry Artists.

A very merry Christmas to all our readers and customers. Many thanks for your support over the last year - we wish you all the best for 2012.


blog posts will resume at New Year

On the twelfth day of Christmas ...

(can you feel the tension mounting?)

... my true love (yes, i still love him, even though he spends every spare minute shopping at the gift shop) gave to me,

Twelve glassy magnets (not sure if the fridge door is big enough but they'll make awesome stocking stuffers for the kids),

Eleven finely woven mufflers (a matching one for every outfit, whee!),

Ten by three (which makes thirty - go on, count them) expertly applied lines of paint in a very pleasing arrangement plus a light house,

Nine sparkling glass stars (i think they're snowflakes but i hate to disagree openly with my true love at this stage in the festivities),

Eight jolly vintage buttons (i've picked my favourite and the rest are for the christmas dinner napkins),

Seven steamin' stompin' haulin' vroomin' road trucks (guaranteeing a quiet afternoon with the nephews),

Six upstanding and tranquil-looking fence posts (new year's resolution - hike more!),

Five wooden urns (they're vases)!

Four dotty spotty cups (would make great wine beakers),

Three orcas swimming on by (ah, summer holidays),

A cute penguin couple (awwww!),

and that origami peace crane still hanging out peacefully in the fir tree.

Now that's Christmas!

:)

PS: we're open tomorrow, 10am till 2pm for last minute gifting!

On the eleventh day of Christmas ...

handwoven scarves by Beryl Hickinbottom

... my true love gave to me

(the end is in sight)

Eleven finely woven scarves,

Ten by three truly immaculately and artistically rendered lines of paint,

Nine sparkling glass stars,

Eight jolly vintage buttons,

Seven stompin' haulin' road trucks,

Six artistically upstanding fence posts,

Five wooden inlaid urns!

Four spotty dotty drinking vessels,

Three orcas on the go,

A cute penguin couple,

and an origami peace crane in a fir tree.

On the tenth day of Christmas ...

painting by Vicki Allesia

... my true love gave to me (almost there),

An artistic selection of ten lines of paint, times three,

Nine twinkling glass stars,

Eight vintage buttons,

Seven stompin' roadtrucks,

Six upstanding (and beautifully rendered) fenceposts,

Five wooden urns!

Four dotty spotty cups,

Three orcas splashing along,

A cue penguin couple (should go as a pair?)

and an origami peace crane in a fir tree.

Wordless Wednesday: the last macro moment of the year

Yes - the last macro moment of the year, and a more wordful Wednesday than usual.

Our Christmas Marketplace closes tomorrow at 5pm so don't delay.

The blog is taking a break over the festive season (because she won't be able to reach the keyboard on account of all the turkey she's eaten).

Stay tuned for the New Year, and thanks for visiting :)

On the ninth day of Christmas ...

glass star snowflake by Margret Billings

... my true love gave to me (still shopping)

Nine glass stars a-twinkling,

Eight jolly vintage buttons,

Seven stompin' road trucks,

Six upstanding fence posts,

Five wooden urns (or vases)(for dried flowers only)!

Four dotty spotty cups,

Three orcas swimming,

A cute penguin couple,

and an origami peace crane in a fir tree.

On the eighth day of Christmas ...

buttons by Sarah Ronald

... my true love gave to me (tho' I keep telling him to quit and let me visit the gift shop for a change)

Eight vintage buttons,

Seven stompin' road trucks,

Six upstanding fence posts,

Five wooden urns!

Four dotty, spotty cups,

Three orcas swimming,

A cute penguin couple,

and an origami peace crane in a fir tree.