Our Christmas Trends 2012

Natural greens with snow covered berries, cabbages and moss balls
accented by architectural urns and burlap covered bags

realistic iced branches and berries

love this wine barrel with realistic greens and berries

cutest little gilded and wood owls hide in the trees

elves busy in the gourmet food area

Our best selling strawberry jam from France

hand made one of a kind 3 foot tall angel

golds and silvers with etched glass cloches

one of a kind decorative arrangements from old pins, buttons and millinery trim

Baroque reds, greens, golds and blacks- love the new peacock!

warm rabbit fur collars on the pretty female busts

sun streaming through the store windows in the late afternoon

Yesterday the entire crew was in the store setting up Christmas.  Today is our 16th Annual Christmas Open House and we are so excited about our 2012 merchandise.  It seems our manufacturers just get better every year by producing more realistic products.  Our new green garlands are fabulous and you have to touch them to make sure they are artificial.  This year we focused on three distinctive trends -  Natural and Fresh with greens, berries, owls, elves and potted amaryllis and paper whites.   Baroque - golds, Burgundies, and lots of glitzy touches. and finally our version of an European Christmas. This year we chose Venice and adorned a tree with authentic Venetian masks, scrolls, and blown glass ornaments. Our Open House is today and tomorrow from 10 to 5.   Thanks to my amazing girls for the fabulous job setting up the store- such a talented group of ladies. 

our embellished Santas riding the sweet reindeers in the store

love his vintage button on his forehead

The etched cloches - copies of antiques - are simply gorgeous

our flocked cabbages - so pretty with berries and greens for the holidays

pretty angels on the grillwork of the center display cabinet.