Ahhh, show season is now officially drawing to a close for me this year, and what a wonderful way to end it with our 7th Annual Holiday Folk Art Show & Open House. Despite the arctic cold snap we experienced all week, Saturday's skies were clear, and luckily, many of our friends were able to join us for this fun event including some that even flew in from CA! It was a joy to reconnect with many of you, and we were so happy to send you off with smiles on your faces! Many thanks to all for taking a moment out of your day to join us and support my folk art habit :). And for those of you who missed out on the festivities, you can peek at some fun photos below.
**IF you entered our Raffle, continue to scroll down to see if you WON!...

Cheers! ~ Johanna


* A festive front door welcomes guests on a chilly winter's day...


* That's me laughing at the 5 minutes I had to spare for a moment to sit before we opened the door...


*A cheery table display of my reproduction Santas, belsnickels and snowmen attracts shoppers as they arrive...


* A quick snap of JP sitting on the arm of my favorite red 1930s mohair chair.. "Lusheba".... Yes, I name some of my favorite furnishings :)


* A zoom on some of those delightful holiday folk designs of mine, offered by both Primitives by Kathy & Bethany Lowe Designs...


* My one of a kind holiday collectibles traipse across our mantel and below on the funky make-shift shelf I put together with odds and ends...


* Original snowmen sitter ornaments express themselves....


* A gathering of my one of a kind holiday characters await collectors...


* Me once again after a big sigh of relief as it certainly takes hours upon hours to prepare for this holiday event...


* More one of a kind holiday collectibles - each finding a unique home...


* A fun collection of my one of a kind bell ornaments dangle from a happy green feather tree...


* Jack nestles himself in basket filled with feather trees - how funny & rather fitting!


* A wide angle showing the various holiday displays in our front room...


* In the corner, I set up a sweet setting of my latest spring designs offered by Bethany Lowe... These goodies were marked down for the season, many finding new homes...


* A glance from our kitchen into our back sun room where I always display a double-sided rack of all of my illustrated notepad designs...


* A pair of reproduction candy containers frame a vase filled with aluminum tree branches and old glass ornaments. The beautiful cabinet which I named Deca was built by my husband JP years ago... I just love this piece!


* And a sweet original snowman egg cup whistles a holiday tune - or at least he does in MY imagination! He too found a new home this weekend.....

AND, NOW for the WINNER of the RAFFLE...................
I closed my eyes and tossed and stirred by hands around in Grandma's old coffee pot, and picked:



Vera Thorne! Congrats to you!!!

Happy Holidays to ALL :-)

And don't forget to join me on My Website this Saturday December 12th for my annual holiday Web Sale! I will have a dozen-plus originals to offer and an assortment of holiday reproduction collector's sets, so stay tuned. Please email me to join my mailing list for start times and details!