Monday, December 7, 2009

CATCH this Snowman if you can!...

Surprise!... I know it has been a while, but I just added a new Collector's Catch piece on my website! This sweet Wintry Snowman Egg Cup is the last from a small series of one of kinds that I created for this season. Now, he is ready for adoption! GO TO my Website to see details and be sure to click on the image for more views and descriptions. Please send me an email if you'd like to adopt this one of a kind snowman, and later I will update the page to reveal who caught this collectible piece!....

Thanks again for looking!
~ Johanna
CONTACT: johanna@johannaparkerdesign.com

UPDATE!.. Lory, who I had the pleasure of finally meeting at the H&V show this year, quickly caught this special guy tonight! :) THANK YOU! I know he's off to live in a whimsically-fun home!

Wintry-Snowman-Egg-Cup

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Take a Peek Inside...

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

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

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

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

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* 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 :)

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

Open-House-Mantel
* 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...

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* Original snowmen sitter ornaments express themselves....

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spring-at-Home-Show
* 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...

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* 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...

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* 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!

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* 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:

Raffle-Snowman

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!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Spotlight on my Home Show!...

I was excited yesterday to receive a nice note from the Editor in Chief of Vintage Indie Magazine, an online source for living a Modern Life with a Vintage Perspective -- sounds like me I thought! Anyway, she came across my site while perusing the web and wanted to post a fun feature about my upcoming Home Show this weekend. Obviously, we both share a passion for all things vintage, so I appreciate the spotlight on her blog! Anyway, go take a peek as I'm sure she'd love your comments! (and thank you Gabreial for the lovely feature....)

PS... My show is THIS weekend! Please join my mailing list if you would like more specifics!

~ Johanna

Vintage-Indie
Note: Photo is from last year's home show event...

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Holiday Hoot Hoot!...

For all of you owl lovers out there, I just posted a special one of a kind owl kettle cup on eBay! He's the only holiday-inspired owl kettle cup I made this season, so enjoy, take a peek by clicking on his image below, and thank you for your generous bids!

Cheers!
~ Johanna

Holiday-Owl-Kettle-Cup
* © 2009 Johanna Parker Design *Owl Kettle Cup design is the property of Johanna Parker and may not be used without permission.

Save the (Right) Date!

Hi All.. So, with me in my frenzied state, preparing for our holiday open house this weekend, etc etc... I realized that I have been announcing the wrong date for my Web Sale which is a week from this Saturday! Thanks to my observant collector friend, my annual Holiday Web Sale will be on Saturday, December 12th.. (not the 13th) .. Thanks Martha M. for catching this! :) I think I've changed all the necessary graphics to reflect the proper date!.. Phewww.... Glad we got that corrected! So, save the date, and if you would like more details, including the sale's start time, etc.. please join my e-mailing list! I'll be sending out those details tonight! All the best...

~ Johanna