One of our former associates (Hi Susan!) asked if we have the Ne’Qwa Art ornament for the University of Alabama ~ we sure do! Here are pictures for you. We only have the smaller size in the store.
Another reader asked if we have the University of Maryland, and I’m sorry to say it looks like we do not have that one. If I find it somewhere else, I’ll let you know!
~Janet @ The Christmas Place
We’re really excited about the expansion of the Ne’Qwa Art ornaments line to include collegiate styles this year! Here’s a sampling of the large ornaments:
NeQwa Collegiate Ornaments
Naturally, we’re featuring the SEC teams in this area! The ornaments are also available in a smaller size. No, I’m not favoring LSU, why do you ask??
LSU Ornament
Ne’Qwa has also added some new themes such as Cowboy and Fly Fishing.
Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day next week, how about one of these clever and unique ornaments – the leprechaun is definitely fit for display year round!
Irish Snowman
Leprechaun Ornament
Did you also notice the new ornament display stand in my top picture, that offers you the opportunity to display three ornaments on one stand – I just happen to have three signed Ne’Qwa ornaments in my collection, and this will be a great way to show them off at Christmas.
There are many more new ornaments in the collection in both sacred and secular Christmas themes – be sure to check them all out.
~Janet @ The Christmas Place
It’s time for our annual sidewalk tent sale, Saturday, September 5th, through Monday, September 7th. It’s a great time to snap up bargains on clearance and scratch-and-dent merchandise for decorating and gift giving. There is always a wide assortment of goodies from every department in the store, including ornaments and floral stems.
Last year, it was a beautifully sunny day ~ and people were shopping faster than we could load the goods into the tent! We’ll be selling on the sidewalk from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Monday.
As always, our motto for the tent sale is “shop early, shop often!” Hope to see you there.
~Janet @ The Christmas Place
Christmas Place is in the midst of a great sale – buy 3 ornaments, get the fourth free (equal or lesser value, some restrictions apply, etc.)! You can mix and match between ornaments, and personalized ornaments are 
included.
Hop on over to the store site and take a look at all the ornaments that are included. (well, it’s that close to Easter, isn’t it??)
~Janet @ The Christmas Place
I enjoy the whimsical things in life, and these animal ornaments fit right in when I noticed the little tags they bear – oink, moo, and baa. That just makes me laugh!
Down on the Farm Ornaments
And now for something totally elegant…a handsome deer pair with stylized metal antlers, decorated with holly and carved seasonal landscapes.
Deer Figurines
Aren’t they extraordinary??
We’re having a cold, sunny day here – I have hesitated to mention the snow on the mountains because ours is mostly beautiful when so many others were snowed under this week. I’ll have some pictures to share tomorrow, nonetheless – you’ll enjoy.
~Janet @ The Christmas Place
This Saturday, November 1st, the founders of the Egyptian Museum company, Linda Paul and Mohamed Abdelhameed, will be in the store from 2 to 5 pm, signing their exquisite cut-glass creations.
Here is a picture of one piece from their line, which is quite extensive – unfortunately, we only offer a handful of their collection in our on-line catalog. In the store, we have dozens of styles of ornaments, urns, finials, perfume jars, eggs, and more. Photos can hardly do justice to these delicate crystal pieces with their cut-glass designs, luminescent finishes, and golden highlights. The glass comes in a wide variety of colors, from clear to pink, purple, golden, red, blue, smoke, and more.
The Egyptian Glass line is manufactured in Egypt from German glass and paints, highlighted with 24kt gold. Certain styles are accented with Asfour Crystal, a 33% lead crystal manufactured in Egypt. Moe and Linda design most of the items, and add new pieces each year.
These unique creations add grace and elegance to any setting. Be sure to come by the store this weekend to meet Linda & Moe and purchase a hand-signed piece or two for yourself.
~Janet @ The Christmas Place
The designers have created an adorable Christmas tree that is loaded with Delft ornaments, the blue and white style associated with Delft in the Netherlands – our tree is filled with bunches of white tulips, is sporting a windmill in the top, and is adorned with dozens of charming ornaments you can see here. Near the tree I found a collection of amazing angel musical figurines reminiscent of the Delft style, including this lovely lady with a Christmas wreath on her arm. There are several musical and non-musical figurines in this collection. Notice the exquisite detail work in the banding on her gown and the image lining her coat.
I haven’t shown a snowman in awhile, so I’m sneaking in this cute little pillow that just came in – we have a big selection of styles and sizes of pillows, even some collegiate logo versions. This one would be so welcoming tucked into a chair next to the fireplace.
Have a cozy evening!
~Janet @ The Christmas Place
This is it. I give up. I am surrendering to the inevitable and changing this post to “However many I feel like for Tuesday” – with all the new items now hitting the sales floor, it is hard to limit myself to just two! I don’t want to! You can’t make me!
The design team is staging a new tree just about each day now, and I can no longer resist the desire to try to include a picture of a full tree. Please look closely at this and try to make it out as best you can, because it is adorable. Gorgeous, natural woodland theme, and I was caught this morning by a very serious-looking polar bear made of wood and carrying a wooden trout. He is tucked in behind some chesnuts, copper leaves, and a star-shaped tree toper made of willow branches stuffed with nuts and seed pods. He’s about halfway down, just left of center, below a tree stump. Yes, they even put a tree stump in the tree, just above the fence rail. Yes, a fence rail, down which are tumbling a series of “Santa Gnomes”.
The tree is loaded with ornaments made of natural materials, including owls, pheasants, snowmen, bears, and more. There are also gleaming blown glass ornaments, resin characters, and all sorts of adornments – it takes more than a bit of exploration to absorb all the elements they have tucked into this tree. While I was attempting to photograph the tree, I talked with a guest who said she thought it should be staged for display in her governor’s mansion! Are you listening, Gov. Joe Manchin III, D, West Virginia? We’ll be happy to send this along to your estate. Even your constituent’s husband, a non-decorative-fussy kind of guy, would love this tree, says our guest.
Here are a few close-ups:
Serious Polar bear with fish
I am undecided - is this "Santa, I've been very good!" or is it "But I love the cookies!"
Forest Frosty!
Mischevious Santa Gnome
Hoo-s looking for presents under my tree?
Snowy Pals
Now you begin to perceive the depths of my frustration with photography and the challenge of doing verbal justice to the visual feasts throughout the store! It is decided. You will have to come in person to experience the wonder of each tree. I haven’t even talked about the nativity tree yet, or the snowman tree, or the musical tree or the….anticipation!
~Janet @ The Christmas Place
We carry the cutest collection of these little Smores ornaments – for the teacher, the chef, Baby’s First Christmas, with a stocking ~ even Halloween ~ there’s one dressed as a ghost! Here’s a really popular style for newlyweds. These little darlin’s are only about two inches tall.
You’ll also find a complete selection of musical instruments to decorate the tree. Here’s a showy set of drums, and you can get a single snare style, too. Shop for banjos, a whole range of guitars, fiddles – well, maybe they are violins, it’s hard to say – pianos, and your complete brass section as well.
Happy Tuesday!
~Janet @ The Christmas Place
Here are some really neat ornaments I found in the store today, great for honoring service men and women - we personalize these free of charge (while you wait if you’re in the store). Although we traditionally celebrate fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, I find myself thinking of active and former service members, too. We have several styles of military ornaments, including more formal glass ornaments like this.
Okay, I’m so not sure about this – would we go with “Rudolph’s Revenge”?? Over in Santaland, I found a tree decorated for sportsmen, with fishermen, fishing lures, shotgun shells, hunting and fishing ornaments, and a couple of rifle-totin’ reindeer like this plucky fellow! What a hoot!
Have a great day!
~Janet @ The Christmas Place
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
