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Carolina Creations
March 2012 News and Upcoming Events 
In This Issue
ArtWalk, Friday, March 9
New Work Coming In Every Day
New Paintings by Gallery Artists
Bridal Registry
Carolina Creations Calendar
A Message from Janet & Michael
Help us make room!
We have a small section of sale items.These are pieces that the artist is no long making, a discontinued glaze, or out of season hand crafted items.

We really need to make room for new work that is arriving daily so we've marked it at 50% off, some pieces a little more than that!

Our loss is your gain so hurry while there is still a nice selection because by the 1st of April the sale shelves will be gone!


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Open late for ArtWalk   

March 9, 2012

We ship!

Always free giftwrapping.
 
Spring is just around the corner and we never really had any winter!  
We are excited about our upcoming ArtWalk, you won't want to miss it.

ArtWalk Friday, March 9, 5-8pm
Featured Artist Dan Nelson
Painting the Town - New Bern
Our featured artist for March and April, is Dan Nelson of Raleigh. He'll be at ArtWalk on Friday, March the 9th, so you'll have a chance to meet him.

Dan could be seen painting on the streets of New Bern during February and created much excitement!

Every town has a number of artists in it. Some of those artists practice painting "en plein aire" (French: in the open air), most of those artists produce paintings roughly the size of a high school school notebook. A few of them will paint larger. But when you find one who sets up a 100-pound easel, hoists a patio umbrella, plugs a sound system and lights into his marine battery, paints 4-by-6-foot paintings, and visits with passersby until long after sundown . . . well, then you've probably found Dan Nelson.
Tryon Palace
 
Dan loves chatting with onlookers, students, and artist wanna-be's while he works. "I do my best painting when I am mildly distracted" Dan quips, "I  like the energy that I get from interacting with people, and the locals are the ones who can really tell you about their town."
the Center of New Bern
Dan received his BFA from Calvin College but says his real education came from his tenure as a full time, free lance illustrator, from 1984 through 1998 completing over 4000 illustrations during that period.

Since then he has leaned more toward fine art but still does illustrations, portraits, and cartoons and works in mediums as varied as oils, watercolors, air brushing, charcoal, ink, and acrylics.

For this show at Carolina Creations Dan has painted Middle Street, Tryon Palace, New Street, Hancock, the Jones House, to name a few. See more by clicking here.

His show runs through April 30, 2012.

Several of us were lucky enough to attend a workshop taught by Dan in February, if you're interested in attending the next one he does for us shoot us an email and we'll let you know when the next one is.

New work coming in every day!
Once in a while we find something we cannot resist, even though it is not hand crafted. This time it was "the Little Black Dress". Everyone should have a LBD in their closet - even one for their jewelry!

The Little Black dress by Umbra is a stylish way to store earrings, necklaces and bracelets. The two sided organizer hangs on a rod or hook to maximize space and swivels so you can see your jewelry collection easily, with clear pockets on one side and hanging loops on the other. Made from black cotton canvas with 39 clear vinyl pockets and 24 hook & loop closures.

 
We are expanding our art to wear area!

More hand bags - like these y
ummy leather hand bags by Henri Lou. Beautiful colors, with a pocket inside and out. 
Henri Lou Hand Bags
Winding River Jackets
 
Have you seen our reversible jackets by Winding River?     
Winding River Art to Wear strives to meet the needs of today's contemporary woman who is looking to own a unique piece of clothing that can be dressed up or down. In addition to their unique designs and fabrications, the reversibility of the jackets is one of their highest selling points.

Many of the women's reversible jackets provide a casual side to be worn during the day a
nd a dressy side that can be worn during the evening. The reversibility combined with the fact that the jackets rarely wrinkle , make these terrific pieces to travel with! 



Hamid Emani Stained glass suncatchers
Great new suncatchers, wire and stained glass by Hamid Emani.
 Big and beautiful!

Blossom Balls by Kitras

Blown Glass Blossom Balls, new from Stephen Kitras, two sizes.

An entire cake made of soap
This Key Lime Pie/Soap is reminicent of the real thing! Bright and juicy limes mingle with a touch of ginger and rounded with a soft touch of vanilla. Each soap 6 oz. slice is used just like a regular bar of soap. Skin is left soft and fragrant.

What a great idea for a bridal shower or other party. Serve the cake, one piece each to the attendees!

Shelli Kahl rings
Shelli Kahl is a talented silversmith whose designs continually delight her customers and cause happy addictions to her line of 'Shell-Bells'. Don't have your size in the stone you want? She'll have it for us in just a few days.

Working primarily in reticulated (torch-textured) sterling silver, Shelli creates jewelry with a unique look that steps away from that of traditional silver jewelry.   

STICKS LAZY SUSAN with fruit
New Lazy Susans!
 

Kathy Hudson
Glass salad bowls 
Glimmer Glass
Tree of Life fused glass earrings and pendants by Julie Bigger 

Loretta Eby
Glass vases by Lorette Eby 




 
New Paintings by Gallery Artists
Tea by Sue scoggins
Tea, oil on Canvas, by Sue Scoggins, see more by clicking here!
Serendipity by Donna Robertson
Serendipity, Oil paintings by Donna Robertson, see more of her work by clicking here.
david dennick yellowfin tuna gyotaku
Gyotaku by David Denick. Each an original piece created directly from fresh and saltwater fish.
See more!
King of the Blue Ridge by Mary Page Whitley
King of the Road, oil painting, by Mary Page Whitley.
See details and more of her work.
 
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Bridal Registry  

 

Did you know that Carolina Creations has a Bridal Registry? We will go through the gallery with you and help you choose pieces you would like to receive for your new home.

We also create a page on our website so out of town friends and family can see what you like and shop online.

Our special couples-

Elizabeth Robinson and Dustin Throckmorton
April 28 2012

Rachel Wilson and Josh Sawyer
May 26, 2012 


Brittany Corbin and Blake Clemmons 
June 9 2012

To see their online registries click here!

Email us or stop in and we'll help you put together a gift registry!


 

Carolina Creations Calendar

 

March 1 - April 30 - Dan Nelson Paints the Town! New paintings of New Bern by Raleigh artist Dan Nelson. 

March 9 - Friday - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk featured artist Dan Nelson - meet the artist - refreshments.

April 13 - Friday - 5-7 pm. Home Tour Open House open to the public.

April 20 - Friday - 5-8 pm Open until 9 for the Hollywood ArtWalk!

May 11 - Friday - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk featuring Garden Art Show!

July 13 - Friday - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk featuring new paintings by Sally Sutton

September 14 - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk

October 5-14, 2012 - Celebrate American Craft Week!

November 9 - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk featuring our Holiday Show with work from gallery artists

Downtown News   


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Sunday Hours

We've been open 7 days a week for about 15 years and yet we still hear "we didn't know you were open on Sundays!" For the winter our Sunday hours are 11-3 pm. 

 

Well we are not the only ones that are open. There are - 12 other restaurants and 12 other shops are too, there are also 8 shops that are open Friday nights.  

Janet & Michael Francoeur

A Message from Jan & Michael


We've been zooming all over looking for new work to bring to New Bern and we think we've done a great job of finding new artists or new work from artists you're already familiar with. The next few months will bring in many exciting things.

We'd like to thank you for all your support through the years!

We try to keep our newsletters short and sweet but do like to go more in depth about our artists, what we're doing, and often our favorite events going on Downtown on our Blog.

Click here to take a look!

Jan & Michael Francoeur 

Quick Links

March Drawing!
Win a Chris Moses raku whistle by emailing us by clicking here - put in the message line - raku
chris moses whistle

We always love your notes too!


Congratulations to Phyllis O'Daniel for winning a set of Blessings Coastersby Jan Francoeur. 

 

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