Carolina Creations - Fine Art Contemporary Gift Gallery

Newsletter October 2008

New Items, New Artists, Great Prices!

With the holiday season quickly approaching we're getting in new work from existing and new artists almost every day!

We have wonderful gifts in every price range from 65 cents on up.

Glass nail files

When I first heard about these I thought, huh?

Then I saw a photo, and thought, well ok.

Then they came and I said WOW! These are beautiful!!

I don't even file my nails but I want one. They'll make great stocking stuffers and come in 3 sizes $13, $15, $20. Very cool.

Mark Your Calendar and visit downtown New Bern during the holidays!

Carol and I painting storyboards

Christmas is always an exciting time in Downtown New Bern, this year is going to be even better!

We are having "A Dickens of a Christmas".

The story of A Christmas Carol will be told on 18 very large story boards placed throughout the Business District. Unveiling Friday Nov 28.

Santa will be in his house in Bear Plaza, on Friday, Saturday & Sunday. You can have your photo taken with Santa, and if you wish drop off donation for Toys for Tots and A Tin for Tiny Tim, (food drive for RCS). For the entire schedule click here.

Friday Night Illuminations - Luminaries throughout the Downtown Nov 28, Dec 5, Dec 12, Dec 19 5-8 pm. These will be fun events, in addition to the luminaries there will be Dickens of a Christmas Trolley Tours $10, and each Friday night will have a different theme.

These shops will be open until 8, many having specials and special offerings Carolina Creations, 317 Pollock St ; Four C's, 252 Middle St; Mitchell Hardware, 215 Craven St. , The Next Chapter Bookstore, 320 S. Front Street; Nauti Paws Boutique & Bakery. 236 Middle St; The Pepsi Store, 256 Middle St; Accidental Artist, 220 Craven St; The Chelsea Restaurant; 335 Middle St; MJ's Raw Bar, 216 Middle St.; Branch's, 309 Pollock St.; Port City Java, 323 Middle St. Captain Ratty's 202 Middle St; One World Shoppe 236 Middle St; Sheraton, 1 Bicentennial Park; Juliette's Boutique - 230 Middle St.; Bern Bear Gifts 301 Pollock St.; BoatHouse, 220 Middle St; Green, 230 Middle St; Snap Dragon - 214 Middle St.; Framing Fox, 217 Middle St.

The Themes for the Friday nights will be
Fizzwigs party Nov 28
Ghost of Christmas Present(s) Dec 5
Tiny Tim's Christmas Dec 12
Ebenezers Night Out Dec 19.

There is lots more going on visit www.downtownnewbern.blogspot.com for more info!

Yardbirds

We've got a nice selection of Yardbirds!

These decorative and functional animal sculptures are made from recycled metal.

They're unique and whimsical creatures for the garden and home and full of personality!

If left outside, these hand-crafted art pieces will rust to a beautiful natural finish. To order online.

Handpainted magnets

These handpainted magnets come in various sets and combinations. Very well done. Stop in to see our selection!

Clever handpainted wine glasses

We've been expanding our offering of these popular handpainted wine glasses to include the following schools Wake Forest, UNC Wilmington, UNC, NCState, ECU, Davidson, Duke, and we can special order any school you wish, just order 4 wine glasses of each special request and give us 2 weeks to get them.

Also have these birthday wine glasses in stock 21, 30, 39 Again, 40, 50, 60, Birthday Cake, Beach Scene, Congratulations, Island Time, Lighthouse, and shells. To go to this page on our website click here.

Lots of new pieces from Sticks

Everyone loves Sticks!

We've got some great new pieces from Sarah and her helpers. Here I've shown some new photo frames that hold a 5 x 7 photo. Or we can put a piece of mirror in it for you.

We've gotten a wall hung jewelry case that is fabulous and can be seen by clicking here.

Other new pieces include 7 x 7 plaques, a great selection of lazy susans; mirrors, 2 nativities; stools and tree toppers.

Our Birthday Gift to those born in October!

If your birthday is in the month of October and you can show us proof, we will honor this coupon with a 25% discount on any one item in the store.
Print out and bring in to redeem. One offer per customer for the month.
25% Off!
Offer Expires on October 31, 2008 for October born customers. Item must be in stock, no special orders, cannot be applied to layaway or previously purchased item.
This is available only to email newsletter customers.

Holiday Collection

We are putting together a nice collection of pieces for the holidays and have a special section on our website.

We have ornaments, nativities, glass balls, all hand crafted of course!

In November we'll have the area we reserve for special shows in our gallery set up with a holiday show where you can see all these things in person.

We don't want to jump the season so these won't be put out in the gallery until November 1. But you can purchase online now! Just go to our holiday collection.

Since many of these pieces are one of a kind they are available first come first serve.

We are now representing Josh Simpson!

The work of world renown glass blower Josh Simpson is now available in New Bern.

We currently have his inhabited planets and several vases. We don't have this on our website yet so you'll need to stop in!

Another new glass artist!

We now have affordable glass gifts by Michelle Weston.

Mini glass pumpkins and pen holders - business card sets make perfect gifts.

Michelle has been blowing glass for over 18 years and she personally blows each piece. They are signed and numbered.

Porcelain Bat Pin & holder

We've gotten some new pieces in from Jewelry Ten including this great bat pin!

When my friend Linda isn't wearing her large lizard pin she pins it on the back of her couch!

Now we've got these clever stands that you can put your pin on when you're not wearing it if you're not adventerous to pin in on your couch.

Some of the new pins we have are a moth, a butterfly, and a lemur!

We are always on the lookout for new artists that do high quality work and we appreciate the support you have given us through the years.

Jan & Michael, Donna, Donna, Lou, Lori, Lois