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MY STUDIO------WELCOME!
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Friday, June 20, 2014
NEW!!! Fraktur
As the available farm land in colonial Pennsylvania diminished-the next generation of German Immigrants filtered down into the fertile Shenandoah Valley of Virginia . These families brought with them the art of fraktur -an important part of their cultural history. From 1750 to 1850 these early German farm families used these decorative folk art designs and calligraphy to celebrate birth and baptisms, marriages, house blessings and other significant events. Valley fraktur is the continuation of a tradition brought from the Old Country by the German settlers.
PRINTS available on ETSY.
PRINTS available on ETSY.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
OPEN HOUSE-JUNE 6
The Cromer-Trumbo House sits adjacent to The Heritage Museum and is operated as a historic home. The original farmstead consisted of the house, a log barn, log smokehouse, log springhouse, and other outbuildings on 10 acres. The log rear section was built about 1811. The front brick part was built about 1840. The house contains architectural features which show a German influence, particularly the roof substructure. Shannon Trumbo, an attorney who grew up in the house that his grandmother, Sarah Cromer, purchased in 1889, gifted the home to the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society.
The House contains the Mary Spitzer Etter collection of Victorian and early twentieth-century household items, toys, and decorative arts. Mrs. Etter grew up in Harrisonburg and graduated from the State Normal School (now James Madison University). She taught elementary school for 39 years before retiring in 1973. Her father, Perry Franklin Spitzer, was a life-long Rockingham County resident and well-known businessman of Harrisonburg.
The Cromer-Trumbo House is open on First Fridays, April-August, from 1 pm-5 pm and by request throughout the year. Docents and their special guests welcome you to envision life as a member of the Spitzer family. $5 admission ages 13 and up. Visiting with guests on the porch is free and open to the public.
JUNE 6-OPEN HOUSE
Special guests are Nancy Voas, fiber artist from the Shenandoah Valley Textile Guild and Joan Shaver-Fraktur artisit. Mary Jane Chewning and Rosemarie will be docents. House has air conditioned.
Monday, May 19, 2014
Monday, April 28, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Thursday, November 14, 2013
CUSTOM ORDERS WELCOME!!!!
My Pennsylvania German Chest at home in the Mountains of NC--I am sure it is happy next to the Pie Safe and Quilt hanging!!!Thanks for sending the picture, Janie!
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
SPECIAL OFFER!!!!
Check out my PRINTS and my WOOD PLAQUES sections on my Etsy Site!
Special OFFER AND PRICING!!!
Monday, October 7, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Friday, September 13, 2013
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Friday, August 16, 2013
CREATING A PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN DOWER CHEST.....in progress
Blanket Chest is Mennonite crafted by Howard Knicely of Harrisonburg, Virginia
An Artist's kitchen......
Distlefink Hex Sign
Flowers of Ephrata Cloister, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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