Ornaments

I have two new stained glass Christmas ornaments for my tree. These are Newfoundland Mummers. For those of you unfamiliar with mummering, check the link above.

My brother, Don, made these, as well as the cat with the Christmas Ball. The cat was made many years ago and is meant to hang in a window.

Shimmers and Cake!!

It's time to take the bull by the horns and get back to posting. One of the minor problems I'm having is not having my photos on my machine. I got this new tablet just before we left in May and as a result, most of my photos are on a portable hard drive (somewhere among my husband's stuff) and on my phone. So instead of transferring my phone photos to computer (long story), I have been emailing them to me and using them that way. Got to get all this fixed soon.

Today I finished stitching the last of the new Shimmer Ornaments (elves below). They still have to be trimmed with the burning tool and packaged but that's minor in the scheme of things. All my ornaments come packaged as you see below in the second photo. They can be put in a card and mailed anywhere in the world (cheaper than sending a package).

These elves are drying before cutting apart.

Packaged, ready to go!

The Gingerbread House was designed by my daughter, Jill. You can see her art at: jill-cooper.com
and on instagram: @jtcartist.
Her paintings are amazing!  

Designed by my daughter, Jill T. Cooper

These shimmers are mummers. Mummering is an old Newfoundland tradition. Read about it HERE. 

Mummers

This 24 inch tree was purchased at Home Depot. It has a 6 hour timer for the lights which works out perfectly.

Tree for displaying Shimmers at the fair

Tonight I baked my dark Christmas Fruitcake. This is my mom's old recipe and the best one I've ever tasted. However, mine cracked on the top even though I spread it over with a knife dipped in hot water before baking (mom's tip). It didn't work for me - again!! However, it smells great and I know it will melt in the mouth!

Enjoy!!

New Shimmers

These mummers and a gingerbread house have just been added to my Shimmer Ornament Collection:

The Newfoundland Weavery is having a Gingerbread Theme at their store this year, so they have some of the gingerbread houses already. However, the mummers will be introduced at the Christmas Craft Fair, next week at the Jack Byrne Arena.

The hours for the fair are:
Nov 9, Wednesday 4 - 9 
Nov 10, Thursday 10 - 9 
Nov 11, Friday 2 - 9 
Nov 12, Saturday 10 - 9 
Nov 13, Sunday 10 - 5

I will be at booth #103.

Quidi Vidi Pewter

Today, I'd like to introduce you to another Newfoundland artist, Ray Cox of Quidi Vidi Pewter. Actually, Ray is a pewter-smith from Connecticut who came to Newfoundland in 1972 and stayed so he is now officially from here!!

Ray creates hand wrought pewter in original, one-of-a-kind designs. His "Natural Colour" motifs include whales and whale tails, trees and the mummer series. By playing with the iridescent colours that appear in the metal, Ray creates his own very unique designs. Three dimensional art pieces include "Air Cast" pewter bowls.

In fact, one of his cast pewter bowls was given to Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles as a wedding present by then Governor General, Adrienne Clarkson.

Ray has his own studio here in St. John's and welcomes visitors. You can usually find him at
111 Quidi Vidi Road, St. John's, NL A1A 1C3
Studio Hours: By chance or appointment
Check out the links above for more information.