Vacation: Day 6

Christmas already? HECK YES! I painted Santa Ornaments like these over 17 years ago and family members and friends have been asking me to make some for them for many years. Problem! It is harder to find the necessary bark needed to make these one of kind jolly old men. Even though there are pine trees a plenty if I follow the 18 up to Pine Land I am not willing to strip a living tree of its natural warm sweater just to decorate a fake tree for one month. But I lucked out this week. There are huge Eucalyptus trees outside my daughters dance studio and there was TONS of bark on the ground. It was a bark free for all. I did learn one thing using a new type of bark, Eucalyptus bark curls when it gets wet. So now I have curly little chubby Santa personalities. I will make more as time goes on but for now I just finished the little guys above. I think I will proclaim this Christmas as a Folk Art Christmas!!!