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Upcoming Events at Traditions

We had so many artists that wanted to do an event at Traditions this year, we have scheduled a 2ND EVENT FOR 2008! ! We will host these 4 fabulous artists in December:

DEE FOUST
DEBBEE THIBAULT
BRUCE ELSASS
CODY FOSTER
GLENN LEWIS

CAN'T ATTEND THE EVENT IN PERSON? No worries.......just order online from our website and we will hold the item(s) until the signing event and have the artist(s) sign the piece(s) and ship to you after the event. Of course there is no charge for this! We love helping you collect, even if you can't be with us we will make sure you feel like you were!

ARTISTS APPEARING AT THE DECEMBER 6TH EVENT:

DEE FOUST FOR BETHANY LOWE
Dee Foust's passion for handmade goods is expressed in her line of personally crafted designs reproduced in perfect detail by Bethany Lowe. As an avid collector, she finds inspriation from vintage treasures. As an artist she works to pass on the tradition and to capture the imaginanation of the past!

Here is the link to Dee's page on our site: DEE FOUST

DEBBEE THIBAULT ORIGINAL DESIGN MOLDED FIGURES AND GLASS ORNAMENTS
Debbee Thibault's first Santa was made in 1985. Her collectible line is made of a paper composition that is poured into molds taken directly from her original paper mache designs. Each piece is then hand painted and the pressed paper charms are added. All pieces are signed and hand numbered and limited. Her workshop is located in Southern CA. Debbee also now has a German made ornament line! The styles are copies of her most popular figures, some hang and some are clip-on for Christmas and Halloween!

Here is the link to Debbee's page on our site: DEBBEE THIBAULT 

BRUCE ELSASS: HOBGOBLINS COLLECTION FROM BETHANY LOWE
Bruce Elsass, an avid Halloween collector since his youth has amassed one of the most impressive Halloween collections in the United States. Bruce began working with Bethany Lowe designs a few years ago to bring his signature style to the Bethany Lowe collection. We are thrilled to have Bruce appear at our event! Look for him in VINTAGE COSTUME and he will be signing his pieces from Bethany Lowe Designs.

Here is the link to Bruce's page on our site: BRUCE ELSASS

CODY FOSTER AND COMPANY VINTAGE CHRISTMAS AT IT'S BEST
The Backporch Friends line was founded in 1991 when Cody Foster, the artist/designer, was just 16. His grandma was instrumental in teaching him the skills he would need to design and construct these wonderful folk art dolls. All original pieces are handmade in Nebraska. Cody Foster now designs a reproduction line and changed the name of his company to CODY FOSTER & CO. in 2005. His line has been featured in many magazines, most importantly the Mary Englebreit December 2003 issue. We received so many requests for his candy boxes, ornaments, houses and vintage trees from that article, we sold out in record time!

Here is the link to Cody's page on our site: CODY FOSTER


GLENN LEWIS: SLAVIC TREASURES
Glenn will be back for his 9th signing event at Traditions, October 4th! He loves talking with all his collectors, it is inspiration for his future designs, so come prepared to let him know what ornament styles you have been hoping to find in the Slavic line! He promised 2009 will be more over the top than any year past! Glenn is bringing lots of the 2009 PROTOTYPE ornaments, from which you can pre-order for 2009 delivery!

We are so excited that the Slavic Treasures 2008 line has already arrived and of course will be available for Glenn to sign when you attend our October, 2008 event! There will be lots of ONE-OF-A-KIND raffle ornaments, so get here early! Raffle drawings will be held throughout the day!

Here is the link to Glenn's home page on our site: SLAVIC TREASURES

Our email newsletter is sent out monthly with more information, email us if you would like to know more or receive the newsletter! There will be more 'surprises' in the coming months...


Saturday, October 4, 2008 & December 6, 2008 from 10-4pm Traditions will host a truly special events featuring today's most popular and famous folk artists! All of these artists have been featured in Country Living, Martha Stewart and/or Mary Engelbreit's magazines. Some of the artists will be signing their originals/reproductions in our store and others are bringing ORIGINAL designs to sell and sign that day!

For the 12th yearTraditions is proud to announce that we will continue our fundraising efforts to benefit the National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, located in Denver, Colorado. We will raffle off merchandise and ornaments at OPEN HOUSE SIGNING EVENT OCTOBER 4, 2008. ALL OF THE PROCEEDS will be donated to NJC, to help them find new methods for the prevention, treatment and cure of disorders such as chronic lung disease, asthma, severe allergies, chronic fatigue syndrome, AIDS, fibromyalgia, atypical mycobacterial infections and immune disorders such as lupus.

WE WILL HAVE MANY RAFFLE PRIZES FROM BETHANY LOWE AND SEASONS OF CANNON FALLS-. There will also be glass ornaments from Slavic Treasures and much much more!

National Jewish is the #1 respiratory hospital in America for the fourth year in a row, according to U.S. News and World Report. Asthma has quickly grown into one of the nation's worst health crises. Today, between 14 and 15 million adults and children suffer from Asthma and over 5000 people will die from asthma in 1999....and that number continues to rise.

This cause really means a lot to all of us at Traditions and we want to make this fund raiser a big success! If you have any more questions about NJC, you can check out their website at http://www.njc.com or contact Paulette Trubey at 1-800-423-8891, ext 1590.

If you know any one whom you think would benefit from National Jewish their direct hospital line is 1-800-222-lung.

We want to do our part to help raise funds for this hospital and hope that you will join in the cause. We will be raffling ornaments and other merchandise off to raise funds for NJC. You can help us and win by just buying one ticket or more.

We are selling tickets for one dollar each ($1) or 12 for $10.

Contact: Debi , Barbara or Gary Thomas Owners
Phone: (818) 710-9747 or 800-538-2446
FAX: (818) 710-8567
Email: XmasAholic@aol.com
Web Sites: www.ChristmasTraditions.com

Directions to the Store

8039 Deering Ave, Canoga Park, CA 91304

Off the Westbound 101 Ventura Fwy exit De Soto, turn right off the freeway drive North about 3 miles to Roscoe and turn left. Drive to DEERING (the street in between Costco and Home Depot) and turn left. We are 3 large buildings down on the right side of the street (west side). Pull into our drive way and PARK IN BACK OF OUR BUILDING, the entrace to our store is in the rear!

Off the Eastbound 101 Ventura Fwy exit De Soto, turn left off the freeway drive North about 3 miles to Roscoe and turn left. Drive to DEERING (the street in between Costco and Home Depot) and turn left. We are 3 large buildings down on the right side of the street (west side). Pull into our drive way and PARK IN BACK OF OUR BUILDING, the entrace to our store is in the rear!

Off the 118 Freeway exit De Soto, turn left off the freeway drive South about to Roscoe and turn right. Drive to DEERING (the street in between Costco and Home Depot) and turn left. We are 3 large buildings down on the right side of the street (west side). Pull into our drive way and PARK IN BACK OF OUR BUILDING, the entrace to our store is in the rear!