So here’s my very favorite installation at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s LIGHTSCAPE holiday display. It’s towards the end of the holiday “journey”… but well worth the wait! It’s a huge “structure” of a Christmas tree wrapped with hundreds of wires that catch the light as the colors change & move. STUNNING!!! And oh, but wait there’s more… the wires also emanate from the surrounding deciduous trees streaming to the Christmas Tree! Wires tethered everywhere. Catching light. Glistening in holiday colors!!!

But here’s the crazy part… the very next day, I was at a site-visit for a new project, and I met a couple of new designers, one of them a lighting designer. I mentioned that we had just gone to LIGHTSCAPE the night before and that I loved it… and that this “wire-wrapped tree” was my favorite. Imagine my surprise when the lighting designer guy I just met says… “That one is mine.” Yep, strange coincidence to meet the designer of my favorite tree the very next day!!! Thank you for sharing your talents Chris Wren!!!

A fun & festive evening with friends at the Chicago Botanic Garden for LIGHTSCAPE… and amazing collection of holiday lights & art installations! I’ve been to the gardens many, many times… but this was my very first time going for their holiday light show… and I was BLOWN AWAY!!! Stunning lights, colors, holiday music & photo-ops everywhere you turn! Scroll down through the photos to follow my “journey” through the holiday gardens of LIGHTSCAPE.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… with ceramic Christmas Trees arriving every day! A beautiful combination with a grapevine wreath, red berries, tablecloth and a cute little… oh wait, is that a tiny partridge?! Thanks for sharing your holiday display Lisa!

Last night was another night of theater… and somehow the Cadillac Palace Theater never fails to amaze me. Such beautiful architecture with craftsmanship like they just don’t make anymore!

Last night was a musical evening in Whoville… Cindy Lou Who and the gang at the Cadillac Palace Theater. A fun night getting ready for the holiday season with a stop at Chriskindlmarket beforehand for some sweet treats! Fun times was the Grinch & Max ruin the holidays… but then bring them back bigger & better! As his heart grew three sizes that day!

Beautiful sunrise potential this morning… until the dramatic cloud cover moved in!

Okay, so here’s the deal… no guarantees…
but the “plan” is to post a Photo Album tomorrow night
after the end of my SECOND HOLIDAY HOME SHOW.

So whatever Christmas Trees are still available, I’ll post photos for an old-school, first-come, first-served Facebook Sale only on my pottery page. I kinda want to sell them all at my Home Show…. but I also kinda want to have some available for those of you who can’t make it to my place this weekend. So we’ll see how it goes tomorrow… and I’ll post what’s left tomorrow evening. My goal will be 8:30pm CST… but again, no guarantees…

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Today was the first day of my SECOND HOLIDAY HOME SHOW.
Sure, we had a LOT of pottery & jewelry for everyone… but we also had plenty of snacks & treats. Yes, lots of handmade cookies, OREOs & chocolate… but we also had some veggies for those trying to be good. Food always tastes better when served on handmade pottery! More treats tomorrow…

Any guesses of which plates emptied first???

Another sweet holiday display with a couple of my Christmas Trees hidden amongst the others!
Thanks for sharing your holiday display with all of us Tracy!

Need some Christmas Trees for your collection?…
well there’s a VERY good chance there might just be a Pop-Up Christmas Tree Sale only on my pottery Facebook this Sunday night. I’ll try my best to pull it all together quickly after my SECOND HOLIDAY HOME SHOW this weekend… posting whatever trees are left!

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