http://valfa.com Nobody can tell when a tradition begins, but hundreds of families have started with Vaillancourt Chalkware. Mon, 21 May 2012 13:21:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://valfa.com/2012/twelve-months-of-christmas-april/ http://valfa.com/2012/twelve-months-of-christmas-april/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:10:22 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=3102   The Classic European Santa! It is easy to tell the difference between a modern American Santa and an old world European Santa. The slender figure and pointed hat of this Santa gives it away. First introduced as a prototype for Garnet Hill, this European Santa has been introduced into the Vaillancourt line because of the [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2012/twelve-months-of-christmas-april/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2012/the-great-safari/ http://valfa.com/2012/the-great-safari/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:01:56 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=3071 Each year at the Collector’s Weekend dinner one person is chosen at random to design their very own Chalkware piece. Working with Judi, they select a mould to use and begin the task of determining how they want this Santa to look! Although the piece can’t be carved, there have been many creative and unique [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2012/the-great-safari/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2012/twelve-months-of-christmas-march/ http://valfa.com/2012/twelve-months-of-christmas-march/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:30:54 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=3047   Send in the clowns! This whimsical Santa has tired of giving out dolls to the good girls this season, instead, he has opted to deliver the gift of this clown. Both boys and girls grow a large smile on their face when they wake up to seeing this happy clown in white, with bright colored [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2012/twelve-months-of-christmas-march/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2012/twelve-months-of-christmas-february/ http://valfa.com/2012/twelve-months-of-christmas-february/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:35:05 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2930 Kiss me, I’m Irish. Because a majority of the confectionary moulds available today were made in Europe during the late 1800s and early 1900s, it is nearly impossible to find moulds that were specifically created to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. That is why Judi has had to be creative in designing chalkware pieces that would make [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2012/twelve-months-of-christmas-february/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2012/twelve-months-of-christmas-january/ http://valfa.com/2012/twelve-months-of-christmas-january/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:08:12 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2895 Giving your heart to the one you love can be a challenge. Over the past few years, Judi Vaillancourt’s Valentine Santas have helped express the emotion of love in many ways . Although Valentine’s Day is in February, the January Twelve Months of Christmas Santa is the 2012 Valentine Chalkware Santa (12033). Let him help you [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2012/twelve-months-of-christmas-january/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2011/chocolatier-bunny/ http://valfa.com/2011/chocolatier-bunny/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:27:50 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2778 When asked by Colonial Williamsburg in December 2011 to design a piece that represents the famous Chocolate shop at Colonial Williamsburg, Judi knew exactly where to turn. The scholastic School Master bunny had a shape and general outfit that would fit the part of a chocolatier well. Knowing that the piece was not a perfect [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2011/chocolatier-bunny/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2011/creative-groupings/ http://valfa.com/2011/creative-groupings/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:01:23 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2757 Although many of the 2011 Vaillancourt Chalkware pieces are designed in groupings, like the Santa in Sleigh and Reindeer, often we have found that collectors have mixed-and-matched with extraordinary design results. Take, for instance, when you combine the eight tiny Reindeer, with Leroy, along with the Santa with Tree. Instead of the traditional Santa and [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2011/creative-groupings/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2011/halloween-ornaments/ http://valfa.com/2011/halloween-ornaments/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:44:49 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2599 Why does Christmas get to have all of the fun? This Halloween, show the spirit of the holiday by decorating your tree for the spookiest of Halloweens! This Fall, Vaillancourt Folk Art has brought in special Old World Christmas ornaments, including Spooky Kitty ($8.99), Batty Bat ($9.99), and the Witch on Broomstick ($13.99). Decorate frightfully [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2011/halloween-ornaments/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2011/big-bunny-the-final-chapter/ http://valfa.com/2011/big-bunny-the-final-chapter/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:18:13 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2582 Since tracking the Big Bunny from its birth on February 9th, 2010, this three foot tall bunny is moving out of our studio into a new home. After taking a year of production—documented through several stages over the past year: here, here and here—the Big Bunny was finally completed in April 2011 and introduced at [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2011/big-bunny-the-final-chapter/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2011/halloween-one-of-a-kinds/ http://valfa.com/2011/halloween-one-of-a-kinds/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:48:32 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2553 In preparation for Ghoultide Gathering in Michigan this October, Judi has been busy expanding her one of a kind Halloween pieces. On her desk today is a new piece of a modified Father Christmas holding a pumpkin. In the background you can see a witch being worked on and behind her some postcards that have [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2011/halloween-one-of-a-kinds/feed/ 0