http://valfa.com Nobody can tell when a tradition begins, but hundreds of families have started with Vaillancourt Chalkware. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:29:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://valfa.com/2011/collectors-weekend-dinner-2011/ http://valfa.com/2011/collectors-weekend-dinner-2011/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 17:40:50 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2300 Old Sturbridge Village Oliver Wight Tavern]]> http://valfa.com/2011/collectors-weekend-dinner-2011/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2011/sunday-collector%e2%80%99s-weekend-2011/ http://valfa.com/2011/sunday-collector%e2%80%99s-weekend-2011/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 12:15:15 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2264 10:00am – The painters are fed and well on their way for their 2011 Collector’s Weekend Painting Sample piece! 7:00am – Sue and Lisa are in the kitchen early to prepare the Collector’s Breakfast! Deep fryer and skillets are rocking and the smell of great breakfast is starting to fill the air.]]> http://valfa.com/2011/sunday-collector%e2%80%99s-weekend-2011/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2011/saturday-session/ http://valfa.com/2011/saturday-session/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:01:37 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2240 2:30pm – Bruce Elsass took us through his antique Christmas collection along with his presentation. Looking forward to seeing more of his designs in the big department stores in the coming year. 12:30pm - Connie and Judi have completed their lectures and the painters are starting to take their break to enjoy some lunch being [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2011/saturday-session/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2011/friday-session/ http://valfa.com/2011/friday-session/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:06:14 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2186 Evening - Thanks to all who came to the Colonial Festivies to see the newly introduced pieces for the weekend. With hearty libation, great food, and a colonial band the evening went well into the night! 5:45pm - Steve Martin, the winner of the 2010 Collector’s Design, is here choosing his piece while the band [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2011/friday-session/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2011/preparing-for-collectors-weekend/ http://valfa.com/2011/preparing-for-collectors-weekend/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:06:07 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2177 Although the past month has been busy in preparing for the Collector’s Weekend event, Thursday is especially busy as the artists complete their work for the week and begin setting up the painting stations for the Painting Workshops, the store puts their final touches on the displays, the museum is completed it’s newest installment, and [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2011/preparing-for-collectors-weekend/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2011/tall-and-thin-a-tree-for-ornaments/ http://valfa.com/2011/tall-and-thin-a-tree-for-ornaments/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:29:22 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2156 During Christmas, the search for the perfect Christmas Tree often results in a mid-height tree that is full of beautiful branches that hide the trunk of the tree. While a nice full tree is very pleasing, it often makes it difficult to decorate to enjoy all of the ornaments in your collection. Unlike a Radko-style [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2011/tall-and-thin-a-tree-for-ornaments/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2011/a-child-on-the-night-before-christmas/ http://valfa.com/2011/a-child-on-the-night-before-christmas/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:10:08 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=1978 What does a child look like on the night before Christmas? Modifying and redesigning the classic Child in Bunny Suit (VFA Nr. 9904) Judi has come up with a piece that embodies the anticipation that a child has when eagerly expecting a visit from St. Nicholas. For Collector’s Weekend 2011, Steve Martin—a true collector with [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2011/a-child-on-the-night-before-christmas/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2011/connie-porcher-headlines-lecture-series/ http://valfa.com/2011/connie-porcher-headlines-lecture-series/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:34:23 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2041 Collector’s Weekend lectures serve multiple purposes; the primary being is offering some outside perspective from industry leaders. This year when we wanted to focus on ornaments there was no better person to ask than Connie Porcher, the publisher and editor of the nationally known ornament magazine Celebrate365. Having started her magazine in 1999 to focus [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2011/connie-porcher-headlines-lecture-series/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2011/sixteenth-annual-vaillancourt-collectors-weekend/ http://valfa.com/2011/sixteenth-annual-vaillancourt-collectors-weekend/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:15:11 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2031 Reprinted with permission from the 2011 Spring issue of Celebrate365 magazine: Meet fellow collectors, try your hand at painting a chalkware figure and learn about holiday collections at the lecture series. Vaillancourt Studios’ 16th annual Colonial Christmas Collector’s Weekend is an excuse to escape the real world and join like-minded people who share an affinity [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2011/sixteenth-annual-vaillancourt-collectors-weekend/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2010/halloween/ http://valfa.com/2010/halloween/#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:47:44 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=1353 History Halloween is largely a secular celebration that stems from the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian All Saints’ Day holiday. Often associated with trick-or-treating, costumes and horror movies, Halloween has undergone tremendous changes over recent year, including being glamorized and commercialized towards all demographics. Halloween Chalkware Of Vaillancourt Folk Arts collection of antique [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2010/halloween/feed/ 0