Transportation: Re-Inventing How Santa Delivers Toys If history teaches us anything, it's that Christmas traditions have evolved over the centuries. Even though the magic of our… Read More »
Plum & Floral: Fashion Trend in Chalkware In 2016, Judi designed a group of pieces that were inspired by forecasted fashion trends that were obviously drawing from the colonial era.… Read More »
Trends and Last Chances… Ever since first creating our modern website, the focus has been on the collector first and shopping second. Since 1984,… Read More »
Collector’s Weekend 2017 We were pleased to welcome over 100 collectors, both first- and long-timers, to our twenty-second Collector's Weekend. With participants flying… Read More »
Noah’s Ark Collection In 1987, we were pleased to have a Noah's Ark series in our catalog. At that time the ark was created with… Read More »
Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens! There is little doubt that Charles Dickens is celebrated as the world's author. Born on this day in 1812, Dickens is… Read More »
Merry Christmas — Celebrating 32 Years of Being Part of Your Family’s Traditions Every year, we are thankful that people like you choose to allow us into their family's traditions. We try, very… Read More »
A Christmas To Come Home To 'Twas the night before Christmas... well, let's be honest, you're a prepared shopper that counts down 'till Christmas starting the… Read More »
2016 Christmas Catalog We're happy to be introducing the 2016 Christmas Vaillancourt Folk Art Chalkware Catalog. If you've shopped us directly, you can… Read More »
Chalkware Collectibles The history of chalkware is well documented—during the 19th century, chalkware was an inexpensive alternative to imported decorative objects for rural families. Dubbed "the… Read More »
‘Twas The #ACK Before Christmas Translating to the “far away land,” Nantucket epitomizes the sense of naturalistic living through its windswept beaches, blinking lighthouses and… Read More »
One of a kind favors… Another reason to attend the Collector's Dinner at the annual Collector's Weekend: one of a kind favors! Although the dinner… Read More »
