Meet me in Oregon City on Saturday, November 3, 2012 so that I can sign your Margaret Furlong angels and ornaments from 1:00 – 2:30 PM.

Mary, the owner of My Mother Knows, started selling our line this year and we want to join her at her darling store to start off the joyous Christmas season. It will be festive and fun!

I will also sign and give away 2” Joy Angels to the first ten customers who make a purchase from our angel and ornament selection. I am grateful to be sharing my joy with you at My Mother Knows. See you there in a couple weeks.

November 3, 2012    1:00 – 2:30PM
My Mother Knows
1105 Linn Ave.
Oregon City, OR 97045
Phone: 503-518-1952

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After our event at the library I was invited to Carol James’ annual fall party.

The photographs start in the front yard, through the great room/dining room and out to the back deck and yard. Carol attended to every exquisite detail herself. This lady is a gifted designer and her party was as good as it gets – elegant – inside and out!!

Carol’s food was perfectly delicious, beautiful, and extravagant.  What a perfectly lovely backdrop to visit with old friends and meet new ones. It was the best party and I had so much fun.

Wow, I wasn’t expecting to experience world class design and entertaining during my visit to my little home town in Nebraska. Thank you, Carol!!!

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I’m home from my Nebraska trip where I gave a talk and did a signing event at the new Falls City Library. I was completely impressed with the elegant and beautifully designed building inside and out. No wonder all of Falls City is so proud of their new library.

The success of my event first belongs to Kathy Martin who organized and oversaw every detail and also to everyone at the library and all the others that helped Kathy. I was fortunate to realize much fruit from Kathy’s work and her excellent support team. A special thanks to Jo Crawford for the photographs!

I met and visited with close to a 100 people. For me it was so nostalgic and it seemed like the years since my growing up in Falls City melted away. I just had a wonderful time!

As I mentioned in my talk that I gave before the signing, I loved growing up in Falls City; the simplicity of life and freedom for me in a safe, small town was instrumental in the development of my creative and artistic life.

The ties with the friends of my youth are powerful and have sweetened over the years. My heart is full of the love and friendship that I received from old friends and new friends.

I will be signing angels at Borsheims from 11:00AM – 12:30PM on October 6, 2012. I hope you can meet me there. Borsheims has been selling my angels for many years and I am honored to do a signing event at the store. I look forward to meeting my collectors in Nebraska!

I am so excited to travel to my beloved home state. Before I ever designed my first angel, the Nebraska landscape was my subject matter of choice and every time I travel back home I am deeply touched by the exquisite, understated beauty of the landscape of the Great Plains. I know that when you grow up somewhere, that somewhere becomes most dear. Even though I love where I live now, nothing can compete for my heart connection to Nebraska. It is home and I love it. I can’t wait to come again.

Please follow this link for more information about Borsheims.

Mark your calendar to come:
October 6, 2012 11:00 – 12:30PM
Borsheim’s
120 Regency Park
Omaha, NE 68114
Phone: 402-391-0400

Dear Friends,
I am excited about the store signings this year! We have scheduled new events this year so I will be looking for you to come and visit me and see the new angels.  If you have one angel or ornament at home, bring it to the signing and I will sign that piece for you too.  I will either be giving a FREE 2″ Joy Angel to the first 10 people in line who make a purchase or there will be a promotional give-away at the store. Check with your nearest location for details.

SIGNING SCHEDULE

• October 6, 2012      11:00 – 12:30PM
  Borsheim’s
  120 Regency Park
  Omaha, NE 68114
  Phone: 402-391-0400
• October 7, 2012     2:00 – 3:30PM
  Falls City Library & Arts Center
  Kathy Martin
  1400 Stone St
  Falls City, NE 68355
  Phone: 402-990-9876
• November 3, 2012     1:00 – 2:30PM
  My Mother Knows
  1105 Linn Ave.
  Oregon City, OR 97045
  Phone: 503-518-1952
• November 10, 2012     2:00 – 3:30PM
  Madrona Hills Ace Gift Shop
  706 Madrona Ave SE
  Salem, OR 97302
  Phone: 503-763-6323
  + Margaret will be doing a Christmas Mantle Decorating Workshop begins at 1:00pm
• November 17, 2012         1:00 – 2:30PM
  Olivia’s
  315 Chemeketa St NE
  Salem, OR  97301
  Phone: 503-581-6953
• December 1, 2012     10:00AM – 12:00 PM
  Made in Oregon Washington Square
  9589 SW Washington Sq. Rd
  Tigard, OR  97223
  Phone: 503-620-4670