This piece, "Blue Hair Girl", was created by Rachel Cochrane and is part of her Capelli Grandi series.

"I want to stress the mixed media aspect of this work. I feel like I'm drawing my materials from a variety of sources.....a softness in character- like the that found in the works of Botticelli. The texture and vivid colors found in Van Gogh. A modern, edgy, fashion vibe...from all my Vogue magazines. An eclectic mix of ideas and material. I like the fact that these works start out with a drawing...the basics. I feel committed to them in a way because I have the physical piece to work on outside of the computer. Then to complete the process, they're scanned in and further edited in photoshop and painter. I have used "curves" on every print...I love the sensitivity of the Photoshop editing...I'm moving back and forth between the programs, Photoshop and Painter, more and more."

The items for sale are three (3) 5x7 inch Christmas Cards "Waiting For A Friend".

In 1843, the same year that Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol. John Callcott Horsley designed the very first Christmas and New Year's card at the suggestion and request of his friend Sir Henry Cole.

This piece, "Feather Hair", was created by Rachel Cochrane and is part of her Capelli Grandi series. The image is a collage, created from news and magazine copy, and organic and inorganic materials scanned into a computer.

" I want to stress the mixed media aspect of my collages. I feel like I'm drawing my materials from a variety of sources.....a softness in character- like the that found in the works of Botticelli. The texture and vivid colors found in Van Gogh. A modern, edgy, fashion vibe...from all my Vogue magazines. An eclectic mix of ideas and material. I like the fact that these works start out with a drawing...the basics. I feel committed to them in a way because I have the physical piece to work on outside of the computer. Then to complete the process, they're scanned in and further edited in photoshop and painter. I have used "curves" on every print...I love the sensitivity of the Photoshop editing...I'm moving back and forth between the programs, Photoshop and Painter, more and more."

The emblem of Carnevale was, literally, the mask, a term that could apply to the wearer as well as to the object, attesting to the depth of identification of individual with disguise. The masks of Carnevale derived most immediately from the masks worn on stage in the traditional commedia dell'arte and more distantly from masks worn in traditional societies, and shared with the latter certain basic characteristics thought to be universal to the practice of masking: simultaneously an act of simulation or mimicry and of disguise, masking could be alienating and transporting, intoxicating and liberating.

The items for sale are five (5) 5x7 inch Christmas Cards "Late For The Party".

The sending of greeting cards at Christmas began in the Victorian era. Though wood engravers produced prints with religious themes in the European Middle Ages, the first commercial Christmas and New Year's card is believed to have been designed and printed in London, England in 1843.

The items for sale are three (3) 5x7 inch Christmas Cards "O Christmas Tree".

The first known decorated Christmas Tree was at Riga in Latvia, in 1510. Martin Luther decorated a small Christmas Tree in 1535 with candles for his children, to show them how the stars twinkle through the night.

In the middle of the 16th century, the people at the local market sold gifts, food and also more practical items such as knife grinders to sharpen the knife to carve the Christmas Goose. At these fairs, bakers sold gingerbreads and wax ornaments for souvenirs to take home for use to decorate their Christmas Tree.

The items for sale are three (3) 5x7 inch Christmas Cards "Visions of Sugarplums".

In the middle of the 16th century, the people at the local market sold gifts, food and also more practical items such as knife grinders to sharpen the knife to carve the Christmas Goose. At these fairs, bakers sold gingerbreads and wax ornaments for souvenirs to take home for use to decorate their Christmas Tree.

The items for sale are three (3) 5x7 inch Christmas Cards "Two Turtle Doves".

The early 20th century saw Americans decorating their trees mainly with homemade ornaments, while in Europe people continued to use apples, nuts, and marzipan cookies. Popcorn joined in after being dyed bright colors and interlaced with berries and nuts. Americans have always liked their Christmas trees to reach from floor to ceiling.

The items for sale are three (3) 5x7 inch Christmas Cards "See the Wreaths".

During the cold December darkness of Eastern Europe, people gathered wreaths of evergreen and lighted fires as signs of hope in a coming spring and renewed light. By the 16th century Catholics and Protestants throughout Germany used these symbols to celebrate their Advent hope in Christ, the everlasting Light.