We all adore beautiful Christmas ornaments, so I thought I'd share my latest lament. Sammy ornaments. Yes, Sammy . I recently read that Sammy SOLD! his company several years ago. Suddenly, things started to make more sense.
You see, the designs are still quite beautiful, but the options, the line itself seems smaller to me for several years running now, and it's missing the over-the-top opulence it so enjoyed. In fact, while not everyone could afford the Radko Limited Edition ornaments, we all loved to look at and at least SEE the truly extraordinary Christopher ornaments seen here that the well-heeled could buy. I mean, I have 3 of them, but not 3 every year, if you know what I mean. You can visit the link, and check out affordable Sammy.
What I like is that you can also have some of the with the year. You know, you get a sharpie or something and write the year. My husband and I started doing that ever since I received my very first Christopher ornament back in the late 80s. That way, it's fun to remember the year, and all the special times we enjoyed together as a family.
I'd also recommend Sammy little trinkets. They're very reasonably priced for what they are. They're smaller, but you can see that there's a tremendous amount of detail work that goes into each one. A few times I took it upon myself to count the number of areas and things that had to be painted on one of these precious little gems. They average over 200 different strokes to make a complete one. I guess that's what it comes down to -- just the awesomely well done Sammy ornament that you can call your own.