Margaret Furlong Blog | Everyday Life & Porcelain Design Inspiration http://www.margaretfurlong.com/blog OBSERVATIONS AND IDEAS ON BEAUTY IN EVERYDAY LIFE Tue, 14 May 2013 21:09:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Gold Archive Sale http://www.margaretfurlong.com/blog/?p=1039 http://www.margaretfurlong.com/blog/?p=1039#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 19:47:01 +0000 Margaret Furlong http://www.margaretfurlong.com/blog/?p=1039

May 14, 2013 through May 20, 2013
We are having an archive sale of our gold leaf ornaments that were retired in 1998. Here is your chance to complete your collection or start something precious and rare. This sale is available May 14, 2013 through May 20, 2013 or until supplies last.

Click ARCHIVE ORNAMENTS to order.

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As a Special Gift for Mother’s Day, we are sending a FREE Love Never Fails heart with your orders of $50.00 or more now through May 7, 2013.

Olive branches of peace are woven around the words on this heart from the famous love chapter, 1 Corinthians 13. Love is patient, love is kind. It always protects, it always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

These verses touch our hearts deeply and inspire us to persevere in love and never give up. Click Here to Order

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We are having an archive sale of the Joyeux Noel Angel series that I designed from 1990 to 1994. Each angel in this series celebrates the joyful occasion of Christ’s birth.

This is a limited offer good only until April 22, 2013 or until an angel sells out. We sold each angel edition out in the year that it was published except for those we saved in our company archives from the original edition of 10,000. I remember in 1994 the last angel of this series, the Messiah Angel, sold out in one month. That was very exciting and we stayed busy for quite awhile just to fill those orders.

Just thinking about these angels reminds me of the specific design experiences of each angel – like the technical challenges of the Messiah angel and how the tiny baby head looked like my own darling Caitlin when she was a baby. And I remember the intricate mistletoe wreath mold for the Celebration Angel that wouldn’t come apart and I had to start over. I shed a few tears over this and then kept going.

The creation of each design was such an exciting and challenging learning experience; not just technically and aesthetically but also I was so enriched by the beautiful Scriptures that tell about the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ! These Scriptures are included in the package enclosures for each angel.

Click here to order now.

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Spring has sprung and Easter is coming. We would like to offer you a free 3” Lily of Hope Angel, for all orders of $50.00 or more beginning March 15th through March 21st, 2013. Her lily of hope arches out of a scalloped heart of love.  This angel is especially poignant to use as gifts of encouragement or gifts of sympathy. This angel is also a gift of celebration and victory and makes a lovely gift for Easter.

Click here to order

We photographed this angel in my kitchen today. The daffodils are out everywhere here and they bring the sunshine into my house. My Lily of Hope Angel celebrates the love and hope of God that I cherish most.

Happy Easter,

Margaret

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Click here to see all of the angels and to order.

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Express your love for your sweetheart with the tangible evidence of a porcelain or sterling heart charm gift. Whether you buy one heart charm or all five of our heart charms, it all comes down to love, love, love… love from you to your sweetheart.

What other image in the world is the universal symbol of LOVE except the heart.

If you purchase 2 charms or a necklace, we will ship a free charm–the Love Remembers Heart charm–with your order.  This offer is good until Monday, February 11, 2013 at midnight.

Follow this link to order now!

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The final addition to the 2013 Harvest themed angels is my 5” Limited Edition Harvest Angel. This angel represents the autumn season holding a sheaf of wheat with more wheat woven into her crown. The beautiful rhythms of the shell design echo the unforced rhythms of grace that bring us the right harvest at the right time with gentleness and rest… and with no sorrow in it.

She follows the Spring and Summer Angels and is the third angel in the five year series, Seasons of the New Millennium. This angel announces that the Lord of the Harvest has come and is bringing many souls into the Kingdom. Alleluia to the King!!!

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I have just finished my new 4” Welcome Angel, 3” Harvest Wreath Angel and 2” Harvest Bouquet Angel for 2013. The beautiful rhythms of the shell designs echo the unforced rhythms of grace that bring us the right harvest at the right time with gentleness and rest.

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We retired these gold-leafed pieces in 1998, but for the next few days we are having an Archive Sale and selling gold leafed Stars and the Tree Topper Finial. If you like, you can order them on our website right now at http://www.margaretfurlong.com/archives/

Have a wonderful season of decorating and most especially a Christmas season of love and joy!!!

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My little Noble Fir tree in the kitchen is trimmed with a Pocketful of Stars. I have it in an antique silver vase and the only other thing I added is an ivory bow at the top.

It is so much fun to have mini trees around the house to spread the cheer throughout!

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