If you've seen our spectacular "Larger than Life" Holiday decor in person, you were probably at a Disney World resort, an exclusive hotel or country club, or a designer showcase home. These beautiful commercial quality items are handcrafted of resin, then hand painted for many years of enjoyment. Make your holiday party memorable. Choose one item for your entry or choose several of our unique pieces for maximum impact. Delightful holiday decor for your home or business!
The Christmas Reindeer sits looking at your guests with those goofy eyes with his legs stretched out and crossed. Made of polyresin and beautifully hand painted.
Our quirky reindeer with bells hanging from his antlers will delight your guests. Handcrafted of commercial quality polyresin and beautifully hand painted. This fun attention-getter can be used either outdoors or inside.
Our quirky reindeer with bells hanging from his antlers will delight your guests. This is a slightly smaller version of the Christmas Reindeer above. Handcrafted of commercial quality polyresin and beautifully hand painted. This fun attention-getter can be used either outdoors or inside.
Even our mini reindeer are a substantial 15 to 16 inches high. This grouping creates a delightful holiday display your guests will love! Our 3 mini reindeer are sold only as a set. These are 3 funny fellows that will amuse your family and friends. Like all our funny reindeer, they are handcrafted of commercial quality polyresin and beautifully hand painted.
The Nutcracker brings an exclusive style that will enhance your design area, featuring traditional style nutcracker atop green base.
All our beautiful blown glass ornaments are handcrafted in Europe. Each exquisite ornament evokes a joyful New Orleans memory. All were created by Landmark Creations, and each ornament comes beautifully packaged in Landmark Creations' famous "Little Red Box".
Tennessee Williams’ play, A Streetcar Named Desire, was published in 1947. During this era of post-war prosperity, buses and cars were taking the place of many New Orleans streetcars. Within just a few years, only two lines were left in New Orleans, the St. Charles and the Canal. This was quite a comedown from the streetcars’ heyday, when there were 28 lines. Back then, even the nocturnal “Owl” service, which ran from midnight until 5 am, was so popular that it prompted one visitor to exclaim, “New Orleanians must be human bats!” These streetcars seemed to capture the very essence and charm of New Orleans. Symbolically, just as Tennessee Williams’ rough Stanley Kowalski clashed with Blanche Du Bois’ Southern gentility, the harsh realities of modern life and technological progress almost put the remaining streetcar lines out of service. Fortunately, a group called the Streetcars Desired saved its beloved streetcar lines.
Available in Red and Green.
The French Quarter or Vieux Carré is the area of the city's original settlement established in 1718 by French explorer, Jean Baptiste Le Moyne. Destroyed by a devastating fire in 1788, 90% of the original Quarter had to be rebuilt. Since this time, it has gained a worldwide reputation for – among other things – its architecture, jazz musicians, and Mardi Gras revelry. Lined with lively and picturesque buildings, the narrow streets invite exploration. The architecture is a distinctive mixture of French and Spanish architecture featuring intricate wrought iron balconies. Today, the sidewalks provide a stage for the Quarter’s ubiquitous street musicians and Jazz is an integral part of the sounds of the Big Easy. Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Bacchus, god of the grape, would be proud of the parade that bears his name every year. The Sunday before Mardi Gras is alive each year with "Throw me something mister" with the grand Bacchus parade. This hand blown ornament will keep that wonderful Sunday alive.
The King of Mardi Gras, Rex, rules the city on Fat Tuesday. The Mayor turns the city over to Rex and frivolity for the day. This hand blown glass ornament is a great reminder of the best time in America each year.
"I'll give you a ring." No, not the kind you put on your finger! In England, to give one a "ring" is to give them a telephone call. In our telephone box, Sherlock Holmes is giving Dr. Watson a ring. The little red telephone boxes were once mixed in with London's collection of lamp posts, traffic lights, benches, letter posts, wrought-iron fences, littered with garbage and city grit. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott between the First and Second World Wars, the booths were made of paned glass on three sides, with a solid metal panel on the back. Progress begets progress and unfortunately the famous telephone boxes are more difficult to find these days, having been replaced by the British Telecom.
Imagine our astonishment when our group of four adults, two cellos, and a violin were all comfortably situated in the back seat of our taxi. The well-turned-out driver, complete with crisp uniform and white gloves, shut the door for us as we sank back into sumptuous red leather upholstery. Soon the car was purring down the macadam to Cambridge University, where we were to study Music that summer. Our London Taxi ornament most closely resembles the Austin FX4, which made its debut in 1958. Of the panoply of cabs in operation in London today, this familiar black taxicab has become as much an icon of British automotive culture as the Rolls Royce. Prominent public figures such as Andrew Lloyd Webber and Prince Philip have even been known to drive an Austin themselves from time to time. Unlike the new Japanese MICRA taxis, the Austin features a softer, rounder body more suited to the softer, rounder lifestyle of Britain’s past.
One of London's most endearing and famous landmarks is the clock tower we commonly refer to as "Big Ben". The tower, with its richly ornamented pinnacles, parapets and spires, is actually part of England's Houses of Parliament; however, Big Ben is actually not the clock tower itself, but the main bell inside the clock! Named after Sir Benjamin Hall, Commissioner of Works at the time the bell was hung in 1858. Each of the clock dials is 23 feet in diameter, the numerals are two feet high, and the hands are 14 feet and 9 feet, respectively. During World War II, Big Ben achieved an almost religious grace, as members of the Big Ben Society would gather in prayer as the immense bell boomed out before the 9 o'clock news. Of course, this is the same clock tower than Peter Pan, Wendy, John and Michael fly by in their journey to The Neverland.
Honk! Honk! Who doesn’t call a cab and automatically visualize a perky yellow taxi? Give credit to a man named Morris Markin who rendered the very word "taxi" synonymous with the Yellow Checker Cab. The Checker Motors Corporation was founded in 1922 by a bold Russian businessman named Morris Markin. This emigrant to the United States acquired an auto body manufacturing plant in 1921, a defunct Hadley-Knight chassis plant, and the Dart body plant by the ripe old age of 29. What Markin produced was a huge yellow cab with distinctive black and white checker stripes on either side, extra-wide doors, soft and spacious "jumpy" seats with miles of leg room. By the mid-1970’s there were over 5,000 Checker cabs in NYC alone! The Checker Motor Co. went out of business on June 12, 1982. Although the cars are very nearly extinct, the Yellow Checker Cab has become not only a New York City icon, but a classic piece of true Americana as well.
Sheathed in white marble, this inadvertently eye-catching belfry for the nearby cathedral was originally intended to flaunt the city of Pisa’s wealth. Construction on the Tower began over 800 years ago, in 1173. The original architect is believed to be Bonanno Pisano. Unfortunately, the bell tower was built on silty Tuscan soil and had already begun to lean only five years into the project. This may explain why, despite how many craftsmen and stonemasons worked on the Tower, few recorded their names in conjunction with this project. After several interruptions, the Tower of Pisa was finally completed in 1350. Ironically, the very characteristic that has made it famous could be its downfall; today, the tower stands a precarious 15 feet out of plumb and has been closed to the general public since 1990. Engineers are currently working to reduce the danger while still preserving it as the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Sir Eugene Goosens was both honored and frustrated to be appointed Sydney’s Chief Conductor in 1947. Concerts could only be held in the Town Hall and this simply would not do. He immediately proclaimed plans for a grand performance hall, much to the government’s consternation. For seven years Sir Goosens persisted and for seven years the uncooperative politicians looked increasingly sheepish. Embarrassed, Premier Joseph Cahill introduced the "Opera House Lotteries", which went on to raise an astounding $100 million. An international design competition was held, with the winning entry coming not from Australia as hoped, but from Danish architect Jorn Utzon. The government decided the building needed four theatres instead of two. Utzon threw up his hands in 1966 and was replaced by a team of Australian architects. It wasn’t until 1973, when the Opera House was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth, that the curtain finally closed on a drama of operatic proportions.
Handcrafted of polyresin, then hand painted for many years of enjoyment. This ornament ball is large, almost 3' in diameter.
This is the neatest thing for Halloween. Our 6 ft. Grim Reaper stands on a pedestal and is triggered by motion and sound. When triggered, the Grim Reaper sways from side to side as if floating, his red eyes flashing on and off, while saying "Look who's coming, we've been waiting for you", "Halloween is our favorite night, isn't that right ghouls and goblins?", and various other sayings and noises.
Made of stone resins, plastic, and nylon/polyester materials. Uses 3 AA batteries (not included).
This is a large stone resin witch that was originally was made for Kirkland Gifts and retailed for over $100. Our Halloween Witch can be used indoors or out and has a regular 110V plug with a transformer. When the cauldron is filled with regular water the pump creates a cool mist that lookes like the witch is cooking her brew.