with beautiful free gift wrapping available upon request
I will also sign each piece for you!
Order online (www.pipkasofdoorcounty.com), by phone (toll-free: 800-829-9235) or in the shop...order December 1 through December 6 to help us celebrate St. Nicholas Day (Dec. 6)...we'll ship your order FREE*. If you want, I can personalize my signature to your recipient, and my elves will gift-wrap if you'd like!
Shipping is by UPS ground, so you'll receive your purchases in plenty of time for Christmas giving!
Thank you for your loyalty...enjoy the holidays! Love, Pipka
You all know how much I love my Tigger. He's a wonderful companion, but I began to wonder if he wouldn't like some company! I'm at the studio or shop a lot of the day, and he's left to snooze or look at the window all alone.
Recently, someone brought in a young mother-to-be cat to my veterinarian...the cat was almost a kitten herself, no more than 7 or 8 months old, and she gave birth to four adorable kittens! Of course, they had to stay with their mother until they were weaned, but two of them captured my heart the moment I saw them.
This is my first picture with Itzy (a female calico) and BJ (orange male) the day I brought them home! I kept them secluded for a couple of days, but Tigger was eager to see what was behind the door. Gradually, I introduced them to each other, and Tigger got to see the newest members of our family (when they would slow down long enough!). Now they lay next to each other on the couch and there has been some brotherly licking, so I know they'll be the best of friends!
If you can offer a "forever home" to a shelter kitten or older cat, isn't Christmas the time to give yourself and that little creature the best gift of all?
This year, I wanted to try something that I've always enjoyed seeing: having a kiosk at a mall! I love the way they look at holiday times because they're all themed for the season and have the perfect gifts all ready to go.
My son Jon lives in Milwaukee, which is famous for the Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa (upper west city of the city), so I drove down to check it out. The mall itself is beautiful and has the perfect clientele for my figurines...and they had a kiosk available right by Santa! How perfect is that? I can't be down there all of November and December, of course, so my son and his fiance are going to run the kiosk and oversee some other who will be helping customers.
However, I am planning to be there on November 27 and 28 (Thanksgiving weekend) as well as December 19 and 20, so I hope my friends and collectors will come by and say "hello."
Putting the kiosk together, as you'll see, is quite a production. Here's a photo of Jon and Deb - my sister-in-law who also works at the Door County store - with boxes towering over them! All the merchandise we needed was delivered at the same time, which is how we planned it.
But I must say that I'm very pleased with the kiosk. It's tasteful and showcases the Santas well. Here I am at the cash register just after we finished setting up. We had quite a few people come by this past weekend, including some little ones dressed for Halloween! Santa hasn't set up at the mall yet, but I'm sure he will help bring a lot of attention to Pipka's little kiosk, too.
The mall is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the address is 2500 North Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa, just off State Hwy 45 at Cty Hwy 100. To find my kiosk, go in the Crate & Barrel entrance and Santa and I will be right there!
I did meet some of Santa's helpers, and we posed for this photo. Shopping at a mall at Christmas with the holiday music, the decorations, Santa, and buying gifts for people you love. What could be better than that?
