She has a beautiful history, from being born in Africa and meeting her love her life to having to leave because of the revolution and moving to Italy.  She is currently living in the Tomball, TX area with her husband on a entreprenuer visa hoping to sell enough artwork to stay in the U.S.!

Susan Sogaro was trained in Italy and worked alongside Maestro Antoio Binotto for four years.  Having worked in many different medias, Susan is now combining her talents and experience to produce beautifully detailed Dioramas.

A Diorama denotes a partially three-dimensional, full-sized replica or scale model of historical events, nature scenes, cityscapes, etc.  They are intended to be used for recreation, education, or personal enjoyment.  The beginning of Dioramas can be traced to Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre of Paris, France in 1822, who amongst other talents was a painter of theatrical sage illusions and a master designer.

The artist uses her personal experiences for her inspiration. Having been born and raised in Ethiopia and then relocating to Europe for thirty years, Susan’s creations reflect her mastery of European and Middle Eastern architecture.

At this time, she is particularly interested in the holy city of Bethlehem and is creating meticulously designed Nativity scene Dioramas, which are researched in depth to keep all the components historically correct.

You can view her beautiful art at www.susansogaro.com

The rules are simple:

Be the first to answer the question below by emailing cherry@cherrydesignsinc.com and putting your answer in the subject line.  The first one to answer it correctly will receive an email requesting their shipping information.  You might have to visit our website http://www.cherrydesignsinc.com to find the answer.  It is that easy!

Good Luck!!

Question:

What is my favorite ornament that I have that has been personalized “To David from Roger 1975″?  HINT:   Why Ornaments Make Great Gifts all year round!!

In order to win, find the cherry that is in the picture below and email me at cherry@cherrydesignsinc.com with the location of the cherry as the subject line.  If you are the first one to email I will contact you to receive your shipping information.

Good Luck!!

Find the Cherry Tuesday Aug. 25th 2009

Being in a business that prospers on our creativeness and our art, I thought it would be a good idea to use our Friday blog to feature other artists that I have run across through my everyday networking!!

Featured Artist for August 21 2009 is Jerry Winick.

This artist is AMAZING!!  Most of you know that my favorite medium is graphite pencil so it just thrills me to be able to feature such a talented, astounding artist.  His work inspires me to learn more about the art of pencil and to constantly improve on my work.  I ran across his work on artid.com.

Please check his work out as I think you will be truly wowed by it!!

Here is a link to one of his pieces!  I can look at it all day in amazement of the detail.

http://artid.com/members/karen059/art/20753-ny-giants/

The rules are simple!  The first one to email the answer to the question below will win a one of a kind hand painted “Bow Artistry” ornament hand painted and signed by artist Susan Cherry.  To answer please email cherry@cherrydesignsinc.com and put your answer in the subject line!  You will have to visit our website http://www.cherrydesignsinc.com and do a little searching to find the answer!  Good luck!

The Questions:

I am gray and very large!  The name I was given by Cherry Designs, Inc. is PEANUT.  What is it that I am wearing on my head?

I will contact the winner via email to get shipping information!

To find the answer you will have to visit our website and maybe do a little searching????  :)

To answer just email me with the answer as the subject at cherry@cherrydesignsinc.com.  If you are the first one to answer I will respond and get your shipping information!!

Good Luck!!

I am mostly green!  The kids love to play with me but I will pop very quickly!  When I do it can be very sticky!  I need you to blow on me or use the wind for me to work!!  What is my Cherry Designs, Inc. name?

Our wedding hand painted blown glass ornament is a beautiful piece that has a special place on the back to personalize the happy couples names and date of the wedding!

The front is hand painted with the bride to be, wedding rings, and a stunning flower garland!  The brides ring comes decked out in a bright heart rhinestone!

Don’t forget this can be customized for that special someone you know!  Hair color can be changed!

ALSO ALL OF OUR BLOWN GLASS AND HAND PAINTED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS COME WITH OUR LIFETIME GUARANTEE!!  Visit us on the website for more information!  http://www.cherrydesignsinc.com.

Wedding Hand Painted Ball

Ornament with bow

back of wedding ball

“What a Climb”

A man made the trek up the mountain of OPPORTUNITY.

There were times when it got tough, but CHEERFULNESS sped him on his journey.

And when he thought there was no way he could conquer the mountain, HOPE was the bright sun that always shone before his pathway.

Driven by a sense of accomplishment, AMBITION accompanied him close to his side.

Excited about life itself, and enjoying every nuance of his trek, ENTHUSIASM was the light in his eyes that was constantly looking toward the summit as it drew near.

As he journeyed, HONESTY. LOYALTY AND SINCERITY became his bodyguard day and night.

Before every obstacle, and there were plenty of them along the way, PERSEVERANCE rose to help him.

As reaching the summit became a reality, he felt the stimulus of SUCCESS.

But as he finally set foot upon the solid earth of his PURPOSE achieved, he suddenly knew that the real pilot of his pilgrimage was none of these.

It was a friend he had been too busy to be aware of.

It was WORK.

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT DAY!!!

Good Luck and have fun!  Let the best person win!

How many different College D’Light light bulb covers do we carry?  And what are they?

Enjoy!

If you like cherries you will love this ornament.  Susan Cherry has done a wonderful job hand painting this and adding the beautiful bow!

Each one is individually hand painted by artist Susan Cherry.  A bow is added to the ornament which hangs on top of the branch making it two decorations in one!!

You can view more pictures of the ornament at http://www.cherrydesignsinc.com/proddetail.php?prod=BA0001

Enjoy and have a great day!!

Cherry Hand Painted Ornament