Thursday, December 10 from 6:00 - 8:00pm

Take home original artwork created by Gandy students! This fun-filled event will include ornaments, art, crafts, jewelry, garden sculptures, furniture and paintings. Have dinner, join in a silent and live auction and buy gifts for the holidays.

Check back often - new items will be added daily.
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ALL PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE NEW GANDY GARDEN.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Silent Auction Item: Dave Camden Pottery Piece valued at $90


Dave Camden has donated a beautiful and unique pottery piece. Get those pencils ready for a silent auction battle!

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Silent Auction Item: Handmade Rocking Horse - solid wood!


Silent Auction Item: Handmade rocking Horse - solid wood
Donated by a Gandy family, this rocking horse is so sturdy, it can hold a grown man.

Silent Auction Item: Painted Tile Table


Silent Auction Item: Painted Tile Table
This was an after school workshop project. The kids used glass paint to paint tiles donated by Taylored Floors. The Elves baked the tiles to harden the paint and tiled a donated table.

Silent Auction Item: Modern Painting - a study in stripes


Silent Auction Item: A Study in Stripes
This was an after school Art Workshop Project.

Silent Auction Item: Vertical Flower Painting on Glass


This is an After School Art Workshop project. The kids used glass paint to create a whimsical flower painting. Simple and beautiful.

Silent Auction Item: Flower Glass Painting with Old Frame and Glass


Silent Auction Item: Flower Glass Painting
This was an After School Art Workshop project. The kids used glass paint to draw a simply wonderful flower picture. The frame was donated by Bell, Book and Candle. Look closely at the glass and you can see waves - this means that the frame and glass are very old!

Silent Auction Item: Shabby Shic Arm Chair with Fresh New Fabric


Silent Auction Item: Shabby Shic Arm Chair
This chair was donated by Jill Johns of Transformations by Jill. The Elves painted it white and gave it a shabby shic look. The yellow, white and blue fabric is fresh and fabulous.

Silent Auction Item: Black Chair with Japanese-style fabric



Silent Auction Item: Black Chair with Japanese Style Fabric
This chair was donated by Rebecca Cline and Darcy Inge of Caring Transitions. It was delivered with a broken leg, but the Elves fixed it, painted it a glossy black and added this wonderful Japanese style fabric. Martha Stewart would be so jealous!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Silent Auction Item: Geometric Puzzle Sculpture


Silent Auction Item - Geometric Puzzle Sculpture
designed by Eve Torrence,Professor of Mathematics, Randolph-Macon College


This handmade sculpture/puzzle is an abstraction of a geometric shape called a Small Stellated Dodecahedron. Purchase of this object includes a session with Prof. Torrence in which she will explain the geometry and teach you how to put together the puzzle. Valued at $50.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Flower Paintings



After School Art Workshop with Ms. Parfitt

Ms. Parfitt invited a group of her best art students to create flower pictures during an afterschool workshop. The school is buzzing with excitement over these wonderful pictures, to include dogwood flowers, water lilies, sunflowers and more. They are framed and ready to hang!