In conjunction with the Pleasanton Downtown Association, American Harvest invites you to a Magical Holiday Evening on Saturday Nov. 19th from 4-8pm.  This is a great holiday kickoff to your celebrations.  We will be featuring our latest Christmas and holiday decorations, gifts, jewelry and perfumes.  There will be festivities throughout downtown Pleasanton.  We will also have a gift basket drawing at American Harvest that night.

EARLIER THAN THE BIRD…..

On that same day, American Harvest will be participating in the Earlier Than The Bird event in downtown Pleasanton.  We will open very early at 7am…..that’s right 7:00 in the morning.  Many stores will be having special treats and surprises.  At American Harvest, we will be giving out free mini snowmen ornaments with a purchase of $10.00 or more, while supplies last!  So hurry and come to American Harvest first!!!!

As always, American Harvest is your best place to find one-of-a-kind holiday decorations.  We take great pride in bringing you the very best Christmas creations!

Our store is decorated this year in an ICE PALACE theme.  Our ”show stopping” window display this year conveys the theme of an ice palace courtyard that welcomes you to venture into the ice palace halls and out of the cold night air!

American Harvest features nationally renowned artists, Debbee Thibault, Nicol Sayre, Dee Foust, Wendy Addison, Eric Cortina, Susan Arnot and many more.

Many of our holiday items are made with vintage findings, such as this doll made by Susan.  We also welcome back Susan’s sister, Victoria who made many special items for American Harvest this year.

We hope to see you soon at these two great events at American Harvest on November 19th!

Sharon and Rodger

With wishes for a very Happy Holiday Season….Merry Christmas,

Sharon and Rodger

PS…a huge thank you to April, a great friend and special little elf!

You are invited to American Harvest’s 15th Annual Christmas Open House November 5 & 6, 2011.  This event has become a holiday tradition you will not want to miss.  Celebrate Christmas at the “Ice Palace”.  There will be wonderful Santas, snowmen, dolls, vintage Christmas decorations and antiques.  Share the tradition and come both days for inspiration and fun at American Harvest.

We will be closed October 31 to November 4 to prepare for the open house.

Open House Hours:

Saturday  10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Sunday      noon to 4:00 p.m.

Many thanks go to Ingrid Pomeroy for designing this great postcard for us!

All of us got into the Halloween spirit as we dressed up for Hotel deMise.

Your Hotel staff from left to right:

Nicol Sayre, April Koska, Marion Green, Sharon Mattern, Joyce Aris, Rodger Mattern and Monique Paiva-Ching.

Enter Hotel deMise….an antique Memorial plaque from France, a memorial ribbon and large spider web on a very old door.

Our center table featured lots of antique chests and suitcases filled with Nicol Sayre’s designs of witches, witches shoes, pumpkins and black cats.  Scary morphing pictures and vintage photos added intrigue to this display.  In the foreground is an antique wood violin case (coffin).  You’ll notice the clock…your time has run out!

Old doll heads were decorated with vintage flowers, feathers and other millinery items.  Placed under a large glass bowl for added spooky appeal!

Vintage Halloween costumes were featured at the Hotel deMise.  This one is complete with top, pants, wig, mask and hat.

These desert plates were a huge hit in the Ghostly Dining Room.

The Screaming Skeleton scared the pants right off of many of our customers at the Halloween Open House.  He is motion and sound activated, he bends down, pops up and SCREAMS a blood curdling scream like you’ve never heard before!  Only one left.

Nicol Sayre made a great collection of Halloween and Fall dolls for our event.  Here is a frightful ghostly delight!!!  Nicol’s original dolls are highly collectible.  I am sorry to tell you that all are sold.

The Ghostly Dining Room featured a great collection of antique poison bottles and a few new ones too.  The amber bottles went really quickly.

Ingrid Pomeroy not only designed our Halloween postcard and poster, but she made these great skeleton in coffin items.  Not pictured are her intricate Halloween greeting cards…beautifully designed with scary, yet lovely images.

Wendy Addison created these fantastic Bat boxes.  We had many of Wendy’s original creations for Halloween.

Any hotel would not be complete without room keys…..Our keys are antique skeleton keys from France and we attached them to room tags featuring a praying skeleton.  Creepy and fun at the same time!

We also featured very pretty Halloween creations by Susan Arnot.  Susan made a huge collection for us and each and every one of them was perfect!  The antique German doll head, vintage crepe paper and Susan’s creativity make this item simply breathtaking!

So, there you have just a few of the great vignettes that Sharon, Rodger and April put together.  We cannot possibly show every little detail in these pictures.  You have only one choice….you must come into American Harvest and see all of the displays for yourself.  Thank you to all of our faithful friends and customers who make each event at American Harvest so successful.  We also want to thank you for your comments and encouragement.

We look forward to seeing you at the Fall Signing with Debbee Thibault on Saturday, September 24th!

A FALL SIGNING WITH DEBBEE THIBAULT

Saturday, September 24, 2011, 10am-5pm

Debbee will be featuring many one-of-a-kind designs made exclusively for American Harvest.

We will also present all of Debbee’s latest Halloween and Christmas figures.

This is a fun event and a great opportunity to meet and speak with one of America’s best folk artists.

Come early for the best selection of her one-of-a-kind creations.

American Harvest

438 Main Street

Pleasanton, CA 94566

925-485-1577