About Department 56 Krinkles

The fantastic world of Patience Brewster. Experience luminous colors, fanciful trims and whimsical characters for every season. Witch dolls, fuzzy long legged spiders, poinsettia ladies, dogs that wear shoes and seasonal ornament trees guaranteed to make you smile inside and out!

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Department 56 Krinkles Product Lines

	CHRISTMAS KRINKLES BY PATIENCE BREWSTER For true lovers of this enormously popular line, the Krinkles? Twelve Days of Christmas ornament collection offers a dozen reasons to celebrate. View our Krinkles Products
	EASTER KRINKLES BY PATIENCE BREWSTER With striped tights, lovely gloves and fancy footwear, Patience Brewster's best-dressed rabbits are ready for Easter-with open arms and Spring bouquets. From funny bunnies to gorgeous gilt eggs, it's quintessential Krinkles. View our Krinkles Products
	VALENTINE KRINKLES BY PATIENCE BREWSTER So much love goes into a Krinkles creation, people can’t help but have a deep affection for these long legged, kooky and dear treasures. And what better time to spread the love than during Valentines Day? View our Krinkles Products
	BIRTHDAY KRINKLES BY PATIENCE BREWSTER It doesn’t matter what age you are if Krinkles are in attendance at your party. They guarantee laughter. Who needs balloons when you’ve got comical storks and long legged cupcakes! View our Krinkles Products

 

Decorating with Department 56 Krinkles

Are you ready for Halloween?

Decorate with our Krinkles Halloween witch that stands 34" tall. Your guests may ask, "Is she wicked, or wickedly funny?" She has spiders in her hair, a "bone-tie" under her chin, and pockets filled with critters. Even her spotted pet cat is on a leash.

• Take a corner of your room and turn into a spooky nook. Place the Halloween witch on a table in front of a window draped with Christmas lights and a sheer spider web designed curtain. The other windows in the room can be treated the same way to create a wonderful Halloween environment for your visitors.
• Our stylists took a small dressing table mirror and shattered the glass for a spooky look. A coat of clear glue was then painted over the glass/frame. Position the mirror behind the Krinkles witch.

 

Christmas Color and Style.

 

Our stylists used Patience Brewster's vision of a whimsical Christmas in the great room arrangement shown to the right.

• A large table next to the fireplace serves as a focal point for the Patience Brewster arrangement. Our stylists used the mini ornament tree and ornament assortment. The 29" Santa figure coordinates nicely. You might want to add the 18" Horse figure as well.
• Decorate the mantel with Krinkles stockings complemented with the Christmas tree stocking hangers.
• Lastly we wrapped Christmas gifts in white paper and accented with sage green colored ribbon and Krinkles ornaments to complete the look.

 

Surprising Little Details.

Create a tabletop arrangement that will make your guests look twice. Brewster's Goose Figure and Poinsettia Figures feature her trademark long legs and fantastic shoes!

• Use a red fabric runner and place the three figures toward the center.
• Our stylists used brightly colored boxes with red ribbons to add height to the arrangement.
• Take some wire trimmed holiday ribbon and drape through the arrangement. Scatter red, white and green felt stars at the base of the figures.

About the Artist

When Patience Brewster decided to switch careers mid-stream, the rest of us were rewarded with the most intriguing bunch of Christmas characters this side of a Tim Burton movie. Moon fairies, cactus cowboys, alligators in high heels … these are the Christmas imaginings of Brewster, who grew up in the oh, so traditional town of Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Six years ago, this award-winning illustrator (known for such children’s books as The Merbaby and Too Many Puppies) decided to try her hand at something new. Today, from her studio in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, Brewster sketches the whimsical characters that are later brought to life by Department 56 as ornaments, candle holders, tree toppers and display figures … all with a twist.

Brewster’s flair for color and style are apparent. Crisp, luminous colors bring her pieces to life, while light, wispy trims like feathers and gossamer fine fringe give her creations a lighter-than-air feeling. “I like levity,” explains Brewster. “Not just the levity that exists in humor, but in things that tread lightly on this earth. When the hair is blowing and the feathers are ruffled and flying, that puts a bit of levity and delicacy and magic into the pieces.”

From "The Fantastic World of Patience Brewster" by Barbara Knox