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ABOUT SISSY IN SEATTLEBased out of Monroe, Washington- 45 minutes NE of Seattle - a drive to the foothills of the Cascade Mountain range, Washington USA- In May 2007, Julie Koppenberg purchased Sissy in Seattle from Karla Hemingway. She had worked for Karla the previous three seasons. She brings to Sissy 20 years of retail experience. Recently having her own wholesale doll making business and country store. She lives on a small farm in the hills of the Cascade Mountains with her very supportive husband and daughter. Not to forget the horses, cats, dog and chickens! Julie has recently moved Sissy to double the warehouse and built a new showroom to continue the great customer service and quality products that Karla provided to Sissy's customers. Sissy
In Seattle Collectibles & Fine Gifts was established
back in the
early 90's. It all started back in the early
90's when Karla Holzerland-Hemingway,
Barbie collecting enthusiast and author of "Skipper Barbie's Little
Sister", set up the internet handle "Sissy In Seattle"
based after her nick name "Sis" and the famous movie "Sleepless
In Seattle". What started out as a fun internet handle used in Barbie
chat forums and discussion boards eventually grew into a Collectibles website of
Barbie, Swatch & Disneyana. When the development started for a
Christopher Radko collectibles site - it was decided what better name to
use - than the one that has been established for 10 years. So we are proud
to present you with Sissy In Seattle Collectibles & Fine Gifts, specializing
in Christopher Radko ornaments. We thank you for visiting
our site. We hope you enjoy the site. We welcome your comments and
suggestions. Feel free to call or email us!
It all began with a family calamity: In 1984, Christopher Radko decided that his family’s rusty old Christmas tree stand had served long enough. He replaced the stand and put their 14-foot tree in a gleaming new aluminum model. His family decorated the tree as always, with a treasured collection of over 2,000 mouth-blown, European glass ornaments. As it is for most families, their Christmas tree was a family diary with a story to go with each ornament. One week before Christmas, tragedy struck. The new stand gave way and the tree crashed to the floor, shattering almost every ornament. Many cherished memories and family traditions lay among those broken pieces, heartbroken, Christopher was determined to restore them for his family. Trying to replace his family’s heirlooms proved to be a daunting task. Ornaments sold in the United States were, at that time, made of plastic and Styrofoam, certainly not capable of replacing the handmade treasures his family had collected over generations. The following Spring, while visiting cousins in Poland, Christopher began looking for glass ornaments. While he didn’t find the treasures he was looking for, he did find a man eager to revive the art of his great-grandfather; a tradition once thought to be lost forever. Christopher encouraged him to
recover antique ornament molds, supplied him with sketches of
his own childhood favorites, and for good measure, new designs
from his own imagination. Several dozen ornaments were produced
for his family, but those ornaments never made it to the family
tree. Instead, friends in New York purchased all of them. On his
next trip abroad, he brought back more ornaments: many for his
family, and some extras, which sold out, as well.
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