Ruth Azawa, an American artist, died on August 6,2013.  She was a woman who devoted her life to art and became very well known for her sculptures in wire, and her public commissions, especially her fountains which are found all over the San Francisco Bay Area.  There is one in Santa Rosa in our town [...]

Over the years Calliope Designs has had the opportunity to give back to our community in Santa Rosa California, and throughout Sonoma County.  When a business becomes involved with giving of time, products, or money, it enlivens the spirit of the employees of the business as well, and gives them the feeling of generosity and [...]

Today is  Sunday, October 6th, 2013, and it's  a good day to shop for your family's personalized ornaments for the upcoming holiday season!  I've just been informed by the men in my family that there are 14 hours of televised professional football today.  And while there are probably lots of fun things the non football [...]

We all know it can be hard to find just the right gift for Grandparents.  They seem to be at the time of life where they have "everything" and don't really want more.  They say they "don't need anything" and sometimes that's true.  Yet when the holidays come around they are often high on our [...]

I love your ornaments, I buy at least one every year! Last year we moved early December from Turkey to Texas (we are military) and we did not receive our household goods until new year's eve. So the only ornament we had on our little substitute tree last year was the one I bought from [...]

Jill Saunders posts a sugar cookie recipe on Allrecipes.com.  She recommends handing out the recipe with your gift of cookies because you'll be asked for it!  It must be really good and it's sure to be tried at our home soon.  We wanted to post a good recipe to go with April Bruinekool's guest blog [...]

My daughter is a year and a half old. I am so excited to be able to begin doing crafty things with her like my siblings and I used to do with my mom! For Halloween our major project was our pumpkins. We wouldn't carve them, we use to paint them. Painting them gave us [...]

Your baby's First Christmas will be exciting and fun for Mommy and Daddy, and certainly happy for your child as well.  Is a Christmas Stocking part of your family's tradition?  Did you have a fun time picking out just the right stocking and maybe have it personalized with the baby's name?  We hope you purchased [...]

As our children grow up there are so many milestones we celebrate!  (Of course we have personalized ornaments for all of them!)   It's walking, talking, potty training.  Riding a tricycle, then a two wheeler.  First Day of School.  First lost tooth.  Then Braces!  Each little step moving through childhood toward  becoming grown up is acknowledged [...]

Every person who celebrates the Christmas holiday brings their own family traditions to their adulthood.  And when a new family is formed through marriage, or living together, there will be new ideas and compromise and creativity in starting new traditions that can be a blend of both family's past, or completely new.  Family traditions don't [...]