{"id":1195,"date":"2006-12-02T23:10:43","date_gmt":"2006-12-03T04:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2006-12-02T23:10:43","modified_gmt":"2006-12-03T04:10:43","slug":"signature_48309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/signature_48309\/","title":{"rendered":"signature 48309 magazine &#8211; holiday 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Signature_1206\" alt=\"Signature_1206\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/signature_1206.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/>April McCrumb\u2019s whimsical gift gallery, Catching Fireflies (she opened her Rochester store last April and a Berkley location in 2000), features an eclectic mix of artsy trinkets and one-of-a-kind finds. McCrumb\u2019s home in Beverly Hills is, not surprisingly, much the same. \u201cI\u2019ve loved making art ever since I was a child,\u201d the self-taught artist says. And through trading her work with other artists, she has amassed a unique contemporary folk art collection.<\/p>\n<p>In her TV room, on top of a well-worn turquoise chest of drawers, a charming wooden cat (with bottle caps for eyes) by Kansas City artist Anthony Pack shares space with a floralpatterned eyeglass-shaped picture frame and a red wooden dog, balancing on his two front legs and holding a yellow ball. A black-and-white photo of McCrumb\u2019s grandparents nestles in a frame she created out of stained wood, handmade paper and grosgrain ribbon. \u201cI love putting things together,\u201d McCrumb says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.signaturemag.com\/rochester\/index.php\">Signature 48309 Magazine<\/a>&nbsp; By: Judith Harris Solomon &#8211; Photo by: Daniel Lippitt<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/signature_48309\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/signature_48309\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April McCrumb\u2019s whimsical gift gallery, Catching Fireflies (she opened her Rochester store last April and a Berkley location in 2000), features an eclectic mix of artsy trinkets and one-of-a-kind finds. McCrumb\u2019s home in Beverly Hills is, not surprisingly, much the same. \u201cI\u2019ve loved making art ever since I was a child,\u201d the self-taught artist says. And through trading her work with other artists, she has amassed a unique contemporary folk art collection. In her TV room, on top of a well-worn turquoise chest of drawers, a charming wooden cat (with bottle caps for eyes) by Kansas City artist Anthony Pack shares space with a floralpatterned eyeglass-shaped picture frame and a red wooden dog, balancing on his two front legs and holding a yellow ball. A black-and-white photo of McCrumb\u2019s grandparents nestles in a frame she created out of stained wood, handmade paper and grosgrain ribbon. \u201cI love putting things together,\u201d McCrumb says. 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