Nostalgic Folk Art was born in 2004. I came up with Nostalgic Folk Art name for my paper mache figures because I love the older things that remind me of my childhood and of innocent times. They are figures of folks both childish and impish and I love vintage folk art so putting nostalgic with folk art was/is a perfect and fitting name for my lil figures and business. I feel so blessed and thankful to God for being able to make these little pieces and hope they make you smile.


Thank you for taking the time to visit!







And when your done visiting here, I'd love for you to check out my work on my etsy shop, www.etsy.com/shop/NostalgicFolkArt











The Best to you always!

















Monday, May 13, 2013

Such a cool ad campaign!











My dear friend Cookie sent me this great ad campaign.


Colgate has created a very ingenious advertising campaign to promote their dental floss.

















All right ......... now that you've had time to quietly observe the images .......

* in the first photograph, you might have noticed that the lady has one finger too many on her left hand

* in the second photograph, a phantom arm is floating behind

* and in the third photograph, the man has only one ear



The campaign attained its purpose.

It proved that food debris on your teeth draws more attention than any physical defect does.



How well did you do ???



Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Pick Up Prims Summer Magazine 2013

If you get this magazine your gonna see some really wonderful works by some wonderful artists. One of my favorite primitive artists is Karen Brady of Brady Bears
http//www.BradyBearsStudio.blogspot.com

http://tdipt-bradybears.blogspot.com/

I feel we are like minded gals with similar tastes, tho i wish my studio was as neat as hers, and Karen is a great gal too. To get to know her better, visit her blog and to see more of her delightful work check out her website.

here is the cover of the issue we both have work shown in (although i have only one pic giggle)




Look at these bears!
I really love my Brady Bear and he looks great no matter where i put him in my home.  Its always great to find a piece that makes you smile everytime you see it. You cannot go wrong with one of her pieces so check her out.




Saturday, May 4, 2013

Easy Decisions!

Back from vacation in the Smokies, Bryson City and lots of soul searching, here is me and my boy, Kipp enjoying a family hike, Dan taking pics. I left the camera at home and Dan used his phone, still trying to find the other photos. I am so bad with computers and gadgets. But your aware of that by my messy blog and soon to be finished website.






Just wanted to let you know that i've decided to close my Nostalgic Folk Art website. It was NOT a tough choice and i'll tell you why,   I am keeping my etsy Nostalgic Folk Art shop, which seems to get more traffic and this year more sales than my site has in awhile.   Spending so much for hosting is not making any sense to me when i sell more work at galleries then i ever did or have online. I'll be opening a facebook page finally i guess so between tmy blog, etsy and the galleries I'm gonna be good. The Nostalgic Folk Art domain will remain mine as i may decide to start a website up again, who knows but for now these other things are keeping me super busy!  here are the galleries that sell my work

Artstream Gallery

56 North Main Street

Rochester, NH 03867

603 330-0333

http://artstreamstudios.com/html/artstream-about.htm or http://www.artstreamstudios.com/shop/





Bowersock Gallery

373 Commercial Street

Provincetown, MA 02657

508 487-4994

www.bowersockgallery.com

and 2nd location

137 E. 4th Ave

Mount Dora, FL 32757

352 729-2415





Florida Museum For Women Artists

100 N. Woodland Blvd Suite1,

Deland Fl, 32720

386 873-2976

http://www.floridamuseumforwomenartists.org/





Main Street Gallery

51 N Main St

Clayton, GA 30525

706-782-2440

http://mainstreetgallery.net/





Panorama Antiques Folk Art & Antiques

1925 Cherokee

St. Louis MO 63118

314-772-8007

http://panoramafolkart.com





Riverside Antiques

150 Tomoka Avenue, suite A

Ormond Beach, FL 32174

386 290-0608

http://www.riversideantiquesshop   Solo Cedros

309 South Cedros Avenue

Cedros Design District

Solana Beach, Ca 92075

858 794 - 9016

http://www.solocedros.com/Location.htm


Thank you for your support and friendship! See you here or at
https://www.etsy.com/shop/NostalgicFolkArt?ref=si_shop
and my new obsesssssion
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyCrowdedLittleNest?ref=si_shop#



My First Written Review/Kinda like your first dollar, I treasure this dearly

"Carol Roll is a relative new-comer, creating folk art for four years, now. Her paper mache figures reflect significant talent. At first glance, her angels, people, mermaids, and animals may appear cute and dear. At closer look, they are sophisticated, with detailed, expressive faces, each unique. Roll's work is anything but mass produced. It's the real deal. "

Linda Knopf Southern FolkArt Magazine 2008