This article was scraped from Rochester Subway. This is a blog about Rochester history and urbanism has not been published since 2017. The current owners are now publishing link spam which made me want to preserve this history.. The original article was published November 08, 2013 and can be found here.
Are you looking for gift ideas this holiday season? Here's one that's sure to fill any proud homeowner with good cheer. Local artist Kimberly Kllc DiPietro makes awesome little house ornaments out of Sculpey (r) ! There can't possibly be a better way to commemorate one's home than with America's favorite oven-baked clay...
If you're like me, you'll get a huge kick out of seeing your house characterized in the colorful clay. Upon receiving one as a gift most people exclaim, "That's My House!" ...as is called out on Kimberly's website
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She's made over 350 of these custom house ornaments. She says many families request one each time they move into a new home. "It's a nice way for people to keep the memories of places where they used to live. And for me, it's really fun to hear how they're received on Christmas."
The ornament above is of a house on Aberdeen St. in the 19th Ward (shown below)...
Here are a few more examples. The original...
And the Sculpey (r) holiday version...
The real thing...
And the happy Sculpey (r) one...
To get your house ornament all you need to do is contact Kimberly at [email protected] and give her the address of the house you'd like... or send her a photo. Each ornament is $35 and will take about three weeks this time of year (holiday time is busy time and these are handmade individually). So place your order now if you need one by the holidays!
Kimberly says she's able to make pretty much any building or local landmark too. She once made the Susan B. Anthony House for someone. And she even offered to make me a Broad Street Aqueduct & Subway ornament! I think I'll have to take her up on that.
