At long last, the newest release of Painted Ponies has arrived for shipping! This exciting release is an assortment of four studs featuring vivid, bold colors and striking detail. Our newest members are: King of Hearts, Spirit of the Four Directions, Unicorn’s Garden and Emergence.  Don’t just take our word for it that these beautifully crafted equine are truly stunning – take a look for yourself!

King of Hearts

With grace, elegance and an effortless gait, the Clydesdale is so handsome that you are sure to fall in love. Decked out in the finest, fancy red-and-gold tack, the King of Hearts Painted Pony will steal your heart! 

Sprit of the Four Directions

Rich with symbolism, Spirit of the Four Directions offers another way of looking at the world, and giving meaning to our lives. Note the vivid coloring and detailing throughout the body of the horse. It’s a beauty!

Unicorn's Garden

The Unicorn’s Garden Painted Pony depicts a unicorn resting in a glorious paradise-garden, surrounded by magical plants and flowers. If you’re looking for a unique gift for the equestrian enthusiast in your life, this intricately detailed and majestic figure may be just the thing!

Emergence

According to legend, there once existed a stunningly beautiful firebird with brilliant feathers of gold and scarlet, said to be as large as an eagle, who lived on dew drops and whose cry was so enchanting the sun would stop to listen. It lived a long time and, at the end of its life, it would build a nest of aromatic branches and spices, set it afire and allow itself to be consumed by the flames… only to arise from the ashes and begin life anew, more beautiful than ever. The moral to the story of the Phoenix, as well as Emergence, is that within us all lie powers of regeneration and, no matter the challenges that confront us, we all have the capacity to begin life anew.

Did you know that May 12th is the birth date of Florence Nightingale? Little did she know that she would later be  recognized as the founder of modern nursing! Every year our nation dedicates a week to celebrates the hard work and dedication they give to their jobs and communities. Being a nurse requires a person to successfully combine ever-changing education and training with the ability to relate to people from all walks of life. They don’t just take our blood pressure, record our weight, and hand us medication…they comfort us when we’re frightened, offer encouragement, and oftentimes, they just listen.  It is not too much to say that these medicinal guardians are the heart and soul of our healthcare system. Being a nurse is indeed  challenging position that takes a unique, patient, tireless, and courageous person to fill. So remember to say thanks to a nurse on their week!

At Music City Cards and Gifts, we like to commemorate these healthcare heroes year round! We offer a unique selection of Nurse Gifts dedicated to help you show your love, appreciation, and gratitude for a special nurse in your life.

Looking for something fun and easy on your wallet? Allow us to recommend the Mwah! Doctor & Nurse Salt and Pepper Shakers.

Mwah! Doctor & Nurse Salt and Pepper Shakers

Do you prefer something more sentimental? May we suggest the Karen Hahn’s Foundations Angels Nurse Angel Figurine. This beautifully detailed angel figurine is 7.5” tall, and carries a sash inscribed with the message, “Blessed is the Nurse: Compassionate Healer and Comforter of body and spirit.” (We agree!)

Foundations Angels Nurse Angel Figurine

For the more cartoonish fun-loving nurse, Nurse Betty from our Betty Boop Collection might be just the thing! This impish Betty Boop figurine is wearing a tradition white uniform and cap with a red cross stitched on it and appears to be quite the caregiver!

Nurse Betty

Don’t forget that Nurses Day is May 6th, which opens Nurses Week, May 6th – 12th! Take a moment in the coming weeks to thank a nurse for everything they do.

“I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.”            – Florence Nightingale

Celebrate an important relationship in your life with a Karen Hahn Foundations Angel. There are currently 27 angels listed in this category that celebrate important relationships, major events and emotions.

Foundations Angels Bereavement Angel

Some of my personal favorites are the angels that feature moving sentiments to celebrate a familial relationship. What better way to show appreciation to a mother, sister or grandmother then to give them a delightful, decorative angel engraved with uplifting words that express your gratitude for their role in your role?

Foundations Angels Mother Figurine

The Foundations Mother angel figurine is one of my absolute favorites. Engraved with the words, “The most precious thing that comes from God is a Mother’s love,” this orange and white ethereal angel features a mother holding a bouquet of tulips and stands 7.5” tall, like many of the angels in the collection.

Foundations Angels Grandmother FigurineTell your grandmother you love her by giving her a purple grandmother angel, holding a wreath of flowers with the message “Angels often come to us as Grandmothers,” engraved on her skirt.Aside from familial relationships, the foundations collection features angel figurines that show appreciation for teachers, friends, nurses and other people who play important roles in your life.Karen Hahn Teacher Angel

Other angels use moving sentiments to give an emotional touch to a milestone, such as a marriage or anniversary and lastly there are those angels that simply evoke a specific emotion.

Calling all Fender guitar lovers!

New guitar figurines have just hit stands at Music City Gifts.

Of the four new designs of these popular artistic mini fenders, my favorite is Dueling Snakes, as I really like the way they are portrayed throughout the neck of the guitar.

All guitars, from the Guitar Mania collection, stand 10” tall and are replicas of the originals featured in the public art project called GuitarMania. If you visit Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, you will see 10 foot tall decorated Fenders all over the place! They are so AWESOME! So the figurines are miniature Fenders based on some of the original guitars as seen at the Hall of Fame. The official Fender licensing logo appears on all the Guitar Mania figurines.

GuitarMania Eyes of a Stranger

Eyes of a Stranger – an exotic black raven with wings spread wide across a sea of red hues and greywash black designs decorates this figure. This is my son’s favorite. He thinks these guitars are perfect gifts for men… because they’re cool and fun.  But he also thinks some are a unique gift for women. He gave his girlfriend the new guitar figurine Rosey Eyes for Valentine’s Day! And she loved it. . .she was really impressed that the it came with its own display stand and in a Fender guitar-shaped box!

GuitarMania Griffin Figurine

Griffin – a gray griffin extends its wings across the blue and black background of the guitar figurine.

GuitarMania Rosey Eyes Figurine

Rosey Eyes – features white and pink roses against the design of distressed black and white coloring sprinkled with pink accents.

Guitar Mania Dueling Snakes

Dueling Snakes -  two blue snakes duke it out on this black Fender Guitar Figurine.

These cool, standing guitar replicas are part of a 21 piece Guitar Mania collection. See them all at Music City Cards & Gifts!

Music City Gifts has added something a little different to their inventory, a new collection by artist Marcia Baldwin.

Baldwin, a full-time professional artist, says she uses only the finest oils and canvas to create unique photos of horses, flowers, landscapes, wildlife and more.

Music City Gifts has just recently begun offering some of Marcia Baldwin’s equine collection.

On top of a new set of horse figurines, Baldwin’s collection boasts a unique set of equine oil paintings in different shapes and sizes.

Baldwin says her true passion lies in color theory, design and how composition can play an emotional role in the viewer.

The items featured on Music City Gifts include six canvas oil paintings of horses and four matching figurines.

Much of her artwork incorporates movement including her pieces entitled Wind and Wind II.  Music City Gifts offers the Horse Statues entitled Wind and Wind II and a corresponding oil painting.

Another unique aspect of her artwork currently featured on our website is the colors of the tails and manes. All tails and manes on the horses are almost rainbow-colored with a unique mix of colors in each piece. The oil paintings and figurines both feature this signature blend of color.

Current prices for her collection at www.musiccitycardsandgifts.com range from $16.95 to $18.95 for oil paintings and $31.95 for Horse Figurines.

Keep checking back for more items from Marcia Baldwin as Music City Gifts will be adding more of her items in the future.

COLLECTOR NEWS FROM THE TRAIL!

Eight pony styles from the Trail of Painted Ponies have recently joined other horses in their pastures of retirement. Indian Summer, Year of the Horse, Keeper of the Sacred Fire, Petroglyph Pony,  Medicine Horse, Fetish Pony and Trail of Honor have all been retired. This can mean multiple things for Painted Pony collectors. It could be time to stock up on these long popular horses styles before they are completely sold out! Or,  perhaps, it may be time to consider if it is a good time to add a retired pony to your collection while it can be purchased at a good value. Chances are, after the limited supply of these horses dries up, these collectible ponies will begin showing up at higher prices from collector’s who jumped at the opportunity to corral one or several of these retired pony styles before they sold out. Music City Cards & Gifts encourages you to pick up any of these stirking retired ponies while stock at regular prices is still available, because once they are gone they are gone for good!

The new batch of retirees includes Native American-inspired ponies, Medicine Horse, Keeper of the Sacred Fire, Fetish Pony and Sacred Reflections of Time, Trail of Honor (a pony created by acclaimed artist, Devon Archer, to honor and pay tribute to the dedicated men and women of the armed forces) , and Year of the Horse (painted by Lori Musil to recognize the Chinese year of the horse). The other newly retired figurines include, Indian of Summer, a uniquely painted horse that represents the Hopi and their ties to agriculture, and Petroglyph Pony, whose name says it all as it was painted to represent the equine petroglyphs in ancient cave paintings.

Painted Ponies Sacred Reflections of Time

Which of these recently retired ponies is your favorite? We know which one is our number one horse…Sacred Reflections of Time! But we want to hear from collectors like yourself which one is your blue ribbon pony out of the group? You can just post on our blog the name of your favorite horse figurine, and then check back and see what other people are saying about the winter 2011 retirement from the Trail of Painted Ponies!

HAPPY TRAILS!

Music City Gifts recently added new “Horse of a Different Color” figurines to their inventory. You can purchase these eight different horses separately or as part of the Winter 2011 collection set. These new equestrian figurines run between $25.95 and $35.95 a piece, or $259.80 for the entire set. These limited-edition figurines have unique serial numbers engraved on their base and come from a limited run of only 10,000. All are made of resin and measure 6.25” to 6.5” tall.

Featured designs include the Hoop Dancer, a gray Quarter Horse outfitted with a colorful headdress and ornate Native American designs and clothing, the Arabian Venetian Carnival horse, painted with masked faces on its side and blue feathers for a tale, the heavenly Celestial Clydesdale, which pulls from ancient mythology, painted half day and half night with a golden sun decorating it’s front portion and a blue crescent moon on its back half, and the glossy High Desert Family Mustang displaying a scene of four Mustangs standing in a field of flowers underneath a blue sky.

The other four new additions to this moving collection are the Fallen Chief War Horse, Spirit of the Wind, Paisley Horse and Lightbolt. Three of the eight features Native American designs, with detailed beadwork and leatherwork.

Colorful, noble, and classic are all words that best embody this exciting new collection, Horse of a Different Color. Whether you are a novice collector or a passionate horse lover, you will find that there’s a perfect design from this collection for any home and lifestyle. This kaleidoscope of horses exhibits many breeds, intricately designed and sculpted with beading and bold patterns, capturing the beauty and longevity of one of nature’s most beloved creatures. Celebrate the history and grace of horses and welcome Horse of a Different Color into your hearts forever.