Slades Our Best Sale Ever!!! 41st Anniversary Celebration! 41% off DOZENS of Selected Items NOW through December 11 Some items 75% OFF!! ! All Sales Final. Previous Sales excluded. No Special Orders Inside the Orchard Mall 248.851.0066 is glad that many are e els return buyers and feels ing very comfortable filling their orders. “I have become b friendly with a number of customers so I have a strong under- standing of the kinds of art they like,” the artist says. “Most of my business is internet-based; people find me online, where I have lots of images of what I do.” Sternberg is able to decorate larger items, such as tables and bookcases. She thinks of herself as reinventing them. In her own home, she took a more serious approach in painting furniture that had been owned by her g grandmother and rejected by other f family members. She refinished a pine dresser and painted it white and gray before adding new han- dles. Her grandmother’s dressing table was painted white and finished off with fun han handles. O a smaller scale for On her herself, she painted flow- ers and holiday phrases in Hebrew on a menorah that had been made by her fiance to hold tea candles. “I get lots of requests for pencil boxes just before school starts in the fall,” Sternberg says. “They also are nice for party favors, which make for an important segment of my business.” Judaica pieces include mezuzah holders and hamsa wall hangings. She also appeals to Christian customers with Christmas ornaments. “The work that I do is very special to me because I hear how happy peo- ple are when they see the final results of the ideas they communicated to me,” she says. “I have painted all kinds of themes on all kinds of objects — Paris land- marks on a mail holder, elephants on a child’s bank and superheroes on a mezuzah holder. I can’t wait to find out what’s next.” * Extended Hours During Holidays www.sladesgifts.com 2137710 4IPQ&BSMZ'PS#FTU 4FMFDUJPO4BWJOHT 2II * On 1000s Of Quality Toys You Won’t Find Elsewhere! 7KUX Doll Houses Play & Pretend Kitchen Play Dolls Stollers Buggies Furniture Doll Clothes Classic Toys Plush Animals Ride On Toys Arts & Crafts =i\\ :fe m\e`\ek GXib`e^ =i\\ >`]k Ni Xg :fem\e`\ek NiXg =i`\e[cp