| New Precious Moments Clipart | | | | superbly enthusiastic reception, and his networking |
| If you don't know who they are by name, you | | | | with outlets started wide marketing of his |
| certainly know them when you see them. They | | | | artwork. |
| are the beautiful kid characters with eyes like | | | | Butcher's gigantic break came when Enesco |
| teardrops, who embody the innocence of infancy. | | | | corporation offered to produce a collection of |
| Precious Moments artwork, which portrays those | | | | three dimensional figurines based primarily on his |
| characters in various scenes and scenarios, has | | | | print characters. Initially only twenty-one |
| grown to become one of the most famous and | | | | miniatures were created, but they received a |
| most loved franchises in the world. Its charming | | | | fantastic reception and sold exceedingly well all |
| characters, the family-friendly moral and spiritual | | | | over the nation first, and then the planet. |
| message, and warm-hearted imagery made | | | | Today there are over 1,500 porcelain figurines in |
| Precious Moments a smash worldwide . | | | | the Precious Moments series, in addition to |
| Precious Moments started 30 years ago, when it | | | | Precious Moments artwork, Precious Moments |
| was created by artist Sam Butcher. Initially, | | | | clipart, books, and more. It actually is an |
| Butcher painted the characters for his friends and | | | | international phenomonenon, getting particularly |
| family members, without ever expecting the | | | | keen attention in the Catholic world, for example |
| adorable pictures would one day be so amazingly | | | | much of South America, due to Butcher's |
| famous. He pursued his studies at the school of | | | | Christian faith and its clear influence in his art. |
| humanities & Crafts in Berkeley and honed | | | | However, not only Christians love Precious |
| his artistic talents. | | | | Moments. Families of any faiths can appreciate |
| Precious Moments' 1st success came at the | | | | the moral values and innocence expressed in |
| convention of the Christian Booksellers | | | | stunning Precious Moments figurines. |
| organisation in California. Butcher's art got a | | | | . |