Wintercraft

THIS IS MINNEAPOLIS!
Last night thousands of people enjoyed over 500 ice luminaries shining brightly on the banks of Lake of the Isles as part of the Luminary Loppet’s Enchanted Forest. The displays included three beautiful memorials for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. By popular demand, today we will have the entire Enchanted Forest lit from 4pm to 11pm. Please share to get the word out!!!

Luminary Loppet’s Enchanted Forest Encore
Sunday, Feb. 8 • All day (candles lit 4pm - 11pm)
On the banks of Lake of the Isles
Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Enchanted Forest is located near the intersection of Lake of the Isles Parkway and Oliver Ave. S. in South Minneapolis. While most of the Enchanted Forest will be disassembled on Monday, the three memorials will remain in place as long as the weather allows.

Happy New Year 2026!
This will truly be our Year of the Double-Strength Balloons! If you haven’t had a chance to try them, head on over to Wintercraft.com and take a look. Fabulous! And if you’re feeling adventurous, try our Triple-Strength Balloon and go ENORMOUS!
Enjoy the Glow!

Lisa Hite and Terry Wenger saw the photo of Sandra Z’s Ice Snowman and were inspired! If you have my book, Ice luminary Magic, head to page 175 and get freezing!

Sandra Z. from Woodbury, Minnesota took my Intro to Ice lanterns class and she just sent me a pic of her posing with her very own ice snowman! Love the carrot Sandra! FYI: The Ice Snowman is a project in my book, Ice Luminary Magic. for Wintercraft

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Here’s the first of my Origami Paper Ice Window. It was my tester and the ice is a little thin so l’m going to let the rest freeze a little longer. Since freezing slows down in the day, I will probably open the an hour after dark to let any melting from the sun refreeze. I learned how to make the origami window stars from and - check them out!

I’ve added some Ice Windows with colorful origami stars in the snow tunnels of the Ice Castle located at the MN State Fairgrounds, St Paul, MN.

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I love playing with shape and texture of ice lanterns! This ice lantern was created by hanging it so it -just barely- touched the ground with a tiny breath of air at the top. It was delightfully clear, but to add drama, I thermal shocked it to create swaths of light along the cracks. I love playing! I put this beautiful ice lantern out to greet the students who braved the cold to attend my Intro to Ice Lanterns class last Tuesday ❤️

LUMINARY EVENT ALERT- Minneapolis!
Wintercrafter extraordinaire Brian Mogren has been making use of this great cold weather to produce amazing ice lanterns - piles of them! Where is he going to use them all? At the first annual Northside Luminary Light Up event this Saturday, January 25, from 5pm-8pm at the Old Highland Peace Garden in Minneapolis (18th Av N and Emerson Ave N). He is inviting people to volunteer helping to set up ice lanterns, bring ice lanterns you have created or just come and enjoy the community event! Join us and you will . . . Enjoy the glow!
Check out his link for more information:
https://www.stjanehouse.org/northsideluminarylightup