IMAGES Tour of Homes

The IMAGES Tour of Homes presents seven unique and fascinating homes in New Smyrna Beach festively decorated for the holidays by area florists.  A wonderful boutique, featuring handmade gift items, is also open during the Tour, which runs from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, December 3. Presented by Atlantic Center for the Arts, the tour benefits the 36th annual IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts in January.

Featured homes include:

• The renovated “Honey House,” on Saxon Drive, beachside, owned by Jeff and Paige Gehris
• The 60s-style artistic home of Gwen Hughes located on a lake in Sugar Mill Country Club, decorated by Lindley’s Nursery and Garden Center, New Smyrna Beach
• The historic and whimsical 1900s renovated two-story home on South Riverside Drive of Anthony and Eveline Kraljic, decorated by the homeowners
• The Venetian Bay home of Dave LeBlanc and Bill Peterson, with its owners’ substantial collection of Christmas items and “themed” trees on display
• The beautiful decorated and charming little beach house on Villa Way, beachside, owned by Aprly McEligot, decorated  by New Smyrna Beach Florist
• The charming 1920 home on Faulkner Avenue of Susan Ward, decorated by Another Secret Garden of Edgewater
• The large and modern home of Dale and Heather Williams in Sugar Mill Country Club, decorated by Pink Flamingo at Petals of New Smyrna Beach

The IMAGES Tour of Homes Boutique features refreshments and fantastic items created by the talented artists from the ACA Volunteer League. It is held at the Whatmore Commons at Atlantic Center for the Arts,1414 Art Center Ave, New Smyrna Beach, just north of the municipal airport off U.S. 1. The group has been working hard all year, meeting each week to create unique gift items and festive hand-made decorations that will be perfect for the holiday season.

Items for sale include handmade purses, shell angels, hand painted aprons, tablecloths and napkins; painted bowls, earrings, hypertufa, key ring bracelets, T-shirt bags, button dolls, embellished glasses and embellished paper bags. League members will continue working on new items right up until the tour.

Tickets for the IMAGES Tour of Homes and Boutique are $20 each. Tickets will be available at the Images office, 214 S. Riverside Drive and Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Arts Center Ave., both in New Smyrna Beach. For more information, call (386) 423-4733, or e-mail images@imagesartfestival.org.

The Tour of Homes is the main fundraiser for and benefits IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts, a nationally recognized outdoor juried art show, which will be held  9 a.m.-5 p.m. January 28 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. January 29, along Riverside Drive, up Historic Canal Street and throughout picturesque Riverside Park in downtown New Smyrna Beach. Visit www.imagesartfestival.org for more information.