PORT TOWNSEND — There’s a trick to decorating windows.
Sometimes Heidi Hoglund, the owner of Olympic Art and Office in downtown Port Townsend, draws inspiration from what others have posted on social media sites.
Other times, it’s simply the holiday spirit.
Hoglund and Mickey Griffith used a little bit of both to create the winning display in the Port Townsend Main Street Program’s annual Window Display Contest.
600 snowflakes
Hoglund and her staff used two-ply coffee filters to create about 600 snowflakes, which were hung in both windows at the store at 220 Taylor St.
“I’m entering my 29th year in business and I’ve done a lot of windows,” Hoglund said. “I try to look online and try to get inspired by looking at Christmas stuff.”
One window also included a small tree that featured little white birds and red pennants as decorations, plus board games as gift ideas under the tree.
The other window was designed by Margie McDonald, the artistic director of the