Betty Padden

Known for both her storytelling and woodcarving skills, Betty Padden brings magical celebration of nature alive in her holiday collections. Located in Auburn, Massachusetts, she and her husband Bob collaborated to make hand-carved signs for businesses around the country. Betty has been perfecting her fine are wood-carving skills since 1970. She credits her uncle Carl's mishievousness and love of nature as inspiration for her Santa Carls Tree Company woodcarvings, a community of elves that live in and around Christmas tree farms.