Each Ornament since 1987 has been designed by Bobbie Whaling. Bobbie is a Chicago native who has been living and creating art in Tulsa for the last 35 years. She started her art career in Chicago teaching art classes at Favor Rule Art Suppy Store. She then worked as a graphic designer at the Dallas Morning News and then for Clark's Good Clothes and Reed's department store after moving to Tulsa. She began teaching art at the School of Saint Mary in 1992 and retired in 2016 after 24 years. She loves to support the Tulsa Opera and Ballet, sing in the choir, hang out with her kids and grandkids, tap dance and