Significant Ads: Cracker Barrel Ornament

I mentioned earlier that students in Art Novak's advertising class at the Savannah College of Art Design, carrying out an assignment to create ads for Significant Objects, were given four to choose from. Among the choices was the . Only one student opted for this, but Kathryn Clendinin's creation, designed as a pair of online Flash-driven ads, was a favorite.

Picking up on the story's invented-historical tone, she extended it with a "breaking...