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- Holly
- I'm just a female who is a work in progress and imperfectly fun. I perfer a fanasty life and can't make prompt decisions but, did I mention?, I am imperfectly fun.----------------- Ornaments on these pages are reminiscent of “old world” ornaments which originated by craftsmen in Eastern Europe in 1847. The originals were a cottage industry. Individual molds were owned by various families. To make hard earned money, families carved molds from hard woods, blew molten glass into said molds, silver lined the inside, at first with mercury or lead, then later using a special compound of silver nitrate and sugar water. … (very dangerous) and meticulously hand painted the outside finishing off products with mica dust. I own a few true original treasures passed down from my family. For the most part my collection is relatively new. Ornaments are now mass produced …machine blown, still in Eastern Europe (Poland, Germany), Italy, Japan as well as the United States but oh the memories they evoke for my family who are beneficiaries of a few new babbles each year as well as friends who share my fascination.
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yay! christmas ornaments are back! my favs are the little red phone booths. happy tt!
ReplyDeleteI love the phone booths too! I posted a picture of some I took in Scotland this summer. What is it about those phone booths we find so cool?
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ReplyDeleteI'm with Brian, I love the red British phone booths...I don't think I've ever seen Telephone Christmas ornaments. Fun!
ReplyDeleteLove them, the old black baby is sweet!
ReplyDeleteGreat ornaments...love 'em
ReplyDeleteThose are awesome. I can still remember my favorite ornaments from childhood... one was a porcelain Kermit the Frog head.
ReplyDeleteProbably give me nightmares if I saw it today!
you never cease to amaze! Wonderful addition!
ReplyDeleteI'm buggered how you do it but you have a decoration for every theme. Christmas at your place must be amazing!
ReplyDeleteI especially enjoy that last decoration.
ReplyDeleteWell...those are some bling covered telly's!
ReplyDeleteOoh! I wish that I'd found one of these when I was in England last year. Super cute...
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