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.
Didn't realize there were so many of these with a candy theme.
ReplyDeleteoh, i like the orange...the santa looks a bit creepy...lol. happy tt!
ReplyDeleteOooh! I absolutely adore the orange slice. Very clever. :)
ReplyDeletelove purple ones!
ReplyDeletei agree with brian. santa does look a bit creepy. the rest are really cool though
ReplyDeleteAww, I loove the Candy Heart!! Do you know where you found that photo? I'd love to find one to buy...
ReplyDeleteThe pictured candy heart is Radko. OLD WORLD Christmas has a more reasonable version.
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