Show Me Christmas

Choose a ‘THEME’ tree from your favorite fictional characters!!!  These will be the delight of any child or the child in you!  Alice in Wonderland makes the most unusual and delightful tree for your holiday decorating with these handblown glass ornaments all handpainted. 

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You can tell a lot about a household by its holiday decorations. Some families go all-out, lighting up the entire neighborhood with flashy exterior lights and elaborate themed displays. It’s almost as if they’re compensating for a problem that lies just beneath the surface. Others wear their ambivalence on their sleeves, maybe putting up a decoration or two half-heartedly – or even leaving their lights up all year round for convenience’s sake.

Then there are the households that put family first – the ones with trees that have been painstakingly decorated. The decorations themselves are often homemade, whether they are the result of class arts and crafts projects or just the fruit of a boring afternoon from years past. Handcrafted Christmas ornaments have a unique feel that can’t be duplicated by mass-produced knockoffs, and provide just the right amount of holiday cheer.

In our family, decorating the Christmas tree has always been a sacred family tradition – right up there with the camping trip we take each summer in Michigan. When Christmas Eve comes around, the cooking and baking begins early. The grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins filter into the house in waves, all eagerly anticipating the feast that’s sure to follow. We finish up the ham, potatoes and vegetables just in time to get ready for Midnight Mass.

But before any of that takes place, my husband sets the scene by topping the Christmas tree with one of our prized genuine Polish Christmas ornaments. The tree topper is the most important of all ornaments as it’s the first guests will bother to notice. Every year without fail, family and friends heap praise on the tasteful ornament, saying that it reminds them of small-town Christmases of old.

There is nothing like good old fashion ball ornaments for your Christmas tree especially if they are equisitely hand blown and hand painted glass ornaments from Poland. 

 Whether they are rhapsody in blue or Baroque revival they are sure to win squeals of delight as well as astounding appreciation of a true work of art.   These ornaments are so beautiful that I am sure they will please the most particular of collectors.

Happy Decorating!

Decorating a Christmas tree each holiday season is a favorite activity among many. Over the years, people will accumulate quite a collection of ornaments for their tree. My family had to branch out our ornaments over two trees because our collection grew so big. A family tradition, we’d purchase a holiday ornament with every vacation we took. Based on our collection, I guess you could say that we really like to travel.

Maybe you prefer to handpick your collectable holiday ornaments. From a glass Christmas ornament to a family of Disney characters, the decorations on your tree should represent you and your family. This way you’re tree will not only be a symbol of Christmas, but it will represent the loving memories you share with your parents and siblings. Any season will be jolly when shopping for Christmas.

If you don’t know much about hand-blown glass, it’s about time to learn. A craft that requires patience and creativity, hand-made glass pieces offer a unique art form with every design. Each swirl of color that winds around the shape of every piece has been carefully placed and contorted to represent the artistic mind of its creator. When you purchase a hand-blown glass item, you’ll know that it’s a one-of-a-kind collectable.

Items such as handblown glass ornaments are exquisite additions to any glass Christmas ornament collection you may have. Delicately vivid, these ornaments will spread holiday cheer every time you see it on your Christmas tree. Great for presents or home decoration, the receiver of a glass ornament will possess a truly artistic facet of holiday tradition.

You might think leopard print and Christmas decorations would not go together,  but I think a Christmas tree with leopard ball ornaments mixed with gold and black ornaments would be stunning.  Tied together with black or gold trim and topped with the leopard finial.  (The finial is the same exact print as the ball ornament – the picture is just fuzzy).  Add a little funk to your Christmas decorations this year.

These are hand blown and hand painted ornaments and finial from Poland.  The hand painting is exquisite.  I can’t wait to see these on a tree this year at Christmas time.  This would be fabulous!  You won’t see this tree everywhere.

Happy Holidays!

If you are looking for something different this year for your Christmas tree.  If you like the unusual, look no further than these Polish hand blown and hand painted ornaments.   The accompaning finial will truly top off your Christmas tree with style.  

I feel it is difficult to find ornaments that are truly different, but these are unique.  What a beautiful tree this would make mix in with red, gold or black ornaments and ribbon trim. Gorgeous!

Happy Holidays!

I can’t believe it’s time to start thinking about Christmas again!  It’s the happiest time of the year.  However, it is only happy if you plan ahead.  You need to plan for decorating , gifts and holiday food. 

Holiday traditions can help you with your decorating.  It is always fun to add a few new hand blown glass ornaments to your heirloom collection.  Collectibles are truly an investment in a lifetime of memories.

For the avid collector these hand blown glass ornaments from Poland, make an ideal gift for Christmas.  Anyone who enjoys old world charm and tradition will delight in a special ornament as a gift at Christmas time.

The holiday food is always the easiest to plan for because it is always based on long standing traditions in your family.  You might try a new recipe, but if your family is like mine – they will say oh no what happened to my favorite pie etc. 

Do yourself a favor and start your plans soon, if you haven’t already – that way you can truly enjoy the approaching family time.

Happy Holidays!