Inge-Glas of Germany Christmas Ornaments Blog: November 2009

Friday, November 27, 2009

Let the Leftovers Begin!

There is no better leftover than a cold turkey sandwich .... a slice of cheese.....and a bottle of wine! Enjoy!

Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadine DOC was officially recognized in 1969 and comprises an area of 4,200 hectares of vineyards situated at altitudes between 50 and 500 metres. The scenic Prosecco wine-route runs some 50km between the two main centers; Conegliano and Valdobbiadine, meandering through charming, small villages and hilltop hamlets such as S. Pietro di Feletto, Refrontolo, Pieve di Soligo, Col San Martino and Farra di Soligo.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Grapes Galore

New Arrival!

Grapes Galore! Lovely bunches of grapes in green, purple and red with dark green leaves. Blown glass ornaments from the "Farmer's Market" collection.

Germany is known for their beautiful Christmas decorations, lively festivals and delicate wines! Every wine produced starts with the same essential ingredient: the grape.

The grape also symbolizes the beginning of a true friendship or business partnership and the camaraderie felt when sharing glass of wine -- cheers!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Baby's First Christmas

The most important first Christmas is remember with an Heirloom gift.

Inge-Glas of Germany's exclusive "Baby's First Christmas"

A wooden keepsake gift box wet of three mouth blown and hand painted ornaments, specially designed with a gift card for baby. Includes a Christmas Tree, Yellow Duck and Santa.

Faith

Faith, Love and Hope

The cross symbolizes faith and the unity of heaven and earth. It is a symbol of the relationship between God and His children and reminds us of Jesus' sacrifice for us on the cross.

Mystic Kingdom

Mushrooms from the Mystic Kingdom!

"Magical Mushroom" Measures 5.5" has a tuft of moss covering the clip.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Chocolate Chillout!

Assorted chocolate goodies!

Chocolate Moose

Choco Dots Christmas Tree

Dipped in Chocolate Ice Cream Cone

Chocolate Confections

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Bible Story Collection

Children of all ages enjoy reading and hearing their favorite "Bible Stories." Hundreds of stories and parables can be found in the Bible, accompanying us our whole life through. Inge-Glas brings these stories to life. "Bible Stories" bring fond memories of our youth and lessons learned. Real and true, they teach the moral truth. These stories stay with us forever and remain in our hearts.

The ornaments of the "Bible Stories" collection bring well known stories from the Old and New testament to life. A new way to tell the story!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Swiss Cheese

Swiss cheese is the generic name in Australia, New Zealand,Canada, United States and Serbia, for several related varieties of cheese, all of which resemble the Swiss Emmental. Some types of Swiss cheese have a distinctive appearance, as the blocks of the cheese are riddled with holes known as "eyes". Swiss cheese is known for its nutty, bittersweet taste.

The largest manufacturer of Swiss cheese in the world is Brewster Dairy, located in Brewster, Ohio.

111609 - Inge-Glas of Germany *New for 2009*

This slice of Swiss cheese ornament is from the "Gourmet Christmas" collection of Inge-Glas. Ornament measures approximately 4 1/2".

Perfect keepsake for Dr. Spencer Johnson's "Who Moved my Cheese?"

Inge-Glas of Germany

Welcome to our Inge-Glas of Germany Christmas Ornament blog! We'll be posting photos of our favorite Inge-Glas ornaments and news from Inge-Glas. Heirlooms from Inge-Glas of Germany are mouthblown and handpainted exclusively with the Star Crown. The exquisite ornaments have been produced by the Muller-Blech Family since 1596. All Inge-Glas ornaments are mouth blown and hand painted in workshops in Germany, following the centuries old tradition. Inge-Glas offers superior Germany quality, true Heirloom treasures.

Inge-Glas is Green!

April 28, 2008
Cannon Falls, MN

As retailers and consumers embrace the concept of green business and eco-friendly companies; Inge-Glas® of Germany is proud to inform you that their factory uses only a pure, high grade German glass and lead free paints, lacquers and glitters. They are a 100% lead-free ornament manufacturer.

Unlike other ornament suppliers, Inge-Glas® owns its own factory in Germany. They control all materials used in the manufacturing, packaging and shipping of their heirloom quality ornaments.

They manage all aspects with regard to their product and human life by creating an environmentally safe workplace.

Inge-Glas® is a "green" company and you have their assurance when you buy Inge-Glas® you are buying an environmentally safe heirloom keepsake for you and your children.

Inge-Glas® remains steadfast in maintaining their duty to the ecological future of our planet and preserving century old tradition.

Blowing Glass Ornaments

A hollow glass tube is chosen based on the size and dimensions of the ornament to be created. The glassblower manually rolls the tube with his fingers over the hot flame until it is pliant. One end of the glass tube is sealed in the flame and once the glass is ready, the glassblower will place it into the mouls. The mould is clamped down around the glass while the blower breaths steadily into the glass tube to press the glass into all crevices of the mould. Experience and instinct are necessary from the glassblower for this first production step. The glass ornament is then placed on sand to cool. After the ornament is blown, it is given one full day to rest before it is sent to be silvered.

Painting

Up to thirty single cycles are necessary to paint the details on the ornament. Every color is individually applied and painted with the utmost attention and care to details, like eyes, pupils, and eyebrows. The highly qualified Inge-Glas painters are skillful and very experienced. Every ornament is hand painted through all cycles by the same artist. This gives every Heirloom ornament its extraordinary personalized touch and makes each one unique. It can take anywhere from two to four days to complete the painting process.

Life Touch

A new and innovative painting technique developed by Birgit Mueller-Blech. With precise and meticulous detail, skillfully trained master artists apply ultra fine feather strokes reveling delicate life touches to enhance the uniquely beautiful Inge-Glas Christmas ornaments.

New collections with this new and innovative technique include Innocent Hearts - remembering the innocent times, pure and honest hearts, goodness and warm loving memories of days gone by. Those special childhood moments are captured forever with Innocent Hearts.

The Largest Antique Glassblower Mould Collection

The largest antique glassblower mould collection in the world has been assembled by the family Mueller-Blech. Comprised of around 10,000 moulds from the last two centuries, it is truly an outstanding treasure for the family owned company Inge-Glas. Many of these moulds are used in their production today.

Nearly all of the moulds are from Lauscha, in the Thuringian forest, the homeland of the Inge-Glas founder Heinz Mueller-Blech. The majority of this collection has always been privately owned by the family as they accumulated moulds over time and passed their treasures and craft on to their children and grandchildren. Generation after generation, they passed the valuable moulds on to the next, always with the awareness that this collection is not only part of Germany history but also the future of their glassblower dynasty. The family tradition is more than 400 years old.

Today there are only a few glassblowers still existing in southern Thuringia and northern Bavaria, which hand produce mouth blown Christmas ornaments in the old tradition. With the decline of glass blowers, the existence of the large mould collection of the Mueller-Blech family, the preservation of the craft and the future of mouth blown glass ornaments is very important. The variety of the different mould designs is most extensive. The diversity of many bells, hearts and stars, angels, churches, Santas and Christmas trees, which can ee seen in the Inge-Glas collection, someone may question if there are any more new designs which a glassblower hasn't produced so far. Antique moulds already exist of bible story designs and nativity figurals, houses, windmills, flowers and flower baskets as well as birds and animals from the farm and the wild, but also tea and coffeepots as well as cars and zeppelins, airplanes and ships, toys and baby designs, gingerbread figurals and ice cream cones, shoes and hats, devil heads and lucky charms, fruits and vegetables, fairytale figurals and teddy bears, snowmen and reindeer, fire trucks and steam engines (locomotives), guitars and trumpets, snowflakes and icicles, acorns, pinecones, and the list goes on.

Christmas ornaments decorating trees all over the world - endless and timeless.

Every ornament hand produced by Inge-Glas today is a true piece of valuable German heritage and craftsmanship which people enjoy today as much as in the past. The preserved and protected moulds are highly treasured by the family Mueller-Blech for generations to come.

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