Inge-Glas of Germany Christmas Ornaments Blog: October 2010

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Precious Steps Baby Shoe

The Precious Steps Baby Shoe Christmas Ornament with Swarovski crystals.

When these ornaments arrived, I took a quick look and said....oh yes, that is so pretty......But, today a customer purchased one and when I took it out of the carton I really got a good look. This ornament is exquisite! My first look, even though I thought it was pretty, just didn't do it justice! I'll get more photos up just as soon as I can.

This truly would make a unique keepsake gift for that newborn or baby girl.......the butterfly on the toe is so different. The Precious Steps Baby Shoe - perfect gift)))

Visit us at Trendy Tree to see these great new keepsake ornaments from Inge-Glas.

Friday, October 15, 2010

St. Nikolaus Treasure with Swarovski Crystals

St. Nikolaus Treasure

Mouth blown, hand painted European glass Christmas ornament
Measures approximately 4 3/4"

This ornament is decorated with sparkling Swarvoski crystals which intensify in the twinkling Christmas lights.
St. Nikolaus Treasure was created using the new "Life Touch" Life Touch is introduced by Inge-Glas, an amazing development adding to their colorful 400 year family history of German glass blowers; a classy new and innovative painting technique known as "Life Touch." With precise and meticulous detail, skillfully trained Inge-Glas master artists apply ultra fine feather strokes revealing delicate life touches to enhance their uniquely beautiful Christmas ornaments.

Ornament is packaged in a royal blue Inge-Glas gift box.

This ornament just arrived at Trendy Tree in limited quantity. Truly a unique keepsake ornament.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

"Like" Us on Facebook!

Still trying to get our Facebook "Likes" on our Trendy Tree page up to 500 so we can give away the $50.00 Trendy Tree shopping spree. So if you haven't visited us there......drop by and click on the "Like" at the top of the page and get your name in the drawing for the shopping spree! Would be a great opportunity to pick up some nice Christmas items))

Trendy Tree - Pence Christmas Tree Farm Facebook Page

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

More New Styles Arriving!

We have expanded our Inge-Glas collection twice this year already......and now we have more than 20 more new styles on the way! This will mean that we will have around 275 styles of Inge-Glas ornaments for you to choose from at Trendy Tree. Quite a collection I say! Be sure to visit us soon at Trendy Tree and see the new styles.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Witch's Slipper Halloween Ornament

The Witch's Slipper just arrived in time for Halloween! Beautifully glittered orange shoe with touches of black. Shoe is decorated with a black bow and spider. Great additon to your Halloween collection!

What a Lovely Bunch of Bananas!

Bananas - slightly green....a little ripe.....and just right! If you need Banana ornaments you've come to the right place!

Slightly Green Banana

Ripe Banana

Both these Bananas have a frosted version also. The glittering gives the banana a sugared look which is very nice.

Visit us at Trendy Tree to see all our Bananas! You know what they say "A Banana a Day Keeps the Doctor Away!" .......or is that apple....hmmmm.

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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