Vintage Treasures Ornaments
Blown Glass Ornaments from around the world
About Us
In March of 2003, while sitting around and reminiscing about all of the ornaments my mother and I had collected while I was living in Germany, we started to laugh about how funny it would be if we had our own business selling the glass ornaments that we loved so much. Once the laughing stopped we realized that the dream might be a real possibility. It has been six years and we still laugh about how we started Vintage Treasures.
My love for blown glass ornaments started with a set of vegetable ornaments from Inge-Glas that my husband gave to me as a gift. Definitely not your traditional Christmas tree ornaments. As silly as it sounds I was hooked. My mother on the other hand, had the honor of having some very old glass ornaments passed down to her from her mother. The old ornaments had lost most of their color but still had a special place on our Christmas tree every year.
Vintage Treasures is an on-line ornament boutique operating from Rockwall, TX. We are also located once a month in Canton, TX during First Monday. Please see our news page for more details.
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Have you ever wondered if glass ornaments were really mouth blown or if they were made by a machine? The answer is in our video. These skilled glass blowers go through years of training to be able to make free blown and molded glass ornaments.
On our recent trip to Germany we were given a chance to try blowing a glass ball which is one of the most popular Christmas ornaments. Sounds pretty easy...right? While the actual blowing was as easy as blowing a soap bubble, the real skill involves the ability to blow a glass ball in which the thickness of the glass is consistent throughout. Then you have to be able to blow the glass evenly so that it actually resembles a ball and not an egg....unless of course you were trying to blow an egg shape. For the most part my ornaments looked like a ball with a slight bend at the top.
After silvering the inside of my ornaments so that it was as reflective as a mirror, I carefully took my ornament that I was so proud of, and carefully went to wrap it in tissue paper and box it up for our long trip home. That is when I discovered that my glass blowing skills weren't up to par. My beautiful ornament shattered as I was wrapping it in tissue paper. The thickness of the glass...or should I say the lack of consistent thickness throughout the ornament left parts of the ball thinner than the tissue I was wrapping it in. I think I will leave the glass blowing to the experts.
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Vintage Treasures offers you several ways to purchase from us. If you prefer shopping on Ebay then be sure to visit our Ebay store. In our Ebay store you can find hundreds of great ornaments along with close-out specials. Our Ebay store offers the same great ornaments as our on-line shop but without any fancy packaging. Don't like Ebay? No worries. Go to our on-line shop. Hundreds of great ornaments to choose from around the world. Two great ways to buy from us with the same quality and service!
