I love these vintage glass ornaments. I guess I started collecting them 4 years ago, when a friend of mine gave me a dozen of them for Christmas. I fell in love with all the different shapes, sizes, and colors of them. Each one is so unique and they're so nostalgic to me.7 or 8 years ago when we lived in our first house, an elderly neighbor, Bill, gave me a box of glass ornaments that were in his garage, still in the original box. I thanked him and held on to them for awhile, then they got donated to Goodwill. I don't know why I didn't like them then and still regret that I let them go. I guess I'd never seen them before and they looked wierd to me. Bill died last year and when I see these ornaments they also make me remember him and how Grace and I would bake him bread and other goodies and go visit him.
So now, 4 years later I have somehow amassed 44 of these ornaments. I bought 2 dozen at a garage sale in the past couple years and the rest I bought at an antique shop after Christmas a few years ago (they were on sale). So I've probably spent less than $10-15 total. I did see some at a church rummage sale over the summer and meant to go back and get them (not that I need any more, but for the kids when they're older I reasoned...) but I forgot. I know they're out there though and I'm bound to find more.
We ran into a problem with the tree this year. Getting our tree 'late' + not wanting to spend much $$ = no room for all these ornaments AND our regular ornaments (and these always go up high, out of little ones reach). So I came up with this idea and I think it works well and showcases them nicely. There they can sparkle all by themselves and remind me and us of Christmases past and simpler times.
That looks so cute!!! Tai
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