The Babys First Christmas Ornament is 4 inches tall, including the inge star crown and 2½ inches across the bottom. The Babys First Christmas tree is matte light forest green with shiny dark forest green highlights. There are small dots of red, dark blue, pink, dark purple and gold glitter that look like tiny Christmas ornament balls and a shiny dark gold ribbon with iridescent white glitter edging, draped around the tree from the top to the bottom. The ribbon has the words “Baby’s First Christmas” printed in iridescent white glitter. There is room on the ribbon, after the word Christmas for you to personalize this Baby Ornament. Select this link to view our people and baby German Christmas ornaments.
How to Personalize your Inge Glas Ornament
Personalizing ornaments is a great way to make your Heirloom Star Crown ornament unique for someone special. Most of our ornaments can be individualized with a permanent marking pen or with fine glitter and glue. Use your creativity to personalize Inge Glas ornaments. Select this link to view our Baby First Christmas Ornament.
Creating an Inge Glas ornament
- Preparation
- The mould is made of a ceramic based material, enabling the glassblower to use the mould repeatedly, as the glass will not stick to the mould. Another benefit of the ceramic mould is its ability to produce highly detailed ornaments.
- Blowing
- A hollow glass tube is chosen based on the size and dimension 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 tube is sealed in the flame and once the glass is ready, the glassblower will fit it into the mould. The mould is clamp0ed down around the glass while the blower breathes steadily into the glass tube to press the glass into all crevices of the mould.
- Silvering
- Once the glass is cooled, it is silvered. A clear silver nitrate solution is inserted into the glass ornament. The ornament is then submerged in hot water and shaken to ensure the solution coats the inside of the entire ornament. The heat of the bath begins the chemical reaction and the inside of the entire ornament becomes silvered.
- Painting
- Once dried, the ornament is painted. Every ornament is painted with a base coat that provides the foundation color of the ornament. The ornament is submerged in the base coat and then twirled to remove the excess paint. It is then stood on end to allow the paint to dry. Once the base coat dries, the details of the ornament are hand painted. One ornament can have as many as 38 painting steps before it is completed.
- Finishing
- After every color has been painted and allowed to dry, the ornament is glittered. Once dry, the excess pike is scored and snapped off. The five pointed Star Crown suspension ring is set into place and the ornament is completed. The Star Crown is the guarantee that an ornament is produced in the century’s old tradition in the Muller Blech family workshops.