(Photo: Sherry Ott) Make Your Own German Christmas Ornaments While I was in Germany, I visited the famous village of Lauscha, which has risen once again to be the glass-blowing capital of Germany ...

He collects German blown glass ornaments that often depict fruit, he knows that Colonial people used to give fruit or decorate with it because it was a sign you could afford fruit out of season ...

These German blown-glass ornaments often resemble a bundle of grapes or a bumpy berry, or they take the form of simple but oversized baubles about 8 inches in diameter. Kugels can sell for ...

in the German state of Thuringen, began making Christmas baubles in the 17th Century Decoration became fashionable after a picture of Queen Victoria's Christmas tree, covered in glass ornaments ...

“German Christmas traditions are pretty solemn ... Old World Christmas, a shop that sells traditional, mouth-blown glass ornaments (including quite a few pickle ornaments) prints the origin ...

It was once one of over 1,500 manufacturers in this part of Eastern Germany, blowing glass ornaments and painting them by hand. But today, most Christmas decorations are mass-produced in China.

Through the years, Blau said she sold many German items, including nutcrackers, glass-blown ornaments, wooden creatures, Advent calendars and Inge glas ornaments. There are medieval-looking ...

Glass is a delicate art material. There is a fragility and beauty that master glass blowers and artists are ... An apprentice of German master artist Erwin Eisch, John Barber received hands ...

Lauscha was the epicenter of glass making, thanks to its natural environment with an abundance of wood and sand (the two main ingredients for glass-blowing), so Hans Greiner decided to make glass ...

“German Christmas traditions are pretty solemn ... Old World Christmas, a shop that sells traditional, mouth-blown glass ornaments (including quite a few pickle ornaments) prints the origin ...