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I love these hanging ornamental orbs. They are hand-blown, and each is a one-of-kind amazing art piece. They are offered in different sizes ranging from 2" to 10." A combination of sizes and designs hanging together look fantastic.The 2" to 3" designs are perfect for most Christmas trees, and thus, can be used for tree ornaments. The 4" and 6" could work well on a colossal tree. I've seen a few of those colossal sized trees in a few residential homes, and wow! is all I can say.
I recently gave my sister a 10" sized "Sisters" themed orb, and she loved it. It was truly huge and stunning.
These orbs also look lovely hanging anywhere in your home, and they are durable for hanging outside too. I think you'd be surprised at just how durable they are.
Being of hand-blown glass, they remind me of the years long ago when my sister, and I were able to pick out just one special hand-blown glass ornament for the Christmas tree. My first pick as a Christmas ornament for the tree is one of these hand-blown glass orbs. They are amazing, and each one comes with a special meaning or positive intent.
These orbs were originally intended to be outside. They are designed after witch balls that were used in 18th century England. People would hang them outside of their homes to ward off evil spirits from coming into the home. The idea was that an unwanted spirit would become mesmerized by the beauty of the orbs, thus becoming trapped.
There are many to chose from for all seasons and special occasions. You may get bit by the bug and have to start collecting and gifting them as I have. :)
An Heirloom Idea with Meaning - a small personal story
For three years in a row starting when I was eleven and my sister was eight, we would go to our grandparent's cottage in the Outer Banks, North Carolina. We would go twice a year off season in April and then at the end of September. It was often a hit or miss on what the weather would be like at those two times of year. I would say it was freezing cold at least half of the times. Therefore, we would gallivant around to whatever we could find to keep warm indoors during the day instead of spending long hours on the beach.
One day, we traveled into the town of Manteo and found the best Christmas shop I've seen to date. The place seems endless as you make your way through a maze of multitude rooms, each with a different Christmas theme and feel. During our first time there, we decided to start a collection. Together, we would choose one hand-blown glass ornament. We ended up only having the chance to collect two of these ornaments from Manteo, as a hurricane took the cottage, and we no longer continued to visit the Outer Banks.
Years later for one Christmas, my sister and I were given one of the glass ornaments. She got the deer, and I got the porpoise. Every year upon decorating the tree, I bring out my porpoise and my thoughts linger back to those family vacations in the Outer Banks. I like the idea of special heirloom items with meaning a lot. My little porpoise is the only heirloom piece I believe I will ever receive. My family just hasn't passed other items down as "heirlooms" or anything else for that matter for the last few generations. Anything prior was lost, or at least lost to our side of the family. So, it stops with me. I keep special treasures with meaning, and I plan to hand down each one to my son as an heirloom.
Side Notes - This article was originally published on Squidoo and then HubPages, two writing sites, by Melanie Wilcox (aka melaniekaren). Now, it resides here.
Below are previous comments received. Readers took the time to comment. Therefore, I felt the comments should remain with the article. Please feel free to leave your own comments and thoughts below.
kenneth avery from Hamilton, Alabama - Melanie, Oh, what sweet memories you have brought up about my childhood. Truthfully, my dad sharecropped, and mom was a homemaker. My sister married young leaving me with mom and dad. Our Christmas tree was real and due to low income, we had few ornaments, but there were three ornaments on our tree along with two strings of those huge bulbs. I would spend hours sitting in the floor admiring our tree. But the one ornament that I loved was so similar to this one. Oh, how I loved that ornament.
takkhisa - A wonderful art piece! I guess we need this as a new decor item :)
Mishael - Those are beautiful! I love hand-blown glass. :-)
noner - Those balls are AMAZING!
PaigSr - I worked at a Renascence fair one year. There was a glass blower there that made their own ornaments. Seeing your lens brought back some great memories. Thanks.
RebeccaRubia - Beautiful
Craftypicks from Las Vegas - Wow, these are truly beautiful!
JoanieMRuppel54 from Keller, Texas - I love your story behind the orb.
Merrci from Oregon's Southern Coast - These are beautiful. Enjoyed reading your lens too! Very nicely done.
esmonaco esmonaco from Lakewood New York - The ornaments are beautiful! and no I have never seen them before this. We always have our special ornaments that we've had for years to hang on our tree. Very nice story and lens. Thanks
DebW07 - Beautiful!
marvins - Wow Seriously this glass ball ornaments are great. I am sharing this lens to my friend :)
Max Globe - Thanks you for a nice article! These hand-blown tree ornaments are really masterpieces!
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