All About Blow Molds (and keeping them where you want them) By Carrie P. Sansing The question comes up all the time, “How do I keep my blow molds from tipping over?” But first, what exactly is a blow molded Christmas decoration? Blow molding is a plastic manufacturing process. In 1881, the first U.S. Patent…
An Introduction to Christmas Pinbacks by Gordon Harkins Success! From the late 1890s until the 1940s, celluloid and lithographed tin buttons swept the nation – as an advertising tool that is. The pinback button promoted everything from favorite political candidates to the brand of bread served each night at the dinner table. Marketing-savvy Santa wasted…
Cotton Ornaments by Randee Malmberg Once upon a time,from about 1870 to the early 1900’s, German cottage craftsmen from the Thuringian and Frankfurt areas created wonderful ornaments of pressed and spun cotton wool. They made fruits and vegetables, human figures, and animals of every description. Many ornaments, such as the people and animals, combined spun…
Christmas Memories… with Bob and Diane Kubicki Bob Kubicki’s grandmother Clara Janeke, his Christmas-collecting inspiration. Bob and Diane Kubicki Most of us have some very early, happy, and nostalgic childhood memories our family’s Christmas tree. For me, my grandmother’s tree triggers my most vivid memories. My grandmother, born in 1900, was a concert pianist who…
