Sugar Eggs
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Whimsy Facts
- Holly
- I'm just a female who is a work in progress and imperfectly fun. I perfer a fanasty life and can't make prompt decisions but, did I mention?, I am imperfectly fun.----------------- Ornaments on these pages are reminiscent of “old world” ornaments which originated by craftsmen in Eastern Europe in 1847. The originals were a cottage industry. Individual molds were owned by various families. To make hard earned money, families carved molds from hard woods, blew molten glass into said molds, silver lined the inside, at first with mercury or lead, then later using a special compound of silver nitrate and sugar water. … (very dangerous) and meticulously hand painted the outside finishing off products with mica dust. I own a few true original treasures passed down from my family. For the most part my collection is relatively new. Ornaments are now mass produced …machine blown, still in Eastern Europe (Poland, Germany), Italy, Japan as well as the United States but oh the memories they evoke for my family who are beneficiaries of a few new babbles each year as well as friends who share my fascination.
my teeth hurt already. nice what you can make with sugar, some looks pretty intricate. happy TT and easter!
ReplyDeleteHow could anyone sink their teth into anything so pretty!
ReplyDeletewhat Brian said...have you got anything in chocolate?
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid I was totally fascinated by these window eggs. I would look at them for hours. I always made up stories about the scenes and wondered about the characters in them. Very Fun!!!
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen one of those in a long time. I was just wondering if you made them all yourself. It just seems like a lot of work, but oh such a beautiful thing when done.
ReplyDeleteThank you again, God bless.
I did not make these....they are still around to purchase from various gift shops. That said, I have made them as a child. They are just regular sugar and egg whites to bind them, a tube of frosting and sugar molded bunnies, chicks and jelly eggs....I actually ate mine I received as a child....weird I know...awh...what a sugar high!
ReplyDeleteSomewhere in the back of my mind I remember seeing these...maybe at my grandmothers house? Can't remember where.... Ah, memories. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI used to get these in my Easter basket as a kid...probably ate them even if they are prettier to look at than to eat!
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of sugar.
ReplyDeleteI always like finding those in my Easter basket. But I never ate them, I just liked looking at them.
ReplyDeleteGosh, it's been so long since I've seen one of those. They are gorgeous!!! Too pretty to eat though.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment today.
Hugs!
Kat