Celebrating Kitty and Doggie Riding Fanciful Dirigible Ornament

5 1/2“ Tall x 6 1/2“ Wide

SPECIAL FEATURES

If you love character animals and ornaments that travel in the sky (popular Victorian motifs), this ornament is for you! With yellow, coral pink, and robin’s egg blue throughout it’s very playful and fun. The cat and monocled dog characters were my inspiration. I tucked them inside a multifaceted glass barrel ornament and added trims studded with sequins and rhinestones on all 16 sides. I decorated a candy striped glass icicle ornament with gold and blue Dresden paper trims. Then I used tinsel garland to attach the glass basket to the dirigible. Miniature blue and gold balls dangle on each end for a perfect finish.

Lovingly handcrafted and signed by Gail Giaimo

THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND ORNAMENT IS MADE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY WITH ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE MATERIALS to include: glass ornaments from the 1890s to1950s, most of which were made in Germany; colorful Victorian embossed & die-cut paper “scraps” and chromolithographs from postcards and advertising trade cards, made in Europe between the 1870s and 1910; antique and vintage fabric to include chenille, lace, ribbon and metallic trims; antique and vintage tinsel from tree garlands and old-stock German-made Lametta tinsel; gold and silver old-stock Dresden paper trims, crepe paper, foil, gift wrap, spun glass, and other embellishments. Items described as “antique” are dated between 1870 and the early 1900s (prior to WWI). Items described as “vintage” are dated between 1915 (WWI) and the 1950s (mid-century). We also use Dresden trims (only on occasion) and crinkle wire (always used for durability) made more recently in Germany using techniques and equipment that have not changed over the past 150 years.