Stained Glass Village: Collection of Annalise and Tom Nelson

The Glass Museum is hosting an exhibit called A Stained Glass Village: From the Collection of Annalise and Tom Nelson, and it was totally worth the visit.

There were tiny glass animals and trees....some of which were extremely small. 

I wanted them all!

I desperately want one of these trees but I cannot find them online anywhere.

The collection of villages was incredible.

If the top row was arranged as if on a hill, it'd look like the painted ladies of San Francisco.

The collection is outstanding.

So many animals and spun glass trees.  I am a total sucker for spun glass. 

The Santa and tree are probably no taller than an inch.  And all the wee reindeer.  SQUEEE!

Definitely glad I didn't miss this exhibit!

Glass Museum

I know I've posted the Glass Museum many times, but I just can't help myself.  It's one of my fave places, especially at the holidays.  They always have some kind of amazing special display, plus the annual Glassblower's Christmas. 

Russell asked me what I wanted to do on my bday and I said I wanted to go here.  We took my mother in law and then went out to lunch afterward.  It was a fun day!  

I love glass.  I've always loved glass.  For as long as I can remember. 

Somehow the glass is blown around the glass figure.

I want this so bad!

And these

So beautiful.

That's the Sandwich Town Hall across the street.  Nothing like some Greco Roman architecture in the middle of a quaint colonial town. 😄

Gorgeous paperweight

This is a marble thing where you press a button to make that motor and chain move a scoop that launches a marble when it gets to the top. Then it rolls down the tracks moving other components as it goes.  One of the coolest glass things I've ever seen.

In the gift shop.  The trees and ornaments are part of Glassblowers Christmas.

This is the ornament I picked out for us for this year.  The name of the glass artist escapes me, but they are on the Cape.  

If I could afford it, I'd buy everything in the gift shop.

Well worth a stop if you ever find yourself in the Sandwich area.

Glass Blower's Christmas

The Glass Museum outdid themselves this year with the Glass Blower's Christmas.  

We got our annual ornament from this tree.  The ornaments are made by Federici Designs in Vineland, NJ.  I would have literally been happy with any of them so I had Russell pick it out.  I will shoot it on our tree for a later post, but it was similar to that small one to the immediate left of the large green with white and red splotches.  That might even be the one he picked.  

Amazing work.  I have half a mind to go back and get this one too just for every day decoration.

I couldn't stop taking pictures of this tree........I seriously want them all.

The only way to access these trees and ornaments is by paying the museum admission.

However, they have a few trees in the gift shop too, so you can pick something from in here without paying to see the whole museum (although it's well worth it to go).

I posted this one on Facebook and my local and relocated friends are dying to get their hands on one. It is too big for our tree.  I ended up going back the following week to pick one up.  Since it's our hometown, I thought we should probably have one!  They don't ship because the sign can come loose.