Gooseberry Forest diligently uses traditional arts and materials to craft Victorian ornaments in the authentic style.

Gooseberry Forest is a family operated business located in Northern Michigan, USA. The main artist behind the lovely and highly detailed Victorian ornaments is Sigrid Belanger from Offenbach, Germany. She has been hand crafting Christmas, Easter and Valentine decorations since 2004, and in 2006 also acquired the knowledge and expertise of crafting traditional Feather Trees made from the soft biot of goose feathers.

The Victorian Christmas Ornaments are made one-by-one. A single ornament can take between 3 hours to 2 days to design, depending on intricacy and difficulty. The artists at Gooseberry Forest craft the ornaments using fine antique, vintage and rare materials indigenous to the 1800′s which results in an authentic looking antique Victorian Ornament. Each Victorian ornament is unique, a one-of-a-kind masterpiece cherished by ornaments collectors from all over the world.

Old Victorian scraps are lavishly embellished with antique Edwardian net laces and trims, real silver tinsel and vintage metal garlands. Gooseberry Forest crafts early glass Christmas ornaments trimmed in delicate lace and real silver plated wire tinsel intertwined in vintage cotton chenille. The ornaments reflect the true vintage fine glass glitters that were manufactured in Germany 60+ years ago, Dresden Germany gold foil trims, and other amazing findings faithful to the Victorian style.

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