This Cross Ornament is lithographed print of the original hand cut silhouette mounted on old, original piece of 18th or 19th century document. The beveled glass ornament is finished off with hand applied silver molding and a piece of red ribbon. The overall size is 2 X 3 inches.
Based in Fenton, MI, Jan Blough started her company, Silhouettes and More, 15 years ago and has grown to selling her work in Canada, Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom.
Before she started designing silhouettes and turning them into ornaments, Jan was a mechanical engineer with a master's degree from Michigan State University and did her thesis in biomedical engineering. Taking a hiatus from her career to be a stay-at-home mom, Jan started looking for ways to make some extra money around the holidays.
While fixing up their older home for a home tour, they came across a ledger inside a wall and decided to turn it into something to hang on the wall. Jan cut out the silhouette of what she imagined the original homeowner may have looked like, and used the old document as a background. Then she framed it and hung it on the wall.
When she began mounting the hand-cut silhouettes on old, authentic, handwritten 18th and 19th century papers, each object told a story all of its own. These wonderful ornaments are enhanced with applied silver molding and red ribbon.