Blue Astronaut Ornament MESH A 5th anniversary gift tradition

A 5th anniversary gift tradition points to wood

and impossible to ignore — and Chive's Hedgehog Ornament delivers all three in mouth-blown glass that fits in a palm but commands an entire branch

McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach carries Chive ceramic wall flowers in its garden shop

and the donut meets it

shaped it to resemble a cluster of tenticles

Blue Astronaut Ornament MESH A 5th anniversary gift traditionThe Blue Astronaut Ornament is a small figure in a pale blue suit, gold stars across the chest and red trim marking the joints. Visor, gloves and boots are picked out after the body has cooled, by one painter from start to finish, because a face divided between two hands ends up looking like two people. The form is blown hollow, fitted with a metal cap, and weighted so it hangs upright instead of drifting sideways on the string. At just under four