Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Club Event

Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Club Event Pieces

There were many things to see and do at the Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Club Event in Kansas City last weekend. There were 12 Hallmark ornaments that you could buy if you attended the Event, as well as a collector’s pin. Hallmark also provided each attendee with two additional ornaments in their registration bag. These two were A Snowman’s Joyful Job and Forty Years of Memories.

There were the usual sessions for having Hallmark ornaments signed by your favorite artists as well as games and seminars. There are always long lines for the popular games such as bingo where you can win past years ornaments. One of the ladies sitting next to us won twice – she was really enjoying herself.

One of the more informative sessions of the weekend was a Sneak Peak at ornaments from the 2014 Hallmark Ornament line. We do not have pictures available, but we can describe some of them for you. The Beauty of Birds ornament will be #10 and it is a hummingbird. Snowtop Lodge is also #10 and will be a baker with a fabric Chef’s hat and apron. The other ornament which will hit #10 in 2014 is Fairy Messengers and it will be a daffodil.

A few other series were also highlighted, Noelville #9 will be a fire station and Cookie Cutter Christmas #3 will be a mouse caroler ringing a bell at a door inside a bell shaped cookie. And, one last one was Once Upon a Christmas #4 which will be Santa feeding Dasher at his stall door telling him to eat well for the big night ahead.

The Christmas Commemorative Hallmark ornament listed in the Dream Book was also shown at this session and is a red glass ball inscribed with the year 2013. This will be released in December. We will pass along more information as it becomes available. Shop The Ornament Shop for all you Hallmark Christmas Ornaments.

Disney Hallmark Ornaments

Disney Hallmark Ornaments Series Page

The Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments Club Event will be held in Kansas City this weekend. People attend this for many reasons. Some like to get an item from their collection signed by a Hallmark artist. Others go to collect the special ornaments available only at the event, while still others go to meet other collectors or renew acquaintances with old friends. The event this year is titled “Hangin’ With Your Buddies”.

A prominent part of the Hallmark Ornament Collection for many years now have been items related to Disney movies and characters. The first Disney figural ornaments were made in 1994 to celebrate The Lion King. Some early Disney pieces were also made as early as 1977 in glass or satin balls. Pocahontas followed in 1995 with ornaments made for The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1996. Then in 1997, Hallmark created over 15 Disney pieces including the beginning of three series.

Many of the first Disney Hallmark pieces had large production runs and can still be found easily today. It took a few years for the popularity of these pieces to catch on but once they did, many of the pieces are popular with collectors and are hard to find. Hallmark Ornaments have hit almost all of the well known kid favorite classic movies such as Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Dumbo, Bambi, 101 Dalmations, and Snow White. They have also included more recent hits such as Finding Nemo, Beauty and the Beast and Toy Story.

Walt Disney’s beloved Mickey Mouse is also a featured character in most years lines. He has been found shopping with Minnie, kissing Minnie under the mistletoe, and finding the perfect tree with his loyal dog Pluto. The famous Disney princesses are ever popular with little and big girls as well. Many of the ornaments have featured Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel, Ariel and Cinderella, as well as Tinker Bell. Shop The Ornament Shop for all you Hallmark Christmas Ornaments.

Wizard of Oz Hallmark Ornaments

Wizard of Oz Hallmark Ornaments Series Page

The Hallmark Ornament Premiere was this past weekend. Did you enjoy getting to see the selections? One of the limited quantity ornaments this year was a Wicked Witch which will appeal to two different collectors, Wizard of Oz and Madame Alexander dolls.

Hallmark offered their first Wizard of Oz ornaments in 1994 with a set of the four main characters, Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion. Then Hallmark followed this with Glinda the Good Witch in 1995 and the Wicked Witch in 1996. The wizard in the State Fair balloon was offered as a club member only ornament in 1996 along with a magic ornament of the Emerald City.

There are so many choices for Hallmark Ornaments from this legendary movie. They have also added the ruby slippers in several different formats, Toto, Ms Gulch, Munchkinland, the Lollipop Guild, as well as the Lullabye League.

This year, Hallmark Ornaments is celebrating the 75th year since the Wizard of Oz movie was produced with six different selections to add to your collections. One is the Cowardly Lion dressed in his robe as “King of the Forest”. Another new one this year depicts the tornado that started Dorothy’s adventure called “It’s a Twister” as well as one showing the friends walking through the forest chanting “Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!” Shop The Ornament Shop for all you Hallmark Christmas Ornaments.

Santa's from Around the World Hallmark Ornaments

Santa's from Around the World Hallmark Ornaments Page

The Hallmark Ornament Premiere is July 13 and 14 which is less than two weeks away. One of the special offers that weekend is a tabletop England Santa to complement the Santas Around the World set. It is special price of $24.95 that weekend with an ornament purchase of $50 or more. (Regular price is $49.95)

This set of Hallmark Ornaments is one of our best sellers on the secondary market. Hallmark started the set in 2004 with 8 different Santas along with a special wreath complete with built in hooks to hang the Santas. The wreath is the hardest item in this collection to find. The original set included Santas from Ireland, Italy, Russia, Norway, Germany, Mexico and two from the United States.

Hallmark has added a few in years since then, most of which have only been available to Hallmark Ornament Club members. The Santa last year was from the Netherlands complete with wooden shoes and was very popular with collectors. Others in the set include Sweden, Switzerland, and Canada which is my personal favorite.

The ornaments are made to resemble Santa traditions in the country they represent. For example, the Canadian Santa has snow shoes, and the Germany Santa is holding a Christmas Tree. They are also made of a variety of materials. Italy and Ireland are porcelain while the Mexico Santa is partially made of tin.

The current series of Angels Around the World which started in 2011 was made by Hallmark ornaments to complement this set of Santas. A recent update we saw showed the 2014 Angel is planned to be from the United States. Its looks really nice. Shop The Ornament Shop for all you Hallmark Christmas Ornaments.

Classic American Cars Hallmark Ornaments Series

2002 Ford Mustang Hallmark Ornament

Father’s Day is Sunday 06/16/13 and one of the most popular Hallmark Ornament series for our men collectors is the Classic American Car series. This series began in 1991 with a 1957 Chevrolet Corvette in red and white and has been followed by other corvettes in the series such as the 1963 which was made by Hallmark in 2003. You can look for other corvettes in 1997, 1998 and 2011 when Hallmark issued a 100th Anniversary Corvette.

The Ford Mustang is also a popular choice and first appeared in the Hallmark series in 1992 as a 1966 white Mustang convertible. A blue Mach 1 Mustang was the Classic Car in 2002 and the Mustang GT was done by Hallmark in 2011 and also 2009 as a special 45th Anniversary edition. Hallmark will revisit the Mustang again this year which a Ford Mustang Boss 302 which is available in December.

While the Corvette and Mustang have been popular, Hallmark has included several other favorites in the Classic Car series as well. They include the Thunderbird, Camaro, GTO, Hemi-Cuda, Chevelle, Firebird and several others.

Hallmark added several additional cars along the way since 1991 to complement the series, including the 1958 Ford Edsel which was available to the Hallmark Collector’s Club back in 1995. Another popular addition was the 1949 Cadillac Coupe Deville which was produced in 1999.

This year’s addition to the Classic Car series is the 1955 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria Skyliner. You can see all of the cars and pick your favorite at Classic Car Page. Shop The Ornament Shop for all you Hallmark Christmas Ornaments.

HAPPINESS IS PEANUTS Hallmark Ornaments

It’s almost time for another year of Hallmark Keepsake Christmas ornaments. The premiere of this year’s ornaments will be July 13-14 at your local Hallmark store. This will be your first chance to see some of your favorites as well as checking out the next ornament in your favorite series.

Hallmark is introducing a new concept this year and offering a Peanuts series that will be complete all within one year by bringing out a new one every month starting with the premiere in July 2013 and ending in June of 2014.

# 1  Fun at the Beach – features Pig Pen building a sand castle

# 2  All Set for School – this is Lucy with her backpack

# 3   Waiting for the Great Pumpkin – Linus in the Pumpkin Patch

# 4   Giving Thanks – Snoopy and Woodstock with Pumpkin Pie

# 5   A Very Special Tree – Charlie Brown with the scrawny tree

# 6   New Year’s Celebration – Snoopy & Woodstock in party hats

# 7   Linus’s Big Heart – Linus asking “Be Mine”

# 8   St.Patty’s Day? – Patty with a four leaf clover

# 9   It’s the Easter Beagle – Snoopy with colored eggs

#10   Sally’s Spring Bouquet – Sally in a bright pink dress

#11   Charlie’s Favorite Pastime – Baseball

#12   Patriotic Pals – Snoopy celebrating the 4th of July.

We anticipate these being very popular. View other Peanuts Ornaments here. Shop The Ornament Shop for all you Hallmark Christmas Ornaments.

Lionel Train Hallmark Ornaments

2006 Lionel Santa Fe Hallmark Ornament
The Lionel Train Hallmark series started in 1996 and has proved to be very popular with Hallmark and Lionel Train collectors alike. Besides the Lionel Locomotives that are part of the series, Hallmark has added other Lionel train cars such as coal tenders, passenger cars, observation cars and a caboose as well as others. Blown Glass Hallmark ornaments were made from 1999 through 2001 and are a great addition to the Hallmark series. Hallmark has also released several limited edition Lionel engines as well as a Lionel Stocking Hanger that was produced in 2008. In addition, Hallmark created a miniature line of Lionel Train ornaments that was started in 1999.

You can see the complete line of Lionel Ornaments at Lionel Ornaments.

The miniature Lionel ornaments are available here. Shop The Ornament Shop for all you Hallmark Christmas Ornaments.