Don Palmiter, who started his career as an artist at Hallmark fresh out of high school in 1967, believes that Keepsake Ornaments are like time capsules. Every time he holds one, it whisks him back to a special time in his life that he wants to treasure. Don isn’t alone–his nostalgic, retro-themed cars and houses are considered preserved pieces of time by enthusiasts all over the world.
Description
37th in the series.
Features a two-story blue clapboard house with a bright red front door, cozy front porch and red brick chimney. Interior includes a family room decorated for Christmas with a bottle brush tree and two bedrooms. Year-dated 2020.
- Artist: Don Palmiter
- Released: 2020 (Ornament Premiere)
- Retail Price: $21.99 USA/$27.99 CAN
- Material(s): plastic
- Dimensions: 3.4" w. x 3.51" h. x 1.85" d.
- SKU: QXR9341
- Produced in: Sri Lanka
- Production Date(s):
Alternate Versions
Nostalgic Houses and Shops
Limited Quantity
A Dream House Don starts out just as a builder would when creating the dimensions and detail of this long-running series. “After creating a blueprint, I build the basic frame of the houses and buildings with wood–all the doors, windows and most of the trim are also wood.” From there, it only gets more detailed. He covers the wood frame in wax so he can sculpt out all the fine details of the house or building to make them feel as realistic as possible. “Then I build all the furnishings with the same wood and wax,” Don explains. “Once the prototype is finished, I break it into several parts for molding.” “I always try to make the furnishings feel as though they tell a story of what might be going on for those people who live, work or shop in all the different businesses and houses.” “A Dream House.” 2020 Dream Box postcard.
Keepsake Artist Don Palmiter brings an early 1900s aesthetic to Nostalgic Houses & Shops #37.
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Description
37th in the series.
Features a two-story blue clapboard house with a bright red front door, cozy front porch and red brick chimney. Interior includes a family room decorated for Christmas with a bottle brush tree and two bedrooms. Year-dated 2020.
- Artist: Don Palmiter
- Released: 2020 (Ornament Premiere)
- Retail Price: $21.99 USA/$27.99 CAN
- Material(s): plastic
- Dimensions: 3.4" w. x 3.51" h. x 1.85" d.
- SKU: QXR9341
- Produced in: Sri Lanka
- Production Date(s):
A Dream House
Keepsake Artist Don Palmiter brings an early 1900s aesthetic to Nostalgic Houses & Shops #37.
Don starts out just as a builder would when creating the dimensions and detail of this long-running series.
“After creating a blueprint, I build the basic frame of the houses and buildings with wood–all the doors, windows and most of the trim are also wood.”
From there, it only gets more detailed. He covers the wood frame in wax so he can sculpt out all the fine details of the house or building to make them feel as realistic as possible.
“Then I build all the furnishings with the same wood and wax,” Don explains. “Once the prototype is finished, I break it into several parts for molding.”
“I always try to make the furnishings feel as though they tell a story of what might be going on for those people who live, work or shop in all the different businesses and houses.”
“A Dream House.” 2020 Dream Box postcard.
Alternate Versions
Nostalgic Houses and Shops
Limited Quantity
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