From our hearts to your tree
Hear about the hobbies that bring joy to our artists and inspire their ornaments.

Whether you collected stamps as a kid, or you’ve never stopped knitting. Whether you’re a painter, a poet, a bookworm or a baker. Whether you’re obsessed with vintage cars or love playing guitar, your favorite hobbies are an expression of who you are.

Here in the Keepsake Village, we believe being your one-of-a-kind self is something to celebrate, for both our fans and our team! That’s why our artists’ unique personalities, perspectives and passions are an essential part of the creative process—especially for our hobbies and interests ornaments.

“I don’t know if our Keepsake Ornament fans know this about me yet, but I have a ton of creative hobbies that I get up to after work. I love to read, crochet, take care of houseplants, cook, bake, collage, travel, draw and paint, of course, and my newest hobby is surfing,” says Keepsake Artist Iman Zadrozny. “Creating something meaningful for my fellow hobbyists is my favorite thing.”

Keepsake Artist Tim Bishop says he dabbled in dozens of hobbies while he was growing up: drawing, painting, modeling with clay, building tree houses or model cars and having outdoor adventures of all kind. Nowadays, he still loves building and creating (lucky us!), but he also gets to explore new hobbies when an ornament design calls for it.

“I really think hobbies are an extremely important part of life,” Tim says. “They bring us joy and fulfillment. They can challenge us, intrigue us and inspire us.” They also make some pretty darling ornaments, if we do say so ourselves!

Iman Zadrozny
Hallmark Keepsake Artist


We Needle Little Christmas

We Needle Little Christmas was actually a huge challenge for me. My team and I went back and forth as we experimented with what was possible, but the final ornament is as heartwarming and special as I imagined!

– Iman Zadrozny

Happy Haul-idays

For Happy Haulidays, I wanted to do a twist on a classic image, so I started sketching and eventually landed on this adorable gingerbread camper! I looked at so many pictures of piped icing so I could get the texture just right. It’s one of my favorites coming out this year.

– Iman Zadrozny

Bowl Full of Jolly

While creating Bowl Full of Jolly, I would think back to all the baking shows I’d watched for inspiration. I became a cookie decorator myself, getting the piping and flooding and sprinkles in the right places on the bowls. It was so much fun! I hope the playfulness of this piece makes you all want to bake lots of cookies this year..

– Tim Bishop

Tim Bishop
Hallmark Keepsake Artist

“From our hearts to your tree.” For Keeps 24 Fall 2024: 2-3