Matt Johnson

A December to Remember

Christmas…
A time for sharing,
a time to remember
with the beauty
we find in December.

Description

Magic (lighting effect)

Special lighting effect: Insert the bulb of a standard U.L. -listed miniature light string into the ornament through the rubber grommet.

  • Artist: Matt Johnson
  • Released: 2013 (Ornament Debut)
  • Retail Price: $14.95 USA/$19.99 CAN
  • Material(s): plastic
  • Dimensions: 3½” w. x 3½” h. x 2¾” d.
  • SKU: QXG1042
  • Produced in: China
  • Production Date(s): 

Coordinating Ornament

Moonlit Sleigh Ride




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Description

Magic (lighting effect)
Special lighting effect: Insert the bulb of a standard U.L. -listed miniature light string into the ornament through the rubber grommet.

  • Artist: Matt Johnson
  • Released: 2013 (Ornament Debut)
  • Retail Price: $14.95 USA/$19.99 CAN
  • Material(s): plastic
  • Dimensions: 3½” w. x 3½” h. x 2¾” d.
  • SKU: QXG1042
  • Produced in: China
  • Production Date(s)

Coordinating Ornament

Moonlit Sleigh Ride




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2023-03-05T14:59:03-06:00October 5th, 2013|

Santa Signal

Description

Magic (light & sound)

Press the bottom button all season long to hear from Santa and the kids who can't wait for him to visit.

Before you go to bed on Christmas Eve night, press the top button to activate the Santa Signal. The light will stay on to guide Santa to your house.

Batteries not included.

  • Artist: Matt Johnson
  • Released: 2013
  • Retail Price: $22.95 USA
  • Material(s): plastic
  • Dimensions: 3 3/4” w. x 4 7/8” h. x 3 1/4” d.
  • SKU: QXG1505
  • Produced in: 
  • Production Date(s): 

Ornament Memories
Matt Johnson

“My favorite ornament has to be the Keepsake Santa Signal ornament from 2013. It’s one of the first ornaments I designed from start to finish. When you press the front button, the lantern plays a song, lights up and becomes a signal ornament on your tree, showing Santa the way to your home.

My son, Miles, was almost 3 that Christmas, and he was in love with trains. The ornament plays a train-themed song and has train-themed illustrations I created for the front. It was featured in TV commercials with Santa Claus, so it was just very magical for our family. When we placed it on our tree that year, and every year since, we knew Santa would be stopping by.

At this year’s KOC convention in Kansas City, I signed some more Santa Signals. All of those memories flooded back to me of beginning my career in Keepsakes and sharing the magic of our ornaments. It’s great to know there are Santa Signals on people’s trees all over the country and to see how powerfully the memories live on in Keepsakes. I love hearing what our collectors collect and what got them hooked!”

Excerpted from Winter 2019 For Keeps, “Ornament Memories, Matt Johnson.”

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Description

Magic (light & sound)
Press the bottom button all season long to hear from Santa and the kids who can't wait for him to visit.

Before you go to bed on Christmas Eve night, press the top button to activate the Santa Signal. The light will stay on to guide Santa to your house.

Batteries not included.

Ornament Memories
Matt Johnson

“My favorite ornament has to be the Keepsake Santa Signal ornament from 2013. It’s one of the first ornaments I designed from start to finish. When you press the front button, the lantern plays a song, lights up and becomes a signal ornament on your tree, showing Santa the way to your home.

My son, Miles, was almost 3 that Christmas, and he was in love with trains. The ornament plays a train-themed song and has train-themed illustrations I created for the front. It was featured in TV commercials with Santa Claus, so it was just very magical for our family. When we placed it on our tree that year, and every year since, we knew Santa would be stopping by.

At this year’s KOC convention in Kansas City, I signed some more Santa Signals. All of those memories flooded back to me of beginning my career in Keepsakes and sharing the magic of our ornaments. It’s great to know there are Santa Signals on people’s trees all over the country and to see how powerfully the memories live on in Keepsakes. I love hearing what our collectors collect and what got them hooked!”

Excerpted from Winter 2019 For Keeps, “Ornament Memories, Matt Johnson.”

  • Artist: Matt Johnson
  • Released: 2013
  • Retail Price: $22.95 USA
  • Material(s): plastic
  • Dimensions: 3 3/4” w. x 4 7/8” h. x 3 1/4” d.
  • SKU: QXG1505
  • Produced in
  • Production Date(s)

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2020-02-24T21:37:33-06:00October 1st, 2013|

Holiday Sweater

Description

On ornament: Don we now our FUN apparel!

  • Artist: Matt Johnson
  • Released: 2013 (Ornament Debut)
  • Retail Price: $12.95 USA
  • Material(s): plastic
  • Dimensions: 3 3/4” w. x 3 3/4” h. x 1” d.
  • SKU: QXG1585
  • Produced in: 
  • Production Date(s): 

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Description


On ornament: Don we now our FUN apparel!

  • Artist: Matt Johnson
  • Released: 2013 (Ornament Debut)
  • Retail Price: $12.95 USA
  • Material(s): plastic
  • Dimensions: 3 3/4” w. x 3 3/4” h. x 1” d.
  • SKU: QXG1585
  • Produced in
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2025-04-30T11:27:33-06:00October 1st, 2013|

New Keepsake Studio Contributing Artist

Matt has designed for companies all over the United States, but his appreciation of toys has stuck with him since childhood. Toys play an especially important role in Christmas, a holiday that gives Matt the inspiration he needs when it comes to crafting tree-worthy trimmings in the Keepsake Studio. He admits “there’s just so many people around here that make it feel like Christmas all the time!”

Mat Johnson
Contributing Artist, Product Designer

Matt graduated with an Industrial Design degree from the University of Kansas, and continues to be a student of product design as he follows his passion for toys and games. As someone who appreciates fun, creative and offbeat entertainment for kids, the Keepsake Studio was just the place for Matt to work, but an opening wasn’t so easy to come by. After a few years of working in the Midwest and along the East Coast, Matt made the move to KC with his family-and, as luck would have it, an opening in Keepsakes was waiting for him.

The work of a Keepsakes designer is a challenge, but Matt is happy to see his designs inspire wonder for kids and kids at heart. Hobbies at home continue to challenge Matt creatively. As he puts it, “I try to keep up with my drawing—and my two-year-old.”

2023-01-02T23:58:26-06:00February 13th, 2013|
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