Sacramento Valley Ornament Club’s In-Store Artist Signing Event
(Grand Prize Winner)

Event Date: Saturday, September 8, 2012

Location & Contact Information:

Mark’s Hallmark
6170 Sunrise Mall
Citrus Heights, CA 95610

(916) 722-3655

Attending Artists

Joanne Eschrich

Becky Hottel

Sue Tague

*Due to health related issues, Lynn Norton, the signing retired artist has been replaced with Sue Tague.

Register-to-Win

Remember to register for a chance to win a fully signed Mrs. Claus’s Table during the in-store SIGNING EVENT! Limit 2 per event. This ornament, produced in limited quantities, Exclusively available at the 16 Hallmark Gold Crown retailers that will be hosting a 2012 in-store SIGNING EVENT.

No purchase necessary. See store for details.

Signing

  • Artist will be available for signing  from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

News

Event Recap

Father Christmas
By Joanne Eshrich

Features Santa wearing a hunter green pine needle print gown (with a gold cording tied belt) and an open full-length red coat (trimmed with a gold accented red ribbon), with white lining and a white-fur trimmed hood.  He has a green laurel wreath on his head, tan mittens and brown boots. He is holding a thin gold staff in his left hand and has his signature bag over his right shoulder.

Surrounded by Caring
By Joanne Eshrich

Porcelain and fabric. Features a snow angel with a wire halo and wings (beaded with pink and clear beads). The signature pink breast cancer awareness
ribbon has been knitted into a scarf and placed around the angel’s neck.  Base captioned with inspirational words and sayings including: INSPIRING, surrounded by love, warm, and COURAGE.

In 2013 and 2014, Hallmark will donate $2 from each ornament sold to Susan G. Komen™ with a combined minimum guaranteed donation of $100,000.

Somebunny New to Love
Babys’ First Christmas
By Becky Hottel

Features a white fleece bunny, with red and green polka dots inside his ears, standing on a dated red I-frame platform with peppermint wheels.  He has a green ribbon, with a red gift tag, tied around his neck.  Captioned: somebunny new to love (on tag) Baby’s 1st christmas 2013 (on ribbon).

Wiggly-Giggly Penguin
By Sue Tague and Robert Hurlburt
Club Exclusive

Features a stout little penguin with beaded flippers with a red ball ornament dangling from its right wing. He is wearing a sculpted scarf and knit style hat.  The scarf is red with white polka dots and green fringe.  The hat is green with a red brim and white pom-pom.  Captioned: (on brim) Snow Time Like Christmas. Engraved: (on belly) Wiggles & Giggles (repeatedly throughout).  His (yellow) feet serve as the clapper.

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