2015 Dream Book Party
Join in the excitement!
Kick off the 2015 Keepsake ornament season and find out what is coming by attending a Dream Book Party at your local retailer on May 16th, 2015. In addition to being able to preview the 2015 Keepsake Ornament Club exclusive ornaments and see a sneak peek of some ornaments from the 2016 Keepsake Ornament line, this will be your first opportunity to purchase Lotus and Poinsettia, the 1st in the Baby Fairy messenger series created by Kristina Gaughran.
Available beginning at the Dream Book Party, May 16, 2015.
*NOTE: The Lotus and Poinsettia set is not a KOC exclusive.
It’s All In the Details
There’s more than meets the eye with Christmas Window 2015, the KOC Membership ornament designed by Hallmark Keepsake Artist Tammy Haddix.
The ornament incorporates the guitar from the 2012 Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree ornament that was created by Tom Best. You may also recognize the boy and dog—they are from the third in the Christmas Window series, the Pet Shop from 2005. And if you look closely, the sheet music on the back of the ornament, “Toyland,” was chosen because it plays on this year’s Christmas Window Toy Store ornament. Tammy said it was fun to incorporate other ornaments into this KOC piece.
Plus, on this ornament and the past few window ornaments she’s done, Tammy turned the child around so the viewer can engage with him more.
“It’s been fun to give the boy more attitude and gesture. It brings him to life and gives him a personality!” Tammy said. “You can also see the emotion on the dogs face. He’s embarrassed by the boy playing air guitar!”
Christmas Window 2015
Sneak Peek: Cookie Cutter Christmas
Here is a sneak peek of the 4th in the Cookie Cutter Christmas series along with Cookie Cutter Halloween, a second Cookie Cutter ornament being released this year that coordinates with the series.
Have you been collecting this series? If so, do you plan on getting the Halloween Cookie Cutter as well?
Cookie Cutter Christmas
4th in the series
Cookie Cutter Halloween
Reveal: Frosty Friends
Here is a sneak peek of the 2015 “Frosty Friends”, 36th in the series ornament.
Frosty Friends
36th in the series
2015 Sneak Peek: Tin Toys
Here is a sneak peek of the 2nd in the “Tin Toys” series. Each ornament in this series will feature a crafted metal design inspired by antique tin toys.
Rootin’ Tootin’ Cowboy
2nd in the Tin Toys series
2015 Sneak Peek
A golden idea for sure!
It was your favorite series at Keepsake Ornament Premiere, so a sneak peek at the 5th in the Twelve Days of Christmas series and a conversation with Edythe Kegrize was a must.
How is she going to make this ornament as exciting and beautiful as the first four? Five Golden Rings aren’t colorful like the other ornaments in the series have been. Or at least, that was the original concern. True to herself, Edythe was not going to create something less the fabulous.
Edythe shared, “This ornament was the most challenging in the series so far.” Making the ornament interesting, while incorporating the words and design motif, left Edythe reworking her plans multiple times over the course of the last five years. After much contemplation and with some concern, Edythe presented what she thought was the final design to the team.
The design was approved, but she continued to feel like she was settling and began researching alternative meanings of the verse. “I already had approval for another concept and was getting ready to begin the final piece, but I just was not excited about doing it. I was so happy when I stumbled upon one interpretation,” Edythe stated. This version suggested the meaning of the five golden rings on a pheasant’s neck. “This made sense to me,” she said. “The song itself was about the feasting and musical celebrations of the season.”
Edythe chose the golden pheasant for its vibrant colors and prominent branding on the neck. This choice helped her maintain the feel of the series and stay true to the coloring of the bird selected.
To Marry the interpretations of the song, Edythe decided to incorporate the more recognizable interlocking ring motif into the design. Five golden rings become ornamentation on the wings and back of the dangling charm.
Edythe is thrilled with the new design and so happy to continue with the bird theme for this series. Now for the next big challenge, year number eight…
Five Golden Rings
Reveal: A Home for Wren
Here’s a preview of the 2nd in the Marjolein’s Garden series.
A Home for Wren
2nd in the Marjolein Garden series
Sneak Peek: Frosty Friends
Here’s a preview of the 2015 Frosty Friends series ornament.
Frosty Friends
36th in the series
Missing Series Symbols
The Keepsake Ornaments team recently discovered that the iconic Christmas tree series symbol was accidentally left off of three of the 2014 Keepsake series ornaments – 1970 Buick® GSX™, 24th in the Classic American Cars series; Andy’s Cars, 31st in the Nostalgic Houses and Shops series; and Simple Gifts, 1st in the Marjolein’s Garden series. While the appropriate series identification is present and correct on the ornament packaging, the ornaments themselves are lacking their usual numbered symbols.
Although Hallmark understands how important these symbols are to collectors, they are unable to add them at this late date, but be assured that all three of these ornaments are still authentic editions of each of their respective series.
1970 Buick® GSX™
24th in the Classic American Cars series
Andy’s Cars
31st in the Nostalgic Houses and Shops series
Simple Gifts
1st in the Marjolein’s Garden series
Reveal: Puppy Love 25th Anniversary
Here’s a preview of next year’s ornament commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Puppy Love series.
Features a trio of tangled pups getting playful.
While the pups resemble a terrier, a Labrador retriever and a golden retriever, Anita says she did not have specific breeds in mind when sculpting.
Puppy Love
25th Anniversary
Special Edition