2015 Sneak Peek: Regional Keepsake Ornaments
Two Kansas City-themed Keepsake ornaments have been unearthed. Both ornaments are being released (in limited quantities) exclusively in Hallmark Gold Crown stores in the greater-Kansas City area beginning Ornament Premiere Weekend, July 11-12. To reserve either of these ornaments, call Amy’s Hallmark in Crown Center: (816) 283.0459.
Additionally Hallmark will be reissuing the two Texas exclusive Keepsake ornaments and the Colorado ornament from 2014. All three ornaments will be available at participating Hallmark Gold Crown stores in their respective states starting Ornament Debut Weekend, October 3-4, 2015. Please note: some local stores may have carry over stock from last year as such they may have them available sooner.
New
My Kind of Cow Town
A Kansas City Tradition
Re-issued
Texas Cutout
Texas Boots
Colorado Mountains
2015 Mystery Ornaments – NO PEEKING!
It’s a fairy surprise—the very first fairy in the beloved Fairy Messengers series has come back this year as the exclusive mystery ornament. The Poinsettia Fairy has been repainted with a white poinsettia with gold accents.
There is also another special version with golden wings. Will your box hold one of the truly golden fairies? You’ll have to wait until you open the box to find out.
Fairy Surprise
Mystery Ornament
Repaint of 2005
1st in the Fairy Messengers series
NOTE: Each package contains either a beautifully repainted first-in-series Poinsettia Fairy or (a limited version) of the same repainted ornament with golden wings.
Each fairy ornament is placed in a non-see-through bag and then randomly boxed (using a single uniform box design) and sealed.
Consumers will only be able to discover which design they received after purchase. “All sales are final. No refunds, returns or exchanges.”
New Mystery Ornament – An ornament whose design is modified to create different variations and then packaged using a single uniform box design, thus creating a concealed random sample. In addition to having the Keepsake box sealed, the ornament is sealed in a non-see-through bag to prevent peeking! Each ornament is sealed in a box. Product packaging is marked, “All Sales Final. No refunds, returns or exchanges.”
ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL INFORMATION
During the 2011 Ornament Debut, Hallmark released a New Frosty Mystery Ornament blank painted in three different ways including: Hawaiian Frosty (By Tom Best), Toymaker Frosty (By Ken Crow) and Kris’ Penguin Frosty (By Kristina Gaughran). In 2012 the Frosty Mystery ornament returned with three new editions: Astronaut Frosty (By Tom Best), Winter Fairy (By Kristina Gaughran) and Frosty’s Sweet Ride (By Tammy Haddix). A new set of Frosty Mystery ornaments by Tom Best including: Germany Frosty, Queen’s Guard Frosty and Cowboy Frosty were issued in 2013. In 2014 there was a sweet twist. The Sweet Surprise Mystery Ornaments were a repaint of the 1st in series Christmas Cupcake from 2010.
Reveal: Limited Quantity Ornament
Here is a preview of one of the Limited Quantity ornaments available at Ornament Debut, Lady Tanager by Edythe Kegrize.
Lady Western Tanager
Limited Quantity
Complements The Beauty of Birds series
2014 Ornament Premiere/Ornament Debut Shopper Thank-you Gift
Hallmark Gold Crown Rewards customers, who purchase a Keepsake Ornament during Ornament Premiere Weekend (July 11-12, 2015) will get a coupon for a FREE Tippity-Tap Toy Soldier ornament for redemption with purchase of another Keepsake ornament beginning October 3, 2015.
Tippity-Tap Toy Solder
Special Edition
2014 Ornament Debut Top 5 Countdown
What were the most popular* ornaments during Ornament Debut?
#5 Ruby Slippers
The Wizard of OZ™
#4 Pennsylvania Torpedo Locomotive
LIONEL® Trains
Special Edition
#3 1965 Ford Mustang
#2 Very Merry Christmas Fairy
The Fairy Messengers
Special Edition
#1 Olaf
Disney Frozen
We knew this year’s Frozen movie characters would be popular, but no one guessed Olaf would sell as well or better than some of Hallmark’s historical best-sellers in the past. Olaf, the silly snowman from Frozen, sold 10 times the number of the average Keepsake Ornament at Ornament Debut.
* NOTE: based on the number of units sold during Ornament Debut.