Reveal: Heavenly Belles
Nothing says “Christmas” like the sound of bells-and this new series will ring in the season with style!
Each ornament in this series will feature a childlike angel paired with favorite holiday icons.
Heavenly Belles
1st in the series
2012 Reveal: NYCC Event-Exclusive Keepsake Ornaments
Hallmark Announces Return to New York Comic Con
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Oct.5, 2012) – Hallmark announces its return to New York Comic Con International at the Javits Center (Oct. 11-14), the East Coast’s biggest popular culture convention. Attendees will have access to Comic Con-exclusive Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments, visits with a Keepsake Ornament artist and receive a sneak peek of products to be released in 2013.
During the convention, Hallmark will sell limited quantities of the following Keepsake Ornaments:
4-LOM and Zuckuss, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back™ – This two-pack features the criminal droid 4-LOM and Gand tracking expert Zuckuss from “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back™.” Created exclusively for event sales, 4-LOM and Zuckuss are the last bounty hunters depicted in the film to become Keepsake Ornaments. Limited run of 800 sets ($35 per set).
A Human Hero, Batman™ – This original sculpture is inspired by the 1986 DC comic-book masterpiece “The Dark Knight Returns.” This gritty Batman adventure helped to establish the more realistic and complex portrayal of the Dark Knight in modern media. Limited run of 700 Keepsake Ornaments ($25 each).
Cylon Centurion, Battlestar Galactica™ – In the classic 1978 TV series “Battlestar Galactica™”, Cylon Centurions relentlessly pursue the “ragtag” survivors of the twelve colonies of humanity across the reaches of space with a single goal: destroy all humanoids. This gold-painted variant of last year’s popular ornament is Hallmark’s first Comic-Con exclusive to feature sound. Limited run of 600 Keepsake Ornaments ($25 each).
“We had a warm and welcoming reception last year and are excited to return to New York Comic Con,” said Beth Dorr, associate product manager for Keepsake Ornaments. “The convention gives us a great opportunity to meet and interact with more of our most passionate fans who can’t travel to the West Coast and reward them with exclusive opportunities and sneak peeks.”
Hallmark has produced exclusive Keepsake Ornaments in recent years for events including Comic-Con International, Star Wars Celebration VI, the National Barbie® Doll Collectors Convention and Disney’s D23 Expo.
Additional activities in Hallmark’s booth 1956 include:
- Keepsake Artist Nello Williams, the designer of the “Cylon Centurion” ornament, will be signing autographs on Oct. 12 from 1-3 p.m. and on Oct. 13 from Noon-2 p.m.
- “Santa” Vader will be making appearances for photo opportunities
- A series of collectible buttons will be available for fan pick-up. The series features five designs, with a limited quantity of one design given away each day of Comic-Con.
4-LOM and Zuckuss
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back™
The Dark Knight Returns
Batman™
Cylon Centurion
Battlestar Galactica™
2012 Reveal: Mystery Ornaments
The BIG Reveal! – After numerous clues and a little over six and a half months of guessing, the identities of the four Reveal Ornaments are finally known. To see these much-anticipated ornament designs place your cursor over the flip boxes.
Reveal Ornament #1
Snowflake Spin
Playful Penguins
Reveal Ornament #2
Quick Curl® Barbie® Beauty Center®
Barbie™ Ornament
Reveal Ornament #3
Half Off Hijinks
Goofy and Chip ‘n’ Dale
Reveal Ornament #4
1943 Ford GPW
Reveal Ornament – An ornament whose identity is not revealed until it is available for purchase during an in-store event.
Snowflake Spin
Playful Penguins
Quick Curl® Barbie® Beauty Center®
Barbie™ Ornament
Half Off Hijinks
Goofy and Chip ‘n’ Dale
1943 Ford GPW
Ornament Reveal Clue #16
This year, four Keepsake Ornaments will be revealed during Ornament Debut Weekend. You can get a head start guessing what those ornaments might be by watching our series of video clues right here.
Here’s the sixteenth and final clue to one of the four Keepsake Ornaments that will be revealed this weekend during Ornament Debut Weekend, October 6 & 7, at your Hallmark Gold Crown store.
Click on the image below to play the video.
Voice over (Kristina Gaughran): Allot of times we’ll start with a sketch and… I was very fortunate on this one to work with an illustrator and… It was working with her, coming up with the idea and through that we took it back to the team and they were all excited about it as well. From then on, its a matter of actually going in and just sculpting it. I think we paired very well together. I think the end product is very compelling.
I’m Keepsake artist Kristina Gaughran. Come see my ornament for the first time anywhere at Keepsake Ornament Debut weekend.
Share your thoughts in the comment section of this post.
Kris’ Penguins
(Ornament Debut Reveal #1)
$34.95 USA QXG3241
2013 Sneak Peek: Hangin’ With Your Buddies Product Shop
Here are a few of the event exclusive products that will be offered at “Hangin’ With Your Buddies,” the 2013 Keepsake Ornament Club event.
Product Shop
Merry Kiss-Moose
Indigo Bunting
The Beauty of Birds
Special Edition
Online Exclusive*
Grab Bag – Each grab bag will contain past year Keepsake products. Some bags will contain bonus ornaments, including a special surprise, an exclusive repaint of the 2013 Season’s Treatings, 5th in series ornament. $15.00 USA.
Attend the “Hangin With Your Buddies” Sneak Peek seminar for a glimpse of the 2014 Season’s Treatings ornament.
Event Exclusive
*NOTE: Offer available only to those members who pre-purchase all the product during registration. This ornament will not be available for purchase at the event.
2012 Fall Mailing (Local Club Ornament)
Elegant Reindeer
Special Edition
The KOC has shipped the third Local Club mailing for 2012. This mailing includes: the 2012 Local Club ornament, which is a uniquely sculpted miniature ornament called “Elegant Reindeer”; the September issue of Collectively Speaking and a 2013 KOC Convention Sneak Peek.
The KOC is shipping the 2012 Local Club ornaments earlier this year so that clubs will have them in time for Ornament Debut. With Debut just a little over a week away, a few clubs have reported that they have already received their shipment.
If you are a member of our club (or indicated you would like to be a member of our club) and have a current KOC membership, you can obtain this local club ornament from us by simply emailing your request to us at digitalDREAMBOOK@Gmail.com. Although these ornament are free to our members, there is a nominal fee charged to cover the cost of the packing materials used and shipping charges (actual postage) incurred. Alternatively, individuals can obtain any of the local club ornaments we have available at no cost at any Hallmark sponsored event where we are in attendance.
Please note, in addition to the 2012 Local club ornament, we also have a limited supply of the 2011, 2010 and 2009 local club ornaments available upon request.
Local Club Ornament – An exclusive gift, from the Keepsake Ornament Club, for local clubs members (with a current KOC membership) in appreciation for all the support they give to the national Club.
Ornament Reveal Clue #15
This year, four Keepsake Ornaments will be revealed during Ornament Debut Weekend. You can get a head start guessing what those ornaments might be by watching our series of video clues right here.
Here’s the fifteenth clue to one of the four Keepsake Ornaments that will be revealed during Ornament Debut Weekend, October 6 & 7, at your Hallmark Gold Crown store.
Click on the image below to play the video.
Voice over (Robert Chad): In the beginning of the process, all they talk about are ideas. It’s not even a sketch… By the time it came to me… the whole concept was there. What characters were going to be in the ornament. What they were going to do. What it was going to say. At that point, I realized there was no place to put the hook. I had to take one of the characters and lean him over, so we could get a hook inside of his head… so the whole ornament would hang straight.
I’m Keepsake artist Robert Chad. Come see my ornament for the first time anywhere at Keepsake Ornament Debut weekend.
Share your thoughts in the comment section of this post.
Goofy’s Tree Lot
(Ornament Debut Reveal #3)
By Robert Chad. 4″ h.
$17.95 USA QXD1071
Hallmark Gold Crown Exclusive
Alvin, TX Sneak Peek
At the Local Club Dinner event in Alvin, Robert Chad and Mary Hamilton gave a Sneak Peek presentation featuring some of the designs they had created for the 2013 Keepsake ornament line.
Here is a list of what was shown:
A “Light” Snack
Taz—LOONEY TUNES
by Robert Chad
Poinsettia
26th in the Mary’s Angels series
designed by Mary Hamilton
by Robert Chad
Snug Fit for Santa
3rd in the Once Upon a Christmas series
by Robert Chad, Tom Best,
Julie Forsyth and Tom Best
Boise, ID Sneak Peek
At the Local Club Dinner in Boise, Keepsake Studio Artists, Tammy Haddix and Debra Murray, gave a Sneak Peek presentation of some of the Keepsake ornaments they have created for the 2013 Keepsake ornament line.
Here is a list of what was shown:
Christmas Window 2013
(Five & Dime Store)
11th in the series
by Tammy Haddix
Reading is “Snow” Much Fun!**
6th in the Making Memories series
by Tammy Haddix
Sending Christmas Cheer**
18th in the Madame Alexander® series
by Debra Murray
Halloween Wicked Witch of the West
Madame Alexander® THE WIZARD OF OZ™
KOC Exclusive
by Debra Murray
Additionally Debra had an early preview of the Shoe-licious! Barbie™ Ornament (QXI2974), the final Shoe-sational! Barbie™ Ornament repaint, that will be released later this year in conjunction with the Keepsake Ornament Gift of Memories Weekend event, a new December Keepsake ornament gift giving event.
SANTA’S SWEET RIDE
7th in the series
Features Santa in a yellow candy mixer (cement)
truck with green bumpers. black liquorice tires and
a clear candy jar tumbler sitting on a pink
wafer cookie bed. The drum spins to mix the
colorful candy pieces and the wrapped present that
are inside it. Artist crafted.
By Tammy Haddix. 3¼” h.
$17.95 USA QX9032
Hallmark Gold Crown Exclusive
PUT ON YOUR PARTY SHOES!
1st in an unofficial shoe series
Features a Stiletto like high heel with a silver glitter
heel and toe edge, red insole and a white sculpted
lace upper, ankle strap and toe strap finished with
a flower. Shoe is suspended from a silver snowflake
with a rhinestone in the center.
On ornament: ‘Tis the season for pretty shoes! 2013
By Debra Murray and Steve Goslin. 4⅜” h.
$14.95 USA QXG1565
DREAM HORSE
Will feature a standing gray Breyer’s type
quarter horse with a black mane and tail.
Artist crafted.
By Debra Murray. 3⅞” w.
$12.95 USA QXG1325
Available in October
*NOTE: Although event attendees were not allowed to photograph the items included in the Sneak Peek presentations, we have included a previously released picture of “Christmas Windows 2013” to help individuals visualize what this piece looks like.
**UPDATE: A picture of ‘Reading is “Snow” Much Fun!’, 5th in the Making Memories series was released as part of the “Swap Party” Sneak Peek presentation. As such we have added it to this post to help individuals visualize what it looks like.
***NOTE: Picture is not of the ornament but instead of the doll the ornament is based on.
Ornament Reveal Clue #14
This year, four Keepsake Ornaments will be revealed during Ornament Debut Weekend. You can get a head start guessing what those ornaments might be by watching our series of video clues right here.
Here’s the fourteenth clue to one of the four Keepsake Ornaments that will be revealed during Ornament Debut Weekend, October 6 & 7, at your Hallmark Gold Crown store.
Click on the image below to play the video.
Voice over (Steve Goslin): Well the process of actually making this sculpt was that I got design drawings… so it was a very early drawing of this vehicle. I was able to take them into the computer and use those for exact research. There is no particular color pallet for this type of vehicle so he (It) may not match other ones out there but he (It) matches the one that I own.
I’m Keepsake Artist Steve Goslin. Come see my ornament for the first time anywhere on Keepsake Ornament Debut Weekend.
Share your thoughts in the comment section of this post.
General
(Ornament Debut Reveal #4)
Jeep®
By Steve Goslin. 3⅜” h.
$17.95 USA QXI2074
Hallmark Gold Crown Exclusive