2019 Sneak Peek: Frosty Friends
Frosty Friends (2019)*
40th in the series.
Celebrate the longest running series with this ornament featuring Frosty using a candy cane to help his penguin pal learn to fly.
*NOTE: Design is still in the planning stages and may change.
2019 Sneak Peek: A World Within
A World Within (2019)*
5th in the series.
Displayed within a miniature Christmas tree, Santa Claus stands next to his sack of toys with a teddy bear peeking out and glittery snow underneath.
*NOTE: Design is still in the planning stages and may change.
Ornament Spotlight: Bathing Blue Jays
Bathing Blue Jays
5th in the Marjolein’s Garden series.
Inspired by a bird bath on her countryside property in Missouri, Marjolein Bastin’s Bathing Blue Jays is 5th in the Garden Collector series. Depicting two jays determined to have fun in frosty weather, this ornament will delight gardeners and bird watchers alike, as well Bastin devotees. sculpted by Jim Kemme, designed by Marjolein Bastin.
Featured Artist: Nello Williams
Title:
Hallmark Artist
Started at Hallmark:
July 1995
Started at Keepsakes:
July 1995
Hometown:
Safford, Arizona
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Since joining the Keepsake Studio in 1995, Nello Williams has drawn inspiration from pop culture, classic film and Americana, and Disney. Nello’s 2018 ornaments all have a fun sense of nostalgia, and two incorporate his biggest inspiration of all: music.
Nello Williams grew up drawing anytime, anyplace, even in school—and not just in art class. His class notes ended up looking more like artwork than a study sheet.
The young artist started out sculpting the ships and robots from the television program Lost in Space. Once, he saw a scary dungeon set advertised in a comic book, but like most kids, couldn’t afford to buy it. So Nello recreated the toy instead.
Popular culture kept on inspiring Nello’s art. In high school, he and a friend made masks of characters from Planet of the Apes—a big movie of the day. Now he keeps up on the latest trends for his creations in Keepsake Ornaments.
Nello spends much of his outside time nurturing one of his other big interests—music. He designed the album covers (wishful thinking) and T-shirts for his high school garage band. He even designed a guitar for himself, and twenty years later, he actually built it! Nello sees guitar design as a place where his two great loves, sculpture and music, meet.
2019 Sneak Peek: Tea Time!
Tea Time! (2019)*
4th in the five-part series.
Features a set of two porcelain Christmas tree ornaments–a cute chimney sweep snowman teapot and a little tea cup made to look like a chimney.
*NOTE: Design is still in the planning stages and may change.