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- A Selection of Hallmark Ornaments: Hallmark Artists - Hallmark Keepsake ornament artists are a special group. They often started out their artistic careers by drawing, painting, or illustrating. But something attracted them to sculpting, and especially to sculpting Keepsake ornaments. They love creating ornaments that make people smile and that have an enduring quality to them.
- October 31, 2022
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A Selection of Hallmark Ornaments: Hallmark Artists
Hallmark Keepsake ornament artists are a special group. They often started out their artistic careers by drawing, painting, or illustrating. But something attracted them to sculpting, and especially to sculpting Keepsake ornaments. They love creating ornaments that make people smile and that have an enduring quality to them.
- Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments: Revolutionizing Holiday Decorating - In 1973, Hallmark produced a fledgling line of 18 Christmas ornaments. By the 1990s, the company was introducing hundreds of Keepsake ornaments each year -- success fueled by Hallmark’s design, technology, and marketing innovations that revolutionized holiday decorating.
- November 16, 2023
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Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments: Revolutionizing Holiday Decorating
In 1973, Hallmark produced a fledgling line of 18 Christmas ornaments. By the 1990s, the company was introducing hundreds of Keepsake ornaments each year -- success fueled by Hallmark’s design, technology, and marketing innovations that revolutionized holiday decorating.
- Through the Years with Hallmark Ornaments - A visionary founder, a successful brand, risk-taking and innovation, a mission-driven company, customer focus, and connections with an entrepreneurial family—these are the qualities that mark our new Hallmark ornament collection.
- November 11, 2019
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Through the Years with Hallmark Ornaments
A visionary founder, a successful brand, risk-taking and innovation, a mission-driven company, customer focus, and connections with an entrepreneurial family—these are the qualities that mark our new Hallmark ornament collection.
- Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments: Curator Q&A - Learn more about the nearly 7,000 Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments in our collection from our curatorial experts--including the largest, oldest, newest, and rarest ornaments, and even their very favorites.
- October 26, 2022
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Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments: Curator Q&A
Learn more about the nearly 7,000 Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments in our collection from our curatorial experts--including the largest, oldest, newest, and rarest ornaments, and even their very favorites.
- Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments: Personal Moments and Timeless Memories - In 1973, Hallmark Cards, Inc. ventured into the world of designing and producing Christmas ornaments. The company initially offered eighteen designs and added new ones to the growing line each year. Hallmark ornaments became more than holiday decorations. They helped personalize holiday trees -- marking life milestones, reflecting one's interests and tastes, and stirring fond memories.
- October 03, 2023
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Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments: Personal Moments and Timeless Memories
In 1973, Hallmark Cards, Inc. ventured into the world of designing and producing Christmas ornaments. The company initially offered eighteen designs and added new ones to the growing line each year. Hallmark ornaments became more than holiday decorations. They helped personalize holiday trees -- marking life milestones, reflecting one's interests and tastes, and stirring fond memories.
- Hallmark "Hallmark Keepsake" Sign -
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Hallmark "Hallmark Keepsake" Sign
- A Selection of Hallmark Ornaments: Carousels - Hallmark's ornaments--with their original designs, increasing variety, and appeal to diverse customers--have revolutionized Christmas decorating and led to the popularity of ornament collecting. Ornaments depicting carousels and carousel figures represent the youthful delight of the holiday season. Scroll through this virtual carousel to see some of the ways Hallmark has expressed the carousel theme over the decades.
- April 11, 2023
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A Selection of Hallmark Ornaments: Carousels
Hallmark's ornaments--with their original designs, increasing variety, and appeal to diverse customers--have revolutionized Christmas decorating and led to the popularity of ornament collecting. Ornaments depicting carousels and carousel figures represent the youthful delight of the holiday season. Scroll through this virtual carousel to see some of the ways Hallmark has expressed the carousel theme over the decades.
- A Selection of Hallmark Ornaments: Technology - Hallmark's ornaments--with their original designs, increasing variety, and appeal to diverse customers--have revolutionized Christmas decorating and led to the popularity of ornament collecting. Hallmark cleverly incorporated new technology--like computers, cellphones, and MP3 players--into its mix of ornaments. These ornaments would change as quickly as the technologies themselves.
- December 12, 2022
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A Selection of Hallmark Ornaments: Technology
Hallmark's ornaments--with their original designs, increasing variety, and appeal to diverse customers--have revolutionized Christmas decorating and led to the popularity of ornament collecting. Hallmark cleverly incorporated new technology--like computers, cellphones, and MP3 players--into its mix of ornaments. These ornaments would change as quickly as the technologies themselves.
- A Selection of Hallmark Ornaments: Halloween - Hallmark revolutionized Christmas decorating with its annual release of holiday ornaments. But many people may not realize that Hallmark produces ornaments for more holidays than just Christmas. Since the early 2000s, Halloween ornaments on a wide range of subjects have been popular. No matter which holiday Hallmark ornaments commemorate, they appeal to customers' tastes and interests and often follow popular consumer trends.
- October 12, 2022
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A Selection of Hallmark Ornaments: Halloween
Hallmark revolutionized Christmas decorating with its annual release of holiday ornaments. But many people may not realize that Hallmark produces ornaments for more holidays than just Christmas. Since the early 2000s, Halloween ornaments on a wide range of subjects have been popular. No matter which holiday Hallmark ornaments commemorate, they appeal to customers' tastes and interests and often follow popular consumer trends.
- Creating the Hallmark Exhibition - <p>In 2022, we debuted a new exhibition, Miniature Moments: A Journey Through Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments, which was a tremendous undertaking accomplished in just over three years in the midst of a pandemic. How did we do it? </p>
- December 11, 2024
- Collections - Video
Creating the Hallmark Exhibition
In 2022, we debuted a new exhibition, Miniature Moments: A Journey Through Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments, which was a tremendous undertaking accomplished in just over three years in the midst of a pandemic. How did we do it?