Every year, I shop for new ornaments to add to my collection. I have my ball ornaments that I don’t replace unless I need to, so I normally shop for more unique ornaments. In years past, my favorite place to shop for these ornaments has been Hallmark. It is a family tradition to shop for ornaments at Hallmark and I budget for it every year. This year, I decided not to shop at Hallmark for my ornaments.
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Every May, Hallmark releases its Hallmark Keepsake ornament book. The book, formally called the Hallmark Keepsake Dream Book, has all the Christmas and other holiday ornaments the store will be selling later on in the year.
This year, I have trouble getting to my closest Hallmark Gold Crown store. My old favorite closed last year and the other one is closer, yet I can’t travel to it this month. Instead, I decided to talk about where to find the dream book without walking into a store.
You can download a digital copy of it from Hallmark’s official website. The ornament official website is located here, the Dream Book can be downloaded here, and the Wish List can be downloaded here. Both the Dream Book and the Wish List are PDF files and, once downloaded, can be printed. As for finding a hard copy of the dream book and the wish list, Hallmark does not allow ordering it off their website. Instead, they can be found in their stores.
As for the Wish List, there are two ways of creating it. There is a way online and the other is by printing off the Wish List and taking it to a Hallmark Gold Crown store. If you create a Wish List online, then you automatically entered into Hallmark’s sweepstakes to win your whole Wish List for free. According to Hallmark’s website, in honor of the Dream Book’s 50th Anniversary, 50 people will win their Wish List. The sweepstakes can only be entered online. All paper Wish Lists are not eligible.
Like I already mentioned, this is the 50th Anniversary of the Dream Book. If you are a huge fan of Hallmark and love to collect all the copies of the Dream Books, then you may want to consider going to a Hallmark store and picking up the book in person.
Finally, if want previous years Dream Books, then look on the main page for this year’s Dream Book. Hallmark has links to PDF versions of previous years books. They go up to 2010 and are free to download. Hard copies of previous years Dream Book are not available.
I hope this helped all the Hallmark ornament fans who are looking for the new Dream Book! If any of the links don’t work, then please let me know. The links should work for the 2023 Dream Book only.
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Earlier this week, I had to go to mall to return some items. While waiting for the stores to open, I walked around the mall to see what’s different and what isn’t. The mall I went to has a Hallmark store inside, so I peeked inside the windows to see what’s there. That’s when I saw the set up for Hallmark’s ornament premiere that would happen later in the week.
The store was closed at that time, so I took a photograph of what ornaments the front of the store had on display and some of the decorations for it…
I didn’t go inside when the store opened, but when I looked through the windows I could see some of the ornaments already on display, but not available for sale.
I’m sad I won’t be able to go to this year’s Ornament Premiere. I decided not to go on Saturday or Sunday because it’s going to be ridiculously hot those days (Saturday will be 116 degrees and Sunday will be 117 degrees) and the earliest the stores will be open is 11 AM. 11 AM is too late in the day to escape at least some of the hot temperatures, so I will shop the event next week when temperatures will be a little bit cooler.
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Since Covid-19/Coronavirus has closed all Hallmark Gold Crown stores, there will be no release party for the Dream Book. If you never heard of Hallmark’s Dream Book, it is a magazine style book available at Hallmark stores. The Dream Book has all the Christmas tree ornaments that will be on sale that year, what month they will be on sale. and how much it will cost. Every May I try to make an effort to go into a Hallmark store and pick up a hard copy of the Dream Book, but this May will be different. Like I said, Hallmark stores are closed where I live and I don’t know when they will be open again. Despite this, Hallmark has a digital, PDF version of the book available on their website!
The you can find the PDF version of the Dream Book on Hallmark’s website here. Here are a few pages from this year’s Dream Book…
Even though it’s very early to think about Christmas, I’m so happy to see the Dream Book. I didn’t have the chance to look through it, but I am looking forward to see all the ornaments that will be for sale this year!
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Christmas is almost here and I’m so excited! I enjoyed decorating my house this year and even had the chance to put my tree up! Although my tree is not big enough to hang all my ornaments on it, I’m still happy with the way it turned out!
One of the ornaments I didn’t get the chance to hang on my tree was my 2011 Celebration Barbie ornament from Hallmark. Continue reading “Ornament Feature: Celebration Barbie Hallmark Ornament”
I’m a huge Disney fan and one of my favorite Disney movies is 101 Dalmatians. I love the animated version as well as the live action movie staring Glen Close. Despite my love of 101 Dalmatians, it’s difficult to find merchandise from the animated movie.
Back in 2011, I discovered Hallmark created an ornament based off 101 Dalmatians. I bought it during the after Christmas sale and love it ever since. Continue reading “Ornament Feature: 101 Dalmatians Pongo Saves the Day Hallmark Ornament”
This weekend, Hallmark Gold Crown stores will hold their Ornament Premier Event. Even though I’m not ready to get ready for Christmas (Though I’ve already found some Christmas presents for family & friends), I am excited to go to the Premier Event. I always enjoy shopping for ornaments and get excited to find new ornaments I love and will enjoy for years to come.
Since this is the first weekend the ornaments will be for sale, I decided to make my annual ornament wish list post, only this year it will be a little different. Since Hallmark releases their ornaments in waves, I will be splitting my wish list up to coincide with the different release weekends. This wish list is for the July 2019 releases. Continue reading “Hallmark Gold Crown Keepsake Ornament Wish List- July 2019”