Today is the day I've been waiting for since March - Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Premiere Weekend! Yes, it's time to go pick up the Hallmark KOC ornaments I pre-ordered this Spring.
Just as in the last two years, I was able to pick up my ornaments yesterday. Hallmark instituted an early pick-up event to cut down on the crowds of people that show up on Saturday. I received my invite for early pick-up two weeks ago in the mail. I'm so happy to be able to take part in this. Although, I must admit I do miss the excitement of standing in line for an hour, chatting with others about the ornaments we've ordered and about Christmas in general. But I don't miss standing there in 100 degree temps.
The only disappointment this year was that some of my ornaments did not arrive. They may become available, but maybe not. The sales associate told me that 17 of the ornaments released in July are not available due to, you guessed it, supply chain issues. Bummer. One of the ones I didn't receive is a series I've been collecting since 2006. I hope it comes in.
Today I'm showing a broad view of the ornaments I purchased. I will share individual ornaments in a post in the near future. I'm so excited!
Again this year the ornaments came packaged in a cute reusable bag. I use these bags for sorting stocking stuffers. Each family is assigned a bag. I place the stockings in them. When I'm ready to "hang" the stockings all I have to do is remove them from the bags and I'm done!
This year's free ornament... it's actually cute!
In years past, I have not liked the freebies (just not my style)
and have passed them on to others. I'm keeping this one.
This year's ornaments, so far.
I will return in October to pick up the rest of them.
When I turned in my pre-order form I received a 20% off coupon.
It could be used on anything EXCEPT ornaments.
As we were standing in line to pay my husband spotted this cutie.
It's not an ornament so I used my 20% off and bought it for him.
(Donald Duck and Goofy are his favorites)
