The Hallmark 2009 Keepsake Ornament Club Event n Kansas City was held in August. Every 2 years Hallmark has an event for its club members only and at that event they have limited edition ornaments for sale that can not be purchased in any stores. Many of Hallmarks artists are available to have your ornaments signed. On Friday night they had a dinner for all the guests to meet the artists and receive special gifts. A good time was had by all.
This years featured ornament is called The Ornament Express, it stand’s 8 inches tall. The base is 6” x 6 “and turns with a train going around in circles and plays Jingle Bells. The top of the ornament is a tree that holds the Frosty Friends set of 3 miniature ornaments and Snowflake Fun a set of 3 miniature ornaments. There are also plenty of hangers to add other miniatures if you desire, a total of 15.  In 30 years Hallmark has never made a Frosty Friends Miniature.
They also had a Limited Edition of Father Christmas. Very pretty it looks similar to the 2006 Father Christmas with a coat of light blue with silver stars, this ornament was sold out at the event and very hard to get.
A complete set of 3 Lapel Pins, Frosty Friends, Father Christmas and Tuxedo. A well kept secret was a very limited Lapel Pin at Halls Department Store, very few people were aware of it; only 500 were made and my guess is they had many left over. It says “Goin’ to Kansas City and Making Memories” shaped like an ornament with the skyline of Kansas City in the background and Halls Department Store logo.
A colorway repainted version of 2008 Toyland Express and colorway repainted version of 2009 Hallmark Snow buddies series ornament was also sold out at the event and very hard to get.
They had many give always at the event that could not be purchased anywhere also. An unpainted version of the 2009 Cool decade ornament, an Angel of Peace tree topper that was in the Hallmark 2008 book but never sent to any stores and a repainted version of the #1 in series 2008 Candy Claus.
All of these ornaments are available on our website, please take a look. This year’s product was very difficult to get and sold out fast unlike other events, that alone makes them even rarer than past events.