The ornaments arrive at the end of June/beginning of July in preparation for our Ornament Premiere which is always the second weekend in July. For the last three years in a row, which is the number of years that Hallmark has offered a Twilight Ornament, I have been on the look out for the FedEx delivery guy!! I was super excited when I looked out the store window and saw him with a cart full of boxes with green tape!! YAY!!!! They are here I shouted. LOL
I always try to contain my excitement which is hard because Ornament Premiere is one of my favorite events that Hallmark has. Add a Twilight Ornament on top of that and you have one very excited Twilighter!!! After he unloaded the 40+ boxes the hunt for the twi-treasure began!!
Once we opened and checked in several of the boxes, I finally found it!! I was completely excited and couldn't wait to open the box to see it. I was seriously hoping that the ornament looked better than last years because there were a lot of issues with the paint, etc. Personally it was not my favorite one they have made but I bought it anyway because it was Twilight and Hallmark. :)
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| 2011 Hallmark "Bella, Edward & Jacob" Keepsake Oranment |
I was really looking forward to this years because the detail even in the picture in the Dreambook looked promising. You could see the buttons on the back and on the sleeves on Bella's Wedding Dress even in this tiny picture.
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| Picture from the Dreambook |
Once I had the box in my hand, I held my breath...... EEK!! What would it look like...... I gasped as I opened it and smiled!!! :) IT LOOKS GREAT!!!!! YAY!!!! FINALLY we have a great looking Twilight Ornament!!!!
I think the ornament looks exactly like the picture in the Dreambook and is as detailed as I was hoping it would be. Even in it's tiny form (4 inches high) you can see the detail the artist put into it's creation.
When you look at Bella's Wedding Dress you can see the individual buttons on the sleeve and also down the back of the dress. Ohhh the back of the dress!!! I love it!! You can see the detail in the lace and even in her hair clip. The front of the dress is also defines with the triangular sections on the side. :)
If you were wishing that Edward and Bella looked more like Rob and Kristen, I am sorry to say that they do not but then again they are not meant too.
I am very please with the craftsmanship of this year ornament. I will definitely be buying one, two, three....oh who know's how many!! HAHA You all know how I love to do giveaways...maybe you will be seeing one of them in July. <wink wink>
If you are interested in adding your own "Edward and Bella's Wedding" Keepsake Ornament to your Twilight Collection visit your local Gold Crown store in July.
The ornament will be available for purchase beginning Saturday, July 14th during Hallmark's Ornament Premiere. The retail price of the ornament is $17.95. Be sure to get their early because quantities are limited and I know this will be very popular.
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Thanks for posting all the pictures! Just out of curiosity, what didn't you like about last year's?
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. I did buy last years but I wasn't crazy about the paint job. Bella also looked kinda freaky. Edward also didn't look that's great. Their noses were also too pointy.
DeleteVery cool! Thank you for sharing! This looks interesting. I do like my Twilight first year ornament.
ReplyDelete@snoopy7729 The painting/details on last year's was awful. :(
Question for you guys--you probably already discussed this before, but I noticed the first one was Twilight, then last year's was Eclipse. Anyone know why they skipped New Moon??
ReplyDeleteHere's a closer look at last years and you can see what I'm talking about. http://www.twilightersdream.com/2011/06/exclusive-first-look-at-hallmark.html
DeleteAs for why Hallmark didn't make a New Moon ornament, I am not sure. I always thought they kinda combined New Moon and Eclipse. The ornament looks like the New Moon movie poster as in the pose/positioning of them on the ornament and it was also available for purchase right after Eclipse came out in theaters so they printed Eclipse on the box. That's my theory anyway. :)
Thank you for the detailed photos. I'm glad to see the amazing detail on this ornament. I can't wait for the ornament premiere!
ReplyDeleteThis should have been for last year and the 2010 one should have been for Eclipse. Someone dropped the ball here.
ReplyDeleteI love the Breaking Dawn Wedding ornament. I didn't really like the look of the Eclipse one either. They should have made a separate one for New Moon with just Bella & Jacob because of how the book goes.
ReplyDeleteI am wondering and hoping that they are going to make one for Breaking Dawn pt.2, with Renesmee & Jacob (either as a human or a wolf) and Edward & vamp Bella. I think that would be awesome. I also think they should make one of the whole Cullen Family but include Jacob (since he is basically family now). I also think it would be great if they made one with Charlie, Sue, Harry, Billy & Old Quil, one of the wolf pack (both of them together, either in human or wolf form)( Sam & Emily, Paul & Rachel, Jared & Kim, Quil & Claire, Leah, Seth, Embry, Brady and Colin), and one of Bella's Human friends: Mike, Jessica, Angela, Ben, Eric, Tyler, Connor, Lee, Austin, Katie & Samantha, plus Bella's mom Renee and her step-dad Phil Dwyer. They should also do one of Gustavo & Kaure from Brazil and J. Jenks & Max from Seattle.
They should also make one of the Volturi (including Jane & Alec) with some of their guard like Felix, Demetri, Chelsea, Heidi and Renata (and maybe the wives). They should also make one for each Coven in Breaking Dawn 1 & 2,( Denali coven: Tanya, Kate, Irina, Carmen, Eleazar and now Garrett. Egyptian coven: Benjamin, Tia, Amun and Kebi. Irish coven: Siobhan, Liam and Maggie. Romanian coven: Vladimir and Stefan.) plus the nomads (Alistair, Charles, Makenna, Charlotte, Peter, Mary and Randall, since Garrett is now with the Denali) and Nahuel & Huilen. They should also make one of James' coven: James, Victoria and Laurent, the Mexican coven that Jasper first belonged to: Maria, Lucy & Nettie, Victoria & Riley's coven from Eclipse & Bree: Victoria, Riley, Bree, Diego, Fred, Raoul, Adam, Casey, Doug, Jen, Kevin, Kristie, Sarah, Shelley and Steve.
I also wish that they would make model cars from the movies ( Carlisle's Mercedes S55 AMG, Edward's Volvo S60R ( plus a model of the actual one from Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn pt 1 & 2, because they were different in every movie), Edward's Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, Rosalie's BMW M3 Convertible, Emmett's Jeep Wrangler, Alice's Porsche 911 Turbo, Jasper's Ducati 848 Motorcycle, Bella's '53 Chevy Pickup Truck, Bella's Mercedes Guardian, Bella's Ferrari F430, Jacob's Volkswagen Rabbit, Jacob's Harley Sprint, and Bella's Honda XL250.
They should also make an ornament for every Book Cover including The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, but these ornaments should be hands holding an apple for Twilight, a red & white flower for New Moon, a fraying ribbon for Eclipse, a red pawn & a white Queen on a Chess board for Breaking Dawn, an hourglass with red sand for Bree and something new for Midnight Sun (even though the book still isn't finished and there is no cover art for it), plus they should do framed photos of the covers of the Graphic Novels that have come out so far.
There is still so many things that they can make for the books and movies and with making and releasing new items the franchise could make even more money, even though there are no more books or movies left to come out.
What do you think?
Sorry for taking up so much space and basically going on a rant about ornaments and figurines ( Barbie Dolls, Tonner Dolls and action figures) that could still be made and would definitely sell.