If you're looking for a unique and personal way to decorate your Christmas tree this year, why not make some decoupage Christmas ornaments? Decoupaging or decoupage is the art of cutting and pasting with mod podge. It's a simple craft that anyone can do without requiring special skills.

1997 Star Wars Christmas Ornaments The actual series started in 1997 with Luke Skywalker. Hallmark has produced a wide array of Star Wars ornaments over the years. The Star Wars series is one of the largest lines Hallmark produces.

Hallmark Magic Cord Ornaments. Introduced in 2010 as Wonder and Light ornaments. You can create a synchronized sound and light show featuring all the ornaments connected to the Magic Cord. (Magic Cord Required / Sold Separately - Click on thumbnail for larger image and details)

Decoupage is a creative technique used to decorate various objects by cutting out pictures from various papers or napkins and applying them with glue in layers onto an object. This technique can be used to decorate various objects made of wood, glass, plastic, etc.

decoupage, also spelled Découpage, (French: “cutting out”), the art of cutting and pasting cutouts to simulate painting on a wood, metal, or glass surface.

In 1973, Hallmark Cards started manufacturing Christmas ornaments. The first collection included 18 ornaments, including six glass ball ornaments. The Hallmark Keepsake Ornament collection is dated and available for just one year.

Three of the materials we use for Keepsake ornaments are styrene, porcelain, and resin. Styrene is a lightweight, yet durable material that is frequently used for ornaments because of its outstanding ability to replicate the subtle details and dimensions of an artist's original sculpture.

At first, people used hallmark to name that mark of excellence from Goldsmith's Hall, but over the years the word came to refer to any mark guaranteeing purity or genuineness, and eventually to name any sign of outstanding talent, creativity, or excellence.

Decoupage is an art of decorating an object with paper cutouts. More precisely, decoupage is the magic of painting or inlaying with all kinds of papers! The source of this magic is the sealing process of glued paper through applying multiple coats of varnishes or custom decoupage finish.

Although we don't know precisely where decoupage first showed up in history, it's safe to say it originated from eastern cultures and was brought to Europe around the 17th century. It was here that it became popular to lacquer paper cutouts onto bookcases, cabinets, and other furniture for decoration.

Invention. The first decorated trees were adorned with apples, white candy canes, and pastries in the shapes of stars, hearts and flowers. Glass baubles were first made in Lauscha, Germany, by Hans Greiner (1550–1609), who produced garlands of glass beads and tin figures that could be hung on trees.

Hallmarks are thus official marks used in many countries as a guarantee of purity or fineness of precious metal articles. The principle objectives of the Hallmarking Scheme are to protect the public against adulteration and to obligate manufacturers to maintain legal standards of fineness.

At first, people used hallmark to name that mark of excellence from Goldsmith's Hall, but over the years the word came to refer to any mark guaranteeing purity or genuineness, and eventually to name any sign of outstanding talent, creativity, or excellence.

Hallmark holiday is a phrase used to refer to a holiday that's perceived as having been created or as being promoted primarily as a way to make money on things sold as part of its observance, such as greeting cards and candy.

hallmark, symbol or series of symbols stamped on an article of gold or silver to denote that it conforms to legal standards that define the maximum proportion of base metals that may be alloyed with pure gold or silver for hardening or other purposes; in broader terms, any mark distinguishing source and quality.

decoupage, also spelled Découpage, (French: “cutting out”), the art of cutting and pasting cutouts to simulate painting on a wood, metal, or glass surface.