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Hallmark Ornaments, Hallmark Maxine, Dolly Mamas, Department 56 Dickens Village, Snowbabies Figurines

Lin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 07:16:36 +0000

Hallmark is one my favorite stores to buy decorative figurines and collectibles, and my appreciation for all things Hallmark began with hysterically funny, crabby old lady Maxine and her funny quotes full of sarcastic humor. My Amazon wishlist wouldn’t be complete without a couple inexpensive Hallmark Maxine products like the collectible Maxine dolls, next year’s calendar, Maxine’s bunny slippers and pink terry cloth robe etc, but I became very excited when I discovered there is trademark Hallmark Maxine fabric for making pillows, curtains, valances etc to decorate a room or two Maxine-style.

I foresee a bathroom and perhaps another room decorated in Maxine coming soon, especially since I was able to find a Maxine soap dish and toothbrush holder in my beloved Maxine theme. My Maxine “obsession” has rubbed off on friends too, so I now have more competition in my search for low cost new, discontinued or retired Hallmark gifts and treasured collectibles, including my precious Maxine and Dolly Mamas.

Dolly Mamas

Fans of Hallmark Maxine and her sarcastic sense of humor are likely familiar with Dolly Mama’s dolls, figurines, cross stitch kits, tote bags, coasters, funny quotes and sassy attitude, similar to old lady Maxine. Dolly Mama’s dolls and lady figurines, with her whimsical feather-trimmed hat and crazy sense of fashion that remind me of “Pippi Longstocking”, come exclusively from The Hamilton Collection, designed by artist Joey Heiberg.

Dolly Mama collection items include “Hat-titude” dolls, Christmas tree ornaments, music boxes, wall clock, tote bags, apparel, plates and glassware (wine glasses) etc, in celebration of your sassy personality. Humorous and poseable Dolly Mama dolls and figurines poke fun at age and getting old(er), with funny sayings like: “Put Your Big Girl Panties On and Deal With It!”; “It’s Not the Age, It’s the Attitude!”; “It’s Happy Hour Somewhere!”; “Nobody Knows the Truffles I’ve Seen”; “I’m Still Hot, It Just Comes in Flashes”. The limited-edition, hand-painted, Dolly Mama’s Dazzling Divas Figurine Collection is a must-have for Dolly Mama fans, like me. If you love Maxine by Hallmark, you will surely love Dolly Mamas just as much.

I rarely pay full retail price for most merchandise I want to buy, not since I know I can find just about anything I want from Hallmark stores at either Amazon, an eBay auction or through eBay “buy it now” cheap listings. More often than not, purchased items offer free shipping or when shipping fees are calculated into the price, I still come out ahead of paying full retail by buying online through Amazon, eBay or one of my other favorite online websites.

Hallmark Dept 56

As the Christmas holiday season begins each year, I begin shopping for new and unique Hallmark ornaments to hang on the Christmas tree, but what I’ve wanted to do this year and throughout 2011 is get a head start on a Christmas Village collection to display during the holidays. I’ve been happily surprised at the large selection, quality and craftsmanship of Hallmark’s Department 56 Villages, collectibles and ornaments. Department 56 Krinkles ornaments top my list of favorites, especially the Krinkles Reindeer ornaments and stockings.

The moment I saw the 10 different and stunningly beautiful Dept 56 Christmas villages, buildings, houses and cabins, I knew choosing between them was going to be difficult. I like them all. The animated Department 56 Snow Village houses and accessories are gorgeous, and considering how much I love the snow during Chicago winter months, Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas snowman figurines by The Bradford Exchange makes me love the snow village collection that much more, but I can definitely see why the Dept 56 Dickens Village is so popular, even though a tad costly for individual collection pieces.

The Department 56 North Pole Village set is very colorful, with figurine and reindeer accessories in colors that compliment the houses extraordinarily well, and is on my top 4 list of xmas villages by Dept 56. Decisions, decisions. The Dept 56 Christmas Story Village houses and figurines are also cute and colorful, but not really my cup of tea as far as style goes, even though the price for collection set pieces are reasonable. The old, Victorian-style houses and buildings in some Dept 56 village collection sets, like the Williamsburg, remind me of some of the homes and architectural buildings where I grew up.

Besides the North Pole village, Department 56 Elfland lighted village piques my interest as well. The color combination and attention to detail in the design, style and artistry is breathtaking. How anyone makes a final choice of which Department 56 Christmas village is the best or most wanted is beyond me. Choosing one village collection over all the other villages by Dept 56 has been harder than I originally thought it would, but I will somehow find a way of picking my personal favorite soon enough.

Department 56 Snowbabies Ornaments

Surprisingly enough, I was not really familiar with Dept 56 Snowbabies Classics Christmas ornaments, nativity scenes, figurines and water globes until I saw a baby’s nursery decorated with Snowbabies throughout the baby girl’s room. After seeing how cute these ornaments and figurines are, I can understand why Snowbabies are popular Christmas ornaments, but also why Snowbabies make a unique and special girl or boy baby shower gift for new mom’s and dad’s to treasure.

Even though I’m still undecided about what Christmas village I want to start collecting over time, I’m positive that it will be a Dept 56 Christmas village by Hallmark. I expect completing the collection set will take years to finish, and since I’m not in any big rush, I can also work on my Maxine collection and Dolly Mamas at the same time.

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Hallmark Maxine – Maxine Quotes, Jokes, Cards, Cartoons, Calendars, Funny Sayings

Lin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:58:06 +0000

I love Maxine. Everything and anything Maxine. Books, cups, cards and ecards, it doesn’t matter as long as it’s Crabby Lady Maxine with an attitude, who really knows how to tell it like it is. Hallmark Maxine to be specific, the old crusty, sarcastic Maxine and all her funny cartoons, jokes, quotes and sayings that make Maxine fans laugh out loud.

With Thanksgiving coming in a matter of days, and Christmas not far behind, I’ve been getting my fill of Thanksgiving Maxine cartoons while planning and preparing for the holidays. To all my subscribed readers on Telling It Like It Is, I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. “May your stuffing be tasty; May your turkey plump; May your potatoes and gravy have nary a lump. May your yams be delicious and your pies take the prize, and may your Thanksgiving dinner stay off your thighs!” – Unknown

To Know Me Is to….Well, is to Know Me.

You know that nice older lady who lives down the street and you see tending her cats or maybe cooling a pie on the windowsill? That’s not me. Not even close. I don’t live on anybody’s street-they live on mine. I don’t work well in groups, and I don’t work at all if I can get away with it. I tell it like it is, I tell it like it ought to be. And I’m my own biggest fan. But you’re free to join in the hard-fought fight for second place. – Maxine

I’ve been a fan of Hallmark Maxine quotes and her sarcastic humor for many years now, and my Birthday and Christmas Amazon wish lists always includes a variety of Maxine products to add to my growing collection. If you love Maxine as much as I do, you’ll likely want to get a 2011 Maxine calendar to hang on your wall, or perhaps the boxed Maxine calendar for your desk.

“Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and the old buzzard won’t be hanging around, underfoot, all weekend.” – Maxine

Having the latest Maxine pocket planner to carry in my purse at all times is a must, to help me stay organized and up-to-date on all the birthdays, anniversaries, appointments and other goings on with friends and family I might otherwise forget. I have every Maxine mug available for drinking coffee in the morning, but I’ve seen quite a few Maxine collectibles and figurines that have been added to my wish list of wants.

Even if I don’t receive the Maxine dolls I saw online the other day for Christmas this year, it’s no big deal because I could always buy the dolls as a Christmas present to myself after the holidays are over, or I could mention the Maxine stuff I’ve been finding as wedding anniversary gift ideas to my better half and see what happens.

“My favorite birthday game is Pin the Cleanup on the guests.” – Maxine

Pretty soon we’ll be pulling out the Christmas holiday decorations and opening last year’s boxes of Christmas tree ornaments, but as far as I’m concerned, Christmas tree decorating wouldn’t be complete without some Maxine Christmas ornaments to bring some humorous fun to the seasonal festivities and family gatherings.

Out of all the funny Maxine quotes and sayings that make me laugh, Maxine’s quotes on aging and birthday quotes are on the top of my list of favorites. By the time I have all the Maxine merchandise I want, Hallmark will come out with more Maxine, which will make my home office look exactly how I want it to. Enjoy these Maxine aging quotes and 25 of my favorite Maxine quotes. Gobble Gobble!

12 Maxine Quotes on Aging

“I’m agin’ and ragin’!! I’m sassy, classy, and still kickin’ assy!”
“I’ve still got IT, but NOBODY wants to see it.”
“Real women don’t have hot flashes, they have POWER SURGES!!”
“Take every birthday with a grain of salt. This works much better if the salt accompanies a large margarita”.
“Getting older is like visiting an all-you-can-eat buffet; what should be hot is cold, what should be firm is limp, and the buns are bigger than anything else on the buffet!”
“Don’t go gray without bitchin’ all the way!”
“After a certain age, if you don’t wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead.”
“The only two things we do with greater frequency in middle age is urinate and attend funerals.”
“The good news is that even as we get older, guys still like looking at our boobs. The bad news is, they have to squat down first.”
“It’s scary when you start making the same noises as your coffeemaker.”
“My memory’s not as sharp as it used to be. Also my memory’s not as sharp as it used to be”
“Aging, like fine wine, means spending a lot of your time on your side, lying down.”

25 Maxine Quotes

1. To stay relaxed in today’s frantic, stressful world, you have to force yourself to stop & put your feet up. I put mine up just high enough to kick the butt of whoever’s annoying me.

2. The secret to leading a tranquil life is to ignore petty annoyances & save your anger for really serious matters. Like if somebody looks at you funny.

3. I don’t see the glass as half-empty or half-full. I see it as a glass somebody else has already put their lousy germs on.

4. Home computers are the perfect thing for women who don’t feel that men provide them with enough frustration.

5. Sometimes it helps to count to 10 on your fingers. Or just one, if you know what I’m saying.

6. I’ll carpool when I can find three people who don’t talk, sweat, whistle, or use cologne.

7. I enjoy wallpapering, it gives me a chance to brush up on the swear words I haven’t used in a while.

8. I have a one-step program for dealing with stress. Well, one step and a kick to be exact.

9. Caffeine is for people who feel they aren’t irritable enough on their own.

10. The greatest thing about cordless phones is instead of hanging them up on people, you can just throw them.

11. Sometimes the days just fly by–except for the day when you have to wait for the cable guy.

12. My idea of a high-stress job is any job where you have to work with other people.

13. Found something at the swimsuit shop I was really comfortable in. The dressing room.

14. I like to give advice to young parents: but “Muzzle that screamin’ brat!” isn’t very well received.

15. Experts say you can relieve stress by petting a cat. ‘Course, it doesn’t work if the cat’s the one making you nuts in the first place.

16. If I had a nickel for every time I’ve misplaced my keys, there’d be a jarful of money that I’d also have to look for.

17. Forgive me if I snap at you. I’m myself today.

18. Just saw a three-hankie movie. That’s how many I stuffed into the mouth of the talker behind me.

19. Sometimes work can be stressful. Especially for people that work with me.

20. I’m thinking of renewing my vow…to never get married again.

21. I work out every day. Mostly frustrations & anger.

22. Yelling really loud can sometimes ease tension…and sometimes it makes everyone else in the library jump out of their skin.

23. I hate getting behind people who can’t drive. It’s so hard for them to see my finger in their rearview mirror.

24. If your life is an endless series of ups and downs, consider a more supportive bra.

25. It’s important to vent your frustrations. But you have to recognize the appropriate time and place to vent and blow off steam. For me it’s anytime, anyplace.

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Thanksgiving Maxine Style Cartoons by Hallmark

Lin — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:11:42 +0000

Thanksgiving, Maxine style, always brings a smile to my face. Are you familiar with the Maxine comics? On Maxine.com, you can find many Maxine cartoons to share with others, as well as Maxine e-cards to email your friends and family.

Hallmark’s Maxine cartoons is one of my favorite cartoon figures, and I always get a kick out her sarcastic humor, so I decided to share these Thanksgiving Maxine cartoons with you. Enjoy!

Maxine comics and cartoons are the best! I can’t get enough of Maxine!

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