In May of every year, Department 56 builds up collectors’ excitement by introducing new products that are to be available in retailer stores in the fall. This year is certainly no exception. Besides Village and Snowbabies collection introductions, the company also offers new Christmas and seasonal items for collectors and consumers alike. In terms of lighted buildings, Department 56 announces new items added to their popular village series: Alpine Village, Christmas in the City, Dickens’ Village, New England Village, North Pole, the Original Snow Village and Williamsburg.
To further enhance its customer/collector base, Department 56 also announces a brand new village called the Jim Shore Village. An extremely popular artisan in the world of collecting, Jim Shore,
who grew up in rural South Carolina, is most famous for his “Heartwood Creek by Jim Shore” collection. Easily recognizable with its unique designs of German quilting, Scandinavian rosemaling (Norwegian for decorative painting) and English appliqué, Heartwood Creek encompasses a line of seasonal and everyday decorative and colourful items in various subject matters such as traditional American folk art, Nativity/Christmas, Easter, Nursery Rhymes, Disney, etc.Click on the following links for details about all of Department 56’s 2011 mid-year introductions: Villages, Snowbabies, Christmas, Seasonal.
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