Hallmark's 100th Anniversary

2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Hallmark Cards (and my 13th anniversary working for them!). In honor of the big event, we were each issued a crown to decorate, for a display in January. So I took my plain white, resin crown and made it gold & sparkly...

And then set about creating plush caricatures of our President/CEO/Vice Chairman of the Board, Don Hall Jr., and his brother—our President of Hallmark North America, Dave Hall:

All the pieces cut out & ready to assemble:

The Halls are taking shape, with hand-embroidered faces and "Hallmark plum" colored ties:

The completed Halls. They're about 12' high, and look rather cute in their tiny suits & ties, if I do say so myself:

This is how I envision they'll be displayed, with an arm over each others' shoulder, sitting in the crown. (I'm working on a label for the front of the crown that says, "Congratulations Don & Dave."

Or maybe we'll just display them like this!

Last-minute additions: Hallmark ID badges, & a message on the crown:

Hopefully the Halls will approve...I'd like to make it to my 14th anniversary, at least! ; )