Jim Shore Angel of the month! Save 20% on our Jim Shore April Angel; during the month of April only, while supply lasts! Great deal for a great gift! Where the angels are normally $22.50, the April Angel is now only $18! The April Angel is part of the Heartwood Creek collection. The angel stands 6 1/4 inches tall and is wearing her beautiful April diamond birthstone on a necklace. She is also carrying a basket full of daisies, and wears a cream top and the base of her skirt reads, "April." like all Jim Shore angels and other figurines, this April angel is hand painted! This does mean that there will be slight variations from the image, although the variations are very small we found. It is what gives the collection it's uniqueness.
The great and famous artist Jim Shore is renowned for his monthly Angels and this month Department56Corner celebrates spring with a great 20% off sale on this months' special angel.

We just got our hands on some 'sold out' and 'retired' items that were still in stock! These are three items that were VERY HOT in 2011 and we just had to re-order one more time to give people who didn't have a chance to order it. Quantities are limited and when we run out of stock, we will not get any more in. See the three re-introduced items:

Saturday is St. Patrick's Day, and Department56Corner has some awesome ways to celebrate the Irish!
Whether it's Charming Tails, Possible Dreams, or Jim Shore, there are some really nice Irish gifts we can show you. We created a little section, just for the wonderful Irish gifts. Happy Shopping on this wonderful Thursday!

It's Presidents' Day!
To celebrate this joyous day, we at Department56Corner give away 10% on every order, no matter the size of the order! Today only! Use coupon code "PRESIDENT" to receive your discount. Do keep in mind that we offer free shipping on all orders over $99. This way you can shop our site and save money at the same time. Sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date with our special sales and great deals.
If you want to celebrate Presidents' Day, Department 56-style, check out our patriotic section, where we offer awesome American gifts for your villages. The items are mostly Original Snow Village and Christmas In The City since those villages lend themselves very well for this occasion. Our favorites in these lines are the Patriot House from Snow Village and the Christmas In The City St. Paul's Chapel. You can plant our national flag (Long May She Wave) in any setting of course!
I also want to mention the great Jim Shore patriotic gifts that we carry. We have a special sale on ornaments this time of the year, so you can save big on the Jim Shore Yellow Ribbon Patriotic Eagle Ornament! This great American ornament is now only $10! The sale won't last long, so you have to hurry up before we run out of stock.
On more exciting Jim Shore news. We are placing our 2012 order for Jim Shore tomorrow, so come check us out for the latest and greatest new Jim Shore new figurines shortly. We'll keep you posted!

Happy Groundhog Day!
So I was looking online for some awesome Groundhog Day stuff, and my eye fell on this website: Plush Groundhog Gifts, and in one word: Awesome! Really fun Groundhog gifts! I like the first two ones; the little plush one and the sign that warns for Groundhogs crossing. Those are really nice.
Also really nice is one that I saw on Etsy, so i'm not sure how long it will be available, but i thought it was super cute.
So it's supposed to be Winter for 6 more weeks according to the Groundhog in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania; this because the creature 'saw his shadow'. I'm not really sure what that means, or how one determines whether or not a groundhog sees it's own shadow. So I checked wikipedia to see what that means, and here is what the all-wise Wiki says about it: 'According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day then spring will come early. If it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly see its shadow and retreat back into its burrow, and the winter weather will continue for six more weeks'.
So I suppose it was sunny in Pennsylvania this morning!
It's a fun little tradition though and I personally think groundhogs are pretty neat: kind of plumb and furry.
So again, Happy Groundhog Day, and I know it's everybody's favorite movie!