Seattle Ornament™

       Some of my favorite childhood memories included the train trips to Seattle my family would take over the holidays. My grandparents would book a hotel downtown, and we would ride the Monorail from Westlake Mall to the Seattle Center. I marveled at the amazing ride on its single rail through the sky. My brother and I would play in the Fun Forest, and explore the Center House. I remember my parent’s dismay as they took us to the top of the Needle and all I wanted to eat from the spectacular revolving restaurant was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

The Seattle Collector's Box includes 10 Seattle Ornament annual issues of your choosing! The ornaments come packaged in a decorative green box with the Collector's Box logo embossed in gold foil on the lid. The ornaments rest on green foam, and the stories from every ornament are included in the box. This is a wonderful way to start a new Seattle Ornament collection!

If interested, please e-mail us at siobhan@seattleornament.com and let us know which 10 ornaments you would like.

           I remember first visiting, marveling at the beautiful flowers greeting me as I entered the gardens. Between watching the boats sail by, relaxing on the lawn along the bank, and seeing salmon up close swimming with all their might, I thoroughly enjoyed what was and still is a unique part of what makes this city so vibrant.

“Who’s that tripping over my bridge?” The Troll roared, as the young Billy Goat Gruff trip-trapped across…

Growing up, my father would play the role of the Troll every time my brother and I crossed an old rickety bridge on a hiking adventure. We, along with children all over the world, heard the folktale and often wondered with excitement what really lurked beneath the shadows of the bridges we crossed.

1994's The Emerald City: Skyline with Mt. Rainier is our first ornament.  It makes the perfect souvenir for visitors or a great gift for current or past Seattleites who treasure the Emerald City.

Attention UW Huskies:

1995 is the second ornament of our collection and celebrates UW's Husky Stadium and also features Lake Washington.  A great gift for yourself or a fellow UW fan.

In the heart of Seattle, overlooking Puget Sound's Elliott Bay, Seattle residents and visitors alike seek out the historic and flavorful Pike Place Market. The Market is much more than the sum of its vegetable and fruit stands, fish shops, meat markets, antique shops, restaurants and craft and jewelry stands. Generations of merchants have created the market over time, stringing together many haphazard structures filled with mystery, surprise and unknown possibilities.

Named a city landmark in 1987, the Smith Tower opened to the public on the Fourth of July, 1914. Then the tallest building outside of New York, it was one of the main reasons for Seattle being known at the time as the "New York of the Pacific". The Smith Tower remained the tallest building west of the Mississippi River until 1960.

Built in 1906 to serve passengers traveling to and from Seattle on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads, King Street Station has been an area landmark for over ninety years. Once the transportation hub of the region, the building stands today as a great cultural landmark for the state of Washington.  More than 500,000 people per year currently use the station, primarily to access Amtrak rail service.

Alki Point Lighthouse in West Seattle marks the southern entrance to Seattle's harbor, Elliott Bay. The present lighthouse built in 1913 is visible from many points around the Seattle area. It was automated in 1984 and is one of ten Washington lighthouses open to visitors.

Seattle's first settlers landed there in 1851 and called it New York in anticipation of a great and powerful future. Things progresses slowly, however, and "Alki", a Chinook Indian jargon word meaning "by and by" was added. The name Alki Point ultimately prevailed.