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2012 Cookie Exchange Countdown

Jenny — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Hello! How are all of you? Things are good here, and I’m feeling rested and ready to roll. My husband surprised me with a (warm) weekend getaway for our anniversary, and it’s amazing how rested you can get when you’re away from the usual responsibilities of home. Dare I say, we might have gotten a bit … bored? That’s a new phenomenon for us these days. So, the floors were finished on Friday (right as we left town), so when we came back today, I tried to move things back into place to snap some photos, but the daylight got away from me – pictures to come soon, I promise! In the meantime, with the holidays upon us, I have been getting questions about how I created my cookie exchange invitations last year. Remember these? There are a couple of different ways to make these. You can buy tags that are sold by Avery office products, or you can even make these from business card templates (also sold by Avery), that you can run through your home printer. Avery provides a template that you can download online, to make the design process a little easier. I found the wreath in Microsoft’s clip […]

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A Holiday Cookie Exchange

Jenny — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:00:00 +0000

Ok, so after countless days of painting my kitchen cabinets, my body was screaming for a day off. But, a day without painting, doesn’t mean that it was a day wasted. For the past several years, I have co-hosted a cookie exchange at my house, and I’m putting the wheels in motion to get the word out on this year’s party. Since everyone gets uber-busy during the holidays, I wanted to get my invites out in advance, so that people can save the date. With the clock ticking, I found a wonderfully creative invite that I could make myself, ala Brooklyn Limestone. The moment I saw it, I knew it had to shamelessly copy do it. Don’t judge – Mrs. Limestone encourages the copying of this adorable idea. Why wouldn’t she? I would, if I came up with it! Source: brooklynlimestone.com via Jenny on Pinterest Is that not the cutest invite you’ve ever seen? So, I went to work and created my version of this amazingly creative idea. Yes, I used her verbiage and everything. Shameless, indeed: I loved the metal spatula idea, and that was my original plan. But when I got to the Dollar Store, I spotted the […]

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