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Planning a holiday cookie exchange?

A tried and true holiday party occasion is a cookie exchange. A cookie exchange helps everyone accomplish multiple goals during the busy holiday season including:

1. Spending time with family and friends
2. Baking cookies and treats
3. Exchanging the cookies and arriving home with a beautiful platter ready to serve at the next holiday occasion!

Here are just a few tips for your holiday cookie exchange:
1. On the invite ask guests to bring a specified # of cookies. 4 dozen is manageable for everyone.

2. Ask guests to bring cookies packaged in bags 4 cookies to a bag. Then the hostess has an easy task of sorting cookies for everyone to take home.

3. Ask guests to bring cookies on a platter. This takes more time of the hostess but can this is the best way to make a beautiful arrangement of cookies. Purchase inexpensive platters and create one for each guest with all of the varieties of cookies. Wrap in cellophane and finish with a large ribbon and tie an ornament to the ribbon. Perfect!

4. Ask guests to email their recipes before the party and print all of the recipes to give as party favors. Include the date and names of recipe contributors. An instant keepsake.

I love all cookie exchanges and the opportunity to try new cookie recipes. Send us your cookie exchange tips and party ideas!

Love this invitation! We have these in stock and can ship next day!

Looking for a personalized holiday gift?

Kate Sumner designs just launched a new line of personalized memo pads and they are a perfect personalized holiday gift. With more than 20 designs there is a perfect pad for everyone on your list. At Paper Celebration, each 75 sheet pad is $25 but if you purchase 2 with the same name then the price drops 20% to $40. Order now so you have in plenty of time for holiday gift giving!

 

Save 30% on Digital Holiday Photo Cards from Noteworthy Collections

That's right, you can save 30% on your digital holiday photo cards from Noteworthy Collections until November 12, 2009! So that means, the price of 100 cards drops from $191.00 to $133.70 or $1.34 per card. The 2009 new items are here and are being added to the site daily. The updates include a large selection of cards for 3 and 4 photos. Perfect if it is impossible to get one good shot of all of your kids! The quality of the card stock and the printing is the best. I appreciate the time they take to make sure the photo prints well. Matching labels and personalized address stampers are also available. Order early and save 30%! That definitely brings me joy!

Sale! Personalized address labels from Paper Celebration

Sanlori Designs has launched a new line of digital cards and labels. The designs follow the tradition of bold colors and whimsical designs that Sanlori is known for. I really like the line and would like to offer you 20% off the labels so you can see how great it is. The labels are 2.5" round and the best part is they arrive packaged ready to give! They are in a cute clear box with sparkle stuffing and finished with a white satin box. I tried to take a photo to show you but the image is not so great.

$16.80 is a great price for 50 labels and would be a perfect, personalized holiday hostess gift. Allow two weeks for delivery so order now!

 

Digital Holiday Photo Cards from SanLori

Digital Holiday Photo Cards have become very popular over the past few years and SanLori designs has introduced their new line for 2009. The cards have bright colors and bold designs. Your photo can be printed in color or black and white. My favorite part of the line are the matching address labels. The labels are 2.5" round and will provide a colorful pop to your envelope. They are a great value too! Priced at $21 per 50 labels they are a great gift.

New baby and bridal shower invitations on papercelebration.com

Received new samples today and could not wait to post them tonight. One of my favorite new lines is the Mindy Weiss collection from Inviting Company. The invitations are very pretty but fun too, and fun is important! If you are planning a shower be sure to browse through the collection.

New blog to check out - Fresh, frugal and fabulous by Leah Damron/Sendik's Food Market

I invite everyone to check out this great new blog written by Leah Damron for Sendik's Food Market in Wisconsin. The blog is Fresh, Frugal and Fabulous - creating delicious dinners on a dime! Leah had a great idea to blog about the weekly Sendik's grocery ad and include recipes using ingredients from the ad. Very clever idea! Serve a wonderful dinner every night and stay within your budget. This week I am going to try Pasta with Tomato & Almond Pesto which received great reviews. Leah is a great writer so it is an entertaining as well informative read. 

Cheers to a quick and delicious dinner!

Create a Cocktail Recipe Book during your next party.

This new invitation from Inviting Company has endless entertaining possibilities. The invite asks guests to bring their favorite drink recipe to the party. Everyone has a favorite cocktail they can share.

After the party create a book of all of the recipes and send to guests as a memento. For a Stock the Bar shower, the cocktail recipes will be perfect for the new couple. Also ask for appetizer recipes to create a complete "party book".

The entire invite can be customized with your choice of text except the white line that reads "Cut at the dotted line and bring your favorite drink recipe".

Cheers to your festive occasion!

One last Summer Celebration! Paper Celebration has the invitations.

With only a few more weekends of summer, now is the time to host a party. Paper Celebration is ready to help. All of these invites are in stock and ready to print. Cheers!

 

   

Facebook Fan Page - Follow Paper Celebration!

We created a Facebook fan page and invite you to join us. We will update with party ideas, new products and hope to hear from you. Post your party ideas and share tips.

Over the years we have had a lot of creative customers who work hard to make their event festive and personal for the guests. We invite you to share your creativity on the blog and on the Fan Page.Send us your party photos and we can post along with the invitation. 

Happy Party Planning!