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Countdown to 2012!

by on December 31, 2011 in Inspiration Boards, Parties, Seasonal and Holiday

New Year’s Eve may only have one day to Christmas’ twelve, but what’s not to like about an end-of the-year celebration that revolves around champagne and glitter? Make the most of your last night of 2011 by hosting a fun-filled, sparkly soiree! Invite your friends and old acquaintances to your event with PaperSnaps’ Last Hurrah Party Invitation. In addition to a champagne toast, serve treats like champagne buttercream cupcakes, and sparkly champagne jello shots. Should you choose to serve dinner, decorate your napkin rings with mini disco balls for a festive touch at the table! Stand out in a glitzy gold dress and matching nail polish, and provide traditional paper hats or noisemaker boutonnieres so guests can liven up their own attire. It’s sure to be a night to remember!

PaperSnaps’ Last Hurrah Party Invitation, noisemaker boutonniere, gold sequined dress, champagne jello shots recipe (photo credit to rock-ur-party.tablespoon.com/), champagne cupcakes, Sephora glitter nail polish, napkin rings

Don’t forget to send a Thank You Card!

by on December 28, 2011 in General, Promotions

With the holidays coming to an end, its time to show all of the people who made your holiday special, how much you appreciate them!  Sending a hand-written thank you card on your very own personalized thank you cards is the perfect way to do just that!  And this week all of our personalized thank you cards are 30% off.  Oh, and January is National Thank You month, so right now is the perfect time to prepare for all of the thank-you’s you will write next month!  Head over to our Facebook page to get the code.

Holiday Peppermint Party

by on December 21, 2011 in Inspiration Boards, Parties, Seasonal and Holiday

Christmas is fast approaching, so these next few days may be your only chance to sneak in one last holiday soiree! Celebrate a seasonal flavor by inviting your friends over for a festive peppermint-themed party!  Set the mood by Inviting your guests to your holiday party with the Holiday Kickoff Party Invitation. Load up the snack table with tons of minty treats like candy cane cake pops, peppermint bark, and triple chocolate peppermint cookies. Offer guests hot chocolate with candy cane stir sticks, or a refreshing cup of peppermint eggnog punch. Send your friends on their merry way with a jar of candy cane cocoa mix to keep their holiday spirits up well into the new year!

PaperSnaps’ Kickoff the Holidays Party Invitation, candy cane cake pops, peppermint eggnog punch, peppermint stick cocoa, peppermint cream bites, candy cane stir sticks, triple chocolate peppermint treats, peppermint bark

One last shower

by on December 19, 2011 in Baby

I was lucky enough to have all of the people of Papersnaps.com throw me a lovely baby shower last week!  It was a surprise to me and was very kind of them all to do so.  We had a delicious lunch that was catered in.  And it was followed by some tasty cupcakes from a local bakery.  I was then showered with some lovely gifts.  One of them being a beautiful little table to go beside my rocking chair in the nursery.  My co-workers husband built the table for me and it is just perfect.  Home made gifts are always the best!  As well as this table she also got me a cute little outfit with lamb feet and socks and mittens to match, and two super soft baby blankets.   Someone else gave me some adorable swaddling blankets from Pottery Barn that are unbelievably soft.  And another great gift was a frog pod.  Which is this handy little toy collector and holder for the bathtub.  It’s super cute and I know will make bath time cleanup a snap.  I have had such great people surround me here at work this entire pregnancy.  I am very thankful for how sensitive and understanding they have all been.  And it hasn’t been just at work but everyone in my life has been so great to me this entire time.  It’s hard to believe that Amelia is due in just 7 days.  The time has absolutely flown by and it has truly been a great pregnancy.  I am so excited for what the future holds and will keep everyone posted on when Amelia decides to arrive!

 

Nursery Complete!

by on December 8, 2011 in Baby

Our nursery is finally complete!  We spent a lot of time and energy on this room and I just hope that Amelia likes it as much as we do.  It’s funny because she won’t even be living in there the first few months of her life, but I was adament about making sure it was complete before she comes home.  I really want everything to be perfect in our house before the baby arrives, I guess it’s a nesting thing they say.  My husband worked diligently on the room as I bossed him around, I am thankful that he has so much patience with me.  The most difficult task in the room was definitely hanging the tree branches.  We cut them down from trees in our yard and my husband spray painted them white.  I bought some faux flowers and cut tiny holes in the centers of the blossoms and placed them up and down on each branch.  When they were finally complete, we spent many hours lining them up to come out of the wall and hang just right from the ceiling.  We used fishing wire to hang them from the ceiling and a thumb tack like nail to insert them into the wall.  After they were hung I also fastened some small birds on a couple of the branches for an added touch.  They turned out exactly as I imagined and we are both very proud of this project!  Here is a photo for you to see for yourself.  Don’t mind our dog Moe, he loves that little rug in her room.