‘Tis the season to be over-the-top merry, in everything you do. We all try to be conscious of our spending throughout the year, but it seems like the holiday season is the one time during the year that we bend out wallets out a bit and go over-the-top with spending, decorating and gift giving. One […]
What’s your favorite part about the holiday season? If your answer is baking cookies, boy do we have the PERFECT holiday greeting card for you, this year! This cookie-filled holiday greeting card is the inspiration for our blog today – it’s the We Heart You Greeting Card by Checkerboard – which doubles as a holiday […]
‘Tis the season for spreading joy and greetings to others! Each year I look forward to opening my mailbox to see what is inside during the months of November – January. There’s my cousin’s annual photo holiday card which showcases a picture of the kids posing for the holidays – and each year I can’t […]
During the holiday season, most businesses take the opportunity to reach out to employees, vendors, associates, clients and customers to thank them for their support over the past year, and send a plethora of holiday wishes. However if you think about it, you don’t really want to just send a holiday greeting that is limited […]
So many of the traditions of Christmas become the yearly “norm” for us, and we don’t even realize that these traditions that we hold and practice each year, are actually traditions and practices from other cultures and countries, which we have adapted and evolved into our own. In honor of National Holiday Stationery Month, we […]
Sometimes when we think of the holiday season, we only think about the relationships we have with our family and friends. However, if you are a business owner, or part of a large corporation or a team member in a small business, you know how vital it is to show appreciation for a successful business […]
Assuming you don’t think the world will be ending on December 21st this year, now is the perfect time to start planning your New Years holiday celebration. If you’re looking to spruce things up a bit this year, add a little sparkle to your event and try something a bit different with a themed New […]
The holiday season offers one of the most beautiful color palettes of the year…from hues of red, green, gold, silver and white, you just can’t go wrong when you’re planning a holiday event. One of our favorite colors of the season is the iconic red hue, which is the symbol of love, warmth and what […]
One of my best friends had an ugly Christmas sweater party a few years ago and I thought it was one of the coolest holiday party ideas I had ever heard of! I had no idea that her party idea would take holiday party planning by snowstorm…because I can’t tell you how many ugly Christmas […]
White Elephant – noun 1. a posession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of 2. a possession entailing great expense out of proportion to its usefulness or value to the owner We’ve all heard it before…”we purchased a brand new car and it turned out to be a white elephant” or “There’s a white elephant in the room”. It’s this very circumstance or object that brings our blog today…it’s a white elephant gift […]