16th Annual Girlfriend Party ~ Invitations

My favorite tradition to ring in the holidays is my annual Favorite Things party

with 10 of my girlfriends. This is our 16th year, most of us met when our kiddos

were in preschool and this year several of them are college freshman!  

(Thankfully, mine is still home for another year!)

I love delivering a fun invitation to their mailboxes to set the tone, and get everyone

 anticipating the upcoming season. 

"Time for my FLOCK to get FESTIVE"

   

These sweet gold sequined bird ornaments were the inspiration for my theme:

"Time for my FLOCK to get FESTIVE."

I embellished them a few extra feathers. The gold polka dot envelopes and enclosure

cards were perfect tied on the package as the invitation. The party details are printed

 on the back of the card. I found everything at Hobby Lobby.

  

I used cellophane bags tied with gold cord and tucked in a sprig of boxwood

from our yard.

Here are previous years' invitations if you'd like to check them out and read

 more about the format of our party:

12th Annual Party ~ A Few of my Favorite Things

13th Annual Party ~ A Few More of my Favorite Things

14th Annual Party ~ It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Cocktails

 15th Annual Party ~ Spread Cheer 

I'll be sure to share all the details after our party on December 6th.

"Spread Cheer" Christmas Party Invitations

Hi friends, thank you for hanging in there with my sporadic posting,

 we had a wonderful time with family visiting this past week. 

I can't even believe two weeks from today my house will be decorated for Christmas and

I'll be hosting some of my favorite peeps at our 15th Annual Girlfriend Christmas Party!

It's the perfect way to kick off the season, and in keeping with tradition, yesterday I

 delivered fun invites to their mailboxes. 

'Spread Cheer' 

Super simple.

For each invite I attached a cocktail knife from World Market to a 'Cheer' gift tag

found at Marshalls. I wrote 'Spread' and punched two holes to run ribbon through

to secure the spreader.   

   

All of the pertinent party details are on the back. I traced and cut out a circle

the same size as front tag. 

A decorated cellophane bag makes a pretty presentation:

Tied with matching gold ribbon

Evergreen sprigs and berries from my yard

White shredded paper

Each guest brings 5 favorite things (gifts) all the same item. 

  As they arrive they draw 5 names, those will be the recipients of their gifts. 

Our price limit is $5-7 per gift. 

It's so much fun to see what they come up with, as I've mentioned before

they're creative, classy and oh, so clever!!

You can check out the previous year's unique invites below:

12th Annual Party 

13th Annual Party

14th Annual Party 

What would you bring if you were on the guest list? 

    

unique christmas party invitations

If you've been reading for awhile you know one of my favorite traditions to

 kick off the Christmas season is my annual girlfriend party with ten friends, most of

 us met when our kiddos were in pre-school and this is our 14th Annual Party! As part

 of the tradition I come up with a creative invitation that I leave in their mailbox, and

 today I'll be dropping off these...

~ It's beginning to look a lot like cocktails... ~

This is the front, I included the pertinent details on the back. 

I loved that the back of the notecards look the same as the front with no text. 

They were super easy to put together, and if you're not able to drop off invites,

a flat paper martini glass would be fun. 

Martini Glass - Dollar Tree - $1ea.

8 Gold & White Notecards - Target - $1

Gold Berry Branches - Michaels - $2

Green & Leopard Ribbon - Michaels

 (last year after Christmas sale, but I saw it this year)

I punched two holes in the notecard for the ribbon, wound the berries around the stem

 of the glass and tucked in an evergreen sprig from our yard. The berries came in a longer

piece, I just took it apart to create 6" pieces. I added a drop of hot glue to the edge of the 

glass to keep the invite upright.  

You can check out the details of my previous invites and our gift giving game 

here and here.

AND

I'm so excited to announce that I'll be joining these lovely ladies again this year

for The 12 Days of Christmas Tour of Homes starting in two short weeks!!

We  hope you'll join in the fun and link up your holiday home on December 16th!