Fondue Festivities and Happy Holiday Hunting

This year marks the 19th annual fondue and scavenger hunt party

hosted in our home right before Christmas.
Since our meager beginnings in a tiny apartment in Jacksonville, Florida,
to a clubhouse in Dothan, Alabama, to our first home here
and now our 2nd home here in Greenville, SC,
this tradition has been one we look forward to every year.

[Now, I have to add a caveat.
If you are reading this, and you are a friend of mine here in town,
and you have not been invited to one of these yet, and want to be,
let me know.
If you are reading this, and you are a friend of mine here in town, 
and you have already attended this in the past, 
too bad. 
We need fresh meat this year!
Call my secretary and make an appointment,
we'll try to squeeze you in.
Or you can crash the party. The details are below.
Just be sure to bring me a nice gift.
I am registered at several thrift stores.]

Ahem.
On to the rest of the post.

I usually print my own invites on some stationery I find at Office Max or Staples.

Or we make postcards at the Fuji Film kiosk at Walgreens.

But this year, I decided I wanted to try another way of making the invites,
online at:

STUDIO DAYSPRING.com

So, I simply created an account and logged in.

I selected my category, Christmas Party Invites,

I then chose the card. The pretty red and aqua ones. I wonder why?

I chose a folded card.

It looked like this when I started.

I got to move the fonts, colors and words around

(this was extremely fun, by they way).

And voila!

An invite.


The front:

The inside top:

The inside bottom:

The back:

Then I checked out.
(Like I did after the huge Thanksgiving meal we had).

The hardest part was waiting for the cards to arrive.

(Three days).

And when they did, I was actually astonished by them!

Thick paper, not-too-glossy, not-too-matte, rich hues.

They are quality!

Here they are in person:

I always add some loose, unexpected embellishments inside the cards
[which I hear, really make a mess fantastic first impression,
especially after one has just vacuumed, or one happens to open the invite in their car.]

You can also upload your own family photos to make GORGEOUS Christmas Cards.

They make birthday, shower, wedding invites,thank you cards,
Graduation Announcements and more!

Anything, really, since YOU customize your card.

If you think it up, you can make it.

I'm sorry Office Max and Staples, you won't see me in your stationery aisle 
next year or the year after the year after that.

I'm sorry Fuji, I won't be standing in the long line at your photo kiosk again.

I have found my card maker.

I'm sorry I cannot tell you more about the party.
It would spoil the surprise and shock fun for the this year's fresh meat party-goers.

But here is one set of friends that survived the night.

So go check out Studio Dayspring and make a celebration happen!