I’ll keep this sort and sweet with lots of photos :
{my sister’s cute house}
{my favorite food group: appetizers}
{toasted baguette with olive oil, cracked pepper, goat cheese & grapes : divine}
{bags to take cookie packages home in}
{yum}
{a few of the sweetly packaged sweets}
: S O U R C E S :
all packaging supplies were provided by GARNISH which has the most fabulous food-packaging
glassine bags, white boxes, clear boxes, cellophane bags, loaf liners and more
They also have my favorite stripy straws
these white containers that I want to use for something someday
and simple lunch bags in white and brown
take a peek at their selection {h e r e}
The ribbons are from my assorted collection of favorites. Most are from Midori, May Arts and Ribbon Connections
The bakers twine is from Whisker Graphics
The calligraphy was done by the talented Lindsay of Lindsay Letters
The tags, stickers & labels were either created by me {and one by Rae} or came from the office store.
download my collection {h e r e}
It was a wonderful party with delightful guests and I’m certainly hoping to do it again next year!
great ideas!! thank you thank you thank you!
So fun! Was this like a cookie swap party? But the guests wrapped the treats to give as gifts? I love this idea! How did you organize it?
So, so gorgeous! You did Garnish proud girl. Merry, Merry + Happy, Happy!
Garnish + Enjoy,
– Suzanne
Thanks so much for sharing your gift tags. They made wrapping presents so much fun! Merry Christmas to you and your family…
Everything look amazing! I’m especially in love with Lindsay’s calligraphy!
Merry, merry!
Linsey
what a fun party! i love all the little details! and i love garnish! i used alot of their items for my little girls birthday party! i did a post on it if you want to check it out!
Love these festive photos. Your sister’s house is very pretty. We just had a cookie exchange party with the ladies at our church and it was so fun. I wish I would have made tags for each lady to put near her plate of cookies. Your holiday gift tags would have been just perfect for that. I love getting together and hanging out the ladies. So neat!
Love your post. Looks like so much fun! Your sisters home is adorable!
Appies are also my favorite food group. I could enjoy them at any meal.
This is such a great idea!
BTW, your tags decorated every one of my Christmas gifts this year. LOVE them. Thank you.
This is soooo fabulous, I’m definitely going to have to do this! Next year, of course :D There’s just something so wonderful about perfectly wrapped treats!
I mean gorgeous! I thought that was your home….she is talented, too :) Merry Christmas.
i want to come next year!!! wow.
that is a FABulous party!
Where did you get the three-tier dessert stand? I love it! I’ve been looking for one, but haven’t found one I love. What a lovely party!
I love this twist on the traditional cookie swap party! Thanks for the great resources also!
Donna
So fun!!! I think I will have to try this next year for my friends and neighboors…This was also so beautifully photographed and presented in this blog!!!
i go through twine like it’s going out of business…seriously..i use it on everything. love all your photos.
xo
What a delightful night! Lovely photos. Also, thank you so much for the tag download! I’ve printed them and will be using them… once I get to my gift wrapping. :) (Probably last-minute!)
Thank you for sharing so generously.
her house is lovely and what a fun idea! did everyone bring different cookies? merry christmas! susan
Everything looks amazing, what a great idea. And your sisters house is so nice!! Love that big tree.
Also, a question – can you post a tutorial on how you created the custom labels? I looked up the ones on Garnish’s site, but would love to know what program you used and how time consuming it was or wasn’t. Thanks!
Oh My! Everything looks so beautiful, festive and fun (not to mention yummy!). What a great idea! I love the twine with your chevron and diagonal gift tags. :) Thanks for including Divine Twine in your post.
You’re sister’s home is beatiful – such a talented family. I ilove the baker’s twine and kraft paper. I’ve been using this combo for years and love to incorporate pine cones as well for Christmas gifts. The dollar store often sells the pine cones with a loop (like an ornament) in a bag of ~15 which you can loop on near a bow or tag for more festivity. Thanks for the link to Garnish – great stuff!
Hi! Not sure I’ve ever commented on here before. Your blog is great. I LOVE that joyful joyful we adore you art. So great! Thanks for sharing. :)
wow…all so lovely!
Thank you again for doing this – it was so thoughtful and such a wonderful evening!
Such beautiful details!
It’s the little details that always count, right?!!
I love the party! Her living room and the cookie decorations are gorgeous. Appetizers are also my favorite food group.
That party looks so festive and so well decorated! What a great idea for a get together!
ohhhhemmmmgeee, can i crash your party next year? so cute.
I wish I had been there! Everything looks fantastic! I think this is a fabulous idea and can’t wait to try it next year! Love my straws from Garnish, too!
What a brilliant idea and looks like everyone loved it based on the array of wrapping going on. The details amaze me. I need you as a friend and neighbor!
This looks so fun! Beautiful work!
What a lovely idea and execution! I’ll have to tuck that away for the future with some of my favorite people! :)
new to your blog…stumbled on it the other night with the “preview of this post.” Absolutely precious! Thank you so much for sharing. Garnish is always so tempting!