November 11 

  Religious Saying Suggestions for Baptism Invitations, Christening Invitations, First Holy Communion Invitations and any Religious Invitations.

  All of our Custom Religious Invitations are completely customizable so feel free to add the Religious Verse of your choosing to make your invitation perfectly yours! 

• "Every good and perfect gift is from above…" James 1:17

• "Behold, children are a gift of the Lord…" Psalm 127:3

• "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.  Before you were born, I set you apart…" Jeremiah 1:5

• "I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted what I asked of Him…" 1 Samuel 1:27

• "Let the little children come unto Me." - Mark 10:14

• "May the Lord give his angels charge over you, to guide you in all your ways…" Psalm 91:11

• "Dedicated to the Lord." Numbers 18:6

• "I have held thee in the palm of mine hand." Isaiah 51:;16

• "Train up your child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6

November 7

 The Holidays are Upon Us and if you are like most of  us, you are currently preparing for your fabulous Thanksgiving Feast Extravaganza.  Before you know it you will find yourself cleaning up your Turkey spread, with a football game blasting in the background...It is at this moment that you'll realize that you've been so caught up in Pumpkin Pie that you've yet to find the perfect Holiday Greeting Card, which now needs to be mailed ASAP to make it on time with the ever chaotic Holiday mailing schedule.  Here are a few tips on Greeting Card Etiquette to help keep you ahead of schedule this Holiday Season:

1. Special Touches: Choose a Custom Card that lets your family's personality shine through.  Photo Greeting Cards are extremely popular and a fantastic way to share your favorite family photo with long distance friends and family.  Most Custom Greeting Cards also allow you to incorporate your own personal message...family and friends will appreciate the sentiment.  (*I, personally, save every Photo Greeting Card we receive and have scrapbooked them so every Holiday Season we can look through and reminisce on the photos of our nearest and dearest!)
   
   
2. Envelopes:  The Holidays are one of the occasions where you should take the extra time to handwrite your Recipients address on the Greeting Card envelopes.  Personally, I feel there is nothing wrong with saving some time in this ever hectic world, and would usually suggest printing address labels or ordering Custom Address Labels, but I do admit that there is something personal and sweet when I open my mailbox and see handwritten envelopes.
   
   
3. Return Addresses:  Although handwriting Recipients addresses is suggested, there really is nothing wrong with using your Personal Address labels for the Return Address.  According to Etiquette, the proper location to place your Return Address label is on the back flap of the envelope.
   
   
4. Greeting Card Arrival:  A perfectly planned Greeting Card arrival would be within the first two weeks of December.  This insures there is still room on the fireplace or fridge for your Greeting to be displayed for at least another 2 weeks.  Our fireplace is the designated Greeting Card display area and I love what it looks like in Mid-December, family and friends' photos and custom sentiments adding to my holiday decor!!!  Keep in mind when ordering your Greeting Cards that Custom Greeting Cards normally take about 7 days to process and print and mailing services may be delayed slightly during the Holiday season. My suggestion is to order your Custom Holiday Greeting Cards before Thanksgiving to give you plenty of time to address the envelopes and whisk them on their way!
   
   
5. Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings or Merry Christmas???:  The age old question, which greeting to use?! Depending on the size of your Greeting Card Mail List, you may be wondering how to word your Greeting.  If you have a small, intimate list then you would probably have a better idea of which greeting is more appropriate. However, some of us, including myself, have a mailing list of over 50 recipients.  In this case, it is important to note that not all Americans celebrate the birth of Christ.  In this case, using Season's Greetings or Happy Holidays as your greeting makes perfect sense.  When ordering most Custom Greeting Cards, you should be able to completely personalize the card, even changing the Merry Christmas Greeting you see to Happy Holidays if that is what you see fit.  If you are unsure whether or not you have this option, contact customer service and I guarantee most companies would be willing to change the greeting to whatever you desire.

January 22, 2010

Dear Planner of a Fabulous Party (aka YOU),

I am not just some paper obsessed, trend seeking lady who runs Treasured Moments, I am also a Future Bride and Mother of Two <3 I've been fortunate enough to find myself in a field that not only allows me to help others make a special day even more special but also allows me the knowledge to help make my family's special days absolutely fabulous.  The past two years have been exhilarating for my family.  We've moved into a new home, started a new business, had a new baby boy, welcomed twin niece & nephew and are planning a much anticipated wedding.

I don't just sell the products on my site to my customers...I find myself incorporating these awesome products into my special occasions.  An extreme amount of research goes into us finding the highest quality, unique and trend setting favors, gifts and stationery designs to add to our site.  We scour the web...reading blogs, articles and even interacting on message boards with other fabulous party planners...all in the name of throwing a fabulous party that includes unique stationery and awesome favors that reflect our style and taste.  I've decided not to keep my findings to myself but to share them with my customers...that's why I'm here...to make sure your Treasured Moments are as special as possible.

So today, I'm sharing with you some of my personal top picks!!! I hope you are as satisfied with these favors, decorations, party invitations and birth announcements as I have been...Also, check back frequently as I will be adding to this blog all of my awesome findings.

My Baby Boy's Photo  Birth Announcement. We are a music loving family and this photo birth announcement was created to reflect our love of music and our sweet little boy.

My Baby Boy's First Personalized Photo Birthday Invitation.  I love combining chocolate brown with baby boy blue or pale pink! I took this contrasting color scheme and added it to our son's royal photo birthday invitation to create the perfect first birthday invite.

Our Baby Boy's First Birthday Party Dubble Bubble Gumball Favors: Verdict is I Love these colorful edible favors!!! And they are much larger than you'd think! The kids absolutely adored receiving these as favors.

Our Niece/Nephew Twin Photo Birth Announcement.  Decent Twin Photo Birth Announcements are hard to come by but we've gone out of are way to provide some chic, unique designs.

Our Niece/Nephew Baptism Personalized Coffee Favor.  My future sister-in-law is a self proclaimed coffee addict and she could not wait for a reason to order these personalized coffee favors.

Disposable Wedding Cameras for Our Summer 2010 Wedding, we ordered 2 wedding cameras per table...I guarantee the most candid photos come from friends and family at your tables. Make sure you've guaranteed a way for them to capture these moments. Our Tip:  Have someone develop the photos at a one hour shop the  day after your wedding so on honeymoon you can enjoy looking back on all the special moments!
 

I didn't want to do your normal plain jane wedding bubbles for our Ceremony so I've found these super unique "Bubbly" Champagne Bubbles to hand out to our guest's so we can be showered in an environmentally friendly, glistening cascade of bubbles! I cannot wait to see the photos of the sun shining down on these bubbles, creating that amazing rainbow effect!!

Our Wedding Favors: This was an almost impossible decision. How do you decide between 1000 unique and fabulous favors? You let the fiance choose!!! My fiance chose to go with our Custom Champagne Flute With Twisted Stem.  He really wanted a favor that would be used again & again and would be a reminder of our guest's special role in our wedding day!

And I am in love with the idea of hanging these stunning  "Sounds Like Love" Heart Wind Chimes in our outdoor cocktail hour <3 Wind chimes are a HOT favor item for 2010.  These would also make an incredibly unique favor for your guests.

Stay Tuned For More Fabulous Tips and Suggestions!

Best Wishes For All Your Special Occassions!

Anna; Owner of Treasured Moments