Kisses and Hugs Valentine Photo Greeting Card

St. Valentine's Day Fun Fact:

•In some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a prospective suitor. If the gift is kept, then it means she has accepted his proposal of marriage


This fun St. Valentine's Day greeting card is perfect for anyone you'd like to share your love with. The front of this card has a red background with X and O hugs and kisses framing your own photo and text. Add your own text to the inside if you like.

Kisses and Hugs Valentine Greeting Card by NoteableExpressions
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Young Love Innocent Kiss Valentine Greeting Card

St. Valentine Day Fun Fact:

•About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets.

This fun St. Valentine's Day greeting card is perfect for anyone you'd like to share your love with. The front of this card has a cartoon illustration of a young boy and girl sharing their first kiss. Add your own text to the inside if you like.

Young Love Innocent Kiss Greeting Card by NoteableExpressions
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Red Love Valentine Photo Greeting Card

St. Valentine's Fun Fact:

•In Medieval times, girls ate unusual foods on St Valentine's Day to make them dream of their future husband.


This fun St. Valentine's Day greeting card is perfect for anyone you'd like to share your love with. The front of this card has a red background with a great graphic with the word Love and hearts at the top and space for two of your photos with a personal greeting on the front. Add your own text to the inside if you like.

Red Love Valentine Photo Greeting Card by NoteableExpressions
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I Love You Beary Much Valentine's Day Greeting Card

St. Valentine's Day Fun Fact:

•If an individual thinks of five or six names considered to be suitable marriage partners and twists the stem of an apple while the names are being recited, then it is believed the eventual spouse will be the one whose name was recited at the moment the stem broke.

This sweet St. Valentine's Day greeting card is perfect for anyone you'd like to share your love with. The front of this card has a pink plaid background with a sweet teddy bear holding a darker pink heart that says "I Love You Beary Much". Add your own text to the inside if you like.

I Love You Beary Much Valentine Greeting Card by NoteableExpressions
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Love Birds Valentine Greeting Card

St. Valentine's Day Fun Fact:

•The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.

This sweet St. Valentine's Day greeting card is perfect for anyone you'd like to share your love with. The front of this card has a pink background with a pair of illustrated Love Birds perched in front of a darker pink heart. Add your own text to the inside if you like.

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Blue Candy Stripe Photo Valentine's Day Greeting Card

St. Valentine's Day Fun Fact:

•In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.

This beautiful St. Valentine's Day greeting card is perfect for anyone you'd like to share your love with. The front of this card has an old fashioned feel with its blue candy stripe background highlighting your photo and text on the front. Add your own text to the inside if you like.

Blue Candy Stripe Photo Valentine Greeting Card by NoteableExpressions
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Valentine Sweet Cupcake Party Invitations

It's never too early to start planning your next party! Right??

This lovable Valentine's Day party invitation is so sweet, it's sure to give all your guests a toothache! The invitation features 3 colorful cupcakes with heart sprinkles - this delectable card offers irresistible style with a cherry on top.

Valentine Sweet Cupcake Invitation by NoteableExpressions
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More from Zazzle:

Made and submitted to the community marketplace by a highly imaginative Zazzler called NoteableExpressions, the remarkable v day custom invitation template displayed above was labeled as being in the Valentine's Day section. Known as the “valentine sweet cupcake invitation invitation”, this personalized invitation design's name is a very appropriate match for a plethora of reasons. Wonderful for communicating with your guests, this valentine sweet cupcake invitation invitation can be found by searching for the tags, valentine, v day, pink, and party.

Pink Candy Stripe Photo Valentine's Day Greeting Card

Fun Valentine's Day Fact:

•Worldwide, over 50 million roses are given for Valentine's Day each year.
•California produces 60 percent of American roses, but the vast number sold on Valentine's Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South America. Approximately 110 million roses, the majority red, will be sold and delivered within a three-day time period.

This beautiful St. Valentine's Day greeting card is perfect for anyone you'd like to share your love with. The front of this card has an old fashioned feel with its pink candy stripe background highlighting your photo and text on the front. Add your own text to the inside if you like.

Pink Candy Stripe Photo Valentine Greeting Card by NoteableExpressions
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Red Candy Stripe Photo Valentine Greeting Card

Fun Valentine Fact of the Day:

•About 1 billion Valentine's Day cards are exchanged in US each year. That's the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.

This beautiful St. Valentine's Day greeting card is perfect for anyone you'd like to share your love with. The front of this card has an old fashioned feel with its red candy stripe background highlighting your photo and text on the front. Add your own text to the inside if you like.

Red Candy Stripe Photo Valentine Greeting Card by NoteableExpressions
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Hot Pink Floral Heart Damask Greeting Card

Now that my Christmas shopping is done and before the chaos of Christmas un-wrapping begins, I started working on the next Holiday! Valentine's Day. Take a quick moment to remind those special people in your life how much you care for them by sending a Valentine card.

This beautiful St. Valentine's Day greeting card is perfect for anyone you'd like to share your love with. The front of this card has an old fashioned feel with its hot pink floral damask pattern at the bottom framing out your own photo. Your own text goes in the text area and a heart border sets off both elements. Add your own text to the inside if you like.

Hot Pink Floral Heart Greeting Card by NoteableExpressions
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Two Hearts One Love Romantic Wedding Binder in Brown and Pink

Perfect for your wedding memories or as your wedding planner! This design sets a romantic tone with its brown background and pink border to the left. The border is a floral banner with the words Two Hearts and One Love. This set has invitations, save the date cards, response cards, thank you cards, table number tent cards, envelope seals, wine labels, binders, and return address labels available.

Two Hearts One Love Romantic by NoteableExpressions
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With the name, “two hearts one love romantic binder”, this customizable binder design is a brilliant example of the artistry in the community marketplace. Made by a talented designer called NoteableExpressions, the amazing "wedding" binder above is posted in the Invitations, Announcements category and is tagged under seal, brown, & wedding. The most perfectly sized customizable three-ring binder to hold your most paperwork, this two hearts one love romantic binder can be used at work or at school. Surely a great option for anyone shopping for binders with floral artwork, this brilliant custom three-ring binder is printed to last for years.

Two Hearts One Love Romantic Wedding Invitations

This design sets a romantic tone with its grey background and pink border to the left. The border is a floral banner with the words Two Hearts and One Love. This set has invitations, save the date cards, response cards, thank you cards, table number tent cards, envelope seals, wine labels, binders, and return address labels available.

Two Hearts One Love Romantic Invitation by NoteableExpressions
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NoteableExpressions's marvelous grey and wedding custom invitation is just one of thousands of customizable items made at Zazzle. Being shown in NoteableExpressions's Two Hearts One Love in Grey and Pink store section, this custom invitation template, which is justly dubbed the “two hearts one love romantic invitation invitation”, is a really brilliant example of the two hearts one love romantic invitation stuff in the Zazzle community's marketplace. This invitation template will be ideal for your occasion and makes a wonderful option for anyone who is looking for grey artwork. If you enjoyed viewing this invitation template, look for similar merchandise in the grey, romantic, grey, or pink invitation areas of the site – or take a visit to the artist's Zazzle store.

Brown Leather Classic Elegance Wedding Invitation Set

Remember the elegance of days gone by with this classic wedding invitation. This design has an ecru background with a brown leather-look border. This set has invitations, save the date cards, response cards, thank you cards, table number tent cards, envelope seals, wine labels, binders, and return address labels available.

Brown Leather Classic Elegance Invitation by NoteableExpressions
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With the title “brown leather classic elegance invitation invitation”, this custom invitation design is an amazing sampling of artistry in the community marketplace. Created by an imaginative Zazzler named NoteableExpressions, the one-of-a-kind wedding invitation design shown above was listed in the Invitations, Announcements category and was tagged as cream, classic, seal, and wedding. The ideal custom invitation template for all different types of events, this brown leather classic elegance invitation design will look magnificent after you've added your special information. Customizable on both the front and the back, this brown leather classic elegance invitation invitation template comes with an envelope for your convenience.

How to Plan a New Year's Eve Party

When it comes to ringing in the New Year, who doesn't love a good party? If you're planning to throw a New Year's Eve party, planning ahead is key so you can enjoy yourself too. Here are some tips and ideas on how to plan a great New Year's Eve party:

•Get your invites out early. New Year's Eve is a popular party night and people get booked up quickly. Get your invitations out early so your friends know that your house will be the place to be.

Golden Champagne Celebrations New Years Eve by NoteableExpressions
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Coutdown 2010 to 2011 New Years Eve Party by NoteableExpressions
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•Delegate. Don't do everything yourself! Tell your friends what they can do to help you for the party planning. If a friend offers to bring wine or an appetizer or wants to come help you decorate, take her up on it! It will make your job easier and you will feel less stressed when it's time for the party!

•Food. New Year's Eve party food should be simple. This is not the night for a full course meal that will have your guests feeling sleepy by 9 PM. Instead, serve a variety of finger foods and other items that can be made ahead (so you're not stuck in the kitchen while the party is going on). Set up a buffet-style table so guests can serve themselves throughout the evening. Some food suggestions include a gourmet cheese and cracker tray, vegetables and dip, pigs in a blanket (mini hot dogs wrapped in crescent dough and baked), and mini quiches. If you want to serve more of a "meal," keep it simple by putting out a cold cut platter with some good-quality rolls. Consider using your crock pot for items like Swedish meatballs or a crock pot full of sliced roast beef in au jus for sandwiches.

•Don't break the bank over the bar. Don't feel as though you have to have a fully stocked bar in order to have a good party. Consider offering beer and one red and one white wine selection. If you have some great cocktail recipes that you're dying to serve, narrow it down to one type and make a pitcher or a shaker full. Be sure to have some non-alcoholic drinks available for those teetotalers and designated drivers!

•Decorating ideas. If you already decorated your house for Christmas, keep those decorations up for your New Year's Eve party for a more festive feel. You can also add some gold and silver streamers or balloons. Buy some fun things like noisemakers or blowouts and New Year's party hats.

•Music. Have background music for your party by tuning into a commercial-free satellite radio station or by using CDs or mix tapes. You can download great party music online on sites like iTunes.com, and then create a play list that can play back during your entire party. While there aren't many New Year's-themed songs around, one classic that you should play during your party is "Auld Lang Syne" -- if you don't recognize the title, it's the well-known Scottish song that is always played when the New Year's Eve ball drops in Times Square.

•When the clock strikes midnight. Have the television on to countdown to midnight along with the folks in Times Square. Make sure your friends have noisemakers and confetti to throw when the clock strikes midnight.

•Plan for some overnight guests, just in case. If your friends have had too much to drink or just have a long way to travel, make sure you have sleeping accommodations or a designated driver for them. New Year's Eve is a heavy party night and there are many irresponsible drivers on the road, so keep your friends safe and start your new year off on the right foot.

Corporate Christmas Parties 411 and Tips

Every year I get lots of requests to help out with hints and tips on how to plan a Company Christmas Party. So I have gathered my resources to provide you with lots of ideas to make this year’s holiday party safe, fun and memorable experience for you and your co-workers. These ideas are designed for both large companies with great budgets as well as small businesses with minimum resources.

Don’ts:

Do not focus your energy solely on the buffet, thinking food is what draws workers to the Christmas parties. Your attendance will drop off because those parties are predictable.

The most deadly type of holiday party is a sit-down dinner at the boss’s house, which often has a pressure-filled conservative atmosphere. Try having a different entertainment each year. Holiday party hosts can play a major role in keeping their friends and families safe by looking at alternatives to alcoholic beverages. There are a few common sense rules that should be followed when hosting a holiday party. If alcohol is going to be served at a party, this Safe Holiday Party Guide will give you a few pointers when planning an event.

Organize & Prepare:

You can start by sending out the invitations with a note included that there will be a prize for the person that decks out in the most Christmas gear. This can include anything from a Christmas costume to guests wearing garments that display cheerful holiday clothing, jewelry, hats, or anything that their imagination can dream up. The person that shows up to your party that is voted by all as wearing the "best dressed" Christmas outfit wins a wrapped gift of their choice from the gift table.

You can have a designated receptionist announce the names of each new arrival, crown them with a Santa hat with their name, while reading something humorous about them. This works great especially at large Corporate parties when customers or large number of employees participate and not everyone knows each other. First names on Santa Hats work much better than name badges and the hats then double as party favors everyone gladly takes home.

But the energy of the party starts with the invitations…. or Christmas Greeting cards… one of our customers had a great idea to take a picture of all employees in Santa hats, personalized with employees names and use the postcard as a corporate Christmas card as well as Christmas party invitation for their customers. The Hats were then saved for the holiday party gala.

Entertainment:

Make sure you have some fun program with games and activities for your Holiday Party. Also make sure you have some great Christmas Party music.

Party Favors


Also, don’t forget to wrap the party up with a take-home gift party favor, such as a personalized stocking or a custom logo Christmas stocking with a gift certificate, a turkey or even an ornament with the company logo.

Those custom imprint Christmas Stockings with your company logo are perfect decorations in the Christmas partry room and then when it’s time to leave you can give the stockings with Christmas bonus checks or Gift Certificates to your employees and some fun goodies like Company Logo ornaments for your customers and guests.

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Honeysuckle Pink Wedding Invitations in High Demand

As the previous post let you know - the new "It" color of 2011 is going to be what they are calling Honeysuckle Pink or Rose. Here are just a few samples of wedding invitations from my Zazzle store that would fit in perfectly with that theme.

Always and Forever Rose Color Band Vine Scroll by NoteableExpressions
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Love in Bloom: Chocolate Brown with Cherry Blossom by NoteableExpressions
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Watercolor Floral Flower Invitation by NoteableExpressions
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No matter which design you choose you can customize it in any way you need to make sure that it sets the perfect mood for your dream wedding!

Honeysuckle Is Predicted As 2011's Hot Hue for Weddings and Fashion

(NewsCore) - The new year is looking brighter in at least one respect. On Thursday, color authority Pantone will announce that its color of the year for 2011 is an intense pink it calls "honeysuckle."
Pantone predicts that we're about to see a lot of this color, appearing on everything from designer dresses to pillows, water bottles, nail polish, sofas and appliances, The Wall Street Journal reported. A sherbety shade of pink, with a hint of red and orange zest, honeysuckle is seen by designers as a pick-me-up at a time when many people have had their fill of misfortune.
Pantone polls graphic, industrial, fashion and other designers from around the world each year to forecast the colors that will have broad appeal. After many design experts told Pantone they were using versions of a hot pink, the company narrowed the field to this precise shade -- known specifically as Pantone 18-2120 TCX.
'It's a very "Mad Men" pink. It's like the lipstick our mothers wore,' said Tom Mirabile, head of global trends and design at Lifetime Brands Inc., the company behind Mikasa, Cuisinart and other houseware brands. "There's a retro aspect to it that's going to be very popular." The company has glassware and dinnerware coming out in a hot pink much like honeysuckle and is using the color in all sorts of home accents.
The word "honeysuckle" doesn't signal bright pink to everyone. In some parts of the country, the flowers are yellow, white or other shades. A Pantone spokeswoman says that people's opinion of honeysuckle's color derives from the flower they saw as children.
"There's an innate optimism to pink," says Jonathan Adler, an interior and housewares designer who is using hot shades of pink widely in his 2011 collections. "As we speak, I'm wearing a hot pink shirt," he said.

Growing Popularity of Wedding Websites - Why?

Websites are no longer just for business, as personal web space is growing in popularity, especially within the wedding industry. People are beginning to realize how useful they are as a means of communicating information to all their guests. Gone are the days of endless phone calls chasing up missing RSVP’s. Now, at the click (or at very most a few clicks) of a mouse, everything you and your guests need can be made available in cyberspace!

Personal wedding websites are a popular trend to hit the wedding scene, as couples realize the enormous value of having one. Not only are they a convenient way of keeping your guests updated, they can be used to tell the couple’s story, and enable friends and family to follow their plans for the big day. They are also a great way of sharing great memories from the day with all those who may not have been able to make it in person. Elderly relatives or loved ones, who may live on the other side of the world, can now enter into the spirit of the joyous occasion.

Star Jones, co-host of “The View” and banker Al Reynolds for example had a wedding website, which they treated as an information resource for their guests.

There are numerous wedding websites offering a wide range of services. Which site you choose to use, will depend on how much you feel needs to be made available, and exactly what you want to use it for – i.e. simply a source of information for the wedding day, or a portfolio of the beginning of your new life as a married couple.

Some of these sites are very simple, consisting of just one page that announces the wedding, whereas others are used to tell a story of the couple, with photos of the engagement and wedding, as well as including much detail about how they met, the invitation and RSVP form, and links to an online gift registry. With the online RSVP, guests often find it much easier to reply; one Bride said over 75% of her guests replied online finding it a more convenient process.

Some couples start with a wedding website, and having found it a useful tool for keeping friends and family informed, extend it to include anything that may happen to them in the future e.g. children, accomplishments, moving abroad etc.

With the growing popularity of destination weddings, having a personal wedding website is perfect. All travel information can then be listed, including maps and local hotels if needed, which saves guests having to do their own research. A website also enables you to provide information about the area, giving guests a chance to get excited about the location as well as your upcoming nuptials!

Decorating the website using your chosen colors, theme and style for the wedding day will help to set the scene in advance of the main event. A number of the better wedding website companies offer a choice of templates which help make setting up your personal wedding pages as easy as possible, ensuring that you don’t have to be an employee of Bill Gates to get great looking results!

Another valuable tool to the newlyweds-to-be are business cards. What better and easier way is there to share your wedding website address than by simply handing your friends and family your card with your website address and other pertinent information - maybe with a reminder of the big day! Rather than having to arm everyone with pen and paper - give them a few business cards and when they run into the cousin that you don't see as often, they have an easy way of passing along the information as well. My business cards can be personalized for your occassion by color or theme.

Diamond Valance in Black and Aqua Business Card by NoteableExpressions
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