hbd, camille!

happy birthday to my dear, dear friend camille.

here is a birthday cake & candles (compliments of pancake & franks) for your big 25!

winter wonderland!

i am truly looking forward to the first christmas i spend in my first home — figuring out which corner is the best for the tree, how to hang the lights outside, where to place the advent calendar. starting all the new traditions in a new home!

then, after decorating, i look forward to sending invitations to all of my dear friends & family for a wonderful holiday celebration. there are so many cute ideas!

this stitched invitation from maida vale is my current inspiration for a future party…

back to bloggin’

after much too long away from my blog, i hope to return for good. i take one class at the local community college and all the sudden i seem to be too busy for much of anything outside of work & school! a few months later (and hopefully an A+), i am back to share the joys of paper with you!

that said, today is about recipes…

have you ever received one of those recipe sharing emails, a la ‘please send your favorite recipe to the name at the top, add yours, and forward’? now imagine something similar but via snail mail with the cutest & most beautiful recipe cards you have seen!

the petite press has several perfectly personalized recipe cards.

another cute card from dingbat press…

lastly, i wasn’t able to find this one on the designer’s website but the cards by brown parcel post were discovered through design*sponge. they are perfect for a postal service assisted recipe exchange!

now i’m ready to share some of my new favorites! martha stewart’s mint chocolate brownies & peanut butter and jam thumbprints. peppermint bark. red, white & blue trifle.