Ideas for a spectacular New Year’s Eve party!

Want to plan a New Year’s Eve party everyone will love — and one that they’ll be talking about all 2012 long? Invite and accessorize in style with personalized items from Jean M and MiDesign@Michaels™ Custom Invites!

Just look at the colorful, beautiful party you can create! And it’s all so simple, really.

First, send a Jean M party invitation to set the tone for your event and get guests excited to celebrate with you. We feature our Bright New Year Party Invitation that sets a colorful and modern look. Add a ribbon for an extra-enticing touch!

Next, accessorize!

• Choose colorful, custom balloons (ours are fuchsia) and order them printed with a new year design. They’ll make your atmosphere festive and greet guests with a fun touch.

• Provide personalized napkins for dinner and drinks to match your party’s colors. We show Plum and Pastel Purple. Personalize them with the same design you chose for your balloons or with a coordinating design for a little variety.

• Make toasting the arrival of 2012 fun a stylish with personalized custom cups and custom koozies. They’ll make great mementos for your guests to take home after the party, too! To match our colors scheme, we chose pearl white cups and silver cups.

• Don’t forget to delight guests with a personalized favor! We tucked treats inside our Purple Lidded Favor Boxes for a punch of color and style.

All you need to do is provide the noisemakers, the party hats and get ready to ring in 2012 in modern, personal style!

Enjoy the celebration!

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What’s on your wish list right now?

Wedding invitations?

Beautiful, coordinating wedding accessories?

Holiday cards?

Adorable personalized stationery (it makes great Christmas gifts)?

Order everything you want and need now and save 20%. And that free shipping will help out on the budget, too!

Just use promo code 45ORDER20 at checkout.

Enjoy the savings!

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How to create winter wedding centerpieces that “Wow!”

We’ve fallen in love with the idea of using non-traditional colors for a winter wedding. Everyone sees plenty of red and green during the holidays, right? A color scheme of deep brown and shades of blue is perfect for adding unique warmth and unforgettable sparkle to a wedding in the chilly months.

Here’s what we came up with for tablescapes that will welcome and WOW guests at a winter wedding. Each uses the same elements in slightly different ways. You can use the same centerpiece look for each table, but we suggest using all four all looks and spreading them out over your tables to create variety and visual interest.

Look #1

For this spectacular centerpiece, we used a traditional evergreen wreath base, then added metallic gold branches, gold-tipped pinecones and leaves to bring in the brown tones, strands of metallic blue beads and copper ribbon for variety. In the center is a flared vase filled with various styles and shades of blue ornaments and beads. Encourage each guest to take home an ornament as a favor when the reception is over! Complete the table’s look with blue place cards, mocha napkins and mocha favor boxes at each place setting.

Look #2

Use the same vase filled with ornaments and beads in the center of the table, and surround it with square votive holders filled with blue beads or sand — you can’t have enough candlelight at a winter wedding! Tie your mocha favor boxes with blue ribbon for a finishing touch.

Look #3

A simple, shimmering espresso candle in the same flared vase will create a clean, but still elegant, centerpiece. Tie coordinating ribbons around the vase to tie in your colors.

Enjoy celebrating your winter wedding with your guests in a unique and colorful way!

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Personalized napkins makes the perfect hostess gift

Holiday parties and open houses are just around the corner — are you calendars filling up with the festivities? While you’re deciding on the important things like what you’ll wear and what dish you’ll bring to share with everyone, remember that it’s thoughtful to bring along a little something to let each party hostess know how much you appreciate the invitation and hospitality.

An easy, stylish, memorable hostess gift? Personalized napkins from Jean M!

The napkins are available in so many colors, they’re customizable with your choice of design and message, and best of all – they’re affordable! Choose cocktail napkins for hostesses who love to throw happy hours, or go with dinner napkins for those who love to share their gourmet cooking. Better yet, give each hostess a set in coordinating colors and designs!

Holiday designs and colors for napkins are perfect for the holiday season — check out the holiday-themed designs when you’re personalizing the napkins. You can also choose an all-occasion design and message on napkins that match the hostess’s décor.

Hostesses will be so impressed with your gift, they’ll be sure to add you to the guest lists for future parties!

Enjoy your celebrations!

~ Jean M

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Give personalized Jean M stationery for the perfect gift!

Who’s on your gift list this holiday season? Fashionistas? Flower lovers? Cool kids?

We have the perfect gift idea for all of them: personalized stationery from Jean M! Our designers have pulled out all the stops and come up with sassy, pretty, sweet and oh-so-stylish styles that are sure to please everyone who receives them.

Featured:

High Fashion Note Card and High Fashion Address Label

Retro Damask Note Card and Retro Damask Note Pad

Floral Appeal Note Card and Floral Appeal Address Label

Look how colorful and fresh our personalized stationery is! Each gets your choice of colorful envelope to make them stand-out gifts. Want to go the extra mile? Our note cards are available with matching note pads and coordinating address labels — give a set for a memorable gift they’ll love.

Enjoy the gift-giving!

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‘Tis the season…for great savings from Jean M!

We wanted to make this biggest shopping day of the year even better for you with an incredible savings offer! Order all your holiday cards and holiday party invitations NOW and save 50%…plus you get FREE shipping.

~ Enjoy the shopping…and the savings!

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Thanksgiving Greetings from Jean M

Best wishes for a beautiful, love-filled Thanksgiving celebration. We’re thankful for your company on this blog and for your support of our products and services.

Enjoy creating a personalized holiday!

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Look of the Week from Jean M

Sometimes the holidays are all about traditional elements made modern…your way! And Jean M makes it easy for you to incorporate all these elements into your personalized holiday cards.

We created a beautiful look with our Artistic Wreath Holiday Card that captures the perfect balance between classic symbols and modern style. The time-honored wreath design is free and stylish, perfect for today’s holiday greetings. The traditional red and green colors take shape in a unique square card with an unforgettable, red self-mailing wrap.

And it’s so easy to add your personal touch! Check out the look we created, then get inspired to create your own personalized holiday greetings.

We created this look with…

• Custom verse

• Sloop Script One – Handle Old Style combination lettering style

• Merlot designer color

• Merlot self-mailing wrap

Then we added an optional red rhinestone for a sparkling finishing touch!

~ Enjoy creating your holiday card!

 

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The hottest wedding look: black, white and bedazzled!

Bling and brilliance is in for weddings and it’s a look that can only be described as “bedazzling!” So just how do you dazzle guests at your special day? Go with a black and white look with lots of sparkle! Here are some great ideas:


Set the tone for sparkle and style with a black and white invitation in shimmer papers, like our Black Shimmer Layered Invitation. Print the invitation with white or silver imprint and add rhinestones for undeniable glamour!

 

 

Elegance is evident in this table design featuring black hydrangeas, crystal chandeliers with black candles and layered white china. Even the menu cards and place cards have tiny rhinestone accents!

Scatter crystals and sparkling baubles down the center of your table to maximize the gleam of the candlelight.

 

 

 

 

It’s all in the presentation! Set up your drinks station with crystal toasting flutes and black napkins printed with a design in silver foil. Arrange the drinks and napkins on silver trays lined with blingey crystals. Eye-catching!

 

 

 

 

What else needs a little touch of sparkle? Add an adhesive rhinestone! Use them to glam up your favors, menu cards, wedding programs, place cards and much more.

Guests will definitely be dazzled!

Enjoy the glitz and glam!

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Share those wedding photos on a beautiful holiday card!

Photo holiday cards are all the rage this season, especially for newlyweds who want to show off their gorgeous wedding photos!

There are so many card styles to choose from — just select the card that captures the spirit and the sentiments you want to share and add your photos and personalization! You might want to go with a card that allows you to print a collage of photos from your wedding (check out our Festive Collage Layered Photo Holiday Card for ideas).

Or you can feature one large photo from your special day on a card like our Winter Scene Photo Holiday Card. This one comes with a self-mailing wrap and free personalized envelope seal for extra personal touches.

And don’t forget to dress up whatever photo holiday card you send with rhinestones to make your greetings — and the memories of your wedding — sparkle!

Enjoy sharing the photos!

~Enjoy

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