Bar and Bat Mitzvahs

A Bar and Bat Mitzvah is a huge jewish celebration when a child is 12 or 13 years old. At this time, the child becomes an "adult" in the eyes of our religion. Children study hebrew (at least here in Indiana) for 4 years (twice a week, after school) to prepare for their big day. After much hard work, they gather their friends and family to watch them sing and chant their prayers. Most often, a huge party is then thrown to celebrate this entire event. I enjoy helping each new family with this big event. I help them with their save the date cards, Bar/Bat Mitzvah invitations, thank you notes, sign in books, napkins and more. I love meeting and getting to know each family I work with. Now that I have been in business for over 7 years, I have several families that I have helped with "all" their kids invitations. I have learned so much from each family I have worked with. I love what I do and hope that they are pleased with my service. Here are some tips if you have a Bar or Bat Mitzvah coming up in the near future.

1. Send save the date cards to out of towners approx. 6 months before the big day.


2. Assign a number to each "family" receiving an invitation. Write this number on the back of the response card. This helps if you can't read someone's handwriting or if they forget to sign the card.


3. Order your invites about 3 to 4 months before the event. This will allow for any errors or issues that might come up. This will also give you time to address and stuff your envelopes.


4. Send out your invitations 6-8 weeks before the event. DON"T send out a response card with a reply date that has already expired (TACKY!).

I hope these tips help you.

Mazel Tov!

Michelle

Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Mother's Day will be here before you know it. I personally love Mother's Day. One of my daughter's and I share a birthday, so I let her have that day and I look forward to Mother's Day to feel special! I love hanging out with my kids and husband for the majority of the day. Sometimes we go to an art fair. We always join up with the entire extended family for dinner. It is a great way to celebrate together. Why not take this great day and make it even better for your mother, mother-in-law or wife by giving them something personalized to let them know you planned ahead! We hope you enjoy some of these ideas.

• Personalized Stationery


• Personalized Bookmarks


• Personalized Self Inking Stampers


• Personalized Coffee Mugs


• Personalized Notepads


• Personalized Totes


• Personalized Paperweights

The list goes on and on. Check out our website http://www.eventsininkonline.com/ to see our entire selection.

Guitar Hero

Anyone out there addicted like we are? We purchased Guitar Hero for the Wii only about 2 weeks ago and the entire family is loving it. If you aren't familiar with it...it is a game that comes with a guitar and you rock out to so many of my personal favorite songs from the past. What fun! My 9 year old daughter is so competitive (she is above on the right...her cousin Emma on the left). You can even have other people who own the game bring their guitars to jam together. We did that with two groups of people this weekend. What laughs we all had. Anyone else as addicted as we are? Would love to hear from you.

Until next time,

Michelle

Sippy Cups Showcased

Events in Ink was showcased on www.babyluxe.blogspot.com on March 27, 2008

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Sippin' in style!
So we're heading to a birthday party this weekend!These days, rather than good old adults-only birthday fun, a party means lots and lots of tiny tots running around. And lots of sippy cups. I know that I personally favor one particular brand, and as it turns out, that is also the favorite amongst the other moms in my group as well. So logic tells me that can only mean one thing. At the birthday party, there will be whole lot of matching cups going around. And I don't know about your neck of the woods, but there's a nasty germ going around here, and I certainly don't want my kids to get it {again}.

So thankfully, this great new monogrammed sippy cup has come along to save the day & with a whole lot of style too, I might add! Available at Events In Ink, a fabulous online shop for all things preppy & personalized, the monogrammed sippy cups come with a whole slew of options! Choose your fabric, font & thread color & then choose to have monogrammed or personalized with a name. What you'll end up with is an adorable insulated sippy cup {actually made with my "favorite" brand, as a plus} that won't get mistaken for someone else's!

Grab a few for your own kids or as a gift! Events In Ink also offers some great monogrammed water bottles & travel cups {for your morning coffee run}! Also, check out their stationery, announcements, invitations & more!Spend $75 & take $5 off! Just mention "5off75perbabyluxe" in the comments section!

Hawthorne's Show & My Husband

My show at The Hawthorne's was a lot of fun. I met so many great people and it was fun chatting with the other vendors all day as well. I am so bummed because I wanted to take a picture of my booth, but forgot my camera. My booth setup was my favorite setup of all the shows I have ever done. I guess you live and learn. For this show, I decided to bring many things that customers could actually purchase and take home that day with them. This was received very well. I had fun napkins saying things like " Just say no to the sign up sheet" and styrofoam cups saying "Team Vodka" and vibrant, cool coasters. I also had fun notepads on hand as well. I hope to do this show again next year and see all the great people I came in contact with.

On a more personal note, we had kind of a crazy week last week. My son scratched my husband's face about 4 weeks ago and it was a small scratch, but deep. It got infected and the next thing we knew, it had spread all down his face, neck and to his shoulder. He went to the doctor who sent him to an infectious disease doctor and he ended up having to be hooked up to an IV treatment everyday for a week. His face is healing nicely now. It was hard on him looking so bad and he was in a lot of pain. I have included a picture of his face for you all to check out...aren't I nice. I guess, I should include a picture of how cute he really is too....

Until next time,

Michelle

Tea Party

My kids invited my husband and myself, with a handwritten invitation, to their tea party. My oldest daughter purchased a girly cookbook at her school bookfair and was so excited to put it to use. The three of them sat down together and made the invitation (wow, are they following in my footsteps:). Then they looked through the cookbook and picked out their menu. They handed me a list of what they needed at the grocery and we all made the recipes together on a Sunday followed by the family tea party. What fun times! We had chocolate cupcakes topped with strawberry frosting, followed by a topping of cotton candy...yes, you read that correctly. Wow, were they delicious. We had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches cut out in the shape of a heart. We washed everything down with a yummy pink punch. Pictured above are the kids at the party, tea cups and all. These are family memories that will never be forgotten. Take the time today to plan something as a family....you won't regret it!

Until next time,
Michelle

Coffee with friends

I always hated the taste of coffee, the smell of coffee, the concept of coffee. About a year ago, my husband and I were getting ready to meet some friends for dinner and I felt very tired. He said "let's stop for some coffee"...this is when my entire life changed:) I am now addicted to coffee, picky about my coffee and so into discussing it! Wow, what a difference. I look forward to waking up every morning and using my new coffee maker to grind my beans. It is such a treat. I really enjoy drinking my coffee in these new peronalized coffee mugs. You can check out all the fabric options by clicking on the following link.

http://eventsininkonline.com/ click on personalized gifts. The coffee mugs can be found under misc. in the adult category.

Enjoy your coffee in style!

Until next time,

Michelle