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It’s a Heart Shaped World of Favors
Yep, V-Day is right there around the corner. The world has gone heart shaped. It’s hearts, hearts, and more hearts. Here are just a few of our fav heart shaped favors, heart shaped gifts, and heart shaped jewelry:
“My Hearts” Stamped Necklace ($65) — As seen in Pregnancy Magazine! Two itty bitty sterling silver hearts (1/2″) are hand stamped with the initial of your choice and strung from sterling chain with a freshwater pearl. Absolutely darling!
“Measure Up Some Love” Heart Shaped Tape Measure (as low as $1.40) — Guests can “measure up
some love” with these heart shaped tape measures. With its key ring attached, this favor is sure to stay handy and add a “lovely” accessory to their keys.
Golden Hearts Cookie (as low as $5.95) — These cookies are as delicious as they are gorgeous!! These Orange Vanilla Spice Cookies are painted with a pink heart that is then edged with rolled fondant and finished with gold luster. Each cookie measures about 3-1/2″ in diameter.
Triple Strand Heart Bracelet ($27.99) — Make your wrist say, “Ooh La La!” with this Triple Strand
Heart Bracelet. Chain linked hearts dance gracefully along this one of a kind toggle, making it an ideal blend of trend and tradition.
Two Heart Wine Pourer In Gift Box (as low as $2.25) — With prominent interlocking hearts at its top, this sleek and light weight favor, from Fashioncraft’s Vineyard Collection, makes a tasteful
addition to any love filled occasion
For more heart shaped favors for your wedding, baby shower, or Valentine’s Day Party, check out our heart on-line catalogue.
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Will you be my Valentine?
Cupid’s arrow is drawn, at the ready to take aim and shoot. Why not give him a little help this year? And ask your “special” someone to be your Valentine! Love & Luck Greetings feature precious handmade Valentine Cards. They also feature soaps, invitations, soap dishes and more fun stuff.
Love & Luck Box Valentine Set
Love & Luck Greetings Valentines Box Set ($10) comes with 12 handmade Valentine cards and envelopes. These sweet little vintage modern designs will be sure to capture your Valentine’s heart.
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Out With The Old & In With The NEW
It’s out with the old and in with the NEW…new favors and gifts that is! At Moments of Elegance, we have over 2,000 new products to add that extra pop to your wedding, bridal shower, baby shower, baptism, confirmation, birthday party, or graduation. Because as you know, the key to a fantastic event is in the details!
You won’t want to miss our New Products catalogue featuring fun and festive favors and gifts. There are literally thousands of favors and gifts to choose from, here’s just a small sample:
Cheery Cherry Blossom Design Candles (as low as $1.60) – A pretty symbol of good fortune, love and the rebirth of spring – not to mention its beautiful color combination of pink and brown – the cherry blossom is gaining in popularity as a decorative element at weddings, showers and more.
Fleur de Lis Design Mint Tins(as low as .70) — Add a touch French flair to your special occasion
with these fleur de lis design mint tins as your favors.
Tiny Square Hand Stamped Necklace ($62) – Two hammered squares (About 1/2″ each) are hung from a thick, sterling ring and strung on sterling chain. A cream freshwater pearl adds the perfect detail. Each square can fit up to 6 characters.
Olive You Always Collection Oil & Vinegar Sets (as low as $4.20) – Looking for fun favors that are destined to be used over and over again? Well these flavorful kitchen favors make a recipe for success.
Angel Design Letter Openers (start as low as $1.55) — What could be better than sending your guests home with an angel at the end of your special day? Angel favors are an inspirational and beautiful choice for weddings, Christenings and so much more.
NYC Icon Natural Tote Bag ($20) — What a unique way to welcome your guests to an out of
town/destination wedding! Perfect as out of town welcome bags, rehearsal dinner gifts, corporate gifts, or even wedding favors.
This is just a sample of a few of the new fab gifts and favors we have, so you just have to check out our New Products Catalogue. You must! Really.
Close Outs
It’s January. Time to roll out the old inventory and bring in the new. Great time to get a great deal. At Moments of Elegance, we’ve got deals starting as low as 50 cents! So if you are planning a wedding, party or baby shower and need favors or gifts check out our Close Out Favors. You’ll find everything from frames, votive candles, cosmetic bags, to cookie cutters and more!
Here are some of our favs:
Starfish Favors (start at .99 cents) — These starfish favors are the perfect way to spruce up any beach themed event.
- Pink Jacket Printable Invitation Kit ($32) — This easy to use, “do it yourself” printable invitation
kit features invitations, response cards, envelopes, wording examples, and printing instructions for printing 40 complete invitations.
Red and Black Wristlet($7) — These red and black designer wristlettes from Blanche are as practical as they are stylish. Perfect for bridesmaid gifts, mother gifts, gifts for the bride or anyone who deserves a little something special.
- Stylish Stanless Steel High Heel Cake Server (starts at $3.20) — Whimsical yet useful, shoe design wedding or shower favors.
Baby Smiles!” Baby Themed Placecard Holder Frames ($1.25) — Show off adorable pics of the mom-to-be, or the new addition with these adorable baby themed placecard holder frames.
For more great close out deals on gifts and favors check out our close out favors, gifts and clearance at Moments of Elegance Close Outs.
Ho, Ho, Holiday Hostess Gifts
It’s the holidays and you’re out and about going to this party and that. Do you arrive empty handed? No way! Only the Grinch would show up without a hostess gift. Yes, you can go the bottle of wine route, but seriously, what fun is that?
Here’s an idea for you — why not stock up on fun holiday gifts? Keep them on hand, so when you have a party to go to you can just wrap, tag, and go. At Moments of Elegance, we have the perfect holiday hostess gifts. Just check out our Holiday Party Favors for fabulous and festive gift ideas!
Here are our favs:
“A Winter Holiday” Personalized Lollipop (starts at $1.70 for 24 units) — leave a “sweet” strawberry reminder for your hosts!
Holiday Dots Favor Boxes (starts at $2.50 for 20 units) — personalize your gifts with this sweet box.
Winter Wonderland Snowman Globes ($2.85 min order 6) — who doesn’t just love, love, love a snow-globe?
Other fun gift ideas include:
- Winter Flowers — such as Narcissus Bulbs or a Poinsettia
- Holiday Ornaments
- Speciality Foods — olives, olive oils, flavored vinegars, coffees, teas or chocolates
- Picture Frames
So this holiday, ditch the bottle of wine in “favor” for some fun and festive gift ideas!!!
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Make Hot Chocolate from Scratch
We live in this instant gratification type society. And on some days there is nothing wrong with that! But on other days, you just want a nourishing cup of home made hot chocolate to sustain you through a cold winter’s day. And why not? It’s so super duper easy!!!
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 4 cups of chocolate chips
- 2 cups of milk
Optional Ingredients:
- Cream
- Pinch of salt (believe it or not the salt brings out the chocolate even more…yum!!!)
- Flavorings, such as herbs, spices, liquor, mint etc
Here’s how you prepare it:
- Get your hands on some chocolate — milk, dark, white whatever strikes your fancy!
- Chop the chocolate on a wooden board with a serrated knife — you’ll need 1 ounce of chocolate per cup.
- Warm your milk on a medium to low setting ( you can also use a double boiler) and gently add your chocolate. For super chocolaty chocolate milk use 4 ounces of milk for thinner use 8 ounces of milk. This is the point where you can add your spices or liquor.
- Stir completely with a whisk (vigorously if necessary) until the chocolate completely disappears.
- Viola! Turn off the heat, pour into cups, and garnish with cinnamon sticks or whipped cream. Enjoy!!!
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Event Planning Top 10 Mistakes
Whether you are a professional event planner or a novice planning an event, here are the top ten mistakes that you can make.
- Failure to budget properly or uncover hidden costs such as travel, audio visual, labor and shipping.
- Hiring entertainment based on price. Along with food, entertainment is the most important element in your event…have you been at an event with a bad DJ? What was that like?
- Not obtaining and checking references when using a new vendor or facility. In the event planning industry everything is done by word of mouth or on a referral basis. If you are using a vendor you never used before ask for and check references.
- Knowing and understanding the “objectives” of the event. Are you launching a new product? Trying to woo new customers? Build corporate morale? You should always have a clear idea of what your company or client is trying to achieve before you create the event.
- Not trouble shooting audio visual issues. Before any event in which any kind of audio visual presentation is happening, you must do at least two dry runs.
- Not setting and hitting time lines. You must create a time line in which you lay out all your time lines for ordering, payments, etc.
- Selecting the wrong venue for the event. This goes back to your objective, do you need a massive space equipped with audio visuals for a multi-media presentation or do you need a quiet cozy space to woo clients?
- Poor planning. You must create a day of itinerary that outlines EVERYTHING that is too happen on the day of the event from the delivery of the flowers to the break down of the table and chairs.
- No water for the speakers. This is a rookie mistake. You must have water available for your speakers.
- No access to your contact list. On the day of the event, you better have the names and numbers of every single one of your vendors, so you can quickly call them if. Also, you must have a main point person at your venue to help you trouble shoot any issues that can and will come up. This person will be your best friend the day of the event.
The most important rule of event planning is that no matter how much you plan, something can and will go wrong at your event. It’s the law of events. Keep a clear head, do what you can to rectify the situation and then let it go. Your job is to create the right kind of environment so your guests can enjoy themselves.
So don’t sweat the small stuff. At the end of the day, no one will remember if they were served tap water verses sparkling water, but if the venue is too small, the entertainment was bad or the food was cold that’ll stick with ‘em!
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How Do Ya Like These Apples?
Today is officially the first day of the fall season. When I think fall I always think of apples. Of course there is nothing better than a fresh crispy apple, but there are so many fun things to do with apples from cider to chutney. Enjoy these festive fall apple recipes.
Easy Apple Cider featured on allrecipes.com
Serves: 8
INGREDIENTS
- 1 (64 fluid ounce) bottle apple cider
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 1 teaspoon whole allspice
- 1 teaspoon whole cloves
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
DIRECTIONS: In a slow cooker, combine apple cider and cinnamon sticks. Wrap allspice and cloves in a small piece of cheesecloth, and add to pot. Stir in brown sugar. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat, and keep warm.
Apple Chutney from Clean Food cookbook by Terry Walters
Makes 3 cups
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup apple cider or juice
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 5 cloves
- 8 firm and tart apples (Granny Smith, Macoun or other)
- 1 cup golden raisins
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 fennel bulb, halved, cored, and diced
- pinch of sea salt
- zest of 1 lemon
DIRECTIONS: Place apple cider, cinnamon sticks, and cloves in a small pot over medium heat and simmer 15 minutes. Turn off heat, remove cinnamon sticks and cloves and set aside. Meanwhile, peel, core, and dice apples.
In 2-quart pot, combine apples, raisins, maple syrup, ginger, onion, fennel and salt. Place over medium-high heat and add in spiced apple cider. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer 45 minutes or until chutney is thick. Remove from heat, fold in lemon zest and serve warm or cold.
Apple Crisp recipe by The Neelys featured on the FoodNetwork.com
Serves: 8
INGREDIENTS:
Filling:
- 5 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, chopped small
- 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Topping:
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into pieces
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
For the Filling:
- Mix all the ingredients together. Place into 7 to 8-ounce ramekins.
For topping:
Mix the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in large bowl. Blend the butter into the mixture until it forms pea size lumps. Stir in pecans and sprinkle over filling.
Bake crisps for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before serving.
Planning a fall dinner party or evening get together? Consider these recipes and then look for some cool fall party favors!
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Fun and Festive Fall Favors
The days are getting a wee bit shorter and the leaves are changing — fall is here. Whether you’re planning a fall wedding or a just for fun fall party, you’ll want to check out these festive fall favors.
Truly, is there anything more beautiful than watching the leaves change? These fall favors capture nature’s beauty and bring it right to your table. You”ll just love the Autumn Leaf Candy Dishes, perfect to use as wedding favors or for any fall themed event. The lovely Leaf Place Card Favor Boxes with Designer Place Cards are sure to make a statement at your event.
When we think of fall we think of the bounty of the fall harvest and these edible favors are sure to
bring the harvest home. You can almost smell the yummy “Fall for Love” Muffin Mix. The Sachet Tea Infuser Favors – Autumn Blend brings the tastes and scents of fall like apples and vanilla right to your tea cup.
These cute and clever fall wedding and party favors are sure to delight your guests such as the Fall Leaf Bookmark Favor or the Autumn Leaf Design Bottle Opener. Just so you know, these are just a few of the new fall favors and table decorations featured on momentsofelegance.com. To find more check out the Fall Wedding Favors online catalog.
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The Number One Dinner Party Dilemma
Cooking Rule… If at first you don’t succeed, order pizza.
– Anonymous
What should I cook? It’s the number one question/dilemma on every host’s mind. Since most of us didn’t go to culinary school the prospect of cooking for family and friends can be a bit daunting. One of my fav celeb chefs, Jamie Oliver, makes cooking for your crew easy peasy. So before you host your next dinner party, you must check out his website Jamie Oliver.com.
Oliver gained fame with his cooking series The Naked Chef, no he didn’t cook naked!!! What he did do was cook food that was simple to prepare yet tastes delectable. I personally owe him big time because his mashed potato recipe is always a hit at every Thanksgiving at my house. Who knew you were supposed to let the potatoes rest for five minutes before you start mashing ‘em? Thanks Jamie!
When you visit his website, you’ll find hundreds of recipes along with videos of Jamie preparing the dishes, wine tips, and his food blog. Oliver even provides fun party theme ideas for you like Christmas Anytime or Chilli Freak – perfect for all those Sunday football parties! It’s not too late to use your grill. Here’s a link to a video of Oliver barbecuing chicken legs and thighs. Yum! As he says,”It melts in your mouth.”
So before your next dinner party, cook naked, you know find simple yet delicious recipes on Jamie Oliver.com. I guarantee these recipes are so fool proof, you won’t have to order a pizza.