Sunday was our annual For Keeps Sake Christmas party. We love the holidays and are very happy to have an opportunity to celebrate together. So everyone who works at For Keeps Sake heads to Kimmswisk (our traditional Christmas spot)! (Thankfully, Nancy N's daughters take over the store for the day. Thanks Michele and Nic!)
This year, we celebrated at The Dough Depot. Here's how the party started:


package after package

after package

and here's why:

There are 11 of us
and each of us brings a little something for the other.
Yep - 121 gifts!
It's crazy.
We give out one person's gift to everyone
and we all open that gift at once.

The beautiful packages above were from Sue Kelemen
and filled with delicious homemade cookies!

It's our favorite gift exchange as we love seeing what everyone comes up with.
See the little jars above?
They were packaged in a wood box with a dowel handle
made by
Gina's Designs
and decorated by Mary Dohack Meyer.
The jars are filled with homemade jelly like only Mary can make!

I made individual notebooks for each of the girls
trying to add colors and details that I thought would fit each individual.
Here's a few of the pics I remembered to take
before wrapping:

Sorry for the post it notes.
I had them all laid out on my table, labeled so I wouldn't forget who got what!

Lots of Gina's Designs chipboard used
including the tri-fold portfolio books themselves.


What a wonderful group of gals I have the privilege of working with and for!
Thank you to Nancy N & Timi
the owners of For Keeps Sake
for hosting our very special
Christmas party
and for making For Keeps Sake the best place
to work & shop!