On December 18th my husband and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. To celebrate we decided to throw an intimate soiree with close family as attendants.  I had hoped to celebrate our 5 year anniversary as it is a typically celebrated milestone, but our December in 2015 was packed with events and we couldn’t seem to find the time. But luckily this year we were able to carve out one weekend for ourselves.

On December 17th we gathered our nearest and dearest at our home.  We aren’t the formal type, so we decided on something that was special, intimate, personal, and winter inspired. Anyone who knows me is fully aware of my passion for planning soirees. I love coming up with a theme and creating a look and feel for an event/party/soiree.  I leave no stone unturned. I’m all about the details- those little things are what leave a lasting impression with guests. These special details stay with guests for years to come.

The jumping off point began with a single print- black and red buffalo plaid. This print is very popular this holiday season and it resonated with me.  I am just so obsessed with it. I have sprinkled a bit of this print throughout the house: blankets, pennant garlands, runners, and kitchen towels. I gravitated to this print in such an intense way that I felt it was only appropriate it be a main theme for the soiree.

This one print made an appearance on almost everything, although I made sure not to over do the print. To tame the bold print I added white, cream, and hints of green, as well. These neutral and calm colors brought a harmonious balance, allowed the print to shine, but never overpowering it.

I created my own stationery for the event- something I do for all my parties/soirees/events- in order to bring all the elements together. I created a motto for the night “Our mason jar runneth over”, a twist on an already existing phrase- “Our cup runneth over.” Changing ‘cup’ for ‘mason jar’ was a way of personalizing this phrase for us, as we are the mason jar type and it felt more appropriate for us.  We chose this phrase because this sentiment is exactly how we feel today and everyday.  We are filled with tremendous love, joy and happiness to last us several lifetimes.  Everyday we are grateful for what we have been blessed with in our personal and professional lives and more importantly, life in general.

Creating your very own stationery is a wonderful way of  personalizing your event and an inexpensive way to represent your theme, as well. With the help of etsy or other sites this is a fairly easy task to complete. I then created two menus to display, thank you tags for favors, drink tags and a print out for the Well Wishes station.

Through out this post I have shared the personalized stationery I created for our special day.  I hope my stationery helps spark the desire to throw your very own anniversary party or celebration!