handlettered invitation: adventures in cookieville

This year I hosted the third annual Adventures in Cookieville baking party where friends come to my house, baking chaos ensues and everyone goes home with a few trays or boxes of goodies. This year, just for fun, I hand lettered a gingerbread-shaped cookie invitation and photocopied it onto card stock. Each invitation was tucked into a paper bag along with a bright red napkin. I addressed white recipe cards and attached them to the outside of the paper bag before the bags made their way through the local postal system. The feedback from the recipients was one of the best part of the project! (...tales of roomates or mothers standing impatiently by and wondering what could have come in the paper bag they found in the mailbox!)

Unfortuntely, Adventures in Cookieville coincided with the biggest snowfall yet this winter, and about half of the bakers who'd RSVPed were no longer able to attend due to bad road conditions. But those who attended participated in the creation of gingerbread men and a Canadian classic, Nanaimo bars.