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I know we are still a few days away from Christmas, but it’s time to start thinking about the next holiday around the corner- New Year’s! If you didn’t get a chance to send Christmas cards out this year, check out the great selection of New Year’s cards at Minted. I love the new tradition of photo cards…it’s so fun to see photos of everyone’s family from year to year!

While I love all the Christmas cards that we receive, there is also something special about New Year’s cards from friends. After the bustle of the season has quieted, it’s nice to reflect on these cards. Here are a few of my favorite designs:

new year stripe

new year card

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Minted also offers some great New Year’s personalized party decorations. I especially love the silver and gold themed party decor. K and I were both swooning over the personalized bunting today.

bunting

These silver and gold wine tags would also be perfect to ring in the New Year with.

wine glass tags

I also love this table runner that can be customized with your own special message…so many possibilities!

table runner

While I certainly can’t wait to savor every moment of Christmas, just looking at these New Year’s ideas is getting me inspired for all the celebrating to be done over the next couple of weeks! How do you like to celebrate the new year ?

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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Minted. All opinions are our own.

Happy New Year! For breakfast yesterday morning (a rather late one since we did not get home from dinner out until 2 a.m), I decided to make my French Omelette. This omelette is inspired by my favorite brunch item at Gaslight, a French bistro in Boston’s South End. My French Omelette does not include their delicious frites, bloody mary, and cappuccino. It was a nice breakfast to start off the new year nevertheless.

French Omelette (serves 2)

Ingredients:
-6 eggs
-1 tablespoon half & half
-1 tsp herbes de provence
-3/4 oz. package of goat cheese
-salt and pepper
-cooking spray

Directions:
Crack the eggs and whip together until smooth. Mix in the half & half and herbes de provence. Start slicing up the goat cheese into small wedges.

Next, heat up your frying pan over medium-high heat. Spray the pan with cooking spray. When it’s hot, pour half the egg mixture into the pan. Using a fork or spatula, lift edges up as they cook to allow the egg liquid to flow under. Once it is nearly finished cooking (only a small amount of the egg liquid remains), place half the goat cheese slices down the middle. Fold the sides of the omelette over onto the goat cheese and flip over the entire omelette afterwards. Plate omelette. Repeat with remaining egg mixture and goat cheese.

I’m still trying to master the perfect omelette, but here are my pictures of my two attempts yesterday. Don’t worry if your omelette doesn’t look perfect- it will most likely still taste delish.

Enjoy!

-M