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Wow, I’ve really hit a record here with how long it’s taken me to post. Truth be told, this blog fell off my radar for a while as I was having another baby, moving, helping to release the 2013 holiday line — our best yet, and getting to the Stationery Show. One thing I won’t be slacking on this year is Father’s Day. Now that we have another little boy in our family, taking the time to worship dad feels that much more important. Plans for the day are still up in the air, but I can tell you that we will let my husband sleep in, we will make him pancakes and bacon, and he will be free of diaper changes for a 24 hour period. Does it get any better? Oh wait, it does! We’ll give him a card too.

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For many of us, the holidays bring back memories of snowman sweaters courtesy of Aunt Doris or being dragged around the neighborhood for the annual carol-a-thon with your siblings. How funny it is that the very traditions you probably rolled your eyes at as a kid warm your heart now. What are the holidays without the traditions that come along with it? 

For the folks here at Smudge Ink, we’re looking forward to family scrabble games, making cookies and gingerbread houses with our kids, eating latkas, croissants and mom’s oatmeal bread…and most definitely staying in our pj’s all day. It is these rituals, along with time spent with family and friends, that make us forget about the stress of the holidays and allow us to focus on being together. However you choose to celebrate the season — enjoy it! — and know that we wish you a happy, safe and relaxing holiday. See you in 2013!

Most of the Smudge Ink team at our annual holiday party last night.

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