Our Holiday Card 2009

Happy Holidays from all of us at Meade Design Group!

It was another successful year for our annual holiday card, we gave ourselves high expectations after all of the positive feedback we received from last years card - this year we even included a little gift as a token of our appreciation to everyone who made this a great year for us including our colleagues, trades, retailers, friends, family and of course, our clients!

We wanted everyone to embrace their inner child and enjoy the holidays spending time with those important to them.This has been the year that we have all realized what is really important to us and we wanted a card that would reflect that. We also wanted to encourage everyone to get a little creative during their holiday!

We chose a simple retro-modern theme in a crisp red and white colour scheme (to match our holiday decor), with whimsical fonts and imagery. We also included a gingerbread man cookie cutter (secured with a white, linear textured ribbon) and a delicious recipe for everyone to try:

 

Ingredients

Makes 36

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  2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for rolling
  
  
  
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  2 teaspoons ground ginger
  
  
  
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  1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  
  
  
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  1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  
  
  
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  1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  
  
  
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  1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  
  
  
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  1/4 teaspoon salt
  
  
  
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  1/4 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
  
  
  
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  1/3 cup packed dark-brown sugar
  
  
  
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  1/3 cup unsulfured molasses
  
  
  
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  1 large egg
  
  
  
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  Decorating sugar or sprinkles (optional)
  
  
  

Directions

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   In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, spices, baking soda, and salt; set aside. With an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in molasses and egg. With mixer on low, add dry ingredients; mix just until a dough forms. Place dough on floured plastic wrap; pat into an 8-inch square. Wrap well; chill until firm, 1 to 2 hours.
   
   
   
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   Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Divide dough in half. Working with one half at a time (rewrap and refrigerate other half), place dough on floured parchment or waxed paper; roll out 1/8 inch thick, turning, lifting, and flouring dough (and rolling pin) as needed. Freeze dough (on paper) until firm, about 20 minutes.
   
   
   
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   Loosen dough from paper. Cut out shapes, and transfer to baking sheets.
   
   
   
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   Bake until firm and edges just begin to darken, 10 to 18 minutes, depending on size. Cool completely on baking sheets. Decorate with sugar or sprinkles, as desired.
   
   
   

We also included the message:

“Embrace your inner child, have fun, and get creative with your loved ones this holiday season by making some tasty treats for everyone to enjoy.

We wish you all a safe, happy and healthy holiday season carrying into 2010 and beyond.

Cheers!

ivan, echo and jeff”

And finished it all off with a red wax bird-shaped seal.

We hope you enjoyed our holiday card this year – thank you so much to everyone, including our blog readers for making this such a special year for us!

PS – If you didn’t receive your card from us this year – we blame Canada Post!