Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Holiday Ideas for the Busy Professional




As the holidays fast approach, it’s easy to understand how a young professional can become occupied with visiting friends, parties, family and other obligations, in addition to working daily.

However, there are at least two companies in Atlanta, owned by a pair of sisters, that cater to the busy professional who doesn’t have a lot of time to search for just the right gifts.

Mari’s Sweets and To The Nines are owned by Mari and Candace Sawyer. Mari’s Sweets is a bakery that delivers the most delicious cupcakes, cookies and delectable goods. It's great for offices and sending to others. To The Nines designs invitations and cards that can be quickly formatted to send electronically.

The sisters know first-hand what it means to be busy. After baking nights while also working other jobs, they established Mari’s Sweets in 2006. The bakery and dessert catering company sells cupcakes, layer cakes, gourmet cookies and other goodies. It delivers within 24 hours throughout metro Atlanta. All ingredients used, including butter, sugar, flour, etc., are real.

“We can accommodate most special requests and since we bake from scratch we can create just the right dessert for our customers,” said Candace, the younger sister.

“Mari has always been gifted in the kitchen. Holiday cakes for friends became holiday cakes for co-workers then we got a large scale order from our older sister's company for 22 cakes and we've never looked back.”

The Sawyers entertain a lot and became fed up with online invitation services that failed to deliver their invitations or required creating an account to view. To The Nines was then born. It’s an invitation studio specializing in electronic invitations that don’t require a subscription or importing contacts, and also offers high quality, traditional printed work.

At this time of the year, the company creates many holiday greetings for business and personal use. Creating invitations take just a few hours if initiated from a template. Custom work can take a few days.

Prices start at $35 for electronic invitations. Printed items begin at around $50.

“There aren't a bunch of steps to complete so once you send details, we get started,” Candace mentioned. You can send your customized invitation or greeting to as many people as you like, as frequently as you need to and without hassle.”

For more on Mari’s Sweets, visit www.MarisSweets.com, e-mail info@marissweets.com, call (770) 649-9283 or find them on Facebook under: Mari's Sweets Atlanta.

To contact To The Nines, e-mail: 29invitations@gmail.com, call (404) 635-6162 or find them on Facebook under: To The Nines Invitations.


- Marcus E. Howard

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