I am so excited because this is Home Fabulous 365’s very first contest! And what a fun one it is.

Holiday parties will have a new element of cheer this year with the introduction of Hallmark Personalized Photo Plates. Several holiday designs are available to help the host/hostess create one-of-a-kind plates perfect for parties, decorating or serving everyone’s favorite holiday treat! The plates give consumers the ability to design attractive, high-quality, paper plates with full-color photos and integrated text.

Here is a very cute Christmas plate.

Colorful holiday motifs are available for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. In addition, more than 250 plate designs including birthday, wedding, graduation, pet birthday, baby celebration, retirement and anniversary, are all available exclusively at www.HallmarkParty.com. Consumers can add their own photos, write their own personal message or choose from among more than 700 unique suggested messages.

The durable, nine-inch paper dinner plates come in packages of 10. Each package retails for $10. The plates are shipped directly to the customer after the five-day production period. Customers have the option of one-day, two-day or ground shipping.

Personalized Plates are available in three different configurations: photo only, text only, or photo and text. Consumers can enhance the party experience by selecting solid-color accessories such as dessert plates, cups, napkins and table covers at www.HallmarkParty.com to go with the personalized dinner plates.

Take a look at their New Years and Thanksgiving plate designs.

I am definitely ordering a set (or two) of these for Christmas this year. We have family coming in from all around and I am the hostess. Very exciting!

Now, about that contest! I have $50 in gift credit to HallmarkParty.com to give away to one lucky Home Fabulous 365 reader. Here are the rules:

* One entry: Just leave a comment on this post!
* One entry: Tweet about this contest on Twitter!
* One entry: Blog about this contest on your blog!
* Contest starts today (November 13) and ends on November 27th.
* Contest only open to U.S. residents.

A special thank you to the folks at Hallmark for hosting this great contest! Good luck everyone.