I was just reading through this post on ATLA and it made me think of a really fun little idea for a holiday party invitation...
Send these glass balls (VERY carefully packaged of course) with an invitation and instructions rolled up inside the ball to have everyone find something fun to put in their ornament. Bring it to the party and decorate the tree! For fun, you could try and guess whose is whose - or you could assign 'secret santas' and have guests create one for other guests. I think my crafty girlfriends would LOVE this... gosh, I'm feeling kinda Martha at this cheesy cute idea!