Holiday Toasts
Last weekend my extended family took a mini vacation to celebrate my grandmother’s 75th birthday. All 20-something of us were asked to stand up and give my grandmother a toast at some point throughout dinner. [...]
Holiday Decorating Ideas
I love the holiday season, but I prefer to keep decorations subtle and traditional. In fact, my parents once assembled a sparkly, hot pink Christmas tree in my room just to laugh at my [...]
Art Installation with Tape
I get so much inspiration for parties from over the top art installations. I especially loved this one from Japan seen on Hello Sandwich. It was made out of giant Japanese washi tape. Really really [...]
Progressive Dinner
Recently some friends and I did a progressive dinner. That’s where you start at one house to have a course and then continue on to another house for the next course. It’s so fun [...]
Hobnob Trashcans
When you are entertaining usually what to do with your garbage is an afterthought. In reality there aren’t a lot of good solutions. Your normal garbage cans probably can’t handle all your party guests [...]
Hosting Thanksgiving
If you’re having the family over for Thanksgiving, it’s safe to say your to-do list is already overflowing with tasks like planning the menu, grocery shopping, cooking, and cleaning up. If you’re anything like [...]
Christmas Lights You Can Use Year Round
Because I like to throw parties I find myself buying Christmas lights year round. I thought it might be a little fun to talk about the lights that work well for other times of [...]
Made Merri Cake Toppers
I love these very sweet woodland cake toppers. They give the perfect earthy feel and would work great from everything to a birthday to anniversary to a wedding. Get them right here at this [...]
Online Cookie Swap
My mom was always in charge of baking gingerbread cookies for our church’s annual holiday boutique. This meant holiday baking was in full force in our house no later than the day after Thanksgiving. With hundreds of cookies to bake and decorate within just a week or two, we all pitched in to help decorate dozens of cookies.
The Element of Surprise
One thing that I learned early on is how much a surprise can change everything. It takes a tiny bit more planning but the element of surprise is what makes things fun. I try [...]
