• Memorial Day Party Ideas

    Memorial Day Party Ideas.

    Inside: Hosting ideas with Memorial Day party tips. How to host the best party this summer and some of the elements that I had at mine to make yours a huge success. Throwing a party on a long weekend is the best kind of celebration. When there’s an extra day off on the calendar, it’s […]

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  • Wigsgiving – A Thanksgiving Party Idea

    Make Friendsgiving more fun, party theme ideas.

    We went to the best Friendsgiving party recently and I’m now obsessed with the idea of having every party be a wig party. That’s right, instead of Thanksgiving we had Wigs-giving. We all wore wigs!!! Which was just so much freaking fun. What is Wigsgiving? Wigsgiving as a term is new to me, but one […]

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  • Satin Bow Garland

    Anthropologie satin ribbon bow garland DIY.

    Like everyone else I feel in LOVE with this viral satin bow garland, but the price tag was WAY out of my range. So instead, I decided to DIY instead of buy & make my own! Bow Tie Foot Trick I started by purchasing satin ribbon and hacking my own bows, using this fun foot […]

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  • Push Pin Pumpkins

    Push Pin Flower Pumpkins

    I’ve found it you guys! The easiest way to decorate your pumpkins that you’ll ever learn… This is a pumpkin decorating idea that I made up 11 years ago, you can see my first post about it. They’ve been copied here and there over the years, and even featured in Real Simple magazine one year! […]

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  • Candy Cane Bows Peppermint Christmas Cake

    Peppermint candy cane cake for Christmas.

    I was obsessed when I saw mini-candy canes turning themselves into bows and immediately thought they’d look even better made with big sized candy canes and put on a cake. I combined the mini version and the maxi version to create a christmas candy cane cake with peppermint bows that is as sweet as the […]

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  • 16th Birthday Cake Topper Idea For Boys

    Cute 16th birthday candle idea.

    We celebrated 16th Birthdays last month and I was searching for a sweet way to make it special. Even though, my teenage son wanted no decorations and nothing fancy. So I decided to focus on the candles! Every sweet 16 party needs a birthday cake topper and this idea ended up being one of my […]

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  • My family Friendly NYE Party Re-Cap

    How to host a New Years party that the teens will enjoy.

    We have been hosting a NYE party for maybe 11 years at this point. It started when our kids were so small and tiny that they could barely make it awake until 9pm when we celebrated with the East Coast. This year we said goodnight after 2am. Things have changed… But one thing that doesn’t […]

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  • Masters Graduation Party Ideas

    Masters graduation party ideas.

    April and May bring all of the excitement of the end of another school year, and while so many students are preparing to spend the summer thinking about the next school year ahead, we were thankfully celebrating Matt being done with his Master’s Degree in Education! I wanted to throw a big party to celebrate, […]

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