Party sweets, drinks and decor
With Thanksgiving week here and December coming fast, I’m in full Christmas party-planning mode, so I made this free printable Christmas invitation to invite all our friends to a bright Christmas Lights party. Grab the instructions and free download below. This fun, bright light garland invite is perfect for sending out invitations when you do […]
I learned the genius helium balloon party hack recently (because the internet is awesome!), and wanted to see if it would work with long balloons to go with the rainbow bows I made for our rainbow Saint Patrick’s Day party. It worked! And I just love the fun ceiling balloon display it created. Rainbow Party […]
After making these huge Christmas bows with tablecloths, I became obsessed with the idea of hanging tablecloth bows on my walls. This Christmas and even Valentine’s Day there were so many fun chances to use bows, but I just didn’t want to stop… So I decided to branch out in color scheme and make this […]
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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
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 […]
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, […]