This hot apple cider recipe is perfect for warming up in the fall or with Thanksgiving dinner. (And if you haven't tried the FREE Instagram app on your iPhone, it's tons of fun to try out the filters on your mobile photos.) Judy Lewin's Spiced Apple Cider Perfect for...
I first created this Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Party for my daughters’ preschool class when they were four. It was really fun to dust it off, amp it up, and host it again for some of the same kids now that they’re six. Want to make this party part of your...
I just adore these photos from Minutes of Love Photography so much I had to share a few with you. If you are in the Atlanta area and need portraits, I can highly recommend my experience with Katie. (The girls' dresses are from Crazy 8.)
For the University of Georgia's opening game, my sister-in-law hosted the family at her house. I volunteered to bring dessert, and it quickly turned into a UGA football dessert table, decked out in our team's red and black. I started with this terrific black and white...
Drop-off parties hold a certain appeal: parents love them (two child-free hours!) and your house will be less crowded with extra adults. But what is the right age for a drop-off birthday party? And can you handle all the kids by yourself? That takes us to today's...
Should you open presents at your birthday party? We've been to parties where gifts were opened and where they weren't. We always open gifts at our parties — I guess mainly because that's what we did at my parties growing up. But, gift opening has always worked well...
For every party, there are parents who don’t respond to your invitation and then don’t attend the party, or who don’t respond and then do show up. Either scenario presents a planning problem. Here's how to get guests to RSVP for your party. Here's a story from the...
In today's Party Manners, let's talk about when you should host your party. Picking a birthday party day and time can be key to your party's success. (Cue laughter from my friends: for the last four personal parties I've thrown, we've had to change the day after...
Let's talk about how to throw a party the old fashioned way. How many kids should you invite to a birthday party? It's a hot topic, but I think you don't have to invite the entire class to your child's birthday party. See Little Miss Big Cheeks in the tulip shirt...
I am so excited to bring you our Cash Cab party — the celebration of my husband’s 59th birthday (otherwise known as “Oh no, I’m almost 60!”). Our family found Discovery Channel’s Cash Cab this Spring and have been watching and playing ever since. (If you don’t know...
My sister-in-law Beverly turned 60 this year, and I was honored to work with her husband Ray and our other sister-in-law Kathy to plan a surprise luncheon for friends and family. Our theme was It's Great to "Bee" 60. Our inspiration was Melissa from Silly Bee’s...
For my twins' 6th birthday, they wanted a Tinkerbell party. I feel overwhelmed by off-the-shelf party themes, and didn't want the party to feel like an advertisement, so I talked up the idea of a "flower fairy" party instead. They loved the concept, chose our pink and...
*** As featured on Kori Clark (formally Paper & Pigtails) *** This year, just our family of four was on hand to celebrate Independence Day, but I still wanted to make it special for our six-year-old twins — and keep to a very tight budget. The result was this...
I remember watching Diana and Charles’s wedding with my mom, curled up in our den in our robes. So when Will and Kate announced their engagement, my first thought was a royal wedding viewing party with my girls and their mommas. The Friday wedding put a little kink in...
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