If you have leftover scraps of Christmas wrapping paper (especially this cute damask pattern from Target!), use them to dress up your flower arrangements! Scrapbook or wrapping paper is an amazingly easy and inexpensive way to highlight a party’s theme. Just wrap a piece of paper around the vase and secure with glue stick or …
A strand of doilies is a super cheap and easy DIY decoration! I used doilies for my friend’s […]
Ornaments make the perfect favors for a shower hosted in December! In keeping with my friend’s red, black and white colors, I added a big bow and a little tag to basic ball ornaments. I printed the tag on cardstock and tied it with thread, but the options to accessorize are endless. The ornaments were …
Last weekend, I had the honor of hosting a bridal shower for my super sweet friend, Natalie. […]
Last weekend (oh my gosh, was it really just last weekend?!), I had the pleasure of hosting a small cookie swap at our house. For those unfamiliar with cookie swaps/exchanges, it’s just a get-together where each person brings several dozen of one type of cookie. Everyone divides up their cookies amongst the other guests and …
For the final installment of Southern Soirée party posts: the streamers! Using just thread and paper circles, we added a pop of color and a little bit of whimsy to our backyard party. Originally, I hoped that the circles would all face in one direction. That just didn’t happen, but the result was a really …
I am such a sucker for outdoor lighting. OK, I’m not a huge fan of small, standard Christmas lights (probably from the years of using them as dorm decor), but I love decorative string lights and small clear globes and paper lanterns and regular lanterns and candles of all sorts. If a restaurant has a …
Mustaches on a stick were an easy party prop that I couldn’t resist, especially when the supplies […]
From the beginning of planning this party, I knew I wanted the biscuits to be a big deal. It’s a southern party, right?! We needed lots of toppings and fresh biscuits all party long. The “all party long” part posed a challenge. Biscuits are generally pretty easy to make, but baking hundreds in our hot …
Covering vases and candle holders with fabric is a great way to customize items you already have on hand to match a party! In keeping with our southern theme, we used jars of all sizes to hold straws and fresh mint, flowers, candles and condiments. (It took a little collecting, but you can’t beat the …