Holiday Entertaining Ideas: Day 4- Food

Filed Under: Entertaining, Recipes

Sorry, I am a little behind.Â Yesterday was pretty busy and I ran out of time, so here is yesterdays post and the last one of the series. The biggest part of any party is FOOD.Â Â If you are not hiring a caterer, which most of us do not, food can be the most stressful element of the event!Â I thought I would share some of my go to appetizers that you can make ahead.Â They all freeze really well and you can make them a week or more ahead of time. (source) Shrimp Puffs Ingredients: * 6 ... Read More about Holiday Entertaining Ideas: Day 4- Food

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Holiday Entertaining Ideas: Day 3- Preparation

Filed Under: Christmas Decor, Entertaining

It's important to plan ahead and get as much accomplished before the day of the party. Take the stress out by not having to do everything in a few hours. This includes re-arranging furniture, collecting dishes and making anything you can beforehand. Here are a few things I like to do to, when preparing for an event. Hopefully you will be able to use some of them and take some of the stress out your event! I will focus on an appetizer style party. Keep it Flowing! I like to set up ... Read More about Holiday Entertaining Ideas: Day 3- Preparation

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Holiday Entertaining Ideas: Day 2- Favors

Filed Under: Christmas Decor, Entertaining

This was a spur of the moment series, so I hope you are all enjoying it. It's always nice to send your guests home with something small to remember the event, so today the focus is personalized gifts/favors. 1. Cookies/ Baked Goods This is probably the easiest. You could set-up a dessert table with take away boxes and guests can prepare their own boxes with their favorites. There are a lot of really cute options at craft and grocery stores. Another option is to make pre-packaged bags. ... Read More about Holiday Entertaining Ideas: Day 2- Favors

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Christmas Front Door

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Sarah from Thrifty Decor Chick, is having a Before & After Link-up Party and I thought I would join in.Â It is SUPER DUPER cold here, we are talking single digits!Â I have been dragging my feet on the outdoor decor, so this is nothing very special... This was my front door less than a week ago. Here it is today. I used a fresh wreath and garland.Â The grapevine balls, I think I got at Target last year.Â I just hung them on cup hooks. I just ran out to take these last two ... Read More about Christmas Front Door

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Holiday Entertaining Ideas: Day 1- Drink Hang Tag Craft

Filed Under: Christmas Decor, Craft, Entertaining, Tutorials

This week I am going to focus on entertaining for the holidays. These are ideas that I have either used in the past or plan on using this year. Today I doing to a tutorial on four different drink hang tags. Identifying everyone's glass is important, if you are having a party where guests will be moving around. I will share in order of difficulty in making: easiest to hardest. Option 1: Gift Tags Buy pre-made gift tags and just write each persons name on cards. To attach you can either ... Read More about Holiday Entertaining Ideas: Day 1- Drink Hang Tag Craft

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