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Halloween BOO Kits & The Most Delicious Loaded Candy Bar Ghost Cake “Pops” recipe

By Jessica On September 14, 2016 · 9 Comments · In Entertaining, Event styling, free printables, happy hosting, Holiday
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser, MARS. All opinions are mine alone. #BOOitForward #SweetSquad #CollectiveBias Can you believe that Autumn officially arrives next week?! As someone who lives in a snowy winter state, I always feel like our beautiful Fall days fly by and winter lasts forever. So, we [...]
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How to plan a baby shower

By Jessica On April 3, 2014 · 2 Comments · In baby, blog, Event styling, happy hosting
I’m thrilled to have Stephanie from Spaceships and Laser Beams stopping by today to share tips for planning a baby shower. xoxo, Jessica If “life is in the details” then you surely won’t want to miss the fun planning it takes to host a welcome to the world baby shower! Where to begin? Decide on [...]
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A simple holiday dinner table setting with Soma

By Jessica On November 27, 2013 · 11 Comments · In Gift guide, happy hosting
This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Soma, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #givesoma  http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO.” We love hosting cocktail parties, dinner parties, casual kid-friendly build-your-own pizza dinners and more. There is nothing better (or easier) than a Saturday night with friends at someone’s home. The [...]
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Driveway Happy Hour and creating “community” in your neighborhood

By Jessica On September 6, 2013 · 16 Comments · In Event styling, happy hosting, making things happen
Inspired by Emily Ley and her friends, I sent a message to our entire neighborhood in May asking if anyone would be interested in hosting a Driveway Happy Hour in their driveway on a Thursday or Friday evening in the summer. Within an hour, we had half of the summer slots filled and we were well [...]
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Very merry cocktail party

By Jessica On December 28, 2012 · 3 Comments · In DIY, Event styling, fancy host, fancy party tips, happy hosting
The party was so much fun. But, because the fun started almost immediately, I hardly got any good photos of anything. It was also very dark, so getting sharp focus was tough. I remembered to grab my camera, but it was after guests arrived, so things were already moved around a bit-this is a good [...]
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Family Christmas

By Jessica On December 27, 2012 · 5 Comments · In baby, DIY, fancy host, fancy party tips, happy hosting
  We hosted 22 people for Christmas. The day was filled with fun, laughter, love, joy and way too much food! The food highlights for me were the mashed potato bar served in lowball martini glasses, dessert, dessert and more dessert, and the amazing homemade lasagna (The Pioneer Woman Cooks recipe). Read on for all [...]
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Simple syrups for our champagne bar

By Jessica On December 11, 2012 · Add Comment · In DIY, Event styling, fancy host, fancy party tips, Food, happy hosting
I LOVE hosting a champagne or bubbly bar at our parties. Most guests really enjoy it and I definitely do! I’ve done fresh fruit purees in the past and added them to the sparkling wine. It tastes great but has two negatives. The first is that getting the glasses clean after events is impossible. Second, the bubbly [...]
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Pretty glittery gold garland backdrop

By Jessica On December 6, 2012 · Add Comment · In DIY, Event styling, fancy host, fancy party tips, happy hosting
How’s that for a tongue-twister? I debated with myself for days about this post. Part of me loves to show you party details in one big pretty post after an event and I know that a lot of my friends read my blog so I like the party details to be a surprise to them. But around the [...]
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Holiday napkins wrapped 8 ways

By Jessica On December 4, 2012 · 5 Comments · In DIY, Event styling, fancy host, fancy party tips, happy hosting
I love finding inexpensive ways to make an impact when hosting. Today I bring you 8 inexpensive, easy, DIY ways to wrap a napkin for your holiday place settings. Everything was either purchased for under $1 at Joann Fabrics, Michaels, a dollar store or items were things I already owned. I used white and red [...]
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‘Tis the season for gold and glitter

By Jessica On November 28, 2012 · Add Comment · In happy hosting, {home design}
As a kid, I was a traditional Christmas tree girl. I liked my homemade ornaments, mismatched old family ones and everything in between. Now, while I enjoy the tradition of it all, I also like to have a pretty tree. I get the best of both worlds because we have two trees. This year, I [...]
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