Parties

Valentine’s Day Cocktail Party

Host a Sweethearts’ Cocktail Party!
Host a sweethearts’ Cocktail Party for your favorite couples! It doesn’t matter that February 14th falls on a weekday. Look toward the weekends before and after!
Valentine’s Cockail Party Invitations
From Invitation Jane – Invitation Jane offers a stylish cocktail invitation, featuring a pink border and cosmopolitan icon with a jewel for... Read more »

Valentine’s Day Coffee Party

Coffee and Conversation! Host a Valentine’s Day Coffee!
February is the perfect time to entertain – the holidays are over and most people are looking for something fun to brighten the winter days! And Valentine’s Day is the perfect occasion to do just that! One of my favorite ways to celebrate is to host a Valentine’s... Read more »

Boxing Day Party

Tip of the Week – Add an Extra Day to Christmas!
I recently read about a family, who in addition to celebrating Christmas on December 25th, extends the fun by adding Boxing Day to their holiday line up! Boxing Day takes place on December 26th and its origins date back to mid 19th century England, when... Read more »

Girl Friends’ Get Togethers

Host a Terrific Girl Friends’ Get Together and Get a Job Done!
Spending quality time with your girl friends may seem like impossibility during the crazy holiday season, but I have some fun ideas for combining work and play!

Card Writing Party – Invite friends over to tackle the task of writing and addressing holiday cards. You’ll... Read more »

Celebrate the Day of the Dead!

Tip of the Week: Celebrate the Day of the Dead!
Whether you love Halloween so much that you want the festivities to go on or you’ve never been a fan of the candy and costume extravaganza, here’s the perfect holiday for you to celebrate: Day of the Dead! Far from serious or scary, this Latin-American occasion... Read more »

Create a Custom Party Favor

Tip of the Week: Create Custom Party Favors!
No child’s birthday party is complete without the goody bag delivered at the conclusion of the festivities and sometimes I think that my children look forward to their party favors even more than the party! If you’ve ever wished that filling those favor bags was a bit easier,... Read more »

Host a Chocolate Tasting Party!

Tip of the Week: Host a Chocolate Tasting Party!
If you’re like me, the kids have settled into the school year, Halloween costumes have been ordered and we’ve set up some semblance of a routine! What’s next? Setting aside some time to reconnect with our female friends! And I have the perfect plan – host a... Read more »

Halloween Party for Kids

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Host a Wonderfully Haunted Halloween Party for Your Kids!
Halloween is a terrific time to entertain younger guests – and while there are lots of spooky characters to choose from like ghosts, vampires or witches, the allure of a mummy themed party was just too hard to resist! Mummies can be so much fun... Read more »

Top Notch Tailgating!

In last fall’s Tip of the Week, Try Tailgating, I encouraged Busy Bee readers to cook up some pre-game fun by hosting a tailgating party! Generally speaking, tailgating is a terrific and inexpensive way to entertain, but if you want to take it up a notch, here are some clever enhancements!

Invitations

Paperbuzz – for... Read more »

Halloween Cocktail Party

Halloween Happy Hour – Casual or Elegant!

Who ever said that Halloween was just for the kids? Not me, and in fact, I think that Halloween is a terrific time to entertain adults with a cocktail party with lots of clever touches! In looking over the fun decorations and invitations available for this type of event,... Read more »