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Jan 12 2014
Comments Off on Tea for 10 + Tips on Organizing a Fundraiser!

Hearts for Hope Tea is an event we love, sponsor and help organize  to give back. The tea benefits CCM, and low-income/at-risk kids in the Las Vegas Valley.  5 “Always” for Organizing a Meeting or Fundraiser Start Up: Always have your first meeting a minimum of 4-6 months out, depending on the size and complexity of your event. Give your team a minimum of 3 weeks notice and always send out a reminder the week of. Always add fun elements to the meeting,...

Jan 10 2014
Comments Off on Spectacular Bridal Advice from Experts at Bridal Spectacular

Being a Las Vegas event planner for the past 20 years has had it’s challenges but one of the spectacular perks are the relationships we have gained along the way.  When first starting out in Las Vegas, I approached Debbie Hansen, owner and creator of Bridal Spectacular (the largest, best, and longest running Bridal Show in Vegas) and asked if we could meet…as I had produced many bridal shows in Canada.  After a long lunch and much brainstorming…I would find myself being...

Holiday Party in January: Easiest Potluck Ever! You know, at the end of the season it is really important to me to take a glance back at this time of celebrating, hoping I had a chance to see everyone.  The outreach group that I am involved in plans our holiday party to be the first week of January instead of December. It takes the pressure off, everyone brings something, and the potluck element allows me to mix and mingle too. (As well as enjoy some great dishes!) Tips...

2014 is shaping up to be a great year for us here at Practically Perfect Planner. We’ve been so busy over the last few months with the Holidays, and we had an absolute blast celebrating with family and friends from all over. Christmas went off without a hitch, with the entire Meehan family over to our house for Christmas Eve…followed by a simple Santa Breakfast for Christmas morning. The 3P Basics that carried us through Christmas without causing...

On (less than) a dime, quickly and simply…use the ornaments you’ve saved over the years and swap them out for the candles in your candlesticks! Sound a little “different”? It is! Dust off those ornaments, and wipe off those candlesticks…place your favorite twinkling bulbs just so…and instantly add shine, shape, and dimension to any centerpiece.   –       Remember the 3P basics of grouping...

Dec 23 2013
Comments Off on It’s Never Too Late for Christmas Cookies and Cards!

The holidays are often a time for long-held family traditions, as well as creating new traditions and holiday memories.  My Mom and I have a Christmas tradition every year, where we go through all of the Christmas and holiday (even birthday, etc) cards we’ve received throughout the year. We keep every card in our ice bucket in the kitchen cupboard which helps us to store them, and keep them all together for a year to enjoy them once more and reminisce. We pick an afternoon...

So, we’ve made our “Snourds and Snowkins”…we’ve started putting together our Holiday Home Decor….now it’s time to add the finishing touches with Holiday Wreaths, both fresh and perfectly preserved! One fantastic event basic that is affordable, easy to do, and unique…is to use wreaths to ground your favorite pieces in high traffic areas. The wreath used below to ground our Christmas candles and a fresh pot of poinsettias, was a fresh...

I know you all saw how saw quickly we were able to pull together our Fall Décor, and we had so much fun with it we honestly didn’t want to change everything for Christmas! But, we love the holidays and part of our traditions during the week or so after Thanksgiving, is to commence “the changing of the gourds”. But before we go into the fun we had decorating the house…my mom created something really “out there” the other afternoon, and we’re so excited to share it...

With Chris and the kids lighting up the house for the holidays, it motivated me to pull out the Holiday Boxes as well as pack up the Fall Boxes and officially commence “the changing of the gourds”. After collecting all of the autumn décor, Jessi packed up the event containers while I wiped up and cleaned all of my focus areas in our home. Starting off with a clean canvas helps calm me, and is also an event basic that continually keeps high traffic areas deep cleaned and orderly. Then...

I would like to introduce you to my friend and business associate Renee Ursen from “Get It Together LLC”. Renee is also a fellow organizer but specializes as a professional organizer for the home. From time to time we will be bringing Renee on-board to share her home organizing tips.  I have used her myself for a few challenging areas in my home and she is awesome!! Below are Renee’s words of advice as we hear the craziness of the season calling our name. Along with some...

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