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...
It feels so good to be back after the Holidays! It feels even better to finally announce the results of our “Like & Share” Facebook Fundraiser for CCM, because with all of your “likes” and “shares”…we’ve been able to raise over $300 with 3P sweetening the pot a bit! Practically Perfect Planner is all about giving back, and giving back to our community through events, is where we want to take you this year....
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...
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...
Practically Perfect Planner has made up a list and is checking it twice…on Wednesday we went into a CCM Learning Center and started setting up shop. At-risk kids in low-income housing were earning “Good Behavior Bucks” to give Mom and Dad something special…all sponsored by Practically Perfect Planner! I had such a wonderful time playing “store keeper”, helping kids wrap gifts from the heart, and giving out goody bags. I was...
From Chris: Inside the Cave – It’s been great watching NFL football this season (and my Fantasy Team is doing great!) While watching the games a re-occurring and more frequently discussed Man Cave question keeps coming up – REAL OR FAKE? While many of you are immediately thinking the attributes of Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders (I swear it never crossed MY mind….); this topic for my next Holiday Project after putting up the outside Christmas Lights is – The Christmas...
Many have the tradition of “Secret Santa”…where you draw names and each person is assigned someone to buy a secret gift for. As a young family, we did what we now call: “Secret Santa…with a Twist”. With four kids who were all pre-teens and teens – the parents decided the gifts and commercialism needed to be toned down and the thoughtful actions and kindness to each other needed to be pumped up. This is our take on a tradition that encourages family time and thoughtfulness...
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...
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