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Serenity’s 14th Golf Par-Tee
Yes, Serenity’s birthday was clear back in November but we just had her birthday celebration the end of December. We decided to go with a mini-golf theme since Serenity wanted to go somewhere that had go-karts, etc. I made these invitations using Printmaster for the letters the green and then I used skewers and foam for the flag and balls. My mom and I laughed so hard watching the kids ride the bumper boats. They were soaked! After an afternoon at the Funtasticks Park, we went back to my sister’s house for a golf themed supper I had prepared. Then the ultimate golf cake was presented by none other than Martha – our own…
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Another Son has Graduated High School! – An Evening Celebration
Well the big event is over. What a special evening we had celebrating Zachary’s high school graduation! We had about 145-150 people and plenty of food for all. With all the activity of family being around for Zachary’s graduation, I got too busy to be posting and then after the graduation dinner, we took off on a little get-away. More on our get-away in another post. The weather was beautiful, the night of the dinner with no wind or rain and the temperature about 70°. Of course there was lots of preplanning. Tables and chairs had to be brought up from the garage to the lawn, table coverings put on and chairs wiped down. You can see…
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A Book Lovers Tea Party for Young Ladies
The tea party club my daughter started almost 2 years ago with her Anne of Green Gables Tea Party (read about it here and here) is still continuing with this months tea party being hosted by Sophia, Meghan & Abigail. The tea party is for older girls but if the siblings have younger sisters, we welcome them, too. The theme was a “Ladies Book Society Tea Party”. What a fun theme that was! Audrey decided to go as Pigling Bland, the character Beatrix Potter writes about in The Tale of Piglind Bland. A few weeks prior to the tea party, Audrey wanted to play Pigling Bland with Justus so she got…
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Thanksgiving Name Cards
For most of my dinner gatherings I use name cards. They’re fun to make and it just seems to add a fun touch, in my opinion. When using name cards, I try to seat people with someone that I think they’ll be comfortable with. Here are a few ideas I’ve found for Thanksgiving. Martha Stewart has this Mayflower centerpiece. Unless you enlarge it, the template is not big enough for a centerpiece. It also is much too time consuming and complicated. Have you ever heard of veneer for a craft project? I wouldn’t even know where to find it. For my Mayflower I used construction paper (after my first failed attempt using Martha’s…
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Host Your Own Anne of Green Gables Tea Party
Who cannot love the little orphan Anne of Green Gables? Her caring, vivacious and imaginative personality warms us, causes us to laugh and captures our hearts. Today I want to share with you ideas we had for an Anne of Green Gables Tea Party. In hostessing this party, Serenity first made her invitations. She found a picture of Anne online and placed that on the front of her invitations. Inside the invite she wrote: You’re invited to an afternoon of fun, friendship and tea in the spirit of Anne of Green Gables! We will be having a tea party at my house (Green Gables) and then going to the White…
