Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The Fear Factor in Party Planning

Ever wanted to throw a party but stopped before you ever got started? Not creative enough, you said to yourself. Don't know who to invite or how to begin? I would do it, you say, but it's ... too hard, too expensive, too overwhelming. Hmmm..... sound familiar?

Well, this time, instead of throwing your hands up in despair and the party out the window, read on. We're two ladies who have been there and done that ... thrown parties that were wonderful and thrown parties that makes the hair on the back of our necks stand up in fright at the thought of them, even after all these years.

We know what its like to get advice from your Martha Stewartesq friends, where you nod politely, all the while thinking to yourself, there's no way in Hell I could ever pull THAT off. Who is she trying to kid? And face it, the friends like you, the ones who are downright afraid to have people over, aren't the ones brimming with practical tips you could actually follow.

That's where we come in. We are regular folks. We're nice, we have families, we have people over and fret and worry about everything just like you. However, over the years, (lets just say that between us we have a LOT of years and leave it at that. This isn't true confession.) we've learned what works and what doesn't.

Through trial and error and sheer perseverance (not to mention situations that have downright forced us into things) we've learned to throw a darn good party without reserving a space in the padded room as a result.

So, read on without fear. We will take you from frightened to fabulous and you won't know what hit you 'till its over and you're raking in the complements on a job well done.

Let us know what you think.