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31 Ways to Plan a Fabulous Party: Choosing a Time

Today we are going to talk about choosing a time for your party. When you plan a fabulous party, deciding the time of the party is more important than you might think. The time of your party will determine a lot of things: what type of food you will serve, what type of drinks you will have available, etc. It will also determine the “mood” of your party and the decorations you will need. How can the time of a party determine all of that, you ask. Well, let me give you a list of things to consider: * What… Read More

31 Ways to Plan a Fabulous Party: Choosing a Guest List

Today is day 3 in our party planning process {to start at the beginning click here}, and it’s a very important day: choosing the guest list. There are a lot of decisions that need to go into deciding the guest list. Here are some of the important things to consider: How large of a venue do you have, or want to rent out? (We’ll talk more about that tomorrow.) The size of your venue will help to determine how many guests you can invite. Will you allow kids at the party? Are you going to allow your guests to bring… Read More

31 Ways to Plan a Fabulous Party: Setting a Budget

When you plan a fabulous party it’s important to set a budget. I’ll be honest, I’m not always good at setting a budget and sticking to it, but I’m working on it. Through the years I’ve learned that if you don’t set a budget then you end up spending way more money than you want to, and a party, though it may be fabulous, isn’t worth going in debt for! If you set a budget, and know how much or how little, you have to spend on everything, then making decisions along the way will be easier. If you are… Read More

31 Ways to Plan a Fabulous Party: Choosing a Theme

Today we are staring the planning process for our party! The first thing you’ll need to decide on when you are going to plan a fabulous party, is the theme. It’s my opinion that every party should have a theme. Having a theme makes every party more fun and it gives your guests something to anticipate! Even if your theme is just Candlelit Dinner & Wine party, suddenly your dinner party sounds really classy and exciting. Having a theme will help give you direction for what decorations and invitations to purchase. It will also make it easier to decide what… Read More

31 Ways to Plan a Fabulous and Stress-free Party

Welcome to the first day of my new series: 31 ways to plan a fabulous and stress-free party! I am excited about this series because I’m going to give you lots of tips and ideas for how to plan fabulous parties without all the fuss and stress! I love to throw parties, I always have, I’m a natural born hostess, however it took me years to realize that I was making it way more stressful than it needed to be. I’ve learned a lot in my years of party planning and throwing, so I wanted to share it all with… Read More

Gluten free pumpkin snickerdoodles

Hello there, Ask Anna readers! This is Sarah from Sarah Bakes Gluten Free Treats and I’m so happy to be sharing another one of my favorite gluten free treats with you! I’m pretty much in love with this time of year. The change in the weather, the colors on the trees, and the warm apple cider. Fall is my favorite season for many reasons, but the one that tops them all….pumpkin desserts! Pumpkin pie, pumpkin muffins, and pumpkin cookies. Makes my heart happy. Time to stock up on the pumpkin puree and cinnamon! Whenever I ask my husband what kind… Read More