Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Dazzle Your Guests during Upcoming Holiday Parties - Sponsored Post



Since the holidays are just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking of creative holiday party ideas to keep your friends and family entertained. From putting pretty holiday decorations up to coming up with fun holiday dinners, there are so many original ideas to come up with. However, what if you want to develop a holiday party that’s different from all the rest? Here are some ideas that will make your parties stand out and leave your guests yearning for more dazzling holiday gatherings.

Hire a Limo to Pick up Your Guests

If you really want to wow your guests and you have extra holiday funds put aside for the occasion, hire a limo such as hummer hire London to pick them up! Not only will they be blown away by the lavish gesture, it will create the perfect night for them to remember. They’ll no doubt love sitting in the back of the limo eating delicious snacks and listening to some fun tunes! When they arrive at your home, they’ll have the limo adventure to talk about all evening long and you’ll be happy they enjoyed the ride.

Rent a Chocolate Fondue Fountain

Nothing is more delicious than tasty chocolate and a great way to bring an inventive chocolate dessert to your home during holiday parties is through a chocolate fondue fountain! Luckily you can rent a chocolate fondue fountain from a company in your area and set it up in your dining room or kitchen. Once set up, the fountain will add to the ambiance in your home and will also create a tasty dessert or pre-dinner snack.


Add Special Holiday Decorations

A home will always look extra cheery and inviting with pretty decorations such as holiday lights and natural elements such as wreaths, flowers, plants, and more. Light up your dining room and other rooms in the home and let your house come alive with beautiful decorations that will delight your guests.
Don’t stop with holiday decorations, a fondue fountain, and hiring a limo company to entertain your guests. Continue to think outside the box and come up with beautiful parties that your friends and family members will admire. This holiday season, allow your parties to become a wonderful success and make long lasting memories in the process of giving.


Sierra is a freelance writer who loves enjoying the holidays, hence why she comes up with creative holiday ideas to make the parties more memorable.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Merida shoes... Halloween costumes and Dilemmas!

The dilemmas of parenting only get more complex... First, Brave is our first "princess" movie that we've introduced willingly to our daughter. Our au pair (and au pair's mom) brought our daughter to the movie as a treat. Our 4 year old was thoroughly impressed. She was reminded how great Merida was at a birthday party earlier this month when the birthday girl received Merida dolls.

Since then our daughter's been saving her money (and the coins she finds around) for a Merida doll. She finally had "enough" in my mind to get a doll (she paid $4 of the $20 it cost) and at the time also decided Merida was who she HAD to be for halloween.

So, we found a costume. She loves it. Wears it and hangs it up gently and understandably does not wear it while eating.

She has decided she'll make a bow and arrow and spent this morning picking sticks for the arrows. I get to make the bag for the arrows. Next on the list is to find feathers... she even was calling to the birds today "please drop your feathers, please drop your feathers, time to come down!"

But we have a dilemma.

The doll has blue gladiator shoes.

All the Merida Shoes (gladiator style) I find online are gold.



If you find any blue gladiator shoes in a toddler 7.5 or 8, please send them my way!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

November Practical Gift Guide - Pitch to me

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October will be here before we know it! In an attempt to do more "local," support mom businesses and consider my impact on not only the environment but the consumerist view that I may leave with my children, I'm focusing more on true gifts. In November I will have a holiday gift guide and I want to focus on real items that are necessary and I'd love to help your items get out there for holiday usage!

My focus and gift guide will be for what people:

  • truly WANT
  • have a NEED for
  • can READ, and
  • want to WEAR?


I love pjs on Christmas eve and we've done that for our family, but in an attempt to ensure that we're focusing on what's right, our family will down size from last year's loot.

Pitch to me.


I'm looking for gifts for:

  • Mom
  • Inlaws
  • Grand parents
  • Spouse
  • Self
  • Children
  • - daughter age 4
  • - son age 2
  • Nephew
    • under age 1
    • age 7
  • Sister
  • Brother
If I choose your item for review, you get:
  • post specific to your item (this stays up and I use SEO wording to describe your item, I just don't do a few words and two photos and go from there) - I know what it is like to have a business and know that just having entries doesn't convert to sales - potential customers need to know your brand, your name and know why to buy your item. My reviews include description and more
  • Facebook "likes" entries for giveaways
  • Pinterest links (2, one from my page and one from your website)
  • At least three tweets
  • Information on how to purchase your items (if applicable)

If you have something that fits those areas and is either wanted, needed, to read or to wear,

 Fill out the form listed here.