How do you get a GREAT party no matter what?

picture courtesy of Steve Moore

Every one deserves a great day to celebrate being alive... if just for making it through the day to day of family life.  It is good for the soul to matter. Parties and celebrations remind us that.  No matter what is going on, it enables us feel all the best parts of being alive and appreciate this thing we have anew.

 I've never met a family who has had a smooth and easy journey through years of raising a child or children.  Even loving them to pieces they sometimes bring us to pieces.  And then we regroup and find a new piece of joy, until they take the next peace, and we learn patience and new found understanding for our own parents.  It's the cycle.  It reminds us we can handle more than we think.

 

I can appreciate this more now that I have two little ones. Each day holds a different adventure.  So when it comes to a bar or bat mitzvah or wedding, a birthday or anniversary party, I fully appreciate and want nothing less than to create the GREATEST day or night that they can remember or will ever remember. 

photo courtesy of Steve Moore

With this as our sole and focused intention and attention, there is nothing and I mean nothing that is going to get in the way of our making this happen. And that is the 1st part of how you get a great party no matter what. The second part is having a team of people who can make the 1st part happen.

As our hostess would attest to at our last mitzvah there were many, many issues and obstacles in the way.  As these issues intensified and spilled over into every aspect of their party, from venue, catering, decor, and of course entertainment, everyone got wet from the overflow.  Behind the scenes the tension was frustrating for the professionals who knew that if the hostess could somehow just take care of the basics, everything else would be well taken care of. 

In the movie "Shakespeare in Love" Geoffrey Rush's played Philip Henslowe the theater manager when everything conspired to stop the show from going forward, nervously but with a strange conviction said,

Philip Henslowe: "Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.

Hugh Fennyman: So what do we do?

Philip Henslowe: Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well.

Hugh Fennyman: How?

Philip Henslowe: I don't know. It's a mystery.

It can often feels like when looking at the number of things that have to come together for an event to happen feels like we don't know how it will happen.  But the conviction of highly talented, caring and determined individuals always triumphs.  The answer to the question posed is trust your gut, hire a company that will treat your event like it was their own and are positively committed to your joy, and you will have it.

Birthday Parties and Having Fun at your Kids

I recently celebrated my own daughter's 4 year birthday party. Our summer seems to be a non-stop carnival of one birthday party after another.  I appreciate even more our clients process when you begin doing that annual party.

My niece's face painting results

Each year since my daughter was 1 year old, I wanted to have activities for adults to enjoy as well.  This year it was centered around lawn throwing games like ladder ball, and bean bag tosses. The adults get into it quite a bit. And as you can see below the little ones like to get in on the action.

Last year we had bocci out but with little kids it gets tough.  This year out in the field behind our place I set up a badmitten net and while it was slow for people to warm up by the later part of the party it was getting a bit of play.

And you can never go wrong with bubbles for kid's parties.  We played a game last year where the adults blew the bubbles and kids would see how many bubbles they could catch on their wands.  Bouncy houses aside that was a fun game.

This year I brought in one of my airbrush tattoo artist and face painters and she was the big hit of this birthday party.  So much so that at least four parents asked me about getting her for their party.  Here you can see the little ones waiting patiently and watching magic take place.

It's quite possible to have a really lovely afternoon for 40 to 60 people for under a grand including great food and an awesome cake for under a thousand dollars.

This year the cake was in the theme of the INCREDIBLES, one of her favorite movies.

I have to say I happen to love that movie myself.  For tips on how to make a really fun, lively party for adults and kids at your next birthday party give me a call.  201 457-5769.  Enjoy the rest of your summer.