Violet Harmsworth

There can be no doubt that being known in a locality as the best party thrower in town is sometimes a bit of a headache.  The word goes out that a party is planned and all sorts of extra folk think they should be on the invitee list.  There has to be a good balance … Read moreGetting A Thrill From Party Planning

Ah the happy sound of clinking glasses and muching of pork pies and gooey cake. . . . .  that is how most of us summise a successful party should sound.  But in fact the most popular parties don’t even involve the bad guys anymore.  Cake, pies, pastries.  All the familiar fare that is offered … Read moreKeeping Little Princesses Happy For The Party Season

There are quite a few children live around me now.  Small ones, not the same age as the children living near me when I first moved in.  It is wonderful, to hear them playing outside with their modern day scooters, skates, bikes, all sorts of mechanical things.  But the overriding point of it all is … Read moreGetting Party Perfection For Toddlers To Teens

What a diference a couple of weeks can make – in a recent post I was chatting merrily about how different things are on the other side of the pond, when my grandson was gearing up for his second birthday.  All the balloons and party festive fare were the same but the cakes and food … Read moreEntertaining 6 Year Olds Is Child’s Play

One of my best memories of recent years is attending the second birthday arty of a young lad over in Houston, Texas.  No, I didn’t suddenly just rush over there on a madcap adventure, the two year old is a relative and I saw at first hand the difference in party etiquette and how to … Read moreParty Preps In Texas Take Some Beating

I am surrounded by families with children.  Not of the huge noisy groups of 5 or 6 children, but little units of 2 per family, one girl and one boy.  Incredible to note that it is exactly that order, somehow as though nature has been reordered to require only this set up. The children’s parties … Read moreSharing Knowing How To Have A Good Time

Weddings, parties, anniversary celebrations and family gatherings in general.  They all need to be handled with aplomb these days.  At one time you could get away with arranging to take a party of youngsters down town to the local bowling alley, have a few  games, a gloriously calorie laden fill up at a burger bar, … Read moreGetting Help To Be Hostess With The Mostest