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Jen gave a shout out on Twitter a while back for guest posts and I jumped at the chance to be a part of what she’s got going on over at Tatertots & Jello. Don’t be fooled by the name, that girl is full of crafting, clothing refashioning and house remodeling. Go check it out. I submitted a tutorial on how to assemble a beautiful fruit tray, another idea that goes along with my Partyschool 101 series. Fruit trays are always yummy in the summer and the winter, but the fruit selection right now is amazing–making it super easy to throw together a delicious platter for summer entertaining.

Edit: A couple of people have been wondering about this, so I’ll explain. My mom helped me with this platter of fruit and she wanted to add sugar to the grapes and blueberries for the photo. I don’t normally do that, so I didn’t mention it. But if you’d like to, rinse off the fruit and roll it in a plate of sugar while the fruit is still wet. Then let the sugar and fruit dry. It’s a bit decadent for me.


Oh, and we served this fruit tray at the Wizard of Oz Party.





I love Marta. And I love her blog. She graciously invited me to participate in “the how-to series: celebrating stuff we know.” There are some really cool posts and many more to come, but all I know how to do is party stuff. So big surprise, my contribution is how to cut a cake. And it goes right along with Partyschool 101. You can go to Marta’s blog to get the whole scoop. If you’ve signed up for my newsletter, you might recognize this picture.

And I can’t say this enough–a big thanks to Sara Westbrook, Nicole Gerulat, and Kara Allen for helping me with the newsletter. I love you ladies!





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I’d like to introduce my charming Partyschool 101 newsletter that’s filled with gorgeous photos and adorable ideas just for you that I won’t be posting on my blog. Join me for 8 weeks as I teach you the abc’s of throwing a great party. Sign up for the exclusive access to my tips & tutorials in the right hand column with the rsvp button.

Make sure and check the box for “partyschool 101: a charming newsletter” in the sign-up form. Oh, and it doesn’t matter if you sign up after the rest of us have started, I’ll start sending you the summer series from the beginning so you won’t miss a thing. Check your in-box next week for the first issue!