Celebrate your life and celebrate your home. I am your host Melissa Galt. I am an Interior Designer and the Author of 'Celebrate Your Life: The Art of Celebrating Every Day'. I want to share with you just a quick tip from my book, that has to do with how to make the most of having a party.
Now, a lot of people love to have guest books, but I have just found that I don't ever look at the guest book again. So instead, what I do, is I do guest pillows which may sound a little crazy, but it really works well. I remembered this idea from when I was a kid and you are able to buy a little pillow, in a fun funky shape, and your colored markers.
But as an adult what I like to do is I go to buy a plain silk pillow, usually it's about $30 at Bed Bath & Beyond and Linens N' Things. And then we'll just use sharpy markers, but I am waiting through, like half-way through the festivity, so everybody is relaxed, had some fun, chat with the new folks, and they can write a comment down on the pillow.
It's a lot of fun, I have added these to my décor and every time I look around now, because I have got at least three or four of them, I am able to remember, the party, the good time we had, because I always put the date, the tagline and pretty soon I won't ever have to buy an accent pillow again, I'll just have a house-full of party pillows to remind me of the incredible great times I had with family and friends.
So, consider it a great way to create your lasting memory of a party with a party pillow. You can also do with it the plates if that's easier and display the plates on one particular wall, or you might even want to figure out using them for appetizers, Hors d'oeuvre or desserts and as people eat their way through, they'll get down to the comments and have lots of grins and giggles.
This is Melissa Galt, celebrate your life, celebrate your home, live well and beautifully.
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