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Celebrate With Your Besties
Think of Galentine’s as Valentine’s Day’s cooler, more inclusive cousin. It’s all about celebrating the friends who hype you up, send the “you got this” texts, and show up with ice cream when the group chat gets dramatic.
Your Ultimate Hosting Supply List
Your all-encompassing list with decor, table settings, cleaning and miscellaneous items to prep you for hosting success.
How to Arrange Flowers
Getting your flowers party-ready is easier than you'd think. Gather these 4 things and watch the beauty bloom.
Party Planning Guide: How to Make a Guest List
Hung up on who to invite to your party? Our Top 3 Tips to think about for your party planning checklist. Find more details for making your guest lists specifically for Cocktail, Brunch, and Dinner Parties.
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How to Serve Outdoor Food Safely
Keep your outdoor gathering in full effect with these quick solutions for prolonging your food.
How Much Ice to Have at a Party
Once you have your beverage menu finalized, the question lies in how much ice to get. We help you calculate that right here.
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Female Founders Collective: How to Plan a 10th House City Session
Looking to host a Female Founders Collective City Session, but don't know where to start. Our guide is broken down topic by topic. So you can focus on where you shine.
10 Ways to Celebrate Now
Our biggest wish is to help you find magic in everyday moments, and we believe the secret is to embrace the simple joys! Check out some of our favorite ways to find an excuse to celebrate.
How to Make A Balloon Arch
Here is your step-by-step guide to creating the perfect balloon arch for your party.
How to Survive Hosting a Kids Party
Hosting a party is one thing. Hosting a party for kids is another. See our top tips for giving your kids a great time, while staying sane yourself.
How to Make a S’mores Board
Make your nights around the fire even more fun with this s'more board.
How to Get Rid of the Smoky Smell
Let the campfire end when you intend. Keep those lingering smoke smells away with these home hacks.
How to Create a Crudité Board
The latest spin on charcuterie boards. Learn how to arrange your veggies and dips to lure in even those who tend to stay away from their greens.
How to Make a Barbeque Look Great
Food from the barbeque rarely disappoints. Here's how to get your backyard decor up to par with your taste buds.
Top 5 Party Planning Hacks
You're closer than you think to being the host with the most.
Host Member Perks
Exclusive discounts with brand partners. Take your hosting (and membership!) experience to the next level.
Tips for Hosting Outside
For the backyard party, the barbecue, the pool party, campfire - here are our top tips and tricks to get you ready for hosting outside.
How to Build a Cute Tent
Keep your kids busy all afternoon (and summer long) with this easy DIY tent.
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How to Build a Centerpiece
It's not just about the impact of a bright and beautiful arrangement, it's about how it feels to create it yourself.
How to Host in a Small Space
One of the great things about intimate spaces is the automatic sense of togetherness they create. With our tips for hosting on any tiny turf, you can transform your small space into the dinner event of the century.
How to Set Up a Boozy Brunch Bar
Get your prettiest brunch ready with the final (and perhaps most fun!) touch: your boozy bar. All you need inside.
How to Host Book Club
Book club planning wasn't meant to be pored over. That's what books themselves are for. Our 5-Step Guide to planning your most seamless book club.
Movie Night Recipes
Your go-to guide for amping up the standard popcorn for your movie night. Though we also definitely recommend featuring a popcorn bar in addition to this menu.
10 Secrets to Entertaining with Ease
While we love to be creative when throwing an event, we’ve also gotten party planning down to a science. And, we've nailed our list of 10 things that make it easy to ditch the stress and host an effortless, joy-filled dinner party.
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Galentine's Activity: Bouquet Bar DIY
Planning a party for Galentine's and want to arrange your own flowers? Easy steps inside for a successful gal's gathering.
Thanksgiving Thank You's - A Gift Guide
Thanksgiving often involves bouncing around to different houses like the pinball in an arcade game, and it can be hard to come up with a unique gift for every host. But we’ve got you covered with our gift guide to your Thanksgiving thank you’s! You’re guaranteed to hit a home run no matter where you’ll be spending the holiday!
8 Ways to be a Better Host
Ever wish you were better at going with the flow? Look no further. We are going to empower you to be the best host you can be so that you can relax and enjoy the gift of great company at your next dinner party. Here are a few of our favorite tips!
21 Host Gifts That WOW
A small gift is the perfect way to say thank you for the time and the thought your host has put into their party, but it can be hard to come up with something special to give! So we’ve put together a list of go-to gifts that will have your friends fawning over your excellent taste.
Our Secrets to Meaningful Dinner Party Conversations
Skip the small talk with our top tips for hosting an evening of meaningful conversation!
Best Websites for Drink Recipes
We’ve put together a list of our favorite places online to find all the best drink recipes. We guarantee you’ll find something for everyone!
Pre-Party To-Do List
We all know the feeling of being overwhelmed, stressed, & having too much on the checklist….Or, even worse, that feeling of forgetting to add something to the checklist. You’re out running around the town, attempting to complete every task on that list in a day.
Did Someone Say Charcuterie Board?
Someone wise once said food is the way to someone’s heart. We certainly agree! And, what better to serve at an event than a charcuterie board? You don’t have to be a five-star chef to get this just right. Just place a few types of cheese, meats, crackers, fruit, and spreads on a beautiful board and…. TA-DA- you’ve become what we like to call: The Hostess with the Mostess. As cheesy as that was, just out the boards below that are MUCH cheesier….see what I did there?
How to Make Your Little Black Dress Work for Every Day
Every woman has one. The perfect little black dress that you can slip on and feel confident and beautiful in no matter the occasion. And now that you’re about to host several fabulous parties with Bluebird in a Box, your LBD is about to get a lot of facetime. So how do you make your LBD feel fresh and exciting for every party? We chose three of our favorite boxes and this fabulous Staud dress to illustrate how to make your LBD work for every entertaining occasion.
Gifts for Your Guests for Every Season
Send your guests home with a keepsake and they're sure to come back every time.
Gifts for Your Guest
Our favorite ways to give your party guests memorable keepsakes, at low hassle to you.
Party Planning: Tips for Ending an Evening Gracefully
Sure, sometimes you are down for the kind of dinner party that stretches into breakfast, but for those nights when you love your guests but also love to see ‘em go (at a respectable hour), we’re sharing our tips for ending an evening gracefully.
Our Top Sources
We offer TONS of products in each of our Blueprints but what happens if they’re not quite fitting your vision? Check out a few of our favorite stores to help you find the perfect addition!
Why Themed Parties are Easier to Plan
Sometimes planning a get-together from scratch can feel stressful and intimidating, but when you’ve got a theme, the creative spirit takes over. They are the perfect way to encourage fun and experimentation at your party and guarantee a night your guests will always remember.
How to Shift Perspective Any Day
Learn how to create rituals, change your lens, try something new and much more to celebrate every day!
A 'How To' When You're Home for the Holidays
With the holidays looking a little bit different this year, we’ve been cooking up a few ways to make sure this time still feels special. At Partytrick, we believe every day is a good day to celebrate, and we’re going to make sure you do, too!
How to Transform Your Favorite Loungewear into the Perfect Thanksgiving Outfit
It’s no secret that Thanksgiving is going to look a little different this year. And while we’re all for an excuse to get dressed up and put on real clothes for the first time since March, there’s no denying the temptation of wearing loungewear, our 2020 uniform, to Thanksgiving dinner. Hello, elastic waistbands! A few years ago, our very own Virginia rocked a Lunya jumpsuit, leather jacket, and heels to her Thanksgiving dinner and got tons of compliments. The trick to making your loungewear work for this special occasion? Dressing it up with festive accessories and wearing it with confidence!
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How to be a Stress-Free Host
Let's take stress out of the equation when it comes to getting people together, shall we?
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How to Responsibly Have a Dinner Party
We're here to make sure you know what to do to make everyone comfortable in these stressful times when entertaining comes with... a bit more responsibility.
10 Ways to Survive Your Family this Holiday Season
We love our families (most of the time!), right? And as much as the holidays are meant to be a season of peace, love, and understanding, sometimes they’re also a minefield of family squabbling. So this holiday season, we want to make sure you’re armed with easy ways to keep things merry + bright (and make sure you don’t end up on Jerry Springer).
Your shortcut to stress-free hosting
Spend less time coordinating and more time actually connecting.