Holiday Series Pt2 – Be Prepared To Eat Thanksgiving Dinner

Posted on November 15, 2011 by kaydisevents

Not cooking dinner this year for Thanksgiving? It’s okay if you are not the chef in the family or didn’t have the time and energy to plan dinner this year. However, it is important that you show your appreciation to the hostess wherever you will be eating Thanksgiving dinner! There are many ways to show your gratitude. Try one or more of these tokens of appreciation!

  1. Offer to help prepare dinner. Whether it’s slicing bread, cutting onions, or setting the dinner table. We are positive your loved one will appreciate the assistance.
  2. Offer a token of appreciation. Our sister branch (Her Delight Gift Baskets) has the perfect hostess gift baskets and gift sets!

Autumn Gourmet Gift Basket

3. Treat the hostess to a pedicure on Black Friday! After cooking for hours, we’re sure she’ll need the break!

4. Offer to babysit while they are preparing dinner! Nothing helps more than a temporary absence of toddlers asking is it time to eat yet every hour while you are beginning the first dish!

5. Help with the cleanup! Even if they have a dishwasher, there is still a lot of other work to be done after dinner.

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Holiday Series Pt1 – Hosting Thanksgiving Dinner

Posted on November 14, 2011 by kaydisevents

Is it your turn to host dinner in your home this year? Are you prepared for your guests? Well, if you are not, we’re here to help. We’ve listed the must haves to help make this years Thanksgiving a hit with your family!

A delicious menu – What are you cooking? Turducken? Dressing? Fried turkey? The menu is what will make stomachs smile and hearts full! If you are unsure of what dishes to prepare, ask your family for their input. Maybe they want one of your signature dishes! Give ‘ em what they want!

Dish Nameplates submitted to Catch My Party

A beautiful layout – Presentation means a lot to guests, if it doesn’t look well put together, you may be eating it for the next 2 weeks! Coordinate your dishes by using matching serving platters, utensils, and chafers. Add a special touch by adding dish nameplates so your guests can get their tastebuds ready simply by reading! Get creative and give the dishes a fun family name like ‘Stacey’s Slamming Stuffing’.

Let the kids serve you...

Put the kids to work – whether 7 our 17, give the kids a platter of appetizers to serve to your guests. Your family will really appreciate you providing something to nibble on while waiting or mingling. Just remember…don’t give the kids anything with sauces!

Entertain the children – Give parents the full experience to enjoy themselves in your home. Keep the kids busy with crafts, games, and activities! Every other hour roll out a new activity that they can do without adult supervision. Join us later this week on more ideas for the kids.

Beautiful Tablescape

And last but not least…DECORATIONS! – Embrace autumns fun, warm colors! Oranges, browns, and reds throughout your home is just what you need to spread the holiday spirit. Save time and decorate only the high traffic areas; living room, kitchen, dining room, and bathroom.

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How Can We Help You?

Posted on November 1, 2011 by kaydisevents
Are you planning a wedding of your dreams but don’t have quite the time to bring your vision to life? Do you have ideas for a birthday party but don’t know how to pull everything together? KayDi’s Event Planning specializes in helping make ideas and visions come to life. Whether your event will be held in a beautiful garden or a loved one’s backyard, we can help you put everything together taking the stress and frustration off of your shoulders.
Why hire us as your event coordinator? We can help you with all your planning needs:
Consultation – Maybe you saw a style or a look at a party and you want to incorporate it with your party but you are not sure how it would work for you. We can piece together different images, colors, and textures to get the perfect vision that you are looking for.

We cut out your wedding day worries.

Location, Location, Location – Haven’t the slightest idea where to exchange your vows or where you can have a quiet intimate cocktail party? KayDi’s Events has a large database of beautiful venues. We will help you narrow down your options to two locations and even visit them with you.

Design & Layout – Not sure how tall your centerpieces should be? Or which color flowers will match your room décor? We will help you with deciding on choices for your event decorations. We will even create a custom design for your selected venue.
Personal Style – Are you afraid that vendors may not like your ideas so they may force their own style on you? You don’t have to worry about us forcing styles or ideas on you that you don’t like. We specialize and turning your favorites, your thoughts and your style into your event!
Discounts – Do you like cutting corners and saving money? KayDi’s Events has a large network of vendors; these relationships have been established to help you save money. We also will negotiate prices and services with vendors outside of our network.

Budget – Not enough time to look for the best prices? We can research pricing for you to make sure you get the best price. We’ll keep your event within your set budget.

Your ideas become your day!

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Unexpected Planning

Posted on October 28, 2011 by kaydisevents

Everyone always wants a smooth and flawless special day for their big event. But what happens when the unexpected happens?

Accidents & Suprises Happen Everyday

One of my clients recently was involved in a car accident less than two weeks before his wedding day. The blessing was that the groom was okay, however with a broken femur and elbow; there was no way was going to walk down the aisle, unless it was in a wheelchair. So our ’14 day countdown list’ instantly turned to the ‘postpone phone call list’.

Here are a few pointers to help if you (or a loved one) should ever need to cancel or postpone a special event:

  • Call your coordinator first, she/he will be able to get on top of things ASAP and will be able to save you a lot of time, stress and phone calls.
  • Before getting off of the phone with your coordinator, synchronize a list of those who need to be called (help each other make sure that no vendor goes uncalled).
  • If time is a factor – Gather your listing of phone numbers for your family and friends
  • If you are calling off a wedding, it’s important to know who makes phone calls and this depends on why your wedding has been called off. Scenario A – Something unexpectedly happened and the wedding has been postponed (car accident, fell ill, etc.) – you can give this task to your parents, maid of honor or maybe even your wedding planner. Scenario B – You and your fiancé have decided not to get married – you are responsible for calling your family and friends and your fiancé is responsible for calling his (be sure not discuss personal issues or communicate any negative feelings toward each other).
  • If you have enough time (at least 3 months before the event was scheduled) – A formal note/letter mailed to each invited guest is appropriate.
  • If you did not hire a coordinator/planner: pull out every contract and read their cancellation policy then call vendor that you booked. Most vendors will work with you if you plan to reschedule your event but if you are planning on completely cancelling, you will most likely take a big lost financially. So be prepared.
  • Many clients don’t know about the option of transferring services. For those vendors who are not flexible or have a harsh cancellation policy, they may transfer their services to another client. (You could donate your vendors’ services to a loved for their upcoming special day.)
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A 5th Birthday Par-Tea

Posted on October 14, 2011 by kaydisevents

A friend of ours was throwing a tea party for her daughter’s 5th birthday and needed a little assistance with ideas for decorating and activities. She asked us to help her out and we came in right on time. Our friend had her hands full as she was the baker, chef and coordinator for the party. We were able to go to her home and help out with the decorations and the games. Each place setting was decorated with tea cup place cards, tea cups of their own for her daughters’ guests to take home with them filled with candy and hair bows, and a tea cup and saucer ready for their ‘pink tea’ to be served in. Each guest was greeted with a tiara for them to design and wear for the party and then were given their own pair of tea gloves.

We slipped out before all of the fun started but we had fun crafts and games lined up for the girls. One of our favorites…Hot Tea Pot (played just like Hot Potato but with a miniature tea pot halfway filled with water) and the other choice of entertainment we came up with was a Tea Bag Toss (played just like Bean Bag Toss but with a tea bags and a tea pot cut out on construction paper!)

We love helping for all events!…big and small!

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My Birthday in New York

Posted on October 3, 2011 by kaydisevents

This month, I had the opportunity to take a brief, yet much need vacation to New York City! I’d never been and had been dying for years to go and visit. I was blessed to be able to experience such a wonderful city and hang out on the busy streets. I was really expecting the trip to be about relaxation, shopping and site-seeing. But fortunately, I ran into so much more!

Our first stop in the NYC was Harlem. In Harlem, we ate at Sylvia’s Restaurant and I was impressed with her location on Lenox Avenue. I knew of Sylvia’s food products sold in local grocery stores but I had no idea she owned a restaurant…and it was popping in the middle of the day! After reading more about her and how she opened her restaurant, it started to stir up my entrepreneurship spirit. To make things even more inspiring, I read that her children were the ones to continue her legacy by starting the soul food products in grocery stores. The idea of leaving something for your children to expand and build upon is so grand to me.

After eating, we shopped the streets of Harlem which further fired up my business mentality! Everyone had a vendor’s license to sell something. Everyone had something to sell, whether it was an original craft, CD’s, incense, clothes, or earrings…they were seriously hustling to earn their money!

On the second day of our trip, we jumped on the Water Taxi and headed over to Brooklyn. There, I was faced with more motivation, only this time more directly related to the event planning industry….

 

There were weddings left and right the entire time we were in Brooklyn. So apparently, wedding pictures off the pier of the Brooklyn dock is the popular trend. The brides were beautiful, the weather was perfect, and business was booming for those photographers.

I really enjoyed my stay in NYC and I can’t wait to revisit. I thought I needed the trip for a break, but apparently I needed it for the inspiration!

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DJ’s Kicking Kickball Party

Posted on September 26, 2011 by kaydisevents
So my son recently turned 5 and he wanted a party. Normally, the type of party never matters to him…as long as there is fun and gifts, it’s a winner for him! DJ loves playing kickball so we thought we’d keep it simple this year and have a Kickball Party. Originally, we invited his family and friends to the kickball field outside, but the rain put a damper on that. So we rented a half court basketball gym inside of North County Recreation Center. It turned out to be a hit!!
We played a round of kickball by splitting up into the ‘red’ and ‘blue’ team. After the blue team took the victory, we lined the kids up and played dodge-ball, whoever was hit had to go take a break (with juice and snack) and the winner was rewarded with a trophy! After dodge-ball, we ate and sang Happy Birthday to the VIP of the day. We wrapped up our day with another dodge-ball game but this time ‘parents vs kids’.

So with indoor gyms, it’s never too cold for a kickball or dodge-ball game! And with family and friends, you’re never too old to play kickball!

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