Let The Celebrations Begin!
I was just going through my day-timer and was overwhelmed with all the activities I have scheduled between now and the end of summer. My social calendar is exploding! I honestly don’t have single week when something isn’t going on. Not that I’m complaining – I love this time of year because I get to see my family and friends more now than the dreary winter season, so it’s a good thing!
First is Memorial Day, which I am once again graciously hosting. Personally, this is my favorite party of the season because the weather is finally nice enough to enjoy relaxing on my deck, admiring the flowers and trees as they begin to bloom and enjoying the longer, sun soaked days. I’ve already sent out my customized holiday invites and am expecting a huge turn out. My friends and family will once again invade my house to throw down some freshly grilled burgers and hot dogs, partake in some ice-cold beer and share a few laughs. I’ll be putting up the badminton net and crocket set to really get the party started!
Next comes not one, but two of my sister’s graduations, I received those invites in the mail a while ago. These monogrammed invites were so beautiful and so….mature. It quickly made me realize that my baby sisters are no longer babies. Wow, when did that happen?!
Then 2 events occur back-to-back; my parents wedding anniversary followed by Father’s Day. For their anniversary, my husband and I are taking them out for the best steak dinner. Ever! And I’ve already decided to give my father a gift of personalized stationery that, as a man of many words, I know he will appreciate for a long time to come.
Shortly after that is the 4th of July – the King of all parties! Once again, the whole family seems to convene at a family member’s house, preferably on a lake with a boat, and enjoy an amazing day of food, fireworks and frolicking! I’ve already helped my cousin Susan design these cute patriotic napkins to accent her table and serve as a functional keepsake as well.
Of course my list of events goes on and on, but I’m already exhausted from reviewing all of the above. How about you, receive any great invites in your mail recently? ‘Tis the season!
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Marie
So much stuff going on this summer, I can relate with you. I was just looking over at my monthly calendar for the next couple months and every weekend is planned with a graduation, birthday, Holiday, party or wedding. I love it though, wouldn’t have it any other way. The New Variety Note Card set is really going to come in handy!
19 May 2011, 8:44 amKara
I really enjoy getting monogrammed cards in the mail. There is something so beautiful about a monogram embossed Note that gets me every time. Those are also my favorite notes to customize for myself
19 May 2011, 8:47 amNina Porter
Marie, Have you ordered the personalized party napkins from Giftsin24 before? If you haven;t I would highly suggest them. You will be amazed by the quality, they are truly beautiful custom napkins.
19 May 2011, 8:50 amMarie
Nina,
19 May 2011, 8:51 amNo, I have not ordered the custom napkins yet. I was actually thinking about it. Thanks for the thumbs up. It helps me make a decision when I hear other people having a good experience. We will havePatriotic Party napkins this memorial day.
HenrySprings
What is your fondest memory of Memorial Day? Are you all nestled around your barbecue grill patiently waiting for hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, ribs or whatever it is your father or your grandfather is finishing over the grill? Are you nurturing ice cold bottles of Bud, Michelob , Sam Adams, Coke, Pepsi or Perrier. Trying to curb Meridith’s interest in mixed drinks ? Memorial Day celebrations usually just mean immediate family members, no great preparations, invitations, and not a lot of extras that included a bar and a tender to mix, stir, pour and watch the buffet. That would be a Memorial Day event you’d have on a beach or in a large back yard for twenty, thirty people or more. That sounds a lot more like the fourth of July.You already got your Personalized Memorial Day Party Napkins, right?
Memorial Day has always been the spark that ignites all the other summer and spring events to follow. There’s nothing wrong with having your engagement party , baby shower or even your wedding on the same day since you know everyone will be off work and at home but if you were thinking about this year you should’ve started a lot earlier. You’ve got plenty of time to roll out the white, or red, white and blue table cloths. Both kids and adults go in for that type of nostalgia . We’ve got five kinds of Patriotic Foil Stamped Napkins. They’re all gorgeous and if you order twice as many of them now you’ll have enough for your 4th of July celebration that you haven’t finished planning. Light up your Memorial Day celebration with Fireworks, Stature of Liberty Foil, Flag Foil Stamped, United We Stand and Star Foil Stamped Napkins. We all know red, white and blue are traditional but the 5 x 5 napkins that celebrate and commemorate your patriotism are available in complete rainbow of our 30 different colors with 14 different Foil Stamps. It’s not like we’re going to tell you how to drink your beer or what to put on your hamburger. Vive la difference………..
“Grilling, broiling, barbecuing – whatever you want to call it – is an art, not just a matter of building a pyre and throwing on a piece of meat as a sacrifice to the gods of the stomach.”
Writer: James Beard
19 May 2011, 3:11 pmHenrySprings
” The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children ”
Writer: William Havard
Memorial Day is soon to drop and some folks will be aware in a big way if Americans are feeling more patriotic or not. Barbecues always reflect the underlying economic current of what’s happening. You know like whatever your table is laden with reflecting on how healthy or unhealthy the economy truly is. Most people actually do gauge how well the economy is doing and how it will continue to perform based on how much everyone enjoys the memorial day celebration. You’ll be able to decide for yourself but before you even start assembling the tools for the grill. What type of napkins will you use, are you ready for a real bold change of pace or will you stick with one of our Memorial Day Patriotic Party Napkins. Mary says she’s got the Flag Foil Stamped Napkins all picked out. Your Elize Foil Stamped Monogram Napkins would work perfectly at the picnic table or patio table, however you’ll dress your Memorial Day celebration. Just remember when push comes to shove and you have accidents with the ketchup, mustard or Grey Poupon our napkins are never to pretty for hard work.
After all of your barbecuing you’ll be ready to eat. What will it consist of? Have happy days returned to American tables despite the overwhelming fear that we are just a stone’s throw away from returning to a recession. I don’t think it’s that serious. Despite our flaws and imperfections we are a country that loves to enjoy our free time. The question of whether or not we are where we should be will be better answered by year’s end when they tally up the balance sheets for the annual reports and try to figure out if enough money was made to balance out the overwhelming debt. Well if you have hot dogs and hamburgers on the fire you’re keeping up with the neighbors. You might be heaving on the ribs, pork chops, loin roast, crown roast, rib tips, sirloin, chicken breasts, potatoes and corn or whatever. The list can go on. Then there will be the upwardly mobile barbecue enthusiasts with clams, lobster, brisket, quail, steaks, larger slabs of ribs and possibly venison. Right now your purpose isn’t to figure out where to fit but what you enjoy and what’s going to make your celebration all that it can be. Do you have your menu, our napkins and the best people in the world to celebrate with? Than you have nothin to worry about?
“It is a far, far better barbecue that I have now, than I have ever had before”
Writer: Charles Dickens, A Tale Two Cities……
19 May 2011, 9:22 pmHenrySprings
Memorial Day, I used to get Memorial Day and Labor Day mixed up. That hasn’t happened since I was a wild nonchalant child and didn’t have much to think about except how I would spend my summer. I didn’t exactly contemplate how I’d waste my time. I didn’t amuse myself with long journal entries about whose camp I was going to attend and where I’d be during every subsequent month of the summer. Even after graduating college I wasn’t that forward of a thinker. I can remember sitting around on Memorial Day having been free from school for a little more than a week. I can remember being home barbecuing hotdogs, baked beans and corn and trying to think if it was going to be worthwhile to do anything else. As a child and teenager I remember sitting and watching somebody barbecue chicken, ribs, hamburgers , steaks, pork roasts and other incidentals. It’s funny the last few years I’ve been more concerned with just getting through certain aspects of the summer than with barbecuing. Haven’t had a number of things to try to plan a menu or a guest list.
Last year was interesting. I went to a relative’s summer’s back yard barbecue on the fourth. It was relaxing. There is something about sitting down at an open air grill, listening to music, a mix of old and new faces and sobering conversation about politics, the economy, entertainment, the rising price of alcohol and corporate America’s growing problem with with downsizing that wakes one up with their ice cold coke, beer, refreshment and well seasoned barbecue like nothing else does. If you were using your favorite monogrammed napkins you’d have found that they didn’t loose much allure. The Firenze or Paris Foil Stamped Napkins still shimmered and the patriotic napkins did the same. Whether you laid down the Firework, Flag Foil or Star Foil Stamped Napkins for Memorial Day or the Fourth of July they were used and an impression was created. You noticed them while you filled your own plate and watched others do the same. They became even more significant during conversations regarding the down sizings and places where people were finding work. A year ago the economy didn’t look as rosy. Happy Days aren’t quite here again but unemployment is on the decline, people have been starting to spend of course the housing industry hasn’t fully recovered but Bin Laden is gone and that in itself is reason enough to celebrate, right? Memorial Day actually commemorates all those people who died in wars to protect the rights and choices of our free country. That’s what we will celebrate next weekend, are you ready yet?
” Last year they had more fun after the game at the barbecue.”
Stephen Fitzgerald
22 May 2011, 6:18 am