- CHRISTMAS, ENTERTAINING, EVERYDAY LIVING, GATHERINGS, HOLIDAYS, NEW YEARS, SEASONAL DECORATING, SEASONAL LIVING, TABLE IDEAS, Winter & Holiday Entertaining
5 Secrets To Hosting a Successful Holiday Open House
Your social calendar is filling up but you promised yourself you would make the time to host a Holiday Open House this year. What is a hostess to do?? Not to fear. My 5 Secrets to hosting a successful holiday open house is here to get you through with ease. Simply set the date, send out the invites and follow my 5 tips for hosting a Holiday Open House. #HolidayGoals coming true! Secret #1 to Hosting a Successful Holiday Open House :: Plan Ahead I know… I just told you that you can do this with only weeks left in the holiday entertaining season, and now I am talking about planning!…
- CHRISTMAS, COCKTAILS, EVERYDAY LIVING, Fall Entertaining, GATHERINGS, HOLIDAYS, RECIPES, Winter & Holiday Entertaining
Wassail Holiday Open House Punch
One of my favorite ways to gather with friends and family during the holiday’s is by hosting a Holiday Open House and what better way to greet guests than with a bowl full of Holiday Wassail punch. WASSAIL defined NOUN 1 Spiced ale or mulled wine drunk during celebrations for Twelfth Night and Christmas Eve: 1.1 Lively and noisy festivities involving the drinking of plentiful amounts of alcohol; revelry: VERB [NO OBJECT]archaic 1 Drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way: 1.1historical :: drink to (fruit trees, typically apple trees) in a custom intended to ensure a fruitful crop: 2 Go from house…
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DIY Mason Jar Holiday Luminaries
Light up your front entranceway, holiday tablescape or Christmas mantle with these DIY Mason Jar Luminaries. Perfect as a rainy day craft, teachers gift or simply to enjoy my mason jar luminaries will cast a warm glow on your holiday home. Made with supplies found around many homes like epsom salts, craft glue, saved ribbons and natural twine these luminaries can be made in many different themes in less than an hour. Line your walkway for a Holiday gathering to light your guests path or group them with pinecones on a mantle to welcome Santa on Christmas Eve. For step-by-step instructions to make my DIY Mason Jar Luminaries, watch my…
- CHRISTMAS, CRAFTING, EVERYDAY LIVING, GATHERINGS, HOLIDAYS, NEW YEARS, TABLE IDEAS, Where is Krayl, Winter & Holiday Entertaining
A Lustrous Holiday Entertaining Event at West Elm
I love sharing ideas about holiday entertaining and even more when it is in a a beautiful and inspirational venue like a West Elm shop! Recently I co-hosted a Lustrous Holiday Event at the West Elm Hyde Park location in Tampa, FL where we offered ideas about incorporating trends into your holiday style such as a Modern Relish Tray, a Raspberry Mocktail Punch and Metallic tablescapes with personalized votives. My co-hostess with the mostess Tabitha Blue, of Fresh Mommy Blog, welcomed the guests and discussed easy holiday wrapping ideas using craft paper – which we also covered the gorgeous West Elm tables with to protect them, but to also give…
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Beef Tenderloin With Braised Onions For Your Holiday Dinner
Growing up, Christmas Eve was the holiday dinner around the table in my house. My mom would create a wonderful menu, I would set the table with my sister and Grandmom Funch would arrive from New York, with her car filled with gifts, to stay over for the big night. The dinners were warm, cozy, full of anticipation and always incredibly tasty. To this day I love hosting Christmas Eve dinner – the night when the magic is so real you can feel it in the air. The question of what is to come is lingering and gathering friends and family around the table to celebrate at the peak of…
- CHRISTMAS, COCKTAILS, Dinner, ENTERTAINING, EVERYDAY LIVING, GATHERINGS, HOLIDAYS, RECIPES, Winter & Holiday Entertaining
Holiday Party Appetizer Idea: Mini Sweet Peppers Stuffed with Beef + Couscous
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” right? Except you have a million things to get done before the magic can really begin and that’s on top of attending holiday parties, gift wrapping and or course don’t forget, you still have to decorate your own home and tree. How about combining a few of your holiday tasks by hosting a Christmas Tree Trimming Party! In my opinion it is THE easiest way to see your friends AND ensure your tree is decorated well before Santa comes sliding down the chimney after Christmas Eve dinner. { visit The Florida CattleWomen on Facebook to learn more about how they are celebrating this year}…
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A Lustrous Holiday Event at West Elm
Join us for a Lustrous + Festive Holiday Event at WEST ELM co-hosted by Krayl Funch of An Appealing Plan + Tabitha Blue of Fresh Mommy Blog THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 | 6-8pm WEST ELM HYDE PARK, TAMPA, FL WE WILL BE SHARING TIPS FOR CREATING “A LUSTROUS SEASON” FOOD, DRINK, CRAFTS, GIFTS AND MORE! SPACE IS LIMITED! RSVP TODAY at http://bit.ly/FreshEvent4!! You won’t want to miss this fresh MEET + MAKE event before your Christmas plans get into full swing! WE’LL BE SHARING TIPS FOR CREATING “A LUSTROUS SEASON” How to Create a Lustrous Gold Tablescape Preparing a Modern Relish Tray {with recipe creation demo} Make…
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Creating an Easy Holiday Centerpiece with Flowers + Candles
To me flowers make the table! I like to use unexpected vessels for my arrangements but occasionally they aren’t water tight. Here is my quick fix for that and a how-to for creating an easy holiday centerpiece with flowers and candles using a few of my favorite greens – Seeded Eucalyptus and Boxwood clippings as well as a mixture of colorful flowers – Blue Eryngium Thistle Super Nova, Purple Liatris and Orange Safflower Seed. Please feel free to use whatever flowers you find at the market or garden. Although I mention specific flowers and greens in this article, and in the video, the real take away is that you can create a base…
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Krayl’s Easy Holiday Cheese Board {#SundaySupper}
The holidays are almost here – literally they are only weeks away – and if you are considering entertaining at home now is the time to begin your holiday party menu. It may seem early but the sooner you pick your top go to appetizers the more relaxed you will feel about heading into the year’s most popular entertaining season. May I suggest putting an easy holiday cheese board at the top of your go to recipe list. Cheese boards are super easy to pull together and when you offer items sweet and savor on the board you will please almost everyone in the crowd. To create an easy holiday…
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August 2015 Calendar with Holidays + Homekeeping Reminders
Download + Print Your August 2105 An Appealing Plan Calendar Here! This month we celebrate :: Savoring Summer in the Garden and In the Kitchen, Spending Time with Friends and Enjoying Time in Nature. I hope it inspires you to celebrate everyday of this wonderful month! Now available to download the August 2015 calendar with holidays. Full of seasonal inspiration + monthly reminders to create the home, garden + gatherings you dream of. Simply click on the image above to get your monthly calendar sent to you today!
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July 2015 Calendar With Holidays + Reminders
Download + Print Your July 2105 An Appealing Plan Calendar Here! This month we celebrate :: Fourth of July, Bastille Day, Summer Vacations, Recipes from the Garden and the Joy of Entertaining Outdoors. I hope it inspires you to celebrate everyday of this wonderful month! Now available to download the July 2015 calendar with holidays. Full of seasonal inspiration + monthly reminders to create the home, garden + gatherings you dream of. Get your monthly calendar sent to you today!
