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Using a Parachute to fix an ugly venue

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Mrs. DeForest from 100daywedding came up with this wonderful and on budget idea that I just have to share.

She hired a parachute then attached it to the ceiling for a dramatic effect. The reason I am sharing this idea with you is that it’s the perfect solution to an ugly venue. Lots of party goers and brides to-be trail around venue after venue looking for the right feel. But what most of you (and me) are guilty of is never looking up until it’s too late.

Here is how a general venue checklist goes:

Carpets: OK –  Check

Walls right color – Check

Tables right shape – Check.

Ceiling – WHAT?

When your guests are sitting in a room for 3+ hours, at some point they are going to glance up and down. If you serve them enough alcohol they are probably going to look around and around too.

Not only can you hide away an ugly ceiling but the dramatic effect will draw the eye upwards and away from ugly carpets, wall or guests.

I Love this idea and I hope you do too. Let me know if you use it or have another ugly ceiling ideas to share.

Here are some links for

Ugly Chair Fixes

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Reflecting on the Past Year with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

  • Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
  • NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
  • Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
  • The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]