Thank you to blogger and fellow Dallasite Brandy for featuring my Hot Dog Bachelorette Viewing Party on Simply Creative Insanity! Head on over to her blog to check it out!

I’m so glad to hear from fellow Bachelorette fans! Who do you think will win? My current favorites: Ed and Jake!

HOT DOG! The Bachelorette is back! And what a better way to celebrate than a party appropriately themed to reflect our new bachelorette’s philosophy on men and hot dog condiments?!

As many of my readers already know, my girlfriends and I are huge fans of the Bachelor. For those non-bachelor fans out there, last season Jillian immediately caught the attention of Bachelor Jason when she explained her theory regarding men and hot dog toppings:

“Ketchup guy is a good, strong, loyal, loving guy. He loves his mom and talks to her several times a week. Sauerkraut guy is the bad boy who they all go for. The onion guy – they all love him, but he’s never going to get married. And the mustard guy, that’s the guy who they all want to settle down with, because he’s part ketchup, part sauerkraut.”

While Jason claimed to be a mustard he acted like a kraut, leaving us with a brand new Bachelorette, and even more important, a reason to party!

Decorations

Since the theme was based on hot dogs, the food ended up becoming the central décor element of the party. In fact, I’m doing an entire post on the menu! Instead of plates, guests used ballpark-like hot dog boats. (24 for $2.99 at Hobby Lobby) I used larger ramekins to serve chili and cheese and set out relish, ketchup and mustard on a white platter.

I found some great striped scrapbook paper and choose coordinating solids to create detail elements like cupcake picks, napkin rings, beverage signs, drink markers and more.

My favorite part of the décor was the cupcake toppers with pictures of all 30 of Jillian’s potential suitors. Not only did they add to the decoration, but the girls had a great time hovering around to decide who was the cutest before the show began!

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I often daydream about throwing parties. (Hey, you know you do it too!) There are tons of parties I have been dying to prepare for but have put off due to lack of time, resources, inspiration, occasion, space, or any combination of the above. And then there is the constant interruption of holidays I “just have to” decorate and party plan for. I keep saying “when I get a bigger apartment” or “when I get the right group of friends who will make this theme really fun,” but it seems like the list of parties just keeps growing and all of the other factors i.e. space and time, remain constant.

Some parties I am dying to throw are topical or based on something I’m really into at the time. But there are others that I have been dying to throw forever, I have just lacked the motivation, inspiration or resources to actually execute them. If you are anything like me you have a list like this too so read mine after the jump then feel free to add your list in the comments!

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Today I wanted to take a minute to write about a cause that is close to my heart. And to get you to actually read it I am posting pictures from a recruitment party that I planned when I was rush chair in college! It is super cute and has a Dr. Seuss/Literacy theme so enjoy!

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After a fun-filled Saturday night I was looking forward to a low key Superbowl Sunday. Just me and a date with some burgers and beer. But Lord knows I can’t pass up a good opportunity to decorate! An hour before kickoff I pulled out my football box and unfolded the trusty football field tablecloth. A few candles, seven layer dip and a couple of football plates later I had created a Super spread!

To add a little personalization to the table I printed out each team’s logos and taped them to our wine and beer glasses. I added ribbons with each teams colors and finished them off with football brads that I bought at Hobby Lobby. I used larger team cutouts to decorate the little chalkboard in my kitchen.

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