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By Brianna, on October 9th, 2011 
Before we decorate let me take a quick moment to celebrate making it through the first week of my 31 day challenge. It has come to my attention that most people plan ahead for this challenge. Whoops! If I do this next year then I’ll make sure to remember to write ahead so that I’m not staging place settings at 9 in the evening.
That being said I hope you have enjoyed the first week where we spent a lot of time thinking about your invitations, guests, and how to make them comfortable. You can see all the posts here.
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By Patrick, on October 8th, 2011 Well, here’s what I know you’ve all been waiting for-our first installments of Convos from the Bungo. We’ve had some pretty interesting conversations this week, and here’s a few highlights. Look for more in the future!
On leaving a can of brake fluid outside (don’t ask): “Look, brake fluid is the kiss of death for gnats.”
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By Brianna, on October 8th, 2011 
Today I need your help. If you are out there lurking reading this blog I want your opinion! How do you feel about place cards? I personally have never used them but I like the idea. You can carefully place your guests for maximum conversation, they add to the decoration, and give a nice road map for your guests.
However, there is a part of me that doesn’t want to ‘force’ my events. I imagine that is why I haven’t ever given them a try. What do you think about them? What are your personal experiences? Please leave your thoughts
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By Brianna, on October 7th, 2011 
Your labor of love has come to fruition, the perfect guest list, hand-made invitations, sparkling cocktails, beautiful decorations, and the warm scent of yummy treats. Guests start to arrive… So your duties are done, right? WRONG!
This is going to be a touchy subject with some, but being a good host/hostess is the key to most events. It is also the part of any party that is the most difficult. Sometimes after working so hard to create an event I am exhausted by the time guests arrive. Over time, I have learned to scale back my expectations so that I
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By Patrick, on October 6th, 2011 Well, it’s been a few days since I opened a bottle of the newest frothy goodness, and unfortunately, I’ve been left a little disappointed. I brewed a pale ale with a little bit bitterer hops, and while the taste is actually really good, none of the rosemary that I added came through in the final product. I think I was a little bit too cautious, as everyone that I asked and read from said that rosemary is REALLY potent, and to make sure not to leave it in too long after the boil.
I ended up steeping the sprig in
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By Brianna, on October 6th, 2011 
Our digital world offers many options for making social contacts. Facebook, email, instant messaging, text messaging, cell phones, the list goes on and on for ways we can contact each other. It is no surprise that party and event invitations went digital. However, while technology offers us many options that improve our lives it also has drawbacks as well.
Images courtesy of Garretc and Evite
There really is no right answer to which is better; an Evite (which is a brand name but for the course of this post just consider it to mean a digital invitation)
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By Patrick, on October 5th, 2011 While all of you are busy learning all sorts of crafty artsy projects from Brianna, I am going to have to represent the masculine face of RMV, so I’ m rolling out my out my own 31-day special program. I got the idea for the title last night as myself and Brianna were trying to reason with our almost-two-year-old. Well, needless to say it didn’t work, but it spawned quite possibly one of the greatest ideas of all time…Yes, I will be posting our ‘more colorful’ conversations from home (and probably abroad as well) and titling them ‘Conversations from the
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By Brianna, on October 5th, 2011 
One of the things that often holds me back from entertaining is the feeling I need elaborate decorations. Honestly, after I have managed to clean the house and corral the toys I have very little energy left to give a nice seasonal feel to the house. So to prove to myself you can make some pretty place settings in no time I created:
5 Place Settings in 5 Minutes for under 5 Dollars
I used a placemats, napkins, and china I already had to make these place settings. I figure most people own a neutral napkin and placemat they can
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By Brianna, on October 4th, 2011 
As I discussed Sunday having your potential guests in a spreadsheet makes it easy to create invitations for all types of groups. I’m going to quickly go over some of the ways you can easily sort your list so that you no longer have to think and flip through the old paper address book, hoping that you haven’t forgotten anyone important.
Once you have your guest sorted and selected you can hand write, send electronically, or mail merge your invitations. There are a number of tutorials about how to set up mail merges and I have selected some of the
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By Brianna, on October 3rd, 2011 
If you have been following along with my 31 Day Series then you know we have spent sometime organizing the guest list. As soon as I decide who I’m inviting and what type of event it is going to be I start thinking decorations. With the chill in the air I have a massive hankering for a harvest themed dinner party.
Since it is Monday and I like to start my week off inspired I put together a Fall and harvest themed mood board in case I actually get that dinner party together. I happen to be one of those
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