To me the word Summer is synonymous with grilling! Well, that statement is somewhat misleading as we grill year round in my house. Summer just means we can grill 5+ days a week, which is no exaggeration. Heading into Fourth of July weekend, I thought I would share some of my favorite easy grilling recipes. I…
Month: June 2015
Breaking Up the Bad Luck Blues
In 1961 the Shirelles were really onto something when they sang, “Mama said there’ll be days like this.” The song’s immediate skyrocket up the Billboard charts clearly showed people could relate to the lyrics. The one thing Mama failed to mention is sometimes days like this are consecutively strung together for weeks on end. Yep,…
Vow Renewal
In his 2015 edition, Webster defines a friend as, “a person you like and enjoy being with.” I can’t say he’s wrong. I like and enjoy being with all my friends. But when I truly reflect on the friendships I am lucky enough to have, I feel as though he only provided a partial definition. He left…
Baseball Birthday Party
As I’ve mentioned, my son is a sports nut. His birthday is in July, so it coincides nicely with baseball season and 4th of July, which made a baseball/Americana themed 2nd birthday a no-brainer. I started with some simple table settings. For the tablecloths I used solid red that I popped with a red and white picnic…
About Me
Hi, I’m Heidi Melissa. The founder of the pARTy planning – The Art in Party Planning. I use the word ‘founder’ loosely as I really haven’t founded anything. I started a blog. Why? I don’t know. It’s something I thought about for awhile and then just went for it. As one friend perfect put it, ‘live…
2015 Packers Family Night
I married a Packer lover! As a native of Wisconsin I’ve always rooted for the Packers – for as much rooting as I did. Sure, I wanted them to win, but my interest in the Packers centered around the party and the socialization. It was an added bonus when they won, but I didn’t really care…
Banana Bread
There are many things I don’t do well. I can’t sing. I have poor hand/eye coordination and I can’t bake a good chocolate chip cookie to save my life. I must say, when it comes to my banana bread, that is one thing I have nailed! I don’t mean to sound boastful. It is rude…
Pay it Forward
Pay it forward is an old concept that is gaining new momentum. The idea behind it is simple – someone does a good deed and in turn the recipient does a good deed for someone else. Stories have gone viral of someone buying someone else’s morning coffee and pattern continuing all day. I love the…
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