How To Throw An Awesome Pinterest Party
This was my very first time ever hosting a Pinterest Party and I was SO excited to get to do it! In our last house, I just never felt like I could. We have no family here, so there was no place for Abigail to go- and her room was right off of our living room and kitchen. But now? We have an upstairs! Hooray!
There were 10 of us at this party, which is a fun number. It made for plenty of food and drinks and a really fun gift exchange!
One of my friends has made this chocolate cake before and it is my FAVORITE. I don’t even like chocolate cake and I love this cake. She’s a saint for making it for me!
I made latte bon bon’s, red velvet puppy chow, and these royal icing cookies. I followed the icing tutorial from Lisa Loves John and it worked great! It was a hot mess in my kitchen, but it was pretty easy to do. I’ll definitely use her recipe again.
And of course, we had punch and a few bottles of wine to choose from as well!
After we spent a good bit of time visiting with each other and eating, we moved on to the next fun part. The gift exchange!
The way we do our gift exchange is we draw numbers. The first person opens a gift and then the second person can either open another gift or steal from the first person. And so on and so forth. We limit how many times a gift can be stolen, but that’s basically the only rule. Everyone leaves with a gift and it is awesome!
This little girl was so tired she could barely keep her eyes open and couldn’t stop rubbing her face. So I put her to bed. Would she have any of that when there was a party going on downstairs? NO SHE WOULD NOT. So, she got to come down and Pinterest Party with us. Clearly, she loved it.
I ended up with this adorable mason jar tissue holder and a brown sugar/coconut oil face scrub. Some of the other gifts were wreaths, bird feeders, painted canvas tote bags, paintings, and wall art.
These parties are always so fun because while the format is the same, they’re never exactly alike! The gifts are always so unique and the food is always changing. It’s a really awesome way to spend a girls night together and I hope that my group of friends continues to keep doing these parties for a long time!
I’m going to go ahead and count my first hosting gig in the new house as a success!
Have you ever been to a Pinterest party before? What was it like?
So fun! I was under the impression that you actually make the craft while there. I love this idea so much more!
Yeah, I had the same impression Amy had, and my head was spinning with the logistics 🙂 This looks like a lot of fun! Now if only half of my best friends weren't bloggers who live other places 😉
How fun that you have already got to host a party in your new house! I love the idea of a Pinterest party, but really Conor is the one who makes all my Pinterest pins come to life!
Yay for the first party being a success! I'm with Amy and Katie, I thought you would do a craft there (but I guess that's more of a d-i-wine night).. 🙂
Yay for the first party being a success! I'm with Amy and Katie, I thought you would do a craft there (but I guess that's more of a d-i-wine night).. 🙂
I love this!! I think this is what I need to actually do some of the things I pin!!! PS Louise would NEVER sleep during a party…why would we ever expect that?!
I love this! The gift exchange is such a fun idea! And those cookies you made look amazing!
this is seriously so fun, and such a good idea. that chocolate cake looks like i need to eat it. yum!
That sounds like so much fun!
Ive been wanting to throw a Pinterest Party for ages! Hopefully this puts a flame under my bum 😉
So fun! Your cookies turned out gorgeous! I tried the same ones and I couldn't get the icing down! Great job!
SO MUCH FUN!!! I need to find some friends to do this with!
The pinterest party I went to was bring your own supplies for a fall wreath and we all made them there. And bring a food or drink from Pinterest. I think both ways sound like fun when there's friends and drinks involved! And I don't host anything at our house until after bedtime!
Oh this sounds like so much fun. I was just thinking of some ideas I could have to throw a party. Galentines party is too soon I didn't feel prepared but this sounds like the perfect reason to have a party.
xo, Michelle
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It is a great reason to have a party! Absolutely SO much fun! And so many ways you can personalize it and change it up 🙂
What a fun time and yay for hosting in your new house!!!! This sounds like the right way to do a Pinterest party…I've heard of some where people bring supplies and make stuff at the party but this way is so much cleaner!!!