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| Friday night I had my Girlfriend Party. This year's theme is Gather Witches. There were witches hats and parked brooms everywhere. As you can see here in Illinois we are way above temps for October. Summer is not letting us go. The flowers and trees do not know what to do. |
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| I decorated the garage with backdrop curtains and lights. I forgot to take a picture of this when it got dark. It was so pretty with the lights. We took advantage of the nice weather to have the party outside. This way all the witches could have more personal space and our witches hats did not bump into each other!! |
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| I had lots of fun prizes for all the games we play. |
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| We played LCR and No Name Game and Saran Wrap Ball. If you want to know about these games you can google them or look on Pinterest. The girls all bring some scratch off lottery tickets and we do a swap of those. It is a fun night of drinking, eating and playing fun games. Most of all it is a great night to celebrate all our friendships. |
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| I decorated the bathroom too. My stackable pumpkins that light up. |
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| I even found a cute shower curtain from HomeGoods for the bathroom. |
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| This is my oldest daughter Jen and myself. Her witches hat even had lights. I decided to be a British Witch with my decorated fascinator. |
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| This is my girl gang of witches. I have known these girls for over 30 years. We share such a great bond. I always say there will be friends that come and go in our lives and there are the ones that will be with us when we take our last breath. These are those gals. I cherish my friendship with all of them. |
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| This is my oldest daughter Jen at the right end. It does my heart good that my two daughters have beautiful friendships. |
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| This is my other daughter Kimmie she is on the left end. Her friend Katie with the yellow witch hat is a wonderful seamstress and she made all their quilted witches hats. Such talent with these girls. |
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| Here we all are together. Three wonderful groups of bff's that enjoy being together at these parties to share fun and laughter. This party is bittersweet for me. I have been doing this party for over 30 years. This is my last official Girlfriend Party. I am retiring from throwing this party and handing the torch over to my girls. It has been so much fun for me through the years to celebrate all of these friendships and honor each of them with a beautiful party each year. I will continue to have BFF game nights and smaller parties just not on the level of these parties I have thrown for 30 years. I wish all of you blogger sweet friends could come to one of my parties. I have met and become friends with so many of you in blogland over the past 15 years. Who knew that such wonderful friendships could blossom through this crazy world called blog land. I do not post as much as I have in the past years but I try to stay in touch and share posts on occasion with all of you. I love following all of you on FB, IG and blogland and seeing all the love and creativity. Enjoy the new week ahead. Hugs, Kris |
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You outdid yourself again, Kris. The only BAD thing--I couldn't be there...bad for me, that is. I wish everyone in blogland that you are friends with could experience the wonderful girlfriend parties you have thrown. I'll never forget my first one..and meeting your family. Charlotte was just a baby in a carrier.
ReplyDeleteWonderful 'summery' day for us before the weather turns tonight. Cooler and rain (which we need) coming for the next few days.
Hope you can unwind all weekend and enjoy some quiet time after all the work of the party. xo Diana
Kris, this is so much fun. Love the cute witchy look for all of the ladies. What a joy to have your daughters and their friends there too. Darling prizes and decor. You put your heart and soul into this Halloween girlfriend party. Hugs
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great time!!!! SPOOKTACULAR, for sure.
ReplyDeleteSo creative! This is such a wonderful idea. Beautiful pictures 🎃
ReplyDeleteKris, you sure went out with a bang! Your girls will certainly have a new appreciation for the love and work you put into hosting these girlfriend parties. This was amazing. I love the bathroom decor, and the garage looked super cute. I loved seeing all the pictures and looked forward to this post. And yes, our blogs have definitely brought us a unique friendship to share, and I cherish ours.
ReplyDeleteAnother fantastic party. I think it's fantastic that you're passing the torch. It stays in the family and the girls will do a great job. I always wish I was able to make the trip. Hugs, my friend.
ReplyDeleteKris even though you won’t be throwing the next girlfriends party I still hope you continue to share photos after passing the torch! Your parties are spectacular and I truly wish I live close… Halloween is my favorite time of year. Margy in KY
ReplyDeleteKris, I know your friends have loved your parties. How sweet it is that you can pass the tradition onto your girls. It was great you had pleasant weather to enjoy for your party. Everything looks so fun!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Cecilia
Wow Kris, it looks like you did a great job with your girlfriends party. I love the T-shirts and the witches hats are so festive! I love that your daughter's friend sewed the hats. I know everyone had a great time and I bet your daughter's will do a great job with the continued girlfriend parties.
ReplyDeleteAll the years of going to your parties have been a highlight for me. You have always been so creative, thoughtful, generous, gracious.....I could go on and on. I treasure our friendship and the kind hearted woman you are. I am truly blessed to call you my friend. Now if I could only figure out how to do this anonymously!! Valerie
ReplyDeleteHi, the party decorations are amazing. I love the smiles and all the fun hats. I think it is amazing you have hosted the party for 30 years.
ReplyDeleteI want to thank you for the special friendship that we have, Kris, you have seen me through graduations, basic training, deployments and more. Thank you!!! I always appreciate the heartfelt advice you give me.
Love, Carla
Fantastic photos of a truly great party Kris! You all looked amazing and I personally love that you chose to have a 'British Hat'! Even the weather was kind to you all and how lovely to be able to enjoy things outdoors and in your garage - giving extra space. Totally understand that you are handing over the baton to your daughters now.
ReplyDeleteI treasure the connection that I have with you from this blog and would dearly love to meet you if you are ever able to come to the UK. Hugs Gilly (UK)
Oh Kris, what a fabulous girlfriend Witches party you had! I loved seeing all the setup in the garage and I can just picture it all lit up at night. The bathroom was so cute and that shower curtain was adorable. Of course your chandelier in there is so lovely. You certainly deserve to pass the big party planning onto your daughters. They have learned from the best!! We do have a special bond in blogland, don’t we? What special ladies I’ve come to know and call friends, yourself included. Thank you for sharing all the gifts that you put together in your previous posts, and all your decor. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed seeing all this through your pictures. You’re the best party planner, and now you can retire! xo
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had such a fun time! What alot of work to go to, but I'm sure you do it with tons of love! How wonderful to share such closeness with so many gals! I never did have groups of friends like that, except when I was working! Now, being retired, that group has become much smaller. I've followed you for years and your parties too, and I was always amazed you had the energy to do them! We are having unseasonably warm weather here too... up to 80 today, and 75 tomorrow, but then some rain may be coming which is a good thing. Even the coastal range here in Oregon is dry! Take care, get some rest and relaxation, and enjoy beautiful October. I hope your trees finally cooperate and get some gorgeous colored leaves! Hugs.. Marilyn (can't get it OFF anonymous!).
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun way to spend time with friends, Kris. I love the attention to details.
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Kris, your last big party was fabulous. Yes, you finished with a bang. From the looks of your wonderful party, much time and energy were used. I know your friends and your daughter’s friends felt loved and special! Years ago, I used to have over the top parties for my friends. I finally stopped because it was just too much. How sweet that your daughters will keep it going!
ReplyDeleteKris, I know you will miss doing this but your girls will follow on in fine tradition. Looks like such fun, a great night for witches!! Your flowers look so lovely still. This has been crazy weather everywhere. We just got over some very gloomy days, more like deep winter, but now the sun is out in full force today..Happy Fall for as long as it lasts..xxoJudy
ReplyDeleteKris, this was such a wonderful post. The party decorations were perfect and it sounds like a lovely, lovely finale to all the girlfriend parties that came before it. I'm sure your daughters will do a fabulous job carrying the torch. They had a top notch role model! I'm always excited when I see a post from you pop up in my feed, so I really hope you continue to share, my sweet friend. xoxo
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