47. How To Be Awesome At Planning A Future Party From Home
How To Be Awesome At Everything
Lindsay Dickhout
4.6 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Lindsay talks about how much of the work that goes into party planning is done from home, on your computer, and why this is the perfect time to plan for future parties!
Lindsay goes through all her party prep steps… and all the things you can do NOW to plan for future parties.
Here are the steps that Lindsay talks about in this episode!
🎉 Pick a theme
🎉 Pick a location
🎉 Pick a day and time
🎉 Gather up all your inspiration images
🎉 Make a guest list
🎉 Make a plan for invitations
🎉 Figure out what kids are going to eat and what adults are going to eat
🎉 Figure out what everyone is going to do
🎉 Design the dessert table
🎉 Design a background for a photo moment if you want one
🎉 What other vendors you will need for decorations
🎉 What other vendors you will need for food - cakes, treats, special treat vendor - snow cones, cookie sandwiches, etc.
🎉 What everyone is going to wear
🎉 Make your list of things you need to order ahead of time
🎉 It’s all in the details!! Think about custom details and what you can order from Etsy and other sites.
We hope this episode inspires you to make all your lists and set-up your plans so when the world opens again.. you shoot out all your emails and you’re ready to turn it into action! The hard part is in the planning so you can do all that now, while you’re at home. And have FUN doing it!
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| 0:00.0 | I love party planning. And even though life is sort of on pause right now, things will go back to |
| 0:05.5 | normal and we will have parties to plan. Let's use this time at home to organize up our party ideas |
| 0:10.8 | and lay things out so when the world reopens, we're ready. I'm telling you so much of the work |
| 0:16.3 | that goes into party planning is done from home on your computer. So now is the best time to do all of that. |
| 0:22.4 | You actually have the time to look around online and research and design the party that you |
| 0:26.8 | want. I'm talking about parties of any size, for any age, any theme. To me, it's all about the |
| 0:32.7 | small details that really make it special and memorable. I'm going through all the steps I go through when planning a kids party or an adult party |
| 0:40.6 | and how you can make it super efficient and actually enjoy the process. |
| 0:45.1 | We're breaking it down so it's not overwhelming and the journey is as much fun as the party itself. |
| 0:50.7 | Plus, the bonus here is that it's fun and uplifting and will probably make you happy. |
| 0:55.7 | This is party prep quarantine style. |
| 0:58.3 | Let's go. |
| 0:58.9 | You're listening to the How to Be Awesome at Everything podcast, where we're obsessed with |
| 1:04.1 | life hacks that make your life more awesome. |
| 1:07.2 | Your host, Lindsay Dickhout, is an entrepreneur and business owner, a mom and wife, and someone |
| 1:12.8 | who wants to do things over the top at all times. |
| 1:16.0 | This concept started as a collection of things Lindsay has learned that she was documenting |
| 1:20.4 | to give to her kids one day. |
| 1:21.9 | And now it's a podcast. |
| 1:23.6 | Join us on this journey where we talk about how to be awesome at everything we do. |
| 1:28.4 | Here's Lindsay. |
| 1:31.3 | Welcome back to the podcast. |
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