Just breathe. Holiday entertaining can seem very overwhelming when you are faced with this heavy season of having friends and family over. I like to think I'm pretty organized when it comes to dinner parties. I tend to be pretty cool until the guests arrive and then it's like all of the sudden my … [Read more...]
Holiday Entertaining The De-Stressed Checklist
I love having friends and family drop in especially over the holiday season. And I'm sure like you, people are always saying "I don't know how you do it". Between working, volunteering at the school, the local artist collective and shuffling the kids to their after school programs I try to find time … [Read more...]
Holiday Hosting Made Easier
"Please drop in for a little holiday cheer.""Why don't you join us to decorate the tree?""Pop by and keep me company while I do some holiday baking."One of my favourite things about the holidays is the opportunity for impromptu get-togethers. I run into friends dropping their kids off at the shinny … [Read more...]
Semi-Homemade
It wasn't until I read about it in one of my favourite online periodicals People that I identified "semi-homemade" as a trend. However, if it's good enough for Saint Angelina, than it's good enough for the rest of us urbanmoms! If you're too lazy to click through, it turns out that for the … [Read more...]