HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I hope you had a safe and happy new year! 

2013 is going to be an exciting year here on So Festive. 

There will be a few changes, but I promise they will be good changes.

I'm really excited about them, but you are going to have to wait just a little longer to find out what they are. 

You can also expect: 

>> A wrap up of The Great Soup Search

>> More So Festive in the City Posts

>> And themed weeks

If you have any requests of what you'd like to see this year, let me know! 

As a recap from 2012, here are some of the most popular posts:

Carmelitas

Raspberry Brownie Tarts



Chalkboard Signs

Ready To Pop [Themed Baby Shower]

Monster Bash Birthday Party 

Nautical Themed Baby Shower

Flag Waffles

Thank you always for making it fun to be festive! 
It's going to be a great year!

new year's slideshow [tradition]

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

We are still savoring the Christmas spirit around here, but I just wanted to share one new New Year's tradition with you. I heard this idea from a friend in my neighborhood. Each year, she puts together a slideshow of pictures from the year. Her family watches it on New Year's Eve as a way to relive the memories from the previous year before the new one starts. What a fun way to bring in the new year!

I love this idea because if you are like me, we hardly ever sit down and look at our digital pictures from the year.  There is still plenty of time to put together a quick and simple slideshow of  your pictures from 2012.

Here is a preview of ours:

 If you are looking for some other ways to celebrate the New Year, check out these posts. 

happy new year!

We've been partying non-stop around here. Hence, the lack of posts.

Hope you had a very Merry Christmas and a great start to the New Year!

Here are some details from our New Year's Party.

I made this banner out of cardboard and tinsel. It was Martha's idea, not mine.

Dollar Bill Game for New Years

The Dollar Bill game- To play, pin a dollar bill to everyone's shirt and decide on something that is not 'allowed' such as saying a certain word, scratching your face, playing with hair, etc. Throughout the night, if anyone catches someone doing something that is not allowed, they get the dollar bill and pin it to their shirt. At midnight, whatever money you have on you, you get to keep!

New Year's Traditions

In honor of New Years Eve coming up, this week's posts will be dedicated to New Year's traditions.

Banging pots and pansWe love to grab any and all pots, pans, and spoons from the cupboards to bang at midnight! This may seem a little weird, but it is one of our favorite traditions that we do every year. We run up and down the streets yelling, "Happy New Year" and our neighbors even look forward to this now. :) If you don't want your nice stuff to get ruined, consider buying some cheap wooden spoons from the dollar store or use metal ones that won't break.

For a long list of New Year's ideas, check out a post I wrote as a guest blogger on Or So She Says here.