Greetings and Welcome to The Party Planning Guide. I am Kendra and I will be your host for the duration of your visit with us. If it is a small dinner for four or cocktails for forty, I am here to take you step by step to achieve a perfect event for any occasion. I’m your source for all the ideas, menu plans, recipes, games and details.

Just to get you started before you even begin thinking about the details, you need to sit back and make some decisions. Here are a few things necessary to ask yourself before implementing your ideas.

Have you thought about a theme? Sometimes this is already determined such as a birthday, baby shower or bachelor party.

Are you hosting the event in your home or at another location?

How much money are you willing to spend? And do you have a budget? Remember, even inexpensive dinner parties should have a budget? More on that later.

How many guests will be invited and how many do you think will actually attend? Attendance is also apart of the budget. It might be the other way around where your budget will determine the number of guests.

These are just a few major questions to get your self started, however, there is much more to consider as you follow the step by step guide. You will have to think about invitations, party food recipes or cocktail recipes, party games and decorations. Regardless, after you’ve followed the guide you will have your guest talking about your party for months to come. And everyone will be calling you the Martha of party planning.

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