Make It Memorable: An A-Z Guide to Making Any Event, Gift or Occasion...Dazzling! - Softcover

Spizman, Robyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 031232846X ISBN 13: 9780312328467

Verlag: St. Martin's Griffin, 2004

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Learn How to Make Any Occasion Shine!

Have you ever attended a party so clever it had you talking for days? Or received an invitation that made you feel like royalty? Were you ever given a gift so "you" that you never forgot it? Make It Memorable is an A to Z thematically organized resource for making the most of every special occasion and highlighting the little things in life. From anniversaries and birthdays through weddings and zero-cost ideas, it includes:

- It was a very good year! For a special anniversary, select bottles of wine with vintages from special years for the couple---the year they met, the year they married, etc.
- A blast from the past! For a memorable birthday for an old friend, rent a limo and take a tour down memory lane---past the birthday girl's high school, first house, etc., reminiscing as you go.
- Love is in bloom! For a garden party shower theme, have each guest bring a plant. Distribute the plants around the room to create your own greenhouse atmosphere for the bride.
- A to-do bag just for you! For a get-well present, create a to-do bag filled with things your friend can do while recuperating. You can include everything from favorite missed shows on videotape to assorted magazines and goodies.
- Plus fabulous favors, inviting invitations, party ideas, dazzling centerpieces, memorable gifts, unforgettable weddings, and much more!

Gift-giving expert Robyn Spizman has packed Make It Memorable with the most creative ideas under the sun for enlivening every party, event, and occasion with a touch of pizzazz.

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Robyn Freedman Spizman is the author of numerous books and articles on children's learning. The mother of two, she appears on television weekly on NBC-affiliate WXIA's "Noonday."

She co-writes "Good Behavior," a regular parenting column in the Atlanta Journal & Constitution. Her books include Make It Memorable: An A-Z Guide to Making Any Event, Gift or Occasion...Dazzling!

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Make It Memorable

An A-Z Guide to Making Any Event, Gift or Occasion...Dazzling!By Robyn Spizman

St. Martin's Griffin

Copyright © 2004 Robyn Spizman
All right reserved.
ISBN: 9780312328467

Make it Memorable

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is for Awesome Anniversaries

It has been said throughout time that love is symbolically the gift of oneself. Wrapped with affection, it's a gift expressed by your attention, appreciation, and total adoration for another person. As each anniversary approaches, from the moment you met, this special day that's marked in time is Cupid's wake-up call to remind you to express your love and concern and, of course, make it memorable.

A wedding anniversary is a wonderful time to reflect on special memories and that momentous day when someone you care about (perhaps even you) said, "I do." Besides the traditional anniversary of a marriage, there are also many other anniversaries, ranging from the anniversary of the day you met, to your very first date. An anniversary is not just a time to acknowledge memories past, rather it's also a time to create new memories, and celebrate someone you care about, and that special day.

Some anniversaries fly by unnoticed, while others are totally embedded in your heart as a spectacular moment in time. Your goal is to mark the occasion with a token of your affection that makes your partner, or a couple you wish to congratulate, feel totally adored. Since that's easier said than done, I interviewed hundreds of people to find a few of the most meaningful anniversaries ever.

Anniversary Gifts By Years

Stick To Tradition If you're a stickler for tradition, then the following list will help you choose gifts that suit the occasion. However,to be memorable, you have to get out of the (gift) box, and add an experience to your gift that transforms it. The first anniversary might be paper, but that also means a love letter (they always work), plane tickets back to your honeymoon resort, the deed to a new house, the lease to a new car, hundreds of Post-it notes covering the bathroom mirror that say "I Love You," and more. Don't just rely on the tried-and-true, get creative, and add the fun back in to gift-giving!

 

Create An Anniversary Time Line From the moment they met to their big anniversary celebration, create a time line of special events, moments in their shared lives, funny details as well, and include all themeaningful and momentous events you can uncover from friends and family. Give out the time line on pretty cards and frame an enlarged version for the anniversary couple. This will be a wonderful gift that captures forgotten memories past.

 

Capture The Moment Sylvia Weinstock, one of the most famous cake designers in New York City, shared one of her most meaningful gifts, one she gave a couple for their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary. The host had made a little speech at the party about his bride that was very touching. Inspired, Sylvia managed to get an exact copy, and had the speech scripted in calligraphy. She then had the speech framed and sent it to them as a gift. The couple had everything already, but this gift became a priceless treasure.

 

A Girl Named Maureen Here's a touching anniversary celebration Jennifer Enderlin and her siblings arranged on the occasion of her parents' fortieth wedding anniversary. She coordinated all the plans, with a detailed itinerary, for a trip to Arizona on their anniversary weekend. Her brothers and sisters all pitched in by sending bottles of champagne and other thoughtful gifts to their hotel. To make it really memorable, though, she and her siblings scoured through letters written by their father to his parents, over forty years ago, announcing that he had met a girl named Maureen. Each of the siblings included passages from these prized letters in their greeting cards, and marked the moment their parents met with memories from the past. The cards were all marked, "Do not open until October 23rd."

 

Indulgences Galore Anniversaries are a time to create new memories. On your anniversary day, whisk your partner off to a day of indulgences. Rent that car you have always had your heart set on, and take a drive into the country and back. Or, head to a nearby bed-and-breakfast, or inn, for a twenty-four-hour getaway. Request that the inn cover the bed in rose petals, and provide a bottle of champagne and strawberries for dessert. Inquire what other services they can offer to make your stay memorable, and plan ahead for a romantic interlude.

 

Is There Anything Else You Want? Here's a memorable tradition that Andrew Saltzman follows on his wedding anniversary every year: when he selects a gift for his wife, he gives it with an "anything you want" guarantee and the condition that she has to go and see if there'sanything else she'd rather have. Two points, Andrew! I thought that was a really memorable way to give a gift to insure happiness and, just in case, this allows his wife to make sure there's no other gift she'd rather have.

 

If Life's A Game Transform a game board into a lasting work of art by spelling out your love for her (or him) with letters from the game of Scrabble. Glue the tiles to the board permanently, and score points with phrases like, "I love you forever" or, "Will you marry me again?" Get creative, and give her the game with your sentiment inside. You're bound to cast a spell over her with this creative display of your affection. The game board can also be framed as a keepsake to preserve the moment.

 

Shower Them With Affection Do a little research and create an actual themed wedding shower. That's right. Throw an actual shower even though the couple has been married twenty-five years. Inquire what their favorite party or memory was from their wedding, and then recreate it. Guests can bring gifts or, in lieu of gifts, invite friends and family members to bring their favorite memory of the couple. All of the entrances can be put in a scrapbook for a treasured keepsake.

 

Light Up Her Life Every year, even if you have plans to go out to dinner, have a special anniversary celebration at home to show how you are the light of each other's lives. Securely place a candle in a special empty bottle, and designate it as your anniversary bottle. You might even use the bottle of champagne you shared when you got engaged. Light the candle, and let the candle wax drip down on the bottle as you eat. Each year, use a different colored candle in the bottle. This can become a tradition, and you can look back at the layers and remember every special year together.

 

Cruising Along Recreate their anniversary cruise with a Love Boat party theme focused on the same ship they cruised on their anniversary. For example, if they cruised on the Emerald Seas, and went to the Bahamas, do a little research, and re-create that big buffet, unlimited desserts, and throw a dinner party with suitcase centerpieces, and an evening of fun, and festivities. Hang signs that say, "Welcome to The-----Love Boat. All aboard for a good time down memorylane." Request that guests bring a memory to share, and fill a wedding scrapbook with these memories as a wonderful...

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• Verlag: St. Martin's Griffin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 031232846X
• ISBN 13: 9780312328467
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
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