Hi everyone.  We know you are probably super sick of hearing about Harry at this point but we felt funny about letting him go without spending some time talking about HOW we created him.  I always like to know how something was made when I see a finished product and we figured some of you

As we’ve already said (probably too many times), we think one of the easiest ways to make an event special, or in the case of a Harry Potter party, authentic, is with good signage.  I spent a ridiculous number of hours over the past month making all of the signs for the party, from the

Colleen shared some fantastic pictures of decorations in the West Village of NYC earlier, but I also wanted to share some of my favorite spooky images that I have found to get everyone in the mood for what will hopefully be a happy but also slightly creepy evening.  After all, what is Halloween without a

Happy Halloween!  Hope you all have some super exciting plans for the evening.  On a more somber note, my thoughts are with everyone affected by Sandy.  My dear friend Kyle who lives in NYC actually had to evacuate, but not before she sent me some of these gorgeous pictures she took in the West Village

When Colleen and I first started discussing having Harry Potter be our Halloween theme this year, I was very concerned about it not being creepy enough.  You see, I like my Halloween to feel quite creepy.  But Colleen assured me we could include some scary elements from Harry Potter as well.  After all, anyone who

The day of hosting a party is a funny thing.  Here is how it generally goes.  You wake up early, trying to remember all of the 50 million tasks left to complete.  You run around like a headless chicken, checking off task after task.  You start to feel pretty proud of yourself, and like you