1st Real Party

On Saturday, I finally had my first real party.  I was more nervous than when I did my launch party mostly because the contents of my kit were new and I did not had as much time to practice.  I was also planning on trying some new games and was not sure how they were going to work.  One of the most important things to me is that all my guests have a good time, so I am trying to determine the best games and activities to have at my parties.

For my ice breaker, I had planned on doing a candy bar exchange.  I had the hostess call everyone and ask them to bring a candy bar to the party.  Only about 4 people actually brought candy bars, so it was good thing that I had plan B.  I had brought a package of Hersey Kisses just in case.  I passed around the kisses and let everyone enjoy chocolate and introduce themselves.

For my presentation and activity, I tried to do a white elephant exchange - did not work very well.  Important lesson learned, prepare the activity for the audience.  My audience's average age was over 60 and a nice game of Bingo would have worked well.  Second important lesson learned - have a back-up plan.  I did not have a game of bingo to pull out of my supplies.  I had brought my purse game outline, but only a few people had brought purses, so I did not think that would work well either.  I ended up doing the white elephant exchange and it overall it did not seem to flow very well.  I am going to re-think this game.

Overall the party was successful.  My hostess got all the items on her wishlist for $17 and got to buy 2 of the hostess exclusive items.  I am now only dollars away from earning my swell start kit and with one catalog party yet to close, I am hopeful I will achieve my target.  I also booked a new party for September.  That brings me to 4 home parties and 1 catalog party for September.  Yeah.  Hope everyone has a great week.  ~Sylvia