Growing up, my family constantly had more than our immediate five at our house or we were visiting others where there was at least ten more than us. My family is social, fun, entertaining and well big. I loved it. The adults were always laughing and having fun while us kids romped and played and exhausted ourselves having so much fun. It was a natural thing to see at least two thirds of my extended family (from either side) daily.
So just as naturally, now that I'm a mother, that's what I want for my family. There is one thing I like to do a little differently though. I like to throw small parties, house parties if you will.
Some are for the kids, some for both, and some just for the "grown-ups". Now don't go getting any wild ideas, they're all G-rated parties. Taste testing, product sampling, potluck those sort of deals. Back in September I came across an interesting site thanks to another great site-www.influenster.com.
Houseparty.com is a site that helps you entertain. I checked out the site, which is very easy to navigate, and decided to sign up to host. You start out with the typical information (user name, email address etc.) then you feel out a quick survey to let them know what type of things you are interested in. They have several categories to choose from and you are allowed to choose as many as you like. Then you are good to go. They have an open application page which shows you all the parties that are available to apply for. If you get picked as a host/hostess you will receive a party pack from houseparty.com. This pack will include things from the sponsors of the party as well as things they may send from houseparty.com headquarters.
Now to say this is a free site isn't precisely true. You have no fees or purchases necessary, but they do ask that you promote your party through various social media, photograph &/or video your party and post these things on their site as well as others. They do ask that you have the party on a specific date or range. There is also a post party survey to fill out.
They announce open applications well in advance so that you can review and decide. Each party has only a certain amount of host spots available. Some I have seen as low as 900 others as large as 5000. Once you apply, they have a certain date that they select applicants to host. On that day you only have a certain amount of time to log in to your account and begin the invite process if you have been selected to host. They notify every applicant via email with whether you've been selected to host or not.
If you get selected, log in, and complete the invite process in time, you will be a House Party host(ess). You have various tools at your fingertips to plan, decorate and invite more people. They have a party planning page that is great for any style of party. It gives you general tips as well as a week by week planner that starts at four weeks going all the way down to party day. They also sell general as well as party specific favors and supplies through a company called Shindigz.com. All this can be found on their shopping page.
You can see past parties as well as parties happening now. You can see member uploaded photos and start conversations about parties. It's a great social site to get tips, idea, recipes, test out new items as well as new variations on old favorites. It's is a an amazing thing to get together with those you love and share good times an memories. This is a perfect site to be a companion to those good times. I'm hosting my second party via House Party this January and look forward to being a host to many more with them.
Check out the site, you're sure to find something to enjoy.
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