Guest chemistry. Like regular chemistry, it leaves most of us scratching our heads. As if planning a venue, décor and food wasn’t hard enough, now you have to plan a party guest list that not only keeps you and the other guests happy but makes the night fun too. You can always tell the best parties, because when they are over, you’ll remember how well everybody got on.So where do you start with your guest list? The following tips are just as rele...

Bridal shower, kitchen tea, hen’s night and bachelorette party? What’s the difference? And who’s meant to be invited to what? Undeservedly, kitchen teas have been on the decline for the past decade, giving way to the roudier bridal shower.Where the kitchen tea differs from the other events above is that traditionally, the maid of honour and bridesmaids organise the kitchen tea and invite the bride-to be’s close female family members and friends,...

Weddings can overcome a lot of things. Bad weather. Bad Best Man speeches. And there’s enough old wedding photos to prove that weddings can easily overcome bad hair styles. But one thing that can’t be saved is a wedding with bad music. Music can literally make or break your wedding. It is the difference between having everyone up on the dancefloor or staying table-bound talking to their other halves.When it comes to your wedding music it can be d...

Here at Chocablock, we’ve been Christmas Card senders from way back. Although the artform of letter writing is dying (a modern tragedy) it’s still possible to make an impact at Christmas time. Think about what a Christmas card says to the person who receives it – that somebody is thinking of you, that somebody thinks you’re relationship has worth and needs to be celebrated. It doesn’t matter if you’re writing Christmas cards for family members or...

We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but at some point, your kids are going to ask you to host a slumber party. Don’t confuse this with a sleepover which usually involves only one or two kids. A slumber party starts at six and finishes somewhere into double digits. Feel free to grab a seat if you need to.There is no set-in-stone appropriate age for a sleepover and it depends as much on the kids involved as it does their parents. Helicopter paren...