Plan Parties Like a Pro with these Helpful Tips

'Tis the season for graduation parties, just-because get-togethers and the cluster of summer holiday celebrations. Ensure that everyone will be talking about your party long after "goodbye," by checking out these useful tips from our resident certified professional organizer Colleen Klimczak.

In the first post of her two-part series on how to plan parties, Klimczak encourages party planners to stay organized and as calm as possible. "Parties require work and perhaps some stress, but let’s keep both to a minimum," she said.

Klimczak breaks down the party-planning process day-by-day proving that it's not an undefeatable task.

Klimczak's second batch of tips focuses on the . See how you can work the preparation into your regular cooking routine that week.

"...look at your menu and determine what you can make a day or two before, to free up your time and attention for other things," Klimczak tells readers.

Have any party planning tips of your own? Share them in the comments!

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