Signature Holiday Cocktail for NYE: Cranberry Fizz!

Signature cocktails are among your best party helpers! No need to worry about assigning a bartender to the task of mixing drinks. Simply prepare a drink station with all of the ingredients needed for your cocktail and allow guests to serve themselves. It's that easy! We found a great recipe for you from stashofpanache.com, a great treat to enjoy before the midnight champagne!

http://www.stashofpanache.com/feed/prosecco-cranberry-fizz/

Need A Dish for the NYE Get-Together? You're Welcome!☺

Need A Hostess Gift for the NYE Get-Together? We Gotcha!

What's The Tea?! Check Out Our Latest Podcast!

We're talking novels from Zadie and Ngozi, fly winter fashion finding, and favorite infused waters and teas!

https://soundcloud.com/confettimoment/whats-the-tea-with-confetti-moment

Making NYE A Family Affair!🎉🎈

Some of us like to go to church⛪. Others of us like to hit up the club. 🎼Some of us do both church and the club.

If you're like us, you're thinking about family-friendly fun requiring minimal travel--especially after dinner.

Why not venture out this year as that girl? The one who hosts a small get-together of families for a safe and fun evening celebrating the new year?!

Here's how it's done :

• Get started with Punchbowl.com invites:  easy peasie!

Make sure to encourage moms to have the children to come over in jammies. Also, let your mom-friends know that the menu will feature everyone's best appetizers. (We love a  potluck! Whole Foods platters are entirely allowed.☺)

• 6 p.m. - Until:  DIY photobooth for selfies with props. Just download and print free printables and assemble ahead of time.

• 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.:  Child-operable activity stations that can be easily supervised by adults can be held every hour with different couples heading up instruction. We like a manicures 💅and makeup station for girls, a tattoo station for boys. We also like a vision board making activity and simple science experiments 🔬 for the lot. Just be sure to prep the materials beforehand. Remember that coloring printables and simple puzzles are great fall-backs between sets. 

• 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.: Anywhere during this time-frame, cue up some favorite cartoons or movies from your collective childhood to experience with the children. When was the last time you saw The Wiz, for example.
• 12 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.: Have children to bring stories to have read for the wind-down and beddie-bye.

• 12 a.m. - Until.: Black Card Revoked playing til your heart's content followed by a black&andsexytv show marathon. In fact, there's a great price special going on now. Log on:  http://www.blackandsexy.tv for more deets.

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Afternoon Market Run 🍓🍎🍍🍒

Pick up the ingredients for one of the featured ridiculously healthy drink recipes or your favorite tea ☕and join us for tomorrow's podcast, What's The Tea?! We're talking ayurveda, Zadie Smith, NYE 🎉⏳fashion for the proper slay (YASSS!) and more! Good Stuff!

Get Ready for Kwanzaa!

I love Kwanzaa! I love mostly that it's a year-long way of life, practicing values meant to make the world even better!

Eventhough none of these Kwanzaa list gifts are hand-made, they are African-American produced and we hope that you'll gift someone with one or all this year!

1.

Gainer's beautiful hardcover, masculine compliment to the Vintage Black Glamour brand's book on African-American women of the silver screen. (vintageblackglamourbook.com)

2.

The Studio Museum of Harlem's gift shop has these beautiful, large mugs for purchase. While you'e shopping, why not donate to the be-famed museum or purchase a membership?! (http://www.studiomuseum.org/shop)

3. Since we're on the subject of art, check out the tremendous jasmine-rose.com for your choice of an awesome graphic piece. Here's just one of many boss ones:

4. Continuing the subject of the arts, why not gift your ballerina love with a beautiful book on one of the sub-subjects:  ballet. Check out browngirlsdoballet.com! 

 

5. This last one is just a cute gift for the gal or guy BAP who's down for the cause as long as there's balance with the execution. 😊( http://www.teesinthetrap.com/products/the-brunch-life-chose-me?variant=3346761476)

Sweet Blackberry Has Kid Approved, Printables, Media And A Holiday Edutainment Guide! Yasss!

How many of us enjoyed Karyn Parsons as the Mommy-in-Chief hostess a few ears back? Well, check out her recent work with families in the video below. 

Then enjoy a throwback from a more recent hostess of the series! (BTW throwbacks are totally allowed on Fridays--especially Friday holidays. 💚💚💚)

Click the link below for the Holiday Guide:

http://www.sweetblackberry.org/uploads/6/5/1/7/65175613/sweet_blackberry_2017_holiday_guide.pdf

When Mommy-in-Chief Needs Me-Time!

Avon: Promoting Women Entrepreneurs

This post is totally kismet! As it goes, we are so totally psyched about growing readership and services and have recently had one of the editors to enroll in a women's micro-enterprise initiative with the Center for Black Women's Wellness in the ATL! After a recent workshop, a swag bag full of Avon goodies was given! How cool! With the advancement of so many beauty brands, Avon continues to stand out, giving many women--especially moms--a chance to supplement family incomes on flexible schedules! Who didn't have a mom or aunt who sold Avon and broke us off with beauty treats from the children's pages. Talk about love? Well, we just had to shout out CBWW, Avon, working moms, and women entrepreneurs with this unbagging! Enjoy the vintage media and these holidays with family! --oxoxo Confetti Moment Editorial

Holiday Styling for the Family! 🎁🎄

Confetti Moment knows all about that struggle life when it comes to just getting yourself ALONE ready for social events. When the whole crew has to be readied to go out and about, we can all use tips. Check out the videos below for money and time savers. Send a pic and a comment if you use any of these tips BTW. ☺

Confetti Moment's Healthy Happy Hour: Cocktails and Conversations! Cheers...

https://soundcloud.com/confettimoment/confetti-moment-happy-hour-cocktails-and-conversation-1

photo:  public domain

From the Essence Beauty Team: Gift Ideas for the Late Girl 💄

What To Wear: More Holiday Looks 👗

Pack Like A Pro and In Style With Arienne

Travel Savings Tips! You're Welcome!☺

My Mic Sounds Nice! 🔊🎧 Wellness Reminders for the Season

Click on the link below to listen!:

https://soundcloud.com/confettimoment/wellness-reminders

WEEN Winning!

Hey Beauties! We have been out and about building the brand at various events including the WEEN shewhodares networking event at Bloomie's Lenox in Atlanta last Friday! Tai Beauchamp--one of the featured panelists--is known for her work with Black Enterprise and most recently on Window Warriors on GSN! We couldn't keep all of her beauty and fashion expertise to ourselves:  enjoy the video below as you prep for all of your holiday events!

Tai Beauchamp Has Your Winter Must Haves for 2017!

Holiday Party Prepping and Pleasing

Enjoy the videos below:  a throwback to keep bookmarked for go-to looks for going out (to events like our Wine Tasting Social via eventbrite.com purchases) on the town.

If you're staying in, why not entertain? Serve up cheer with the drink cocktails featured in video two!

Get Ready With Me | Perfect Holiday Curls + Giveaway!

Best Champagne Holiday Cocktails | Shape

Healthy Recipes for Kids