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Christmas Traditions to Start with Your Friends
Pick one annual plan your friends want to return to, with room for different schedules, homes and budgets.
10 Holiday Gifts for College Students and Friends
For the friend with a craft in progress, a growing book list, or a very firm opinion about pens. Ten gift ideas, with notes on who each one suits.
Plan a Christmas Lights Drive with Friends and Homemade Cocoa
A short lights route, homemade cocoa and one clear invite for a Christmas night out with your friends.
5 Fall Afternoons to Spend with Friends
Five fall plans with a guide for the details, from an orchard visit to scrapbook pages.
50 Cute Happy Birthday Images to Send in a Text
A dancing cake, a party cat, and a whole lot of birthday love. Pick from 50 painted cards, including 10 animated GIFs, to send to someone you love.
What to Bring to Friendsgiving When You Do Not Have a Real Kitchen
Bring a bakery pie, rolls, drinks, or a no-cook snack. Find a contribution that fits your kitchen and a plan for getting it to dinner.
Friendsgiving Games to Play After Dinner
Nine games for the part of Friendsgiving after the pie, with simple rules and ideas for small groups, big groups and tiny apartments.
10 Christmas Things to Do in the City
Plan a Christmas outing with lights, warm drinks, local markets, and a few ideas you can try on your own. Pick the stops that fit your city and budget.
Friendsgiving Invitation Wording: 6 Texts for Your Group Chat
The group chat is getting a dinner invite. Pick a message for your plan, add your details, and give your friends something clear to say yes to.
Velvet Bow Napkin Ties for a Blush Friendsgiving Table
Mauve velvet bows, blush stripes, and a tiny dried flower. Tie the ribbon straight around your napkins for a handmade fall place setting.
Pink Friendsgiving Table Ideas with Three Handmade Details
One fall table, three projects: paper gratitude leaves, a labeled snack board, and velvet napkin bows. Here’s how they fit together.
A Fall Football Afternoon with Friends
A football and an open afternoon can be the start of a fall plan with your friends. Choose the place, the pace and the parts everyone wants to join.
How to Plan an Apple-Picking Day with Friends
Choose an orchard, share the plan and leave time to enjoy the rows together. Here is how to turn a fall idea into a day that fits your group.
A Halloween Snack Party for a Small Apartment
A four-person snack-night example with room for drinks, a short game and somewhere to put your bag.
Halloween Movie Night Ideas - 3 Cozy Plans with Friends
Three nostalgic films, three snack pairings and a group-chat invite for your next night in.
Small Traditions to Start with Friends This November
Pick one small thing to look forward to together this November. These five friendship traditions come with a first step, a repeat plan and a shorter version.
Things to Do with Friends over Thanksgiving Break
Make room for a walk, a game or a catch-up with your people. These Thanksgiving-break plans fit around family visits, work shifts and time at home.
How to Host a Soup Night with Friends
One pot of soup can be the start of a cozy fall dinner. Plan the guest list, share a few small jobs and leave time to sit down together.
Plan a Fall Coffee-Shop Study Date with a Friend
Two drinks, a work plan and time to catch up. Build a fall study date that fits your budget, your tasks and the café you choose.
How to Host a Cozy Bring-Your-Own-Book Night
Bring the book you are already reading. Here is a fall night with friends built around comfy seats, quiet pages and time to catch up.
Find your happy because only you can see the world the way you do
Staying on top of school without losing your mind, making time for the people you love, and figuring out this whole "being a person" thing along the way.