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Here’s to a COLORFUL school year! 

A colorful back-to-school collaboration

We can’t contain our excitement, as it’s nearly time for school again! In order to get the kids as enthusiastic as we are, we decided to throw them a colorful back-to-school party. First we started with a wall sign, colorful balloons, and an amazing sweets table. 

   

The kids activity table was set up with personalized pencil cases and water bottles on top of coloring sheets serving as placemats. Next, they each were given custom T-shirts to wear as good-luck pajamas for the night before their first day. A cute tradition to start is a first day of school interview. For example, you can create your own questions or get a free printable list online. Keep it somewhere safe! It’s fun to read it again at the end of the year. 

 

The final activity was loads of fun: a school supply scavenger hunt! We hid all the essential supplies around the house with clues, and set the kids running to fill their backpacks. The kids felt so proud as they read the clues and figured out where to go next. 

   

Finally, as you prepare for their first day, be sure to send them off with four things: 

  • A good joke. Here’s a simple one:

Q. What’s the king of all school supplies?

A. The ruler!

  • A survival kit for their new teacher filled with fun treats. 
  • A sweet note to remind them how amazing and brave they are. This ruler cookie will do the trick! 
  • A giant hug.

Rachel Hunter is the owner of Celebrate You Events, offering bespoke party planning for all occasions.

She can be reached at (305) 389-0550 or CelebrateYou2020@gmail.com.

For information on any of these activities, contact the following:

  • Rachel from Celebrate You Events (IG: @celebrate.you.events) — concept creation, party styling, and activities
  • Alex from Hullaballoon (IG: @thehullaballoon) — custom balloon arch
  • Claudia from Claumellows (IG: @claumellows) — custom cookies
  • Kim and KJ from Tis the Season Favors (IG: @tistheseasonfavors) — personalized pencil cases and teacher survival kit
  • Miriam from City Girl Sweet Shop (IG: @citygirlsweetshop) — custom cake and cupcakes
  • Nicole from Luv My Creations (IG: @luvmycreations) — custom T-shirts and personalized water bottles.
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Go for the Gold! – An Olympic Collaboration

Go for the Gold! - An Olympic Collaboration

Five years in the making, the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympic in Tokyo are (at the time of print) set to forge ahead on July 23rd. We cannot wait to see the amazing physical feats that these athletes perform and cheer on Team USA! We created this Opening Ceremony party to help build the excitement, and show some creative hosting ideas and family activities. 

Go for the Gold! - An Olympic Collaboration

The fun is in the details. From torch cupcakes to Olympic Rings cookies to food in the five Olympic colors. We made it bright, colorful, and easy thanks to some talented local bakers and crafters, and a quick trip to Trader Joe’s. 

                 Go for the Gold! - An Olympic Collaboration

For the adults, we created a signature cocktail called Go for the Gold (2 parts bourbon, 1 part freshly squeezed lemon, 1 part honey syrup – 100% delicious!). Dipping the glasses in honey and Olympic-colored sugars makes them extra festive, and custom-made Olympic Rings stir sticks topped off the look. We made a flag game to test how worldly our friends were. Simply choose 26 flags and assign them a letter. Then have your guests try to match them to the correct country name. Be sure to throw some obscure ones in there to really test them!

Kids love a good contest, and when gold medal cookies are the prize they get really excited! We set up a basketball station, a golf station and had swimming races. We ordered temporary tattoo flags to make it really authentic. 

Whatever sport you tune into, whatever country you cheer for, we can all be united in this historical sporting event.

Enjoy, stay safe, and GO TEAM USA!

For information on any of these activities contact:

Rachel from Celebrate You Events (IG: @celebrate.you.events) – Concept creation, party styling, activities & fringe banners

Lindsay from ARCH the Party Co. (IG: @archtheparty) – Balloons & helium bundles

Daniela from Tulle & Tools (IG: @tulleandtools) – Cupcake torches & mini cake

Ana from AO Craft Décor (IG: @aocraftdecor) – Hanging Olympic Rings & acrylic stir sticks

Crystal from Riley Black Designs (IG: @rileyblackdesigns) – Custom acrylic cone stand, flame cake & cupcake toppers

Melissa from That Girl in Pink Bakery (IG: @thatgirlinpinkbakery) – Custom cookies

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Mothers Day Gift Guide

 

  1. Antiques & More

Why settle for standard or ordinary when it comes to Mother’s Day gifts? Here in Coral Springs, Antiques & More has a treasure trove of unique jewelry, collectibles, statues, clothing and costumes, furniture, porcelain, and paintings from all over the world for you to show your mom or mother figure how much they’ve inspired you!  9371 W. Sample Rd. Coral Springs, FL 33065 954-575-5699 antforsale@yahoo.com

2. Lormin Beauty Spa

Why pamper yourself, when someone else can do it for you? Lormin Beauty Spa offers natural results without the need for plastic surgery.  Facial, body and special treatments are available such as platelet-rich plasma, deep facial cleaning, anti-cellulite, microblading, eyelash extensions, and more.  Look for their ad in the Parklander for a coupon!

10440 West Atlantic Blvd Coral Springs, FL 33071 305-250-8837 lorminspa@gmail.com

Facebook @lorminbeautyspa and Instagram @LORMIN_BEAUTY_SPA

3. Karma Bath & Body Co.

Who doesn’t need a little self-love and pampering after the year we’ve all had?  Karma Bath & Body Co. is here to help!  The Golden Goddess Collection (pictured) is perfect for anyone who loves to sparkle like the Goddess that they are! This yummy blend of Honeysuckle, Jasmine, Vanilla & White musk creates an intoxicating aroma.

4. Boom Again is a Baby Boomer pop culture game filled with questions from the ‘50s, ‘60s & ‘70s calling on advertising slogans and jingles, politics and social movements, movies, music, television, and more.  Boom Again is the perfect gift for Boomer moms longing for genuine laughter and a good time with others. It draws people together and takes them on a nostalgic road trip through the fun memories from their youth — the Twist right up to Disco; American Bandstand to Soul Train; Doris Day all the way to Janis Joplin; Hula Hoops to The Pill; and poodle skirts to mini-skirts. wwwBoomAgain.com

5. BRGR STOP

Don’t cook for mom, bring her here!  Craft beer, craft milkshakes, and incredibly wild and tasty appetizers, burgers, and sandwiches will make sure she doesn’t leave hungry.  There’s even the Plant Power impossible burger for the vegetarians.  Look for their ad in the Parklander for coupons too!

4301 Coconut Creek Pkwy, Coconut Creek, FL 33066 954-975-8459 brgrstop.com

 

 

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How the Parklander gets to you

Once a month, we at the Parklander magazine hope to provide Broward and Palm Beach county residences with fresh and informative perspectives. We could not do this without many local partners, and we want to share the process with you.

Thanks to local businesses who advertise in our magazine,
our editorial staff is able to provide articles and columns of local interest. Our graphics department melds editorial and ads in what we hope to be an attractive presentation with an ever-watchful eye to our printer’s deadline.

For those not familiar with the ‘offset printing’ process, our magazine design is first etched onto aluminum plates representing cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.

Our printing partner uses Akiyama presses with environmentally-friendly, vegetable-oil-based ink. The presses use aluminum plates with tiny holes to indicate where the ink should be deposited. Since oil and water don’t mix, water keeps the ink where it belongs, producing the vibrant colors you see in our magazine each month.

After giant sheets of paper are printed with magazine pages, they are bound with glue. Excess paper is cut off to create individual books and all excess paper is recycled.

After the magazines are completed, they are bundled, wrapped, and delivered to a United States Postal Service center for weighing to determine the postage before being sent out to individual post offices associated with local zip codes.

Pallets of magazines are separated into mail routes by clerks and sorted to individual homes by mail carriers.

Neil Rickette, who runs the Coral Springs Post Office on Atlantic Avenue, explained the magazines are distributed by clerks to the individual mail carriers for each of the city and rural routes. The carriers sort them to individual houses before delivering them to your mailbox.

Many thanks to our local printer and the post office for their work producing and delivering the Parklander to you. They are key to keeping our community connected during these challenging times.

 

By Li Pan

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