Ugly Sweater Party

I heard about this concept last year and in my research it seems really popular. The basic is you hold an ugly Christmas sweater party and everyone comes wearing those christmas sweaters...you know the ones...you only find them on the population that is over 40 or school teachers (no offense, I know many people who own these) but it's all in good fun and it turned out really successful because almost everyone participated! Here are some pictures from the party:



Brad and I found some awesome Christmas vests (above) and Jill crafted Brian's out of ribbons and stars (below) Don't you love how both of us showed up with side pony tails? AND they were on opposite sides, so together we would make one complete pigtail.


Jason and Katie brought some amazing homemade chicken wings, both spicy and BBQ! YUM!


Savannah and Ruben came and spent the weekend with us, but they forgot to pack some Christmas sweaters, so...this is what happens when you forget a Christmas sweater, I create one for you with all my craftiness!


Shane and Mandi, they're so cute and photogenic! Shane's sweater was super itchy and I love how Mandi's has fringe! Amazing!


We had a contest for "Ugliest" sweater (left) "So Ugly It's Cool" sweater (right) and "Most 3-D" sweater (middle) and these are the ornaments I made as part of the prize for the winners


Shane won "ugliest" and Mandi won "so ugly it's cool" and their other prizes were an 80's Christmas CD and a pomegranate infuser


Brian won "most 3-D" and some amazing chocolate truffles


The night was super fun, we had a lot of good food and played Cranium (boys vs. girls-girls won!) and then we played Catch Phrase (boys won) then Battle of the Sexes. We all had a lot of fun. Here's a group shot:


These are just some of the sugar cookies I made for the party, I was kind of proud of how they turned out, they tasted good and looked cute!