Solo Christmas Party 3.0

‘Tis the season of parties, parties at home, parties at work…parties here, there and everywhere.  So, what do you do when your side hustle is pretty much a solo gig?  You throw yourself a Christmas Party – Solo style!

Since my work for Farm Fresh tends to be mostly in the studio or on my laptop, it only seems fitting that my work party be held out in the studio.  I turned up the heat, cleaned of a spot to sit and settled in for a….quiet night in.  But don’t think I’m ALL alone, I have some blogger friends who are also solo partying, too!  Kerra and Heather both are all alone so together, we aren’t so alone, if that makes sense??  You can check out their party posts HERE and HERE!

Solo Christmas parties in the studio tend to be pretty quiet and laid back.  Tasty snacks, a thoughtful present and just a little time allllll to myself.  Well, Penny-dog for company but she’s pretty quiet, too.

What’s a party without some selfies?  And I’ve got the perfect backdrop for some selfies, now, too, with my Blogjam prize of the flower wall from Paper and Peony!!  Safety first, folks!

My favourite snack seemed fitting for the party, too.  Yummy brownies with candy cane ice cream – perfectly festive!!  And tasty, no picture except the empty plate – can I even call myself a blogger if I haven’t taken pictures of my food?  And the studio is a dusty mess, so I figured it would be a little more sanitary to eat at the table in the house….no one likes sawdust or paint in the coffee, right?

As the only employee of Farm Fresh Style, even though FB is always telling my to link my team members to the Farm Fresh page – clearly they have no idea…. But, anyway, as the sole employee, I wondered what award I should get at the staff party.  Most likely to nap in the janitor closet? Most likely to photocopy my face? Most valuable employee?  Most improved? Highest sales? Nothing suited so the awards fell by the wayside for the year. Maybe next year I’ll come home from the party with an award of some sort.

And of course I needed to gift myself something.  Last year, which you can read about HERE, I gave myself a book and that went over really well so I decided to do it again.  This time it was a book that I had heard about on a couple of podcasts called ‘The Cozy Minimalist’ by blogger Myquillyn Smith, aka The Nester.  Sounds like exactly what I need, something to help with the urge to purge but still have a beautiful home.  Merry Christmas to ME!!!

2018 was a fun year for Farm Fresh, all in all.  Connecting with new and old friends, following my heart to a path that was a little more suited for me, and being creative.  What is it about parties that turn me into a sap?? Who knows, all I can say is that I am thankful for the journey I am on, this road of creativity and design, intermingled out here in this studio space and this corner of the internets.

Cheers to all who have been a part of the past years of Farm Fresh, I’m glad you are here!!  And if you have popped over here from Kerra or Heather’s party, Welcome, I hope you’ll be back to visit often!!!

To be continued, or MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Lori