You have your cooler packed, the menu planned and your fan gear on. Now all that’s left to do is party! But for the ultimate tailgate, a cooler and bare folding table just aren’t enough. Any Brit + Co football fan knows that even partying in a parking lot before the big football game deserves a little DIY love. Cheer your team on with these fun DIYs every football fan can love.
1. Candy Pouches: This is one tailgate trick you’ll want to keep. Pour your favorite snacks into football-shaped pouches for party favors or a game-time sugar kick. (via Craftaholics Anonymous)
2. Team Cooler: Paint your go-to cooler in your team colors, and you’ll show your pride well beyond the Super Bowl. All you need to do is sand down your cooler’s lid, then use painter’s tape and spray paint to give it a team-centric face lift. (via All You)
3. Portable Ice Cream Sandwiches: Everything about this dessert screams tailgate. It’s easy to make, mess-free, portable and football inspired. Oh yeah, and it satisfies your sweet tooth! (via The Celebration Shoppe)
4. Penalty Napkins: No party fouls here! Clean up messes with penalty flag-inspired yellow napkins in an aptly labeled bucket. (via Hostess With the Mostess)
5. Football Snack Candy Cones ($20): Whether you’re serving up fries, popcorn or peanuts, they can all sit pretty in these football snack cones.
6. Game Day Mani: Your tablescape isn’t the only thing that deserves a pretty makeover. Your nails can get in on the fun with this field day mani. (via Polish and Pearls)
7. Football Referee Bottle Wraps ($4): Number one rule of making it from tailgate through the fourth quarter: hydrate. And who better to enforce the rule than some referees. Wrap up your water bottles in their stripes to remind you.
8. Popcorn Buckets: It’s not game day without some munchies. Keep popcorn on hand with printable buckets fit with pigskin and laces. (via Hostess With the Mostess)
9. Paper Football: Think you have the chomps to make it into a jersey? Prove your worth with a game of football… paper football, that is! (via Babble)
10. Game Face: Team color face paint is all well and good, but why not stand out in the crowd? Use your makeup palette to turn your eyes into gorgeous-looking footballs. Now that’s team spirit! (via Brit + Co)
11. Photo Booth Backdrop: If you’re partying at home, set up a photo booth with helmet props and pom-poms. Referee stripes serve as a fabulously graphic backdrop. (via Hostess With the Mostess)
Heading to a game night? Tell us how you’re throwing a tailgate party below or on Twitter!
It can be intimidating to step out on your own and build a business from the ground up. As part of our collaboration with Office Depot, we're talking with Selfmade alum and solopreneur Colette Lawrence, the faith-based motivator and relationship builder behind The M.E.E. Movement, about ways in which women in business can find success.
B + C: How did you know M.E.E. Movement was your business to start?
The M.E.E Movement represents motivation, empowerment, and encouragement for women. It is what represents me. I did not know at first that it was my business to start, but then the thought of monetizing what I loved came to me. It scared me, however. I registered the business in July 2020 and have been slowly building my wings since.
B + C: What's one strategy that's helped you start your business?
Thinking through and researching what the requirements are to start my business, and then asking questions of people who are in the business. Not all advice worked; however, it helped me to figure out what I needed to do and not to do.
B + C: Did you always know life coaching would be your entrepreneurial path?
(Smiles) No, I did not. I 'stumbled" on it. I knew that people were always coming to me for advice and I found that I loved having conversations with them, especially with women, young and old.
B + C: What was your most valuable takeaway from Selfmade?
My most valuable takeaway was the first day of training: Get out of your own way. There were a lot of great moments and important takeaways from every presenter. However, getting out of my own way, pushing past doubts, was for me my most valuable takeaway. Doing something that I had never done before took courage. If I do not focus on what is happening with me mentally then I cannot deliver to my clients successfully.
B + C: What's one piece of advice you would give to female entrepreneurs on the brink of starting?
Get out of your head. You have something to offer. You have what you need to succeed so go ahead and do it.
B + C: How do you stay motivated?
I stay motivated by listening to music and listening to motivational speakers, and sometimes someone will just reach out and talk about the impact that I made in their life. That adds the extra juice or sauce I need to pummel through the day.
B + C: What's your best organizational tip?
Keep a diary and journal. It's the best way for me to keep organized and it also provides a source motivation as I record not only my "losses" but my wins as well.
B + C: Who inspires you in the entrepreneurial space?
Shirley Toliver – She motivates and empowers and makes me always want to show up.
B + C: What has receiving the Office Depot scholarship to Selfmade done to help you start or grow your business?
The scholarship was a blessing in that all the areas that were covered offered valuable information that I needed, from social media to HR. As a new business owner, I needed to know this to increase my own personal awareness in what it takes to run a successful business. The candidness of the presenters made it easy to see myself in their shoes and helped me to realize that I can also get there.
Thanks Colette! You can follow The M.E.E. Movement on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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