01Dallas · bags · gifts · party kits

Hosting is cool again

Better plans
can be yours.

Italian leather bags, gifts people actually keep, and party kits sized for 8 or 16. Everything ships from Dallas, or picks up free in town.

Shop bags Build your table
The suede fringe hobo worn on the shoulder with a linen blazerItalian suede · $95
02The idea
Everyone says they have better plans. Nobody says where they got them. This is the place.

The bag you carry to it. The gift you bring. The table, if it's yours this time. Nothing you'd find at a big-box store, shipped from Dallas or picked up in town.

Shop it all
03Shop

Bags, gifts,
and the table.

Carry it, bring it, or set it. In-stock pieces ship in 1–2 business days; pre-orders show the date they land in Dallas.

The taupe leather mini held in one handFrom $95BagsItalian suede mini bags in five coloursFrom $4GiftsA pink Christmas table set with scalloped bow platesFor 8 or 16Party KitsFriends playing mahjong on the Santa's Mail matHoliday mats from $90Mahjong NightHolly Jolly Christmas Mahjong MatPink, not redChristmasA stack of pink Swan Print napkins with a scalloped gold edgeDallas firms · from $45Corporate
04Build your table

How many
are coming?

Occasion

Guests

Thankful Friendsgiving Table Kit
Your table Thankful Table · for 16 Gold-foil dinner plates, pumpkin dessert plates, sage gingham napkins. $78 free shipping · or free Dallas pickup Pre-order · expected in Dallas Mon, Nov 9 Order this table
Thankful floral dinner plate with gold foil

Set for 16

05Bags
Italian leather mini top-handle bags in a spread of colours

Italian leather and suede · handmade in Italy

The bag that goes to the party.

$118free shipping · 18 colours

18 colours, from black to papaya.

  • Genuine leather, handmade in Italy
  • Gold turn-lock, removable crossbody strap
  • Fits your phone, keys, cards and a lipstick
  • Pre-order: expected in Dallas Thu, Nov 5

Pre-order the Mini See all 18 colours

06Gifts

The gift that
isn't a bottle of wine.

Butter yellow and baby pink leather minis side by sideFor herThe Mini · $118Italian leather in 18 colours. Add a note and I handwrite the card.The Evergreen and Tartan mahjong mat on a card tableFor the mahjong girlsHoliday mats · from $90Dress the table from the first of December. Limited numbers of each design.A stack of pink Jingle Mingle cocktail napkinsFor the hostess, under $10Jingle Mingle napkins · $8Pink cocktail napkins with a gold-foil coupe. Tie on a tag and go.

Gifting for a Dallas firm? Corporate boxes from $45, hand-delivered →

07Built in public

A Dallas girl
who throws the party.

I paid full price for paper plates at a Christmas market, found the makers, and started building the shop I wished existed: the bag, the gift, the table. I'm building it in the open on TikTok and Instagram, because this is also how I show clients what I do.

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A peppermint-striped Christmas table with pink bow plates

"Better plans, every weekend. Shipped from Dallas."

08The Hostess list

Get the
better plans.

One email a week in season: the plan, the bag, the gift, the cutoff dates, and first dibs on new colours. No fluff, and one tap to leave.

Cassandra Kahla d/b/a Hosting Committee, Dallas, TX · thehostingcommittee@gmail.com · a Kahla Creative brand
TikTok @cassie.kahla · Instagram @cassie.kahla