Entertain with creativity, enthusiasm and joy!
The french term ‘en masse’ means, of course, there’s a lot of something or a mass of the same object. If you’ve admired those lovely pictures in home decor catalogs of enormous glass vases with all sorts of fillers, but don’t quite get how to reproduce the look or what to fill them with, read […]
One of Miss Party’s FAVORITE entertaining decorations is one of the simplest and most classic of all –a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers! Nothing crazy, nothing complicated or over worked. Let’s chat amongst ourselves for a minute or two about the magical powers of flowers. How can your heart not sing when you see these […]
Miss Party has a soft spot for a beautifully wrapped gift! There’s something magical about imagining what might be waiting inside. She was reminded of this centerpiece idea recently in a Cartier window display in Paris, using their own iconic, red gift boxes. It was ‘tres magnifique!’ For entertaining purposes, the ‘Tower of Gifts’ centerpiece […]
Miss Party wants to highlight a super-cute AND super-inexpensive container that most normal people would only think to use for it’s intended purpose which is, of course, to hold popcorn. The iconic, American popcorn box has been quietly doing it’s job for over a hundred years and yet, it still looks fresh and exciting, ‘delicious […]
Miss Party has a fabulous little story to toss in the ‘cool story’ basket. It’s a story with a moral, too –be part of the solution, instead of part of the problem. Maybe it will inspire you or someone you know, too… The story started when our local high school’s dance schedule needed to be […]
CONGRATULATIONS, KIM!! You’re the winner! Kim won Miss Party’s fabulous SUMMER GIVEAWAY for one of the original centerpieces shown in her Mad Tea Party posts!!! It’s quite different than the other china teacup centerpieces and stands a full 20 inches! Kim says she is planning to use it at her daughter’s Mad Tea Party themed […]
Planing a whimsical tea party? Here is another variation of what you might do with odd, unrelated decorative objects (that you don’t want to keep in the future). Turn them into ‘found art’ sculptures that looks perfectly at home on your whimsical or ‘Mad Tea Party’ dining or buffet tables. Get out your Mad Hatter’s […]
Miss Party has several variations of ‘Teetering Teacups’ centerpieces for a Mad Tea Party so she is separating this idea into several posts to give you lots of ideas on what you might do with the same concept. Since each of Miss Party’s ‘found object’ sculptures is unique depending on the particular pieces of new […]
Miss Party has been working hard on conquering her “Teetering Teacups” centerpieces for the upcoming Mad Tea Party that got the best of her awhile back! You might remember about two months ago she told you the juicy story of the terrible clatter in the middle of the night. She sprang from her bed to […]
Miss Party loves to see artists push the limits of our physical world into the realm of fantasy or surrealism, creating art that turns logic upside down. This centerpiece arrangement is part optical illusion, part tongue-in-cheek imitation of a classically done still life painting. Miss Party thinks it would be perfect for: “Alice in Wonderland”, […]
The flavors of pineapple and coconut together are synonymous with the Hawaiian and Caribbean Islands. You taste them in all sorts of food and drink, morning, noon and night. They just work perfectly together! Here is a fantastic summer fruit quick bread recipe that is easy to put together and delicious as an addition to […]
Really, what grad student isn’t on cloud nine!! This theme is everything whimsical, joyous and bright and paired perfectly for a day full of promise for the future! It warmed the very cockles of Miss Party’s heart to see it come together so perfectly, and it was especially spot on for a bubbly high school […]
‘Aging’ paper invitations can be useful when you’re doing a period party theme and want to set up the feeling of a vintage era or long ago time period or set the feeling of foreboding for a party theme with a sinister angle. Invitations can be enhanced by aging them and as long as they […]
Miss Party has to come clean that she is just a little bit addicted to San Pellegrino’s “Limonata”! She splurges occasionally and has one when lunching in a certain cafe with girlfriends. Awhile back, it struck her how cute the bottles the beverage comes in were and, inexplicably, began saving them to use as tiny […]
Miss Party LOVED the tapas-style of bar grazing in beautiful and exciting Espana! It was so fun and sociable! Each ‘little plate’ is a taste of something new and different! With Spain, and Barcelona in particular, such a hot travel destination these days, it’s fun to bring a relevant, but perhaps different, way of entertaining […]
Miss Party has finally gotten around to photographing her Halloween invites for this year’s party and just wanted to throw them up this afternoon to inspire you! The Halloween party’s sub-theme this year is ‘Grimm and Wicked Fairy Tales’. Take a look at the menu for tons more Halloween invitation ideas, Halloween decorating ideas (for […]
