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Fiesta Salsa Picada is so good your guests will be lucky if there’s still some around by the time the party starts! It’s a fresh tasting, medium heat, Salsa Picada (chopped) recipe you make the day before serving to let the flavors blend together. It is an uncooked Salsa so it’s a little different (all […]
Well, the annual Christmas Wine and Cheese party was a grand success! It’s always a pleasant surprise when party decor comes together just the way one envisions it. All the individual ideas were just enough to playfully, but subtly, imply the theme. Of course, Christmas decorations took care of the rest of the festive atmosphere. […]
Whenever Miss Party sees wine glass charm sets in pretty, little gift boutiques at $8-15 per set, a smug sense of satisfaction comes over her! At those prices you might have a set for small gatherings, but you wouldn’t consider purchasing enough for a large party. What those gift boutiques don’t want you to know […]
One of the best parts of a great mystery story is being transported through time and space to exotic locations around the world as our determined detective follows the trail of his or her criminal. If you have a penchant for mysteries like Miss Party does and love an intriguing theme, how about mixing things […]
In this post, Miss Party will take you through the in’s and out’s of setting the Turkish tea table! This is a continuation from “An Exotic Turkish Tea Party, Part 1″. ‘Turkish tea’ is rich, dark and spicy! When brewed, the tea is a beautiful reddish brown color. It’s a black tea from Rize, Turkey, […]
Miss Party had to split this post, so this is a continuation of “GLAM Your Glass!”, Part 1. When you have a pretty firm idea of your guest count, it’s time to make a run to the craft store. Have a rough estimate of your budget in mind for your station. It’s pretty hard to […]
A “GLAM your Glass!” station is such a fun ice breaker activity and conversation starter for adults or teens that goes over particularly well at a “ladies only” type of party – we ladies do love our bling! This idea obviously works well with a wine glass where wine will be served like a Cocktail […]
These super easy Tex-Mex Hors d’oeuvres are crazy delicious! Your guests will eat them as fast as you can make them!! Miss Party uses a favorite local restaurant’s pulled pork mixture to make this a no-fuss assembly type of party hors d’oeuvre. Be prepared for female guests to eat 3-4 per person, men 5-6 per […]
Well, Miss Party is pooped! Yesterday, was her (almost) annual summer party with lots of friends and family and it was a great success! Once again, the weather was predicted to be very iffy, so the food tables were set up inside and space was prepared for everyone to be inside for the duration. Of […]
Miss Party loves surprising guests and doing something unexpected to keep them guessing! The “Farmhouse Chic” Breakfast Cocktail Party does this perfectly! It would be a fun theme and style for a relocating friend or couple. It would suit an Engagement Party for a couple who came from different upbringing’s or may both have been […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hectic weeks, days and hours lead up to a large party or event. If you’re the hostess, it’s so darn easy to forget about yourself amongst the thousand other things that must be done. You’re juggling, you’re on the fly –you’re busy, busy, busy! But…just hold on there a minute our finely feathered friend. The […]
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are grey You’ll never know, dear, how much I love you Please don’t take my sunshine away “You Are My Sunshine”, reminds Miss Party of her mother’s lap and a certain rocking chair, but she would actually bring that old rocker to […]
Miss Party is so excited! She can finally tell you about a few of the secretive goings-on in her little workshop! Mum’s been the word around here on the fab-o party theme until the invitations were on their way and in the hands of those dear, little postal workers with elfish features. Here are a […]
Miss Party loves surprising guests and doing something unexpected to keep them guessing! The “Farmhouse Chic” Breakfast Cocktail Party does this perfectly! It would be a fun theme and style for a relocating friend or couple. It would suit an Engagement Party for a couple who came from different upbringing’s or may both have been […]
