Entertain with creativity, enthusiasm and joy!
After you make a few homemade Valentine’s for your sweeties, do you need a few decadent recipes for a special VALENTINE’S DAY dinner for you and the love of your life? Or, maybe you’re planning a festive menu for the whole family you love so dearly and the kids want to get in on the […]
This post is purely for entertaining inspiration of what might be and a look at an uncommonly beautiful side of Spain! It’s a peek behind the scenes of a MAGICAL event Miss Party attended during her week-long travels. A look at a different side of the multi-faceted gem that is Spain — Renaissance Spain. The […]
Occasionally, celebrations come along in our lives when we want to elevate a shared meal with special friends and family to something extraordinary. You may or may not have one of those moments you’re planning for today, but Miss Party wants to plant a few seeds to remember when it comes to the day you […]
This is a continuation of “Spanish Tapas, Part 1 – This is eating, with style!”. If you’d like to serve tapas-style at your next casual dinner party, read on! It’s an easy, casual, sociable way of eating over a long period of time. Enjoy! A few typical tapas: platter of artfully arranged, paper-thin slices of […]
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 […]
This particular version of mac & cheese sans lobster is one of Miss Party’s signature dishes, she’s often requested to make it (often by adults). Adults love the gourmet treatment of a favorite comfort food; kids just love mac & cheese…it always works. Adding sweet lump lobster meat to this humble side dish pushes it […]
Everyone will LOVE the apple-y smell of homemade Autumn Applesauce as it’s cooking and your family and guests will think you slaved all day just for them! Let them think what they will! Miss Party will never tell, but between us, homemade applesauce is really simple to make and this ‘no sugar added’ recipe is […]
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 […]
Miss Party wants to give you a sneak peek at a fabulous handmade party invitation for this year’s very spooky, teen Halloween gathering! She’s pretty pleased with the results and will have a quick tutorial on how she put them together just in case you’re looking for an idea or two you can apply to […]
Miss Party loves a party theme that plays with opposites the way this one does. Who would be more fun to imagine as best friends than pearls, lace and diamonds! If you’re planning a Sweet Sixteen, 18th or 21st Birthday Party for your daughter and inviting all her BFF’s, this stylish but classic-vintage-glam theme, all […]
Here is an easy way to make a rose-styled fabric flower. If you’re even a little coordinated with a needle and thread you’ll quickly master them. You’ll find lots of tutorials on the internet for other ways to assemble the flowers, with a variety of results. Experiment with those as well. Miss Party likes 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 […]
SPRINGTIME THEME-STORM ‘Springtime in the Garden’ theme; vegetable and flower garden inspired themes; ‘fresh’ theme; flower themes; romantic themes; Victorian-Era themes; English Garden theme; tea party themes; ‘Springtime in Paris’ theme; ‘Springtime in Japan’/Cherry Blossom theme; ‘Honeybee’ theme; Lemon/lime inspiration; Strawberry inspiration; vintage themes; natural, organic themes; forest-inspired theme; countryside-inspired theme; ‘Springtime in NYC’ theme; […]
