Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts

Cozy Get Together...

This wedding from Style Me Pretty (also where we got the pictures from) is very interesting to me because the reception room and how its set up looks a lot like the dining room from Hogwarts in Harry Potter. But this room is located at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
The decor is simple but perfect. It has a cozy home for the holidays feel. Which is great for an intimate get together like a wedding. This decor can also be used for rehearsal dinners, dinner parties, etc... The parsons chairs, black pedestal candle holders, and urn vases give this a vintage feel. Parsons chairs can be very expensive to rent, try looking for reception halls that already have them to use. A lot of the older places know they work best and already have them on hand. You can find the rest of the decor at craft stores, antique shops, our shop (Sunday Morning), and even the dollar store.
These items, the black pedestal candle holder (we also have a large version), and the urn can both be found cheap at our shop. Bulk discounts are available just contact us for details. Click on the picture to take you to description page or to buy them.

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Romantic Touches..

If you didn't catch yesterdays post, all week I will be talking about romantic ideas because V-Day is just around the corner. For Party Stylzzz I am going to talk about subtle romantic touches that can be used at weddings, v-day, and anniversaries. If your significant other is anything like my husband he will look at you like you are crazy if you decorate the house with paper heart doily garlands, on V-day. I love my husband but he doesn't have a romantic bone in his body, so I really had to dig for pretty, romantic decor that would make me happy and he most likely wouldn't notice.

Great Centerpieces: for your romantic night or for a wedding.. To see where to get the items or how to make them, just click on the picture.

I have one of these bowls my my table and I love it! Its beautiful as every day decor.
But when I want a nice evening for my husband and I, I add some water and floating candles. I know the pictures are horrible my camera hates dark rooms. But you get the idea.



This lovely rose is a good addition to just place strategically around the house or on an event table.



I love this dainty centerpiece! Its even great for everyday use, to add some love into your world. Good for a morning brunch wedding or a girly tea party.



Favors:


Handmade soap that looks like candy hearts. Instead of using those chalky treats on your tables or at your candy bar. Make these instead and hand them out as favors. Add a few to the bathroom for a cute touch.

Having a candy bar? Want to add a little treat to your tables? Give your guests these cones to add their treats to. They could also match the petal cones that you could use for your ceremony. To achieve this take a piece of scrapbook paper and roll diagonally then staple at the top.
(picture from Better Homes and Gardens)


Odds and Ends:
Simple and cheap votive candle holders Add some pink, red, and white candies to the bottom for a fun look and place them all around the house or party hall. For an elegant look add rose petals instead.
(picture from Better Homes and Gardens)

For a pretty wrapping for your favors or for any gift try this DIY wrapping paper out.

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Don't let those pumpkins go to waste!

Fall feels like it has come to a crashing halt for now. Temps are having a yo yo affect and those pumpkins, gourds, and squash are not going to last forever, so why not use them for something beautiful?

Today I am going to show you three different DIY projects, one for each that you can easily and quickly do to liven them up!


Gourds:
Here's how: Saw the gourd's tip off with small craft saw. Use a knife to scrape out the seeds and membrane at the top of the gourd. Pour water in and arrange a few flowers.




Squash:
Here's how: Place a bowl big enough to rest on the top of a large squash or pumpkin and trace a circle around the circumference with a grease pencil. Scoop out seeds and pulp.




Pumpkin:
Supplies
Medium-size pumpkin
6-inch pillar candle
Sprigs of bittersweet, preserved leaves, vines, or artificial berries
Sharp knife
Marker
Instructions
1. Snap or cut the stem off the top of the pumpkin. Placing the bottom end of the pillar candle on the top of the pumpkin, tightly trace the perimeter of the candle's bottom with a marker.
2. Using a sharp knife, cut vertically just inside the traced outline. The cut portion can then be discarded.
3. Wedge the candle securely inside. If you've cut the hole a bit too large, simply place a can or other object inside the pumpkin as a base for the candle. If necessary, keep the candle from tipping by wedging one end of a vine in between the candle and the cut edge.
4. Tuck in a few leaves and sprigs of vine around the base of the candle.




You can find these and many more festive decor at Better Homes and Gardens.
Enjoy your weekend!

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Blue Holiday Table Decor

The holidays are right around the corner, our Shop is gearing up for its HUGE holiday gift and decor section and while I site here with all my windows open it feels like May! I can't even get myself into that holiday season mode. My favorite holiday is less then a month away (Thanksgiving November 26th) and I am so excited, food seems to be my one true happiness in this world, and what better Holiday to love then right? So today I will be touching on blue table holiday decor.

This is a wonderful table for holiday events, weddings, cocktail parties, Christmas parties. The hint of blue in the goblets brighten up the table against the white and silver. The silver dresses the table up and the centerpieces are hanging snowflakes in a cylinder vase. This is a good centerpiece for a holiday get together that has children. Kids will LOVE looking at this candy cane wonderland. The red and robins egg blue has been a new color scheme for event decor this year.

For a coastal holiday here is a table design. Robins Egg blue table settings with silver accents. You can buy metal pine cones from many decor stores around the holidays but why spend $3.00 per person on something you can DIY and find in your backyard? Find some smaller pine cones and starfish and spray paint then with metallic silver finish.

Drink of the Day

Blue Christmas Cocktail
Blue Curacoa is a liqueur made from laraha peels, which are similar to oranges, and grown on the island of Curacoa in the southern Caribbean Sea. Its gorgeous blue color in a cocktail is a stellar ingredient for signature holiday drinks
Ingredients
1 oz. premium vodka
1/2 oz. Blue Curacao liqueur
3 oz. white grape juice
Steps
Add ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
Shake and strain into a Champagne glass and serve.
Joke of the Day
Two men were walking home after a Halloween party and decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the cemetery they were startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming from the misty shadows.
Trembling with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones. "Holy cow, Mister," one of them said after catching his breath, "You scared us half to death -- we thought you were a ghost! What are you doing working here so late at night?"
"Those fools!" the old man grumbled. "They misspelled my name!"

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