Sunday, December 9, 2012

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas...

 Bar Tree in a beautiful Highland Park home decorated with gold ribbons, cherubs, gold glitter ornaments and silk dogwood flowers embellished with glitter, pearls and tiny rhinestones.
 Bar Mantle in Highland Park home decorated with Christmas greenery, white lights, gold ribbons, gold glitter ornaments and silk dogwood flowers to match the tree.
 Dining Room Mantle in a beautiful Highland Park home decorated with Christmas greenery, white lights, silver and gold ribbons, faux sugared fruit, gold leaves and gold glitter balls.
 Tree Topper for Dining Room Tree in Highland Park home.
 Dining Room Tree in Highland Park home decorated with gold and silver glitter ornaments, gold and silver ribbons, gold cherubs, gold angels.  Cream and Gold silk poinsettias are also a beautiful addition to the tree.
 Burgundy and Gold make up this Family Room Tree in a beautiful Plano home.
 The Living Room Tree in a beautiful Plano home is decorated with mercury glass ornaments, crystals and pewter, glitter ribbon.
Draped on the banisters of a Plano home is Christmas greenery, white lights and bows of pewter glitter ribbon and gold glitter ribbon.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving!

Fresh fruit, flowers and candles create a great Thanksgiving centerpiece...
Antique china with beautiful fall colors for the perfect place setting...
A table ready for Celebrating and Giving Thanks....  Happy Thanksgiving!!

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Fall Texas Wedding

This beautiful Bride is also an avid deer hunter with her sweet Groom... Of course, we had to include antlers in her bouquet!!
Awesome cowboy boots under her bridal gown... Only in Texas!
Can't have a Texas Fall Wedding without Sunflowers, precious little girls...
...jeans and boots!!  


Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Spa Party Favor

Inexpensive "girly" spa items, most picked up from local craft store in the dollar section!  Turn this...

...into this!  Pink bath fizzie, pink nail polish, pink mani/pedi set and pink massager comes together beautifully wrapped in cellophane and tied with a cupcake ribbon and swirl pop!

The end result in pink, green and blue!  A great Spa or Girl party favor for ages 10 and up!  

Friday, July 13, 2012

Summer Champagne and Dessert Party

I love looking for alternative ways to display food for parties!
I love looking for interesting ways to display food at parties!  In this case a giant shell, resting in "sand" and surrounded by shells, makes the perfect fruit display! White cornmeal is the perfect substitution for actual sand...   
You don't have to be a fabulous chef to have a successful party.  Many places specialize in delicious pick-up food and this is a good way to have an interesting variety.  By creatively displaying these desserts, which were picked up from great spots all over town, the guests will be unable to resist and that is the difference between a good party and an AMAZING party!

There are so many great invitations out there, but I always try to come up with something that you don't see in the stores.  In this case, I took a close up photograph of shells and then printed it on matte photo paper.  After printing the party invitation on a piece of sheer vellum, I attached it to the shell photograph with a sheer organza ribbon at the top.  It looked really "summery" and set the tone for this fun, summer evening!

It's amazing how much white cornmeal really looks like sand... Not only is white cornmeal less expensive and more readily available than sand, the clean up is much easier!  You can find the glass votives with the candles included at most craft stores.  Usually, there are 12 to a box and reasonably priced! 

Layering different sized cake stands, adds height and interest to the dessert table and makes these desserts  look festive and delicious!

A little "sand", shells and white votives make the staircase much more dramatic... Candles are a great way to add a lot of pizazz to your parties without spending a lot of money.

This store bought cake takes on a more elegant look resting on a silver tray covered in "sand" with white shells.  Beautiful flowers, which compliment the centerpiece, are placed in the center of the cake.

I love spreading out the party by having several stations throughout.  The champagne table is located in another room from the food.  This keeps your guests mingling and your party from being congested!  Note how the "summery" theme is carried throughout each aspect of the party....

As an alternative to flowers, try a silver punch bowl full of shells.
After the perfect party, you want to send your guests home with a sweet reminder of a beautiful summer night!  "A Little Bubbly To Take Home!"    




A Champagne and Dessert Party is an elegant and fun party anytime of year, just change up the decorations.  Fall, Christmas, Spring,... any season or holiday works perfectly with this style of party.
  You can't beat Champagne and Something Sweet!