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Best Sources for Party Supplies

We're beginning to think we only throw parties as an excuse to decorate. Most of the time this is easy: choose a theme and a color palette, rummage through saved supplies like crepe paper and vintage...

Pets At The Party: How To Manage

We're big fans of having our pets around at a party. Additionally, our guests know they're always welcome to bring their dog along for the eventful eve. That being said, one step of our party preppi...

Extra Tables Needed: During A Party

During a party, we like to mingle, socialize, drink and eat (sometimes all at once). But throughout the evening, we might need to set a drink down to shake a hand or stop eating in order to introdu...

Embellish Invites: With Thread

Recently, we received the loveliest handmade card that was embellished with thread. Simple but unique, the extra bit of time that went into making the card really wowed us. So much so that we stil...

Your Most Epic Entertaining Disasters

With the holidays on the way and November’s entertaining month in full force here at Apartment Therapy, we’re striving to bring you posts to help with your upcoming entertaining events. Though we...

Jennifer's Woodsy Tablescape

We frequently talk about using our own backyard for bringing the greenery indoors. Succulent cuttings grow to make a welcoming entryway and colorful sprigs from blooming plants always cheer our spa...

What Are Your Before Party Quirks?

Last week Beth asked whether you look in other people's medicine cabinets when you're at a party. We're among the "yes" contingency. Knowing where we stand, we clean out this space before the festiv...

The Secret To Stress Free Entertaining

Now that Halloween is over and the time has changed we're settling nicely into Fall and looking forward to a bunch of entertaining from now until the end of the year. This weekend we stumbled on our ...

Creating Space For A Party

Considering a party this weekend? Most homes are designed to accommodate a relatively small number of people on a daily basis. But then you decide to have a party and the guest list swells from ten ...

10 Cheap Summer Party Ideas

Earlier this week we highlighted some simple decoration ideas for throwing together a simple summer party. We want to take advantage of the longer days, the warm evenings and the feeling of being on ...

7 Easy Decorating Tricks For Simple Summer Shindigs

We've been planning on having people over this summer to enjoy the complex's pool, eat some food, hang out, maybe play the wii and just enjoy summer time. We haven't actually made it happen yet. S...

6 Tips For A Cinco De Mayo Celebration At Home

Celebrating Cinco De Mayo calls for friends and family so invite your friends over for a little party. After the jump, check out a few tips to enjoy a fun and fabulous Cinco De Mayo party at home....

6 Tips for Getting Jazzed to Throw a Party

It's holiday season. There are decorations to put up, meals to cook, gifts to shop for or to make, maybe there's even a trip or two to plan. In short there's a lot going on and it can be tempting to...

Under $10: Black and Silver Accessories For The Table

If you're planning a party for the coming holidays consider a sleek black and silver affair with plenty of white and sparkling light. WIth lots of shiny and dancing candlelight the table will be fest...

Roundup: Etsy For Your Party

In our food coma stupor all we can think about is the next big feast we want to host and the myriad parties and shin digs we'll be attending through the holidays. These call for supplies and for that...

5 Ideas For The Best Party Lighting

This week in the Cure we're talking about Lighting and how much it affects how our homes feel. You can have the coolest furniture, the greatest layout, the best bones and nicest art, but if your ligh...

How To: Enjoy Your Own Party

We've all been there, the mad dash to the store for ice 10 minutes before everyone is supposed to show up, the answering the door with oven mitts on because you're actually way behind on the food, the...

ATLA Survey: How Often Do You Have Guests?

We have a friend who's always having people over. Whether for they come for meals, to just hang out, for a party or a sleepover, her house is always open. Some things are meticulously planned, some ...

Vacation at Home: Decorate for a Party

Sometimes all it takes to break out of the doldrums of everyday life is to, well, break out and do something different, something fun! Well, when we saw this picture we knew we wanted to make some ga...

Recycled Sunrise Rug from Viva Terra

Still looking for an outdoor rug to pull together your outdoor space? Or just need a rug for a high traffic area? The Sunrise Rug from Viva Terra is made out of recycled plastic which means it'll be...

Battery Operated Hanging Lanterns

It promises to be warm this weekend and Laure's post on lanterns reignited our thoughts of using them to light an outdoor party. Since we don't have any electrical outlets available to us outside (an...

Grono Uplights at Ikea for a Party

Have you thought about the lighting for your party? With an eye towards our own housewarming in two weeks, we'd been looking for can lights, also known as uplights, for a while. We want to uplight t...

6 Basic Nesting Tables

Modular from West Elm on sale for $129 Yesterday, we blogged a nesting table we’d found at Target that does quadruple duty as end table, low dining table, seating and bookshelf. But even when they ...

Good Quotes: In the Bedroom

“I'm the type who'd be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasn't going to. I'm the type who'd like to sit home and watch every party tha...

Holiday Crèpes: Blue Steel Crèpe Pan

Nothing breaks the ice at a party like making the guests cook their own dinner. That's why crèpe parties are so much fun. All you need is a good pan (or two) that will heat up evenly, batt...

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