When party planning you’re only limited by your imagination.

Today we’re having a birthday party for my mom. It’s not going to be a big party, most of my family lives a few hours away and can’t make it. Besides my husband, son and I, my mom is coming with her best friend and my nephew will be attending as well.

Yesterday I was looking at my mismatched dishes, wishing I had something more festive. You see, we’re in the process of a (very slow) home makeover and I don’t want to buy anything until the remodel is complete. While looking through boxes of glassware and wedding gifts, I came across a beautiful set of wine glasses, each one a different color.  These are perfect. Since the set has different colored glasses, I can have a colorful table to match. It doesn’t matter if all my plates bowls match!

I’m also having fun going through the boxes in my basement. I have lots of beautiful glasses and bowls that were given as wedding or other gifts. I like to make different occasions more “special” by bringing up the good stuff like the cobalt blue water glasses or the silver serving trays.

I love having people over, don’t you?

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Here’s an item that will add a festive touch to all your parties and family gatherings. It’s a three-tiered lighted punch bowl. It’s a lot more fun than your basic punch bowl and because it lights it’s perfect for night time deck parties.

The price is pretty decent – $45. My ladies gourmet group rented a champagne fountain for one of our events and it cost us $70, so it can be a money saver too. The punch fountain comes with 8 cups and holds about a gallon of liquid.

Check it out at Family Rec Room.

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Over the next few weeks I’ll share some ideas for going green with your party planning and what you can do as a hostess to throw an environmentally friendly party.

If you have ideas of your own, please email them to me via the email link by my name. I would love to hear what you have to say!

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I found this plate and several other adorable reindeer plates at All Holiday Cafe. If you like holidays, and I mean every holiday you can imagine, then you’ve got to stop by and say hi to Liberty. I’ve been enjoying her blog and plan on making a regular stop over there.

This is not the only reindeer plate around, she has more for you to look at: Fun & Festive Reindeer Plates.

How cute would these look on your Christmas table? *sigh*

Reindeer plate pictured is from Crate & Barrel, a store I am pretty sure I could live in.

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Although they are meant to be used as just a card, I also thought they would make great invitations to a holiday party. You could print up the necessary party invitation information on some pretty paper and slip it into the card. This would save you some time from having to write it out on each card. On the card itself you could write “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays” and sign your name.

Here’s a description of this card set and the company who makes them:

R. Nichols cards are a delightful slice of life. Printed on card stock from original hand-cut collages by Designer R. Nichols. Designs by R. Nichols are sure to delight the sender and receiver. They make great gifts for the partier, dog aficionado, mom-to-be, gardener, urbanite, shopper, relaxer – just about anyone! R. Nichols is also the illustrator of New York Times Best Sellers “French Women Don’t Get Fat” and “French Women For All Season”. All cards are printed on heavy card stock and come with matching envelope. Every card is hand picked and packaged in a stylish black box. We package and ship our product with great care so the customer receives perfection!

I would love to receive an invitation like this in the mail. The people holding the gifts all dressed up and under the chandelier, completely puts me in a party mood!

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