17 Dec

Dreaming of a Pink Christmas…

categories: christmas, decorating ideas, holiday ideas
Dreaming of a Pink Christmas…

Pink may not be one of the colors you’d usually consider for your holiday party decor, but one look at this fabulous “Pretty-in-Pink” gallery from BHG.com just might change your mind! These ideas would also be lovely for a holiday-set wedding, bridal shower, or girlie-girl birthday celebration.

And of course every pink party requires matching pink [...]

3 Dec

Table Trends at Once Wed

categories: bridal showers, decorating ideas, get inspired, wedding
Table Trends at Once Wed

If you haven’t been to Once Wed yet - prepare yourself for creative overload once you get there!  One of my favorite things they produce is a bi-monthly “Table Trends” post featuring beautiful and unique wedding tablescapes - and all the details on how to recreate them - on a budget of $250 or less!
Pictured [...]

14 Nov

Cute Drink Stirrers + Spiked Apple Cider

categories: bridal showers, cocktails, holiday ideas, thanksgiving, wedding
Cute Drink Stirrers + Spiked Apple Cider

Here’s another super cute idea from the brides.com Orange Crush wedding gallery, perfect for personalizing fall & winter weddings or showers: hot apple cider dressed up with personalized drink stirrers and a cinnamon stick. Serve this up in see-through coffee mugs, like these cool Irish Coffee Glasses from Crate & Barrel. ($2.95 each)

To make the [...]

10 Nov

REAL PARTIES: Retro Chic Bridal Shower

categories: bridal showers, real parties
REAL PARTIES: Retro Chic Bridal Shower

This super-stylish bridal shower was designed/hosted by Alison Donahue and features the always-fabulous color palette of chocolate and blue, plus tons of pretty details like parasols, retro-chic coasters, paper-wrapped vases, and polka dots. Read on for tons of photos and a full recap, in Alison’s own words…

“I wanted to host a beautiful bridal shower for [...]

6 Nov

Inspiration Board: Lovely Lilac & Gray

categories: bridal showers, get inspired, guest blog
Inspiration Board: Lovely Lilac & Gray

Hi! I’m Rebecca Goering, author of Tastefully Entertaining, a blog providing ideas and inspiration for planning memorable events.  I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to guest post for HWTM today!
I’ve been extremely intrigued by the color gray lately.  It’s sophisticated, chic and compliments so many other colors - orange, green, white, blue, pink [...]

2 Oct

NY Event Pics - Sneak Peek

categories: decorating ideas, events, real parties
NY Event Pics - Sneak Peek

As promised, here are a few snapshots of some of the NY event decor that we took with our own camera before the first party session on Tuesday night. This is just a little peek - the professional shots should cover all the different areas of the party, the entire tablescape, food, cocktails, little details [...]

24 Sep

Style Spy: Pampered Inspiration

categories: bridal showers, real parties
Style Spy: Pampered Inspiration

{by new HWTM event correspondent: Jennifer Berson}
I was so excited when Hostess with the Mostess was recently invited to attend an exclusive spa event called Pamper Me Fabulous, styled by the ultra-creative Fresh Events Company. As a new HWTM event correspondent, it’s my job to attend fabulous fetes & chic soirees and share tips [...]

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