With the advent of spring comes new life, new love, and new parties. The sun is beginning to shine, the grass is turning green, and this short but sweet season of the year is, in a word, fresh -which is also exactly what your entertaining should be.
Restaurant decor is tricky. The more time you spend ruminating on that statement, unfortunately the truer it is. When it comes to redecorating, renovating or designing from scratch, there are so many things to take into consideration it can overwhelm the senses.
Topics: Entertaining, Hospitality, Table Decorations
Setting the table for events might seem difficult for some of your staff, but once they have the basics down, it’s easy to lay the proper place setting every time. Here, we share step-by-step tutorials from the Emily Post Institute that you can use to teach your staff how to create the proper place setting for all sit-down events.
Topics: Entertaining, Event Planning, Table Settings
What better way is there to celebrate a birthday or catch up with old friends than by hosting a tea party in your home? You will have a ball decorating for this kind of party and your guests will adore the little details that make it special.
Topics: Entertaining, Party Ideas
Every hostess needs a variety of luncheon and dinner napkins in her collection. In this blog post, we’ve selected our top eight, sophisticated and stylish napkins that are perfect for any dining event held in your home.
Topics: Entertaining
Amateur and professional event planners agree: Planning children’s parties is downright fun. Why? Children’s parties are often so colorful, inventive, and full of activity. Plus, few things fill the heart with more joy than a room full of smiling, laughing children playing happily.
Topics: Entertaining
Late last year, the Pantone Color Institute named “Greenery,” a zesty yellow-green shade symbolic of new beginnings, the 2017 Color of the Year. On the surface, vibrant green may not seem like an easy color to incorporate into your home’s design scheme. But when you dig a bit deeper, there are actually several easy (and inexpensive!) ways you can add this on-trend hue to your home decor.
Topics: Entertaining
6 Tablescape Items Every Hostess Should Have in Multiple Styles
Your home is the go-to venue for every holiday gathering, party, birthday celebration and more. And while you delight in entertaining your family and friends at each opportunity, you also worry your current table decor is becoming a bit too predictable. In this blog, we’ll discuss six tablescape items that every constant hostess should have in multiple styles, colors, textures and more so she can make every special occasion feel unique.
Topics: Entertaining, Table Settings
The holidays have come and gone, and the winter blues are settling in for many.
Freezing temperatures and mounds upon mounds of snow can chill even the even the most spirited hosts and hostesses from the idea of inviting guests into their homes. However, gloomy winter evenings present a wonderful opportunity to help your loved ones escape the bitter cold and cement yourself as the go-to special events planner in your group.
Topics: Entertaining
MYdrap napkins combine the tasteful texture and sophistication of cotton and linen napkins with the convenience
of a paper towel. The innovative napkin is affordable and stylish, making it the ideal choice for events of all kinds, both at home and in public social spaces such as events centers and restaurants.
In this blog post, we'll discuss five types of gatherings that are ideal for using MYdrap napkins.
Topics: Entertaining, Event Planning