No-Reason-At-All Winter Party
If the winter blues have gotten to you, a party is an excuse to dress up the house and make you feel better. Even if you live in a warm climate area, it's fun to create a winter scene for a no-reason-at-all-get together.
Winter Wonderland
With a little patience you can create the most wonderful party environment for practically no money. It takes time but it's a cinch to fabricate a winter wonderland with make-believe snowflakes. Here's how to do it.
Use a sewing needle and nylon filament to string those little popcorn pellets used for packing delicate objects and hang them from the ceiling. Fill the entire room so it looks as though snowflakes are suspended in air just above head height. Any movement in the air will cause the white popcorn to move and sway about as if snow were really falling.
Table Tops
Keep everything winter green and white. Cover tabletops with white cloth and use white lace-edged napkins. If you want sparkle, sprinkle handfuls of gold and silver sparkle dust over the top.
Centerpiece
Fill a white ceramic bowl with branches of Evergreens and sprinkle with handfuls of Ivory Snow flakes to simulate snow on the branches. Surround the bowl with loose handfuls of Poly-Fil stuffing (five and ten cent stores carry it by the bagful) to look like mounds of snow.
Copyright Leslie Linsley, author
Reprinted with permission, HouseNet, Inc