Sparkle A New Year's Party

If you're having a New Year's eve or New Year's day party create a sparkling theme with everything silver and gold.

Tablecloth
Use silver mylar for a tablecloth. If you can't find this, tape wrapping paper together to create a silver table cover. Apply gold sticker stars at random, all over the tablecloth.

Centerpiece
Pile small-size silver and gold balls in a glass bowl and cut pieces of tinsel to arrange here and there among the balls. Wrap a garland of tinsel around the base of the bowl and arrange balls on top all the way around.

All Lit Up
Fill a glass bowl with a string of white Christmas tree lights, set on a sideboard and hide the cord behind the table.

Candle Light
Arrange silver and gold candles in clear candleholders. Place silver and gold votive candles in different height goblets or large glasses and group them together.

Buffet Style
Use red cloth napkins for a buffet and tie the silverware and each napkin together with a gold cord or gold and silver rickrack.

Sparkling Glasses
Serve sparkling champagne to go with this theme. Use sparkle glue that comes in a tube to create decorative swirls on the champagne glasses. It will wash off after the party.

Greeting Guests
Fill a basket with bare tree branches, or spray them with silver paint and decorate with large gold and silver stars cut from paper and mounted on cardboard. Place this in the entryway to greet guests.

In An Instant
Arrange clear lights and tinsel wherever you need a bit of sparkle. Wrap houseplants with big silver or gold bows and add tinsel garlands over the tops of curtains like glittering swags.

Copyright Leslie Linsley, author
Reprinted with permission, HouseNet, Inc.

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