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Seasonal Celebrations

Seasonal Celebrations is filled with ideas to surprise and delight your guests all year long. We show you how to make your parties both stunning and spectacular! We give you 24 party ideas complete with a party plan, how-to ideas, menu suggestions and recipes from some of New Orleans most famous restaurants. There are creative invitations, place cards and some show stopping centerpieces along with step-by-step instructions for adding flair to the affair.

Sallye English Irvine's outstanding writing, along with the equisite photography of Cheryl Gerber & Chris Granger, has helped create an exciting, instructive, easy-to-use guide to home entertaining! Katie Rafferty created the whimsical menu card illustrations that showcase the sensational suggestions. Whether you use all of our ideas or just one or two, Seasonal Celebrations, is your secret to wowing your friends! Add you own personal flair – and, remember entertaining is a gift you give to your friends. So, do what you do best and have fun!

"WOW! This is a gorgeous book! The vibrant full color pictures grab your attention and you just can't put this one down! Really great ideas for all of your next big or small celebrations. New Orleans is known for great food and all of the most famous restaurants have contributed their best recipes to this glossy hard-cover book. Really impressive!"

– K. Grengs (New Orleans)
  

Entertaining Celebrations: Celebrate Each Month With Pizzazz!

This book is an invitation to celebrate life, family and friendships every month of the year. I'll show you how to wow your guests with sensational party ideas, menu and wine suggestions, and recipes from some of New Orleans' most famous restaurants.

You get show-stopping invitation, place card and party favor ideas plus a game plan for each event with step-by-step instructions for creating centerpieces, tablecloths, painted glassware and more.

There are several patterns and illustrations by Luis Colmenares along with sources for hard-to-find items including centerpieces and vases that I've designed with artists Luis Colmenares and Julia Yerkov, and menu cards designed by Elizabeth Pipes Swanson. Tina Freeman's incredible photography and Sallye English Irvine's vibrant writing have made it all come alive.

Enjoy as many of these ideas and creations as you are comfortable with, switch them around if you like and add your own imaginative twist. Most importantly, do what you do best and have fun!

The Joys of Entertaining

The Joys of Entertaining offers ideas for every kind of party, from romantic fireside dinners to annual holiday feasts and even charity benefits. Savvy hostesses Beverly Church and Bethany Bultman reveal the secrets of hundreds of party-givers, adding their own no-nonsense suggestions for a successful and memorable event. Their most valuable advice is to "be yourself...and have fun!"

More than three hundred color photographs and illustrations cover all aspects of the perfect celebration. Ten chapters cover every possible event, from children's slumber parties through picnics and business dinners. Appendixes stand alone as handy guides to the well-stocked bar, floral decorations, stain removal, napkin folding, and gift presentation. The authors provide tips on all aspects of planning and execution, including: what to do when the dog eats the steaks off the grill, or when your neighbor invites herself along, or when the waiter gets drunk serving dinner in a one-room apartment finding and feeding bodyguards for rich or powerful dinner guests
enticing friends to come, getting them to mingle, and signaling when the party's over helping your guests home safely

Sparklingly written and lavishly illustrated, this beautiful reference book will prompt your imagination and help you to realize the party of your dreams.

Autographed copy of Seasonal Celebrations and a copper floral centerpiece.