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Pretty Christmas Party! All DIY!

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For a few weeks now, I have been planning a small Christmas party for some friends of mine that I haven't seen in a long time. I was really excited to have all of us girls together in one room again! We even set up a "Secret Santa" which was really fun because I haven't done that since like grade school! A potluck was in order as well. I chose to bring some desserts (Cranberry Bliss Bars from Starbucks, Rasberry Strudles, & German Chocolate Cookies) and an appetizer (A Tangy Lemon and White Bean Dip on French Bread with Havarti Dill Cheese on top!). We also had some homemade mac n' cheese, some homemade spinach dip, hot wings, potato salad, and a glass of Stella Pink ! Yummies! I wish I had taken a photo of the rest of the delicious food when it arrived but I forgot. :-/
 
After we ate and mingled, we played the game, "Things" which gave us some SERIOUS laughs! One of the best games EVER! :) After, a couple hours, we all opened our gifts. So many sweet gifts were given and you know what I got? I received some goodies from Starbucks which is like my favorite-favorite place! :D Thanks again Steph!
As you can probably tell, it turned out to be such a great night! So much fun!
 
As for the party planning, (this is what I LOVE to do!) I made some invites for starters and chose the color palette of gold, silver, pink, and blue hues and went with that! Afterwards, it was a matter of getting items together-old and new to create the decor. If I didn't already have something, I made it-and most things were made from items I found in a dollar bin somewhere (I'm a sucker for those)!
 
Here are some of the photos I took before the girls arrived (as you can tell because there isn't much food on the "food table" below-lol).
You might remember this stand from this post? It has been transformed! :)
Add some glitter to mini clothespins and instant "prettiness!"
Remember the movie "Elf?" Well, then you may remember the quote that's in the frame! :)
"I thought maybe we could make gingerbread houses, and eat cookie dough, and go ice skating, and maybe even hold hands."
See these cute little silver acorns pine cones with glitter on them? Dollar bin at Michaels!
This hanging ornament chandelier is made with an embroidery hoop, ribbon and various ornaments! In the clear ornaments, I added some silver and gold glitter inside to give them a bit of sparkle.
 Lovely, I must say!
I created a DIY tutorial of this little tree centerpiece right here.
For the runner, I just took some lace that I had and laid strips of it across the table.

Thanks to the girls for coming to our first Christmas get-together! It was great to see you all again and to share stories! Some great laughs were had and I can't wait to see you all again!
Love you girls! :)
Eat, Drink and Be Merry

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DIY Christmas Centerpiece Tree

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Next Saturday, I am hosting a Christmas party for a couple of my friends that I haven't seen in a long time so I needed to start cranking out some decor projects!
I decided to go with the colors of gold, silver, pink, and blue hues with lots of sparkle! You can't have a Christmas party without sparkle right? lol

Anyway, here's a DIY centerpiece that I made for the party and I'm going to share this tutorial with you!

What you need:
*a bucket or pot (I got this silver glitter one from the 99 cent store!)
*a stick!
*gold paint (or any other color you want)
*sparkle paint (optional)
*rocks
*decor for your branches

First, choose your weapon branch and make it a good one!
 
Make sure it's the right height and what-not when it's placed in your bucket. You may have to take some more branches off or shorten it to make it just what you want.

Once you have the "perfect branch," start painting or spray painting the branches gold.
 
After you are done painting, let the branches dry and gather up all your rocks that will go in the bucket to stand the branch up. You will only need to paint about 2 handfulls of rocks since these will be the ones on top and you won't see the others below them. I painted my rocks gold and added some gold sparkle (I love sparkle if you couldn't tell already).
 
After all of the rocks that you want painted are complete, you can start placing the unpainted rocks in the bucket around the branch to support it. Then, layer the top with the painted rocks once they are dry. You want to make sure that all of the rocks make the branch secure and hold it in place so that it doesn't tip over once you start adding decor to it.
 
Finally, decorate your little tree with whatever you would like! 
I bought these mini mosaic-like ornaments from the 99 cent store last night (9 for $1!) so I added a few of these, hung some pearl trimming, and tied a little lace bow around the branch.
To add to my centerpiece, I placed it on an old frame which I put ivory burlap in and added a bit of decor twigs around it to keep it simple.
I'm not sure if I will keep it all this way for the party but you get the idea of different decor.

There are so many other ways to decorate as well!
What about chiffon pom poms? Accordian wheels made of book pages? Beads? Crystals? Hang names for everyone to choose their secret santa? Hang "thankful notes?"
The list of ideas can go on and on!
 
How would you decorate your mini tree? :)

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