DIY

Check out this cool idea for a cupcake tier...
simple, creative and definitely inexpensive!!!

It was created for this P.A.R.T.Y here.

Feel like a Sundae?

Check out this adorable idea from Martha!
Remember those fortune tellers from childhood...same idea,
but use it to serve your toppings for a sundae P.A.R.T.Y!
Tutorial here.

DIY:

Creative Serving Area

Once while hosting Book Club with some wonderful women I discovered I was lacking space to serve all the amazing food that kept arriving. My friend Jordan quickly suggested that I use the 3 square bar stools I had as a serving area...fabulous idea!!! We pushed them together over against a bare wall and voila, we piled it with serving platters and delicious food! I say the next time you throw a P.A.R.T.Y try this.

this great bar stool found here.

Imagine:
Drink Bar-
3 bar stools, 2 serving trays, one piled with drinks and the other with cute napkins, an ice bowl and some chunky glasses...maybe even a small bouquet of fresh flowers for a splash of color!
Delicious Desserts -
Same idea as listed above but pile the trays with any yummy desserts: cookies, candies, cupcakes or a trifle...you get the idea. I think adding a serving tier would make for a beautiful design element!

Good luck creating fabulous serving areas at your next P.A.R.T.Y!!!

Poms!!!

Martha Stewart's Poms (tutorial here)
such a simple way to add mega color/design to any P.A.R.T.Y!
One great tip: post-P.A.R.T.Y
smash them down flat, save and reuse...
that makes them a definite money saver!

DIY:

Old Fashion Soda Bar!!!

Jordan from Oh Happy Day! gives a DIY on Project Wedding (here)
on how to create your own Old Fashion Soda Bar
for what else but, well a wedding, but I say that's definitely a P.A.R.T.Y!!!