Monday, October 29, 2012

Glitter Truck Centerpieces For A Christmas Party

Here is a unique idea for a Christmas party.  Large glittered trucks used as a centerpiece.  Can you imagine all of the other things you can use glitter on?  Oh My!


Here is a video tutorial of how I made these glitter trucks for centerpieces.  


Sunday, October 7, 2012

Homemade Apple Pie Recipe

My first apple pie of the season!  I was looking forward to making this and trust me, I barely had time to take photos before it got inhaled by 4 men.  At least I got a small slice!  For the recipe, please go to the Apple Pie Recipe page of my web site. http://www.newenglandfineliving.com/Apple-Pie-Recipe-Homemade.html


All the fixings for the apple pie recipe


Brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg


Fresh squeezed lemon to coat the apples (so they don't turn brown).  You can use bottled lemon juice too.


Apples sliced thin.  Mixing apple types is extra yummy!  Cortlands are a great apple to use.


Since my time was limited, I used a store bought pie crust


Place the apple mixture into the pie crust


Dot the apple mixture with salted butter


Steam holes.... I made mine with love


Brush the crust with a beaten egg to make a golden brown crust and sprinkle with sugar.






The day I purchased the items for this apple pie, my daughter and boyfriend were with me. I sent them home with their own "Apple Pie Kit" and I just received a photo oh her very first apple pie!



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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Makeup!

I'm in my "It's a new season and I want a new look mode".  Just thought I would share. 

I love this look below.  A slight smokey eye with a smokey eye liner and nude color lips. Also loving the hair color.  I wish I could give credit for this photo, but it was on Pinterest and it had a broken link to the site it came from. 


This eye makeup technique, a bit heavier than above, had a lot more steps and colors than I thought, but I am pretty sure I have most of the colors already and I can't wait to play! 





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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Easy to create Halloween Decorations

I love Halloween, but this is the first year I am not creating a large Halloween party or fundraiser for a client, nor am I hosting a Halloween party at our home, so I decided to add just a touch of Halloween Spirit (get it... spirit??) by using a few things in my holiday prop boxes.  Who knows, we might plan a last minute bash and I will be opening all of my Halloween boxes, but for now, I went with a minimal approach


Above is a plastic wreath I had painted copper then I added a trick or treat sign.  This is hung over my stove (safe from the burners).


In our stairway, I draped some black and purple garland and plastic chains that I have had for years.  I believe I purchased both items at Michaels Craft Store. Then I attached a plastic spider web, rubber spider, and a rat.


This pumpkin first had a witches hat added to it, then I found a top hat that I liked better.  You will see that in a photo below.  I think this witches hat was part of my dogs costume in years past.  I am sure Chloe is glad the pumpkin is wearing it and not her.


A close up of the web.  I attached it to the railing using thread.


An old rubber skull gets put into a large candle holder and another rat and fake piece of bread are placed on a cake pedestal.




From one of the parties I did in the past that had an Edgar Allen Poe theme.  This raven is placed on a table in our sunroom.  Poor thing has to watch the real birds eat at the feeder.


 The dining room table gets a gauze runner and yes, another rat!  Did I mention that a rat was placed in the refrigerator by my boyfriends daughter?  It was so funny seeing her older brothers get startled when they opened the door.  I have to admit I forgot it was in there and jumped a bit when I went to make dinner.












Just having a little fun with the kitchen light.  I hung a bat from the chain then added black tulle I had and more plastic chains.

There are a few more little Halloween touches in the house I won't bore you with, but thought I would share these.  We are planning a large Christmas cocktail party and I will go all out decorating for that and will share those photos with you then.

Happy Halloween!
Linda

New England Fine Living offers full service Party and Event Planning as well as an in-house interior design studio North of Boston. The parties and events we plan for our clients are small to large and are very casual to extremely elegant. What type of party would you like? We can create it for you. If you want to plan your own party, but would like a consultant, we can do that for you too!