Essentials for an Anti-Valentine’s Day Party!

As you have seen in movies, books, and articles, Anti-Valentine’s Day parties are becoming a big thing. When you’re single, you don’t want to be celebrating some holiday Hallmark made-up to boost sales. You don’t want to be out with all the lovebirds flying about, but who doesn’t love a great party? Let’s direct our focus on the positive side of being single and celebrate it! Just a quick reminder of how awesome it is to be single: we can flirt with whoever we want, we have time to work on ourselves, and most importantly, we can do whatever our little hearts’ desire. Being single is more like a gift to yourself, so let’s all say “screw it” to all the men who didn’t realize what a catch we are, to all the Valentine décor that remind us of our singular situation, and to all the couples who will be throwing it in our faces all day! Let’s get to partying, ladies!

00bd9b36f913f8267f62c3fac65beb5b

Source

There are three areas to focus on for this party (or any party for that matter): the décor, the food and drinks, and our lovely guests.

Decor

anti-valentines-day-party-table

Source

When it comes to décor, you can style it however you would like (because no one is there to tell you otherwise)! You can go super girly and make it like a womanly wonderland, or you can bring out the edgy, angry side and decorate with a “gothic glam” style. Use black accent pieces, empty birdcages (because of the love birds), and play the album “I Hate Valentine’s Day Party Music.” This album includes Every Rose Has It’s Thorns, Crimson and Clover, Time Of Your Life, etc. This is the perfect soundtrack for a party like this. The last, most essential item of décor is the Valentine’s Day piñata. You have to set aside a point during the party to get fired up with all your girlfriends and get all your anger out on a large decorated heart. You have no idea how much joy this is going to bring you.

Food and Drinks

b1dd59dbec2ecc4bf65a1537f000eacc

Source

Now when it comes to food and drinks, you need snacks and alcohol in every direction you look. You ladies are celebrating an angry approach to Valentine’s Day; get creative with the drinks. Make drinks with bitters and have a whole selection of liquor, or go the easier, simpler route and just have a bunch of champagne with some fruit additives. Make sure you don’t just fill your guests stomachs with sweets like what you would normally do on Valentine’s Day. Make sure what you are giving out has some substance to it, especially if you ladies are going to be drinking a bit. With that being said, add in some cute cupcakes and desserts as well, because it’s still Valentine’s Day. The love between a girl and chocolate will never go away.

Your Girlfriends

2d0816f5ff6cf57e81613705bb2c330b

Source

Last but not least, focus on your single ladies! Invite all the fearsome females! It doesn’t matter if four or fifty gals show up. Either way, you should feel like you’re in Sex and the City (drinking martinis and having fun). Remember, everyone is feeling about the same way, so just make sure you all have an overwhelmingly killer night! Happy Anti-Valentine’s Day, beautiful babes!

//

Thank you for being an A.Clore Interiors Blog reader…..

Don’t forget: you can find us on Facebook – “like” us to keep up with the latest and greatest!

You can always find more design inspiration on our Pinterest and Instagram pages!

Connect with us on Google+ and LinkedIn

Visit our Website for more information on what we are about and how interior design can change your life!

ORL_InteriorDesign_Janx2

Fabulous Ideas For Throwing a New Years Celebration

There are so many things you can use when considering your decor for your New Years party. You can play around with the colors or maybe add a theme! Because everyone has different preferences, we have put together a couple different examples of decor to cater to each type of hostess.

Rose Quartz and Gold

Ok, so we all now know one of the colors of 2016 is Rose Quartz. We wanted to play off of that, and what goes better with rose than gold?!

c24ba90b6bb049253190879d7307e951

Source

Obviously, a very important detail is the champagne! Throw a couple of raspberries in each flute and you can achieve this beautiful rose color. And while we’re talking about champagne, go ahead and spray paint the bottles with gold glitter on the top and rose glitter on the bottom. It looks super cute, but also hides the labels just in case you need to get the cheaper kind.

a1e339662537b72f68a57e350bbc8332

Source

desktop-1418747199

Source

Make a cute, simple garland at home out of just glitter, glue, and bowtie pasta! It’s easy and a fun mess to get into.

Navy Blue and Silver

Keep your Christmas lights up! They will look so beautiful ringing in the New Year behind a sheer curtain to keep the lights mildly bright.

1d787a9e696ad58071af3067303258b4

Source

23544367b541b34006097bd7ed3dcc70

Source

No matter how fancy your party is planned to be, this tablecloth is a must! Use it for a dinner tablecloth, the buffet table, the drinks table. My point is just use it somewhere for your party.

190910471673818638_8qsm3mrt_b

Source

This idea will work best and be easiest if you just find a navy blue glass to put the flowers in, but if it’s necessary, throw in a couple drops of food dye into the water. Most times, this will alter the colors of the flowers. If this happens, use your handy dandy silver glitter spray paint and spray the ends of the flowers.

3720109e76a2c6adc93ce494b02e34e7

Source

So, this idea doesn’t have much to do with interior design, but seriously, how cute would it be for the hostess to match her color scheme? These nails are adorable and completely scream New Years. Add a little fashionable taste to the start of 2016!

New Years in New York

For our last idea, we thought a New York theme is a great idea, because everyone should experience the New York New Years sometime in their life, even if we have to bring it to them.

3a010cf0ed563382dbfcc88ae55b29e5

Source

Clearly for the desserts, you have to include traditional New York cheesecake. That is a given, and making them small and personal sized is a great, easy idea that looks very cute and professional.

b217cd61f7cb6ce5d288e1ff848f8129

Source

This small table centerpiece would be perfect for little cocktail tables. To add more of a New Years feel, we would switch out the tan tissue paper for silver or gold glitter tissue paper and switch the apple for mini versions of the ball we all anticipate watching.

Hopefully, we have given you an idea you would like to work off of. It’s New Years, so just keep it fun and glittery! We hope you have a great party! Happy New Years!

//

Thank you for being an A.Clore Interiors Blog reader…..

Don’t forget: you can find us on Facebook – “like” us to keep up with the latest and greatest!

You can always find more design inspiration on our Pinterest and Instagram pages!

Connect with us on Google+ and LinkedIn

Visit our Website for more information on what we are about and how interior design can change your life!

a.clore-logo