New Year’s Eve celebrating and entertaining.
Maybe it’s much too early in the game,
Aah, but I thought I’d ask you just the same
What are you doing New Year’s Eve?
Ella asks it, and revelers answer with a chorus of festive New Year’s Eve celebrating and entertaining.
As for Dave the Builder and me, hardcore party animals we are not.
Our party of choice is to host a casual come as you are ringing in the New Year open house in at home style with a few family members, close friends and beloved neighbors.
I keep the decorations traditional, festive, sparkly, and inexpensive.
Gold and silver glamour is the party color palette, and gold glitter ball confetti and silver tissue pom poms signals we’re gonna party in style like it’s 1999 and beyond.
Speaking of party tunes, here’s our updated New Year’s Eve playlist.
New Year.
Classic tunes.
Good times.
Fun and stylish decorations that you can pick up well in advance or even the day of hit all the right New Year’s Eve celebrating and entertaining and decorating notes.
Metallic and/or glitter spray paint and a collection Styrofoam balls in various sizes makes a fun NYE DIY project that results in focal point presence.
Holiday clearance sales quickly become a decorista’s best friend.
Hit up a holiday clearance sale for everything from party supplies to glitter accents to string lights and lanterns.
A quick and easy table decoration tip that always looks grand is to intermingle battery operated string lights and flameless LED battery operated candle filled lanterns or glass holders from table end to table end (think table runner).
Don’t you love the no worries convenience and safety of using flameless candle? I haven’t used a real candle for luminary purposes in years.
Flameless LED battery operated votive and tea light candles give good style, eliminate safety concerns and unless the batteries die, light the party night.
A sand timer and clock become perfect centerpiece accents and sidekick to a bottle of New Year’s Eve bubbly.
Wine corks make a stylish place card holder.
You know me and leopard- leopard print love it!
White tie formal with the decorative yet casual oomph party boxes and table decorations are a big hit with the New Year’s Eve party crowd.
Here’s what you’ll need:
Gold glitter favor boxes, white and gold gift boxes, and/or black & cream pinstripe round wine boxes.
A nice selection of sugar paper™ boxes are on clearance at Target.
Fill each box with white and gold paper shreds, black-eye peas, and gold or silver jingle bells (a great take on traditional noisemakers).
For the table, fill the bottom of clear candle holders with black decorative sand and add a flameless votive and glitter noisemakers.
If decorative sand is not your filler of choice, fill the candle holder about ½ way up with black-eyed peas.
Finish with dollar store silver trays filled with gold chocolate coins or fortune cookies for a festive look and good luck.
We ring in the New Year and the dinner bell with a buffet style supper.
Our pork and beans Louisiana Lagniappe New Year’s Eve buffet includes baked ham, pork tender, blackeyes, coleslaw, and buttermilk cornbread muffins.
The closest thing to black tie required at our what are you doing New Year’s Eve gathering will be these Tuxedo and Cheese and Crackers appetizers.
Get the recipe from Kitchen Mason.
Southern Comfort Sparkler
1 ounce Southern Comfort
¼ to ½ ounce peach schnapps
3 dashes black walnut bitters
4 ounces Brut (dry) champagne, chilled
1 dash lemon juice (optional)
In champagne glass combine Southern Comfort, peach schnapps and bitters. Add cold champagne and lemon juice, if desired. Makes 1 cocktail.
~Recipe by Chef Mary Payne Moran via Traditional Home
Our New Year’s Eve themed dessert comes to us compliments of this recipe for Chocolate covered no-bake Oreo Cookie Clocks from Pint Sized Baker.
You had me at chocolate-covered.
And no-bake.
And Oreos.
As the year draws to a close, the question on many a New Year’s Eve celebrating, entertaining, or relaxing mind is what are you doing New Year’s Eve?
However you celebrate it, enjoy and Happy New Year!
