WOLSON - Budget celebrations: the hostess guide to year-round entertaining on a dime

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First eBook Edition: June 2010

ISBN: 978-1-936297-38-2

Who doesnt love entertaining, especially at the holidays? However, its no secret that were all feeling the pinch in our pocketbooks these days, and hosting a gathering can get expensive and stressful. No more! You dont have to spend a fortune to throw an impressive soire. Theres a solution right here at your fingertips!

In this book we offer a wide range of ideas to minimize the costs and maximize the fun. You can definitely be a generous host without breaking the bank. With just a few tweaks in your menu and some simple, low-cost decorating projects, you can still entertain in style.

If you follow the ideas in these chapters, I guarantee youll be able to create a memorable fte your friends and family will be talking about for years to come. No one will ever know you hosted an event on limited funds, and youll also have money left over for planning the next one. Best of all, youll be able to relax and throw a great party that you can enjoy right along with your guests.

This collection of inspiring photos and easy-to-follow instructions gives you all the information you need to have a good time without straining your budget. Youll find delicious, efficient menus and recipes to amaze everyone, along with festive and elegant decorating tips and tricks to set the stage for every special occasion.

I hope you turn to this resource for every wonderful celebration to come. Happy entertaining!

Shelley Wolson

Conjure up some fun on Halloween with these gothic and glamorous decorating ideas, easy and clever creepy crafts and wickedly delicious goodies. Whether youre aiming to involve your kids in a cute project or want to give friends and neighbors a sophisticated spooky welcome, these charming ideas are positively bewitching. Your guests will be captivated by your creativity and the enchanting magic and mayhem displayed inside and outside your home!

HALLOWEEN DECOR

Create a frightfully delightful foyer and make a haunting impression, with bats, ravens and pumpkins large and small.

A banner beckons little ghouls to help themselves to minitreat bags hung from a haunted tree.

A black paper skeleton-and-skull banner creates a spook-tacular scene, and can be viewed indoors and out.

Who wouldnt be scared of this gigantic tarantula? Picture-hanging wire helps display the enormous store-bought arachnid. Hes coming down a spiderweb stretched from the roof.

Spray-paint a Twig Wreath* black and cover with black glitter, then decorate with faux silver dollars and black tulle, and let a black-glittered spider dangle in the center of a window.

* For instructions, see .