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Our newest decorating idea features the Pacific Heights Lantern Candle Holders from the Spring 2008 catalog. These decorative, stately and tall metal lanterns could have stepped right off the pages of Oliver Twist.
Click on the link above to see a picture and view the video of some suggestions of how to use these gorgeous candle holders.
Seasonal Décor
Decorate once to dazzle twice! Assemble one of our fantastic fall displays and voila! With a few simple switches, you have a fresh look for winter. NOW is a perfect time of year to start thinking of the upcoming holidays.Both autumn and Christmas offer great opportunities to show beautifully created designs that can be displayed from now until the end of the Christmas season.Here are a few centerpiece and display ideas for you to “Fall Into Christmas!”
You can create wonderful centerpieces yourself with a little imagination. 1. Start with a bowl, candleabra, cake stand, or something you already have. 2. Take a greenery bush and invert it (pull all stems down around the stalk). Add it to your piece and this is the basic design on which you'll build your seasonal décor. 3. Use greenery year-round -- use holiday or theme items in addition to it. 4. Use swags, garlands, scarecrows, stars, pumpkins, dolls, colored mugs, candles - go for it! 5. When the season or holiday is over, take it down to the basic design and begin again for the new season. You can do it!
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Double Duty Decorating
By Deb Wiley Photographs by John Reed Forsman
Ring around the Seasons
Fall.
Your classy cake plates can hold a centerpiece that includes a seasonal dried flower wreath, a glass lamp shade and a candle.
THE BASICS: A glass cake plate (you probably already have one in your cupboard) starts this off. Place a 12-inch wreath form on top of the cake plate. (We used a delicate dried honeysuckle vine, but you could try grapevine or even preserved ivy.) Place sprigs of dried or preserved hydrangea blossoms in five or six places around the wreath, leaving space for other materials. You can glue these in, because they'll remain for both seasons. Find a clear glass lamp shade--the kind often used with ceiling fans--and place the large opening facing up in the center of the cake plate, inside the wreath.
Winter.
FALL: Dried flowers such as gold yarrow, brown wood roses, burgundy celosia and bronzed bits of strawflowers and grasses gently tuck into the wreath. You can add texture with small, rust-colored copper beech leaves. Then, place a 2x4-inch rust-colored (or other fall hue) candle inside the glass shade.
WINTER: Remove fall flowers, leaving the hydrangea intact. Insert small pieces of real or dried evergreens, white winterberries, green hops, red pepperberries, and frosted beads in white or red. Replace the candle with a red one.
Layers of Light
Fall.
Candles add a special touch when they adorn tables and mantels. Our layered-look project takes the concept one step further.
THE BASICS:You can find clear glass cylinder vases at a crafts store. We nested an 11x4 3/4-inch cylinder with an open bottom inside the largest cylinder vase (12 inches tall, 81/4 inches wide). We also purchased two clear cylinder vases 6 inches tall, 33/8 inches wide, plus six 2-inch-tall clear glass votives.
Winter.
FALL: Place golden corn kernels about 2 inches deep into the space between the taller cylinders, and top them with burgundy cockscomb celosia, orange bittersweet, plus pale-green dried hops and brown oak leaves, both preserved with glycerine. Insert a 3x9-inch rust-colored pillar candle into the inside cylinder. Fill the 6-inch cylinders with similar layers. Insert a 2x6-inch candle into the corn. Change candles if the flame gets close to the dried materials. The smallest glass holders are easy: Just add matching votive candles.
WINTER: Frosted white luster gems (found at crafts stores) replace the corn in the space between the two tall cylinders. Instead of the fall flowers, use imitation red grapes, variegated privet (we bought it fresh, as it dries well) and white paper roses. Switch to red candles.
Every new HGP catalog offers several 2-booking gifts for Hostesses. A 2-booking gift is an exclusive Home and Garden Party item worth a minimum of $30 -- FREE if two (or more) of your friends book a party with me from your party.
We have all of your favorite home decor accessories!
Stoneware/Serveware, Framed Art, Jewelry
Bakeware,Food Items,Floral
Garden,Candles,Metal,Wood
Fragrance Lamps/Diffusers
(Hostess Benefits are not awarded to purchases made through the Online Direct Catalog. You'll need to order from me by email.) d d d
Thanksgiving Challenge! Are you going to be with family and friends for Thanksgiving? I'm asking 15 Customers to take home catalogs to pass around and gather orders. For every $200 in retail (Bonus Buys excepted), I'll send you a coupon postcard with three discounts on it: d $5 Off with a $48 order. d $15 Off with $150 order. d 10% Off 1 Item with $400 Catalog Party/Order. These discounts are good to use from now until December 7th for the Holiday catalog, OR until the end of January (1/26/08) with the new Spring-Summer catalog. These will be great for Christmas presents and to help you decorate for the upcoming holidays! Email me your orders by Nov. 26th and send me payment by Nov. 30th and you can receive your orders by Christmas!!! Woo-hoo!
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When you host a Busy Bee Party with me, I will mail mini brochures to all of the "guests" on your list as an invitation to your Catalog Party. Each mini catalog comes with an order form, and I will also include a note explaining that you are hosting a catalog party. Your guests will be invited to turn their order in to you by the closing date of your Party and to contact you if they would like to see the full catalog.
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You Can Use This Stuff!!
Home & Garden Party offers you quality stoneware serving pieces to complement your table! Why not have pieces that you can actually USE?!
~ We offer our Deep Dish Bakers in a variety of designs & styles for you to choose from.
~ Our Soup & sandwich sets are a set of 2 Bowls (5" x 5") and our plates are 11.5" x 8.5" x 1" may also be used as individual bakers as well!! Great for soups, salads, ice cream or use them as decorative items for your home!
~ Our Beanpots also match this set & would be a great addition to harmonize with your set of Soup & Sandwich sets. (See our website for more details: www.homeandgardenparty.com & click on Products.)
~ We also offer Deep Dish Bakers in our Traditional Patterns of our Birdhouse, Sunflower, Northwoods, & Floral patterns. Our fluted Deep dish Baker is 12.1/4" x 9" x 2.5". This is a beautifully sculpted Deep Dish Baker with a fluted rim around the top of the baker. It's big enough to bake your stuffing in & large enough to hold mashed potatoes or your favorite salad.
If you haven't tried baking in our stoneware pottery, I encourage you to give it a try!! I promise you'll never want to bake in anything else. Our pottery is dishwasher safe, microwave safe, oven safe, refrigerator safe, & freezer safe, PLUS we offer a 1 year guarantee with each piece of pottery you choose from Home & Garden Party!!
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Direct Selling News Article by Penny Each month Direct Selling News features an article by an officer of a direct sales company in their “Top Desk” section. This was the first article by an officer of HGP. Click hereto read the article.
QIK TIP Pick a Color Picking colors for a new home comes down to individual taste, but decorating experts agree that you should choose colors according to a room's function and the environment you'd like to create.
·Red — empowering, emotional impact. Good for a play area or workroom.
·Orange — cheerful and exciting. Often used in dining rooms, some say orange actually increases the appetite.
·Yellow — warmth and enlightenment. Excellent for the kitchen or small office spaces.
·Green — calm and restful. Works well in bedrooms.
·Blue — tranquil and serene. Also good for bedrooms, as well as bathrooms.
And remember: if you get tired of a color, you can always repaint!
TheAmericanSpirit Collection (As seen in the "mini mailer brochure.")
* Exclusive to HGP * Use for Veteran's Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July, all summer long! * Coordinates with the Blue and Berry Country Garden embossed stoneware.
Centerpiece Idea Artisan Candle Holders, Signature Series candles in appropriate colors Fill botoom of Artisans with the Americana Garland snipped apart (use 1/2).
Dessert Party Ideas * Chunky Chocolate Cheesecake Mix, Ice cream sandwiches Make cheesecake in the Country Gardens large bowl. Use the Americana Garland around bowl as a wreath and add two flags. Put ice cream in the smaller bowl with ice.
* Sweet & Spicy Dip Mix, strawberries & red sprinkles in the Americana Star Platter
* Blueberry Cookie Mix & red sprinkles in the Star Shaped Dishes
Country French remains one of the most enduring decorating styles. It includes welcoming color, enticing details, lovely curves, and rich wood tones. Chances are you've already fallen under the spell of its charms!
Our new magazine (on newsstands now) focuses exclusively onCountry French decor -- from warm dining rooms to cozy living spaces and from pretty bedrooms to charming kitchens.
Create your own magnifique French retreat with the ideas from this new publication and from these features with more on French style.
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