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New Year’s Eve Memory Balloons

These memory balloons are the perfect way to decorate for New Year’s Eve AND reminisce about the past year!

New Year's Eve Memory Balloons | Vicky BaroneAll you need are some helium-filled balloons, tape, and printed pictures of your favorite memories from 2014.

New Year's Eve Memory Balloons | Vicky BaroneYour party guests and little ones will love to see the moments you’ve chosen and of course they’ll love seeing their own faces amidst the balloons!

New Year's Eve Memory Balloons | Vicky BaroneMemories we included were snow angels at the boys’ grandparents house, a fun week at the beach with cousins, and Cooper’s 8th birthday. What are your favorite memories from 2014?

 

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2015 Wine Bottle Centerpiece

When the Christmas parties have come and gone you might find yourself with a recycling bin full of wine and champagne bottles. Put a few of those to good use in your New Year’s Eve decor!

2015 Wine Bottle Centerpiece | New Year's Eve | Vicky Barone

Supplies: four glass bottles, metallic spray paint, glitter scrapbook paper, numbers stencil, stem wire, tape, and curling ribbon.

Directions:
1. Thoroughly clean the glass bottles. To remove the labels, soak in hot soapy water for ten minutes and peel away labels. Remove any remaining glue with Goo Gone or nail polish remover. After using Goo Gone, clean the bottles again with warm soapy water. Let dry completely.
2. In a well-ventilated area (we always suggest doing this outside!), spray the bottles with the spray paint according to directions on the can. Let dry completely.
3. Trace the numbers onto the glitter scrapbook paper and cut out.
4. Tape stem wire to the back of the numbers.
5. Put stems into the bottles (fold or cut any stems that are too long).
6. Cut pieces of curling ribbon and curl using scissors. Add ribbons to the mouth of the bottles and around the bases of the bottles.

Place this centerpiece in the middle of the dinner table or on an entryway table or coffee table. It’s fun and festive and can be used again and again! (Just don’t forget to change the date next year 😉 )

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NYE Tinsel Cupcake Toppers

Here’s a fun and easy way to add some New Year’s Eve excitement to your dessert table. We grabbed the tinsel drink stirrers we made last year and popped them in some cupcakes!

Click here to see how you can make your own tinsel swizzle sticks that double as cupcake toppers! And find a yummy NYE cocktail as well!

We have a few posts scheduled for this week and next that we hope you’ll enjoy. Subscribe to Vicky Barone via email in the right sidebar or follow on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest for lots of holiday inspiration.

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New Year’s Eve Drinks for Kids

While the adults are sipping on bubbly, all the late-night kiddos can have their own New Year’s Eve drink!

New Year's Eve Drinks for Kids | Vicky Barone

The milk bottles are from Target’s Dollar Spot and you can find the fun paper straws at any craft store!

To add sprinkles: generously spread cake icing around the rim of the glasses. Pour some sprinkles into a bowl and dip the frosted glass into it to cover with sprinkles.

After the little ones finish the milk, they’ll LOVE eating the sprinkles and frosting!

New Year's Eve Drinks for Kids | Vicky Barone

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Christmas Table Setting 2014

Happy Monday, everyone! We are so excited to share our Christmas table this morning. This year we used red and teal details to create a modern and bright table that really pops! Keep reading for more details:

Christmas Table Setting 2014 | Vicky BaroneIn lieu of napkin rings, we chose a silky red ribbon to hold the silverware tight, similar to what we did for last year’s Thanksgiving table.

Christmas Table Setting 2014 | Vicky BaroneEach setting comes with a candy cane place card holder and a white cranberry mimosa as well!

You can find the metallic place mats at Pier 1, the teal chargers at the dollar store, and the border napkins from Crate and Barrel.

What details are you including in your Christmas table this year? We’d love to see!

 

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DIY Clothespin Reindeer

Today we have an oldie, but a goodie: Clothespin Reindeer! These little guys are super easy to make, and with them you can be as creative as you’d like! We gave ours Christmas wreaths to go around their necks, but the possibilities for Santa’s reindeer are endless.

DIY Clothespin Reindeer | Vicky Barone

Materials: old fashioned clothes pins (three per reindeer), acrylic paint, red and brown pom poms, googly eyes, and hot glue.
For the wreaths: green pipe cleaner, red beads.*

Directions:
1. Paint the three clothespins with brown acrylic paint and let dry. Paint the tips of two of the clothespins with black acrylic paint to create the hooves. Let dry.*
2. Use a hot glue gun to assemble the body of the reindeer. Glue two clothespins together, both facing the same way. Glue the third clothespin upside down to make the head.
3. Glue a pom pom and two googly eyes to the upside down clothespin to create the face.
4. To make the wreath: cut a piece of pipe cleaner about four or five inches long. Thread four red beads onto the pipe cleaner, spread evenly apart. Turn the pipe cleaner into a circle and twist the ends together to fasten. Put the wreath around the reindeer’s necks.*

*optional

If you’d like to make these cuties into ornaments, tie or glue a ribbon around their bodies and hang them on your tree.

Check out the rest of the Christmas projects we’ve been sharing this season right here!

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NYE Twisted Champagne

Champagne with a twist! Literally! This orange champagne is impressive, delicious, and perfect for a New Year’s Eve toast.

NYE Twisted Champagne | Vicky Barone

Ingredients: champagne, bitters, and an orange peel.

Directions:
1. Add a dot of bitters to the bottom of a champagne glass.
2. Using the tip of a vegetable peeler, cut in a spiral motion around an orange to create long pieces of peel.
3. Give the orange peel and extra twist around a drink stirrer or your finger and put it in the glass.
4. Add champagne and a drink stirrer like these.

NYE Twisted Champagne | Vicky BaroneCheers to the New Year!

 

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Candy Cane Place Card Holders

Today we’re sharing a detail from this year’s Christmas table! These candy cane place card holders are super easy to make (and you might even have all of the materials on hand!).

DIY Candy Cane Place Card Holder | Vicky Barone

Materials: three candy canes, a hot glue gun, ribbon, and a name card.

Directions:
1. Run hot glue from the base of a candy cane about 3/4 of the way up.
2. Immediately press another candy cane back to back with the first one and hold together until glue cools.
3. Run another line of hot glue in the crease between the two candy canes glued together and press the third candy cane into the glue.
(The three candy canes should be attached in a triangle formation so that they sit up as shown in the pictures.)
4. Wrap a ribbon around the middle of the candy cane tripod and tie it into a pretty bow.
5. Print or hand write name cards and set them on two of the three candy canes like an easel.

DIY Candy Cane Place Card Holder | Vicky Barone

These also make great party favors your guests can enjoy after dinner! Looking for a fun new way to show off all those Christmas cards you’re getting? Line a bunch of these up for a sweet display!