I just love The Party Dress website!  It’s packed full of inspiration for the perfect dinner party, from imaginative table settings to delicious dessert ideas.  I could seriously spend all day on this site just looking at the pictures…

Try not to take things too literally- use the colourful images to form your own ideas and make your decor personal to you.

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It’s my birthday today and it got me thinking about parties and small gatherings and how there seems to be a lack of fun but classy cocktail glasses on the market.  Patterned glasses seem few and far between and most tend to be of a cheap, plastic variety. 

After a long search, I found these fabulous ones below- guaranteed to be a conversation starter! 

Mod cocktail glasses by Artel

Jazz cocktail glasses by LSA

cocktail glass by Eva Trio

And last but not by any means least are these handpainted Lolita cocktail glasses designed by former DKNY artist Lolita Yancey.  Each martini glass features a delicious cocktail recipe at the bottom and comes in a distinctive hat- style Lolita gift box.

Martini glasses by Lolita, at Coco Målé

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The weather is getting warmer and that means it’s time for summer cocktails in the garden!  Wow your friends by mixing-up this tasty Pomegranate-Key Lime Vodka cocktail.

4 servings (serving size: 3/4 cup)

Ingredients
1/4  cup  sugar
1/4  cup  water
1  cup  club soda
1  cup  unsweetened pomegranate juice
1/2  cup  vodka
3  tablespoons  fresh Key lime juice (about 3 limes)
Crushed ice
Key lime slices (optional)

Preparation
Combine sugar and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 2 minutes or just until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat; cool.

Combine sugar syrup, club soda, pomegranate juice, vodka, and lime juice. Place crushed ice in a martini shaker; add about 3/4 cup pomegranate mixture. Cover and shake. Strain into a glass. Garnish with lime slice, if desired. Repeat procedure with remaining pomegranate mixture.

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You will need:

1.5oz Vodka

1.5oz Lillet Blanc

1oz Lavender Syrup (recipe below)

1oz Lemon Juice

2oz Chilled Soda Water

French Lavender Flower for Garnish

Pitcher (makes 4 glasses):

3/4 Cups Vodka

3/4 Cups Lillet Blanc

1/2 Cup Lavender Syrup

1/2 Cup Fresh Lemon Juice

1/4 Cup Chilled Soda Water for each glass

French Lavender Flower for Garnish

Directions:

Lavender Syrup:

Add equal parts sugar and water to a medium saucepan and bring to boil. Add fresh organic French lavender to taste (or 1/2 cup dried food grade lavender for every 4 cups water/4 cups sugar) and boil for one minute over medium/high heat. Remove from heat and let steep for an hour.

Drink:

Mix first four ingredients with spoon, pour over ice, add chilled soda water and garnish with lavender flower (or lemon wedges if you can’t find fresh organic lavender).

cocktail created by San Ysidro Ranch. image via design*sponge

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