6 Ideas for the Perfect Oscars Bash

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Are you ready for the Academy Awards on Sunday night? It’s not too late to plan the perfect Oscars party.

Looking for more Oscar party ideas? Check out these

Decorate your table with custom Oscar confetti featuring all your favorite stars. Get the details at Sugar and Charm.

Make glam centerpieces using mirror tires, clear beads or marbles, fresh flowers and a movie director’s clap board sign. Photo courtesy of Party Wishes.

Set an effortlessly glam table with tasseled confetti balloons. Get the details at PopSugar.

Enjoy a delicious cocktail from our friends at Santa Margherita.

Star Studded Raspberry Lemonade (pictured)

Combine 1/8 cup sugar and 1/8 cup lemon juice in a small saucepan, bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer for 1 minute, stirring until sugar dissolves.
Remove from heat.
Stir in lemon rind and ½ cup of muddled raspberries.
Combine mixture and 1 bottle Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore in large pitcher.
Sprinkle remaining raspberries among the glasses.

Show Stopping Limoncello

Pour 1 oz. of Limoncello into a champagne flute.
Top the glass with Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore and stir gently.
Garnish with lemon zest.

Star Studded Prosecco

Fill two bowls, one with lemon juice and another with sugar,
Dip champagne flute rim in lemon juice.
Repeat this process with gold sugar, coating the rim of the glass evenly.
Let stand to dry before filling flute with Santa Margherita Prosecco Superiore.

Keep track of your glass by writing assigning a different award category to each person instead of using traditional wine charms. This idea is courtesy of InStyle.

The Governor’s Ball is the official Academy Awards after party. You might not be able to go to the real thing, but you can feel like a star anyway serving the same food. Architectural Digest has the recipes for this year’s event, courtesy of chef Wolfgang Puck.

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The post over at The Crafty Mummy has the click-baity title of “Is there a right or wrong way to cross stitch?” Of course the answer is no. As with any other craft, as long as you are happy with the results you’re doing it right and no one should try to convince you otherwise.

That said, there are things that you can do to make your cross stitch a little better if you aren’t totally happy with the way your projects are looking. They might not be considered the “right way,” but they are important things to think about and if you want to deviate from these “rules” at least you’ll know that you’re doing it.

You can head over there to read all the tips, but it’s things like making sure your stitches are all going in the same direction (meaning you stitch the bottom legs of a row all in the same direction, then work back and stitch all the top legs in the same direction). You wouldn’t think something like that would make a huge difference until you don’t do it and then you can’t unsee it.

Most of things things aren’t rules so much as they are reminders to be consistent in what you are doing as you work a project. So however you start doing things like stitch direction or the number of strands of floss (I might even add using a hoop versus not, since the hoop can stretch the fabric and change the tension of the stitches a bit) you should continue in that way throughout the project in order for it to look its best.

Head over to The Crafty Mummy to read the rest of her list, then come back here if you have something to add. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

[Photo: The Crafty Mummy]

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