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Love Potion #9

Boycotting Valentine's Day? Invite over your best gal-pals and throw this fun-filled party.


This party is just for the gals.

Was it fate or Love Potion #9 that brought them together? Get giddy with your best girlfriends at this giggle fest. Share great "girl" food and your gift of gab at our gal pal gala.


Recipes

Toasted Cheese Pita Chips Spread a thin layer of purchased pesto on your chips or serve with a fruity salsa, if desired. Consider increasing this recipe to ensure that you will have enough for your guests.


Tomato-Lentil Soup Warm and inviting. Consider increasing this recipe to ensure that you will have enough for your guests.


Chicken Salad Puffs Spoon this creamy chicken combination onto baked puff pastry or into flaky croissants.


Mixed greens with purchased salad dressing


Caramel Apple Cheesecake Rich caramel pecan sauce drapes this apple-pie-flavored cheesecake.


Hot Scarlet Wine Punch Choose between the alcoholic or non-alcoholic versions or make one of each!


Invitation Ideas
  • Draw, copy or download a visual of a perfume bottle and write Love Potion #9 on the bottle for an enticing invitation.
  • Add a sprinkle of red heart-shaped glitter in each envelope and let the love rain down on your invitees.

Decorating Tips
  • Set your table in the color of love, with rousing red tablecloths, napkins and plates. For table linens, look in a housewares store, or for paper goods, a party goods store.
  • For a centerpiece, assemble an assortment of shaped bottles filled with colored liquids and tied with contrasting ribbons. Label one Love Potion #9. Look for unique bottles in antique shops and secondhand stores.
  • Arrange your edibles on cake stands, for a heightened appreciation of your cuisine. Stands with lips are great for finger food and those without are perfect for platters. Cake stands can be found in housewares stores.
  • Red mums, carnations and poppies look splendid in glass vases.
  • Chatting can make a girl thirsty. Fill a punchbowl with wine punch to keep the conversation flowing.

Mood Makers
  • Lieber and Stoller's "Love Potion #9" by the Searchers is a must.
  • Wherever you can fit one, place a red candle. White candles in red glass votives would be lovely, too, as long as you fill the room with romantic flickering lights.
  • For a fragrant fete, place bowls of potpourri around the room for your guests' olfactory pleasure.
  • Tiny bottles of perfume are the perfect party favors.

Entertainment
  • You can never look too good. Purchase a spa kit and give each other facials to look your best when you meet Mr. Right. Look in bath and body shops for spa kits.
  • Put out trays of nail polish and "do" each other's nails or hire a manicurist. Look in your local salon for a manicurist and try a cosmetics store for an array of nail polish.
  • Photocopy quizzes from an assortment of women's magazines and compare answers.

 

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