Flavors and Fanciness

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I threw a real, grown up person’s party with my friend Mariah. The conceit of the party was that each guest got their own personal cocktail, invented by me using a special ingredient they brought with. In preparation I made recipe cards that I (or, really, my friend Nadya) filled out while making drinks. We asked everyone to get fancied up, so there are some great pictures of everyone looking quite spiffy.

While we were planning the party, Mariah brought up lighting. I’d never really thought about party lighting before (you just turn down the dimmer switch, right!?) so this had me at a bit of loss. Since the themes of the party were booze and adulthood, I decided to make some mood lighting out of books and empty liquor bottles. These proved a hit as well as the drinks, and I’ve made quite a few since.