{"product_id":"9781416506850","title":"The Swell Dressed Party","description":"The bestselling authors of \u003ci\u003eSwell: A Girl's Guide to the Good Life, Home Swell Home: Designing Your Dream Pad,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwell Holiday: Turning Up the Twinkle\u003c\/i\u003e have delighted readers with their groundbreaking manuals on style and decor. Now Cynthia Rowley and Ilene Rosenzweig bring you The Swell Dress Party, a bubbly bible for the modern hostess. \u003cbr\u003e With their fun-loving spirit and entertaining expertise, they serve up ideas for memorable affairs that are easy to execute, don't leave you exhausted, and allow you to achieve the ultimate hostess goal -- to be a guest at your own party. \u003cbr\u003e This day-to-night guide brings a much-needed dose of realism to fabulous entertaining. The confident hostess makes the most of what she's got, mixing homemade with store-bought, pairing her best crystal flutes with last minute Polaroid placecards, and knowing it's important to keep the conversation as sparkling as the champagne. \u003cbr\u003e \"Part Dressing\" is a new approach to great entertaining that relies on playfulness, not perfectionism. Over twenty parties in this book combine recipes that deliver wow factor without requiring a culinary PH.D., and anecdotes from Rowley and Rosenzweig's party career. They show how to bring friends and family together for high-style good times without spending an obscene amout of time or blowing a wad of dough. \u003cbr\u003e The Swell motto is: \u003ci\u003eMinimize effort and maximize fun\u003c\/i\u003e. Great hostessing is about setting a mood as much as making sure people get enough to eat and drink. A Swell party is like the perfect black dress glammed up with little accessories that make a big impact. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e•\u003c\/b\u003e Double-duty favors that bring an activity to the party, like sketchbooks and charcoals at everyy place setting.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e•\u003c\/b\u003e Iced gel-eye masks and Tylenol for a Hangover Brunch.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e•\u003c\/b\u003e Filling the pool with blow-up ducks as an aquatic centerpiece.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e•\u003c\/b\u003e The No-Time-for-Dinner Party, ordering in every course, from MacDonald's fries to steakhouse sirloins, and making an event of every delivery.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e•\u003c\/b\u003e Turning Games Night or Must-See TV into a weekly ritual of three-martini playdates.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e•\u003c\/b\u003e Keeping the cupboard stocked for chic-and-easy bar snack and canapes for the impromptu cocktails.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138462761200,"sku":"9781416506850","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781416506850_p0.jpg?v=1763727070","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781416506850","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}