If you’re looking to switch up your holiday decor, a great place to start is with your Christmas tree. Take a little decorative risk and opt for extravagance with a statement-making tree that will enliven your home and wow your guests. Whether you're set on a color scheme, love one style, or have heirloom ornaments you can't wait to use, your tree should reflect your taste and personality.

          The best way to go is to use some deco mesh ribbon that is easy to work with and it comes in some many colors and patterns that anyone can fine something unique. We offer Green Mesh Ribbon, Red Mesh Ribbon, Silver Mesh Ribbon, Gold Mesh Ribbon, Christmas Stripe Mesh Ribbon, and many other colors and patterns.
Our Deco Mesh Ribbon comes in widths of 1.5", 2.5", 4", 10", and 21".    

Add festivity to your Christmas or New Year party with colorful garland.

Water games are some of the best fun of the summer. As temperatures rise, so does the need to cool off in creative ways.   Here are some fun water games you can play at family reunions, youth activities, play dates, or just because! We’ve found fun water games from water balloon games to kiddie pool kickball.  These games will be enjoyed by kids and adults alike. Do not forget to keep your kids protected from sun.

• Beach Ball blaster
• Water Balloon Pinatas
• Water Baseball
• Splash ball sponge

For your Patriotic event or the 4th of July we can help you with custom decorations and supplies such as metallic blue ribbon, metallic red mesh ribbon, or red white and blue netting including custom made wreaths. Please browse our large selection of mesh ribbon and mesh netting which comes in a variety of Patriotic colors.

You can order your custom made wreath starting at $39.99 in any size and colors you prefer.
Below are some designs for your consideration.

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What a Cinco de Mayo celebration without a spicy margarita cocktail? A Jalapeno Margarita is the best margarita recipe for Cinco de Mayo! Spicy and delicious, these margaritas are made with fresh lime juice and agave syrup. Make a single cocktail or whip up a pitcher for a crowd.

Ingredients:

St. Patrick's Day or St. Patty's Day is widely celebrated on March 17 throughout the country as a celebration of Irish and Irish American culture. Celebrations include prominent displays of the color green, eating and drinking, religious observances, and numerous parades.

Many St. Patrick's Day parades  (see Mississippi Gulf Coast St. Patrick's Day Events 2018) around the country and world have adopted the Mardi Gras tradition of throwing beads from their parade floats.
We have a large selection of St. Patrick's Day Beads including an assortment of metallic green beads, beer mug necklaces, shamrock beads, pot o' gold medallions, Irish Flag beads, leprechaun beads, and more. Save big when you buy beads in bulk by the case. We offer a special price on 33inch 7mm Metallic Green Beads - $27.50 / 60 Dz Case (720 beads) - item #EF47 and 48in 12mm Metallic Green Beads - $36.00 / 15 Dz Case (180 beads) - item #EF243. No one can beat our prices!

Mardi Gras, like Christmas, is a whole season - not just one day. Fat Tuesday is the biggest day of celebration, and the date it falls on moves around. We can find that Fat Tuesday can be any Tuesday between Feb. 3 and March 9. Carnival celebration starts on Jan. 6, the Twelfth Night (feast of Epiphany), and picks up speed through midnight on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.

Mardi Gras Is a Legal Holiday. It really is! Despite the preponderance of what might “seem” like illegal activity, Mardi Gras is a legal holiday in Louisiana, and has been since 1875, when Governor Warmoth signed the “Mardi Gras Act.”

  Throw your own Saint's play off party with our party supplies. We have all your black and gold decor, including beads so you can get your Mardi Gras head start. When hosting and entertaining, why not have a cocktail to remember? Or food to satisfy hungry football enthusiasts? Here are a few simple NOLA inspired cocktails and share dishes.

This recipe I found is from My Invisible Crown on Pinterest. I have actually tried this recipe and it was so good, my whole family including my 7 year old wanted more. This can also be done in a crock pot.

Ingredients:

Saute 3 tablespoons butter, bell pepper, onion, salt and pepper just until tender, about 2 minutes. Add thawed crawfish (it’s precooked so you’re in no danger of getting it underdone) and Tony’s and heat just until mixed well and flavors are blended. Remove from heat (if you like spice) another fresh sprinkle of Tony’s over the top and let cool to room temperature. Be careful though. Tony’s has salt and pepper along with lots of other flavors so you can overdo it.

Peel garlic clove and in a separate pan melt stick of butter around it so that the butter has a good garlic flavor and set aside.

Preheat oven to 350. Spray bundt pan with non-stick spray. Add cheeses to the cooled crawfish mixture and stir to combine. Start by flattening a single biscuit just by pulling apart with your fingers. Add to the middle, a teaspoon of the filling and fold over and close up by pinching the seam. It doesn’t have to be pretty, just closed. Arrange the balls in the bundt pan. No order is necessary. When I’m about half way I pour half of the garlic butter all over the top and keep going. It seems time consuming when you get started but you’ll be done in no time. The good news is this could easily be done ahead of time and baked off right before you’re ready to eat.

Bake for 40 minutes. Let cool slightly and then invert the pan…PRESTO! Beautiful Crawfish Monkey Bread. Credit: Christy, MIC.

Now, the cocktail I have created myself. It is a hard sweet tea, with a twist. The recipe is as follows:                                    

You can make this single, or a bowl. You will need:

First, steep 8 bags of black tea. While still warm, add sugar. Simple syrup also works if you want. Then zest a whole lemon and add it to the warm mixture. Now, get your peaches ready. Even though it isn't peach season, you can find peaches at most grocery stores either for smoothies or in produce. Either frozen peach pieces or muddled in the bottom of your glass, it is all preference. You can even add raspberries or strawberries. The sweet taste of the peach fits well with black tea. And if you don't want to add fruit, use Peach Schnapps. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Then add the bottle of Deep Eddy, or a 1 1/2  to 2 ounce pour to add your "hard" part to the tea.  This drink could sack even the strongest of quarter backs! Make as strong or as sweet as you like.

A great game day refresher for all those party snacks!

Enjoy the play offs, stay safe before New Years, and shop local for all your Mardi Gras Supplies!

Get Into the Mardi Gras Spirit for Your Holiday Festivities

It often seems that everyone's family and friends are throwing their own holiday party. Why not jazz your boring holiday party up with a special theme? At the end of the year, themed holiday parties can give everyone the opportunity to have a fun get together without feeling repetitive, and there are few themes as fun as a Mardi Gras party.

Provide Your Guests With Masks

Some affordable Mardi Gras masks are an excellent way to add to the theme of your party. Start by handing out masks at the door, and incorporate them into a secret Santa activity. You can purchase some small tokens that guests can gift, or ask everyone to bring a silly gift and turn it into a white elephant secret Santa, in which gift givers try to avoid a specific undesirable object.

Incorporating Mardi Gras trinkets into your gift exchange provides some fun and entertainment while still incorporating the holidays.

Make Some Mardi Gras Cocktails

November and December are the months for cider, mulled wine, and other holiday-spirit drinks. But you can change it up by making some Mardi Gras-inspired cocktails, which will be perfect for both the theme and the general holiday festivities.

Look for punches and other similar recipes that can be mixed up in large batches and served to large volumes of guests. You could even consider letting guests customize their own drinks with a festive fruit and juice bar as well.

Get the Decor Just Right

Why not incorporate Mardi Gras into your holiday tree? Gather up all of the yellow and purple Mardi Gras beads, streamers, and other trinkets to use as ornaments for your evergreen.

If you don't want a holiday tree, you can simply place brightly colored streamers and beads throughout your home or the venue. As long as you capture the spirit, anything can be Mardi Gras. Paper streamers are especially effective at making an area festive, and they are both affordable and easy to put up.

Make a Mardi Gras Play List

Music is what really defines a Mardi Gras party, so before the party starts, you can create a Mardi Gras playlist. And since it’s also the holidays, don’t forget to add some upbeat holiday songs in there as well. For some extra fun, you can set up a laptop somewhere in your party area so that guests can flip through the songs in the playlist and queue up their favorites, or you could hire a DJ to take requests.

Take Some Fun Pictures

As your guests come in and don their Mardi Gras masks, don't forget to take some pictures of them in their costume and beads. Many smartphones can also insert filters, such as Mardi Gras frames, so you can appropriately capture the spirit of your party. Share the pictures on social media with those who couldn't attend — and maybe they'll get some ideas for their own holiday parties.

Don't Forget the Grab Bags

As your guests are leaving, don't forget to give them some bags to remember the night by. You can let them take home their masks and give them bags full of beads or other Mardi Gras trinkets. Not only can they use these in celebration of the actual Mardi Gras, but they can also keep them as memorabilia. Some brightly colored, wrapped candies are another great way to end a fantastic night.

Of course, it doesn't have to be the holidays or Mardi Gras to enjoy a fun, Mardi Gras party. Use the ideas above, as well as the tips from our previous post, to create Mardi Gras any day of the year — and bring your family and friends together for a fun and worry-free night.

Don't forget to check the comprehensive inventory at Mardi Gras Supplies for all of your Mardi Gras party supplies.

5 Prize-winning Ideas for Your Mardi Gras Float

Planning to participate in a parade for Mardi Gras this February? Make sure that you have what you need to pull off a prize-winning float, display or theme in tribute of Fat Tuesday. Buy Mardi Gras Beads, decorations and accents to help bring an authentic flavor to your float and earn well-deserved recognition. Here are five prize-winning ideas for your Mardi Gras float.

1. Throw a Lot of Goodies to the Crowd

When it comes to a parade, it's all about the throws. Keep the float simple and invest resources in throws like beads, doubloons, cups and stuffed toys for the crowd as you pass. The tossing of throws to the spectators and revelers began back in 1870, and it is something that both young and old spectators look forward to.

2. Honor the Doubloon

Another symbol of Mardi Gras is the much-coveted doubloon. The doubloon began as an undated coin issued to honor the event and provide a memento to celebrants. In the mid-20^th century, the doubloon gained a newfound fame as a sought-after Mardi Gras parade throw. Buy doubloons to distribute to everyone you see throughout the parade circuit.

3. Integrate the Mardi Gras Color Palette

Make sure to integrate the traditional Mardi Gras color palette into your float design. Use ornate gold, deep purple and vibrant green to pay homage to the holiday. The Mardi Gras colors were established in 1872 and have an underlying meaning for the holiday. Purple signifies justice, green represents faith, and gold symbolizes power.

4. Incorporate Mysterious Masks

Mardi Gras is also associated with mysterious masquerade balls and the Italian concept of Carnivale, so create a float that displays theater masks in some way. There is something inherently creepy about some of these masks, so use them to evoke a haunted, old New Orleans vibe. Take advantage of this with ghoulish characters, ghostly decorations, and a scary scenario for your holiday float.

5. Do Something With a Dragon

Mardi Gras wouldn't be the same without the dragon. Typically, a dragon makes an appearance at all parades and celebrations during this time of year and it is a familiar symbol of the season for natives. Enlist a couple staffers, friends or associates to wear the long, traditional dragon costume and walk next to your float during the parade procession.

Incorporate as many authentic and symbolic elements of Mardi Gras as you can into your display, which will ring true and make sense to observers and spectators of all ages. You can also use these traditional features of Mardi Gras in a new or unique way to meld traditional and contemporary in a prize-winning float!

Other tips to stand out include:

• Don't skimp on the beads; buy in bulk and be generous to spectators and guests.
• Use fringed table skirts to cover your float's base or trailer. Consider the weather conditions before buying your skirts to ensure that they hold up during the parade.
• Let others know about your float ahead of time via social media.
• Use your float as a marketing opportunity for your business with banners, signage and promotional products to distribute to parade-watchers.

Participating in local parades and holiday events is something that friends, colleagues and your community need to know about. Share information about the event and your float with your patrons and customers in the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras.

Make sure that everyone knows what your float is trying to convey with lots of Mardi Gras Beads, decorations and costumes. Share the festivity and celebration of this holiday by encouraging your family, team or staff to participate in a parade this Mardi Gras.

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