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| The Art of the Party | 
 enlarge | Authors: Renny Reynolds, Elaine Louie
Creator: Edward Addeo
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 518324
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 12 x 9.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 1586852493
Dewey Decimal Number: 642.4
UPC: 082552022495
EAN: 9781586852498
ASIN: 1586852493
Publication Date: March 20, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: A Brand New Copy. Never Read. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 25 years of combined bookselling experience.
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Product Description
In a book filled with elegant imagery and romantic photography, Renny Reynolds reveals the key secrets of event planning, along with instructions on how to develop creative party concepts and themes. Art of the Party beautifully illustrates how to achieve party perfection, and every aspect of event planning presented with a touch of glamour and easy-to-understand directions. Reynolds' wealth of experience and best-kept secrets are included, such as: strategies for lighting to make any room warm and welcoming ways to ornament dance floors and dinner tables for maximum appeal organizational techniques for colorful and textural flower arrangements and how to make a large party feel intimate for everyone. Whether for birthday, anniversary, wedding, or holiday, Art of the Party offers dozens of creative ideas to ensure that your parties are truly extraordinary. Renny Reynolds has designed more than 2,500 events for America's elite. His training as a landscape architect led to the launch of Design for Entertaining, his highly successful party-design firm that has been featured in HG, Bon Appetit, House Beautiful, and other publications. He lives in New York City and Connecticut.
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 Pretty bad ideas...PARTY FOUL! October 5, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
What happened here!? All of these events have an absolutely horrifying use of color and a tacky implementation of "style"... I am unsure of the experience of the other reviewers...but I am a bit scared of their judgment.
The author's technicolor ideas are thrown off even more by what looks like cheap rentals of yesterday's popular item. It appears that all of his ideas are a day late and a dollar more than what you could find yourself... Eew...
 The best of the best! May 8, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the best entertaining book I have ever seen. Not to mention the gorgeous photography. Each section goes thru the most important aspects of having a party and the things that must go into it. You will love this book!
Let's Party! March 8, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Do you ever wish you could attend one of those upper crust parties? Well you can thanks to "The Art of the Party"!
"The Art of the Party" is a wonderful resource to make any get together even more special. Most of us can't afford to hire Mr. Renny Reynolds, but we can afford to buy his book! I have used the book to transform my modest home and backyard into magical places on many an occasion, whether I'm setting an elegant table for a Holiday meal or creating just the right mood for a celebration.
The photographs are simply gorgeous. The photographer, Mr. Edward Addeo, is extremely gifted at conveying the mood and energy of each party. Many of his photos depict that time just before the guests arrive when you survey the table, candles, lights, decorations, etc., let out the sigh of relief, and then wait with happy anticipation for your guests to arrive and the party to begin. "Search Inside This Book" however doesn't do them any justice. Take my word for it; the photos are beautiful.
Love at First Sight! July 26, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I love this book! It offers fantastic ideas for making even the simplest party a feast for the eyes. The pictures are so large and colorful. Although many of the events pictured were held in massive spaces, you can easily scale down the decor to your own sized venue. Anyone can use Mr. Reynolds' themes to pack some punch into their party decor: Mexican,Oriental,Beach Party,Birthday, etc. There is enough content in this book to assist you in designing a long remembered celebration. Mr. Reynolds' nine foot tall golden candleabra caught my eye, they were spectacular. Then I purchased another book - by an Australian event designer, and found them used again. She gave him credit for the idea. I know that someday I will find a way to make use of them at a party, possibly in a smaller version. I applaud Renny Reynolds for his artistic acumen...his events are truly ART!
 The Art of the Party July 16, 2005
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Renny Reynolds is a talented designer. I own his first book published in 1992 by Viking Studio Books entitled "The Art of the Party, Design Ideas for Succesful Entertaining". While browsing through Amazon, I discovered a more recent book by Mr. Reynolds published in March 2003 by Gibbs Smith in Salt Lake City. Although the name was similar, the publisher and publication date as listed were different. Upon receiving the "new" book, I was surprised to find the EXACT same book published in 1992 with a new book jacket and fly pages. What a disappointment. The pictures and ideas are dated; if you want up to the minute new ideas, do not order this book. I attended parties in the 90's that used these very themes. Why order the new book when you can have the old one with dated ideas much cheaper.
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