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Inspiration boards, design concepts, and fun, unexpected ways to incorporate our linens into any event!

Galentine’s? Don’t we mean Valentine’s Day? Nope, we have that G right. While we love a good dose of romance here at Napa Valley Linens, we also recognize that sometimes you just need your girlfriends by your side. Enter Galintine’s Day, which is February 13 and it’s what the name says — it’s for gals! A day to celebrate all the single ladies, this day can be super fun to organize an event around.

With that in mind, here are some ideas for Galintine festivities.

1. Set the scene.

Okay, we’re a bit biased, but it’s true that you can set the tone with pretty linen. We recommend

 

2. Serve tasty snacks

Prepare some tasty snacks. Here’s a few that we love:

3. Turn on the flicks!

Here at NVL, we all got together to recommend our favorite girls’ night in movies:

  • Love Actually
  • How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
  • Bridesmaids
  • When Harry Met Sally
  • The Notebook

Different cultures bring beautiful elements to celebrations. For Chinese weddings, working in traditional themes such as lotus blossoms, dragons for luck, the color red, and the double happiness symbol are always pretty to see. Some of our linens lend themselves perfectly for these occasions.

Lotus Red

Our striking Lotus Red, available as an 84″ square linen or a table runner, creates a perfect pop of color that ties in well to other red accents.

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Gown courtesy Liquiwork

 

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Cake via Pinterest

 

 

Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/343118065336309847/

Source: Pinterest 

 

Lotus Water

Use our Lotus Water table linen, available in 84″ square, to create subtle drama. Tie it into pretty accents of blue and gold.

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Photography: Tamiz Photography

 

 

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Source: Pinterest

 

Photography:Tamiz Photography

Photography: Tamiz Photography

River

Our River Nude overlay is a beautiful choice when you want to add just a hint of romance. An excellent choice for a sweetheart or a cake table, use a pretty lamour linen underneath it to create different looks.

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One of our favorites to use underneath is Lamour Cashmere.

Photography: Lauren Michelle http://laurenmichelle.com.au/

Photography: Lauren Michelle 

 

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Photo by Blahnik Baker

 

Flora

Our Flora Blush overlay is another great choice (also available in Matte Gold) to create a sense of glamour while still remaining soft and pretty.

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If your 2016 began with a new engagement, you have our warmest congratulations. There is so much to look at and find inspiration in when you begin planning your big day.

We’re busy as bees getting ready to unveil our 2016 linens and other special celebrations (it’s a big anniversary year for us!), but in the meantime, let’s take a look at some of the inspiration already here on our blog.

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Get a sneak peek on this year’s inspiration by signing up for our monthly newsletter below. We’ll be sharing some of our favorite color palettes and combinations in our soon-to-be-published Spring Lookbook.

 

 

We’re excited to show you what’s inspiring our New Year’s Eve plans — and it involves our friends at the Owl’s Brew!

Wise Cocktails is a new book by Jennie Ripps and Maria Littlefield, the founders of Owl’s Brew, a delicious blended tea concentrate designed to pair seamlessly with a variety of spirits (including champagne, wine, and even beer!). Wise Cocktails features recipes for brewing and mixing your own tea cocktails and tea-based beverages.

And naturally, we’ve got you covered with some beautiful linens to set the festive mood. Read on–we’ve included three cocktail recipes from Wise Cocktails at the end of this post!

 

 

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Set your scene with our Lamour Sapphire under our Paris gold overlay.

 

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Pair bright colors with our Metro Fuchsia (available only in 90″ square). (A great alternative is the Metro Orange, too!)

 

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Pair our Coco Champagne table linen (available in 108″ round and 132″ round) with some sleek Lamour Ruby Slippers napkins (also available in 108″ and 132″ round, 90″x 156″, and 108″x 156″), and you’ve got a swanky setup.

Next, create your cocktails using the Owl’s Brew tea mixers. Here are a few recipes from Wise Cocktails to get you started:

 

Sweet Nothings Toddy

Tea Base
1 1/4 teaspoons rooibos
1/2 teaspoon chopped vanilla bean
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Cocktail
3 oz. brewed tea base
3 oz. milk
1 1/2 oz. bourbon
1 tablespoon sugar

Directions
Heat 6 oz. of water until hot, but not boiling, and pour into a heat safe container. In a tea linen or tea ball, combine all of the ingredients for the tea base. Brew in hot water for 5 minutes, gently agitating from time to time. Remove the tea sachet/ball.

Pour 3 oz. of the ta base into a saucepan. Add milk, bourbon and sugar. Let sit over low heat, stirring from time to time, for 5 minutes or until the sugar dissolves. Pour into a heat-safe mug and garnish with the a cinnamon stick and ground cinnamon.

 

Winter Soda

Simple Syrup
8 oz. Water
8 oz. Sugar

Tea Base
1 teaspoon green rooibos
3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
3/4 teaspoon chopped dried apple
1/2 teaspoon fenugreek

Tea Soda
1 oz. tea simple syrup
6 oz. sparkling water

Directions
To make the simple syrup: Pour the 8 oz. of water into a pan and ring to a boil. Once the water boils, immediately stir in the sugar until the mixture is clear. You’ll use only 1 oz. per soda. Use a tea linen or place the green rooibos, ginger, apple and fenugreek directly in the pan with the simple syrup. Let sit for 1 hour, stirring from time to time. Remove the sachet or use a tea strainer to strain out the added ingredients. Let the mixture cool to room temperature.

Pour 1 oz. of the tea base-infused syrup into a glass over ice. Add 6 oz. of sparkling water and stir.

 

White Mule

Tea Base

1 teaspoon white tea leaves
1/2 teaspoon chopped lemongrass
1/2 teaspoon dried peach

Cocktail
3 1/2 oz. brewed tea base
3/4 tablespoon agave nectar
3 oz. ginger beer

Directions
In a cup, place 5 oz. of room temperature water. In  tea linen or ta ball, combine all the ingredients for th tea base. Brew in the room temperature water for 10 minutes, agitating from time to time. Remove the sachet/ball.

In a shaker, combine 3 1/2 oz. of tea base, vodka and agave nectar. Dry shake until the agave dissolves. Pour into a glass over ice and gentry swirl to chill. Top with ginger beer and gently swirl again. Garnish with a fresh ginger slice.

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Table Top Rentals: Bright Event Rentals

Wise Cocktails and The Owl’s Brew Tea: The Owl’s Brew