New Year's Eve Decorating Ideas

Whether you throwing a large party or having a more intimate gathering with just a few close friends, you'll want to create a festive decor for this special time of year.  New Year's Eve is all about celebrating - out with the old and in with the new!

Here are some ideas to ensure your home decor makes your friends and family feel like celebrating.

First, decide on a theme. But before you do that, consider the types of guests you are having. It's pretty silly to have a fancy party if none of your guests likes fancy parties. But for those that do:

Elegant New Year's Eve Decorations

There are several ways to create an elegant atmosphere without spending a lot of money.
The easiest way is to create a mono or duo color theme - all white, all gold, all silver are always excellent choices, as is a black and white theme.

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• Ribbons and streamers in the theme color add a festive touch.
• Accent candles can be accessorized with glitter that is spray-glued on.
• Vases or champagne flutes can be filled with silver or gold balls. 
• Champagne bottles can be glitterized
• Feature celestial balls made with styrofoam, glitter and spray painted toothpicks

For ideas, here is an elegant "Midnight Theme" party with black, blue and gold as the accent colors:
http://pizzazzerie.com/holidays/midnight-themed-new-years-eve-dinner-party/

And more ideas from Martha Stewart:
http://www.marthastewart.com/856543/decorations-new-years-eve/@center/859874/new-years-eve#273592

If your guests are a more colorful mix of fun-loving people, but not necessarily fancy, try some of

these ideas to spruce up your New Year's Eve decor:

• Balloons always add a festive touch, whether they are part of a color scheme or various colors. Consider adding some colorful circles to the ribbons hanging down.
• Circles, squares or other colored stickers are a fun addition to any wall. Easy to apply and remove, they add a festive touch. Here are 3 color circles you can order in any color and can mix and match the circles: Wall Decor Plus More
• Make some "countdown" glasses by putting numbers on the champagne glasses. 
• Don't forget hats and tiaras, horns and poppers! 

There are plenty of New Year's Eve decorating ideas at Pinterest. Just type in New Year's Eve decor.
Enjoy and have fun!

Removal of Wall Stickers or Vinyl Decals

We mixed the order up for this blog post a bit....  In the previous post, we showed you the new border we applied in our entryway.  But before that, we removed the Chevron stripes that were up (but never fully completed =().  Here is a picture of my girls eagerly helping...

**Caution:  Only show children how to do this IF they are old enough to know which stickers you want removed and which ones should stay up!

But I wanted to show everyone how easy the wall stickers remove.  It is a simple peel-n-remove method - just use a little fingernail grease.  You can see that no paint is taken off the wall or even stuck to the back of the wall sticker.  The paint type may change this and also how soon you applied the wall sticker after painting.  If wall stickers are applied before 2 weeks after painting, the removal CAN take paint off.

You may also use the hair blow dryer to remove wall stickers.  The heat will soften the sticker's adhesive, making it easier to remove.  **Another caution - the heat from the hair blow dryer can be HOT on your fingers too**

Patterns on the Wall... Using Wall Vinyl Stickers

Patterns on the Wall is another great way to decorate and is becoming a popular decoration theme.  Wall Decor Plus More announces a new item:  Teardrop Wall Sticker Shapes. 

We have ideas displayed here of one way to use them - to make a wall border.  Some other ways to use the Teardrop Shapes would be to use them as a stencil when you paint and remove them after.

There are 2 sizes to choose from - the ones shown are in the smaller 18pc package.  The larges ones would work great for decorating a entire wall!

The greatest thing about our Teardrop Wall Sticker Shapes is the simplicity!  Simply peel and stick them, as you like.

I found that the Teardrop Wall Sticker Shapes are a little forgiving when it comes to aligning them too.  If they aren't spaced exactly the same distance apart or in an exact level row, you can hardly notice it (which is a huge plus in my books!)

You CAN apply Wall Stickers to Textured, Knockdown Walls

We, at Wall Decor Plus More, did a test with wall stickers and rougher textured wall surfaces - this one is called knockdown texture.  We hear a lot of customer comments that they aren't able to use wall stickers for this reason.  Here are some tips and how-to's so that you CAN use wall stickers on your rough or textured walls:

1.  Purchase wall stickers that have bolder, plain print.  If your walls aren't as rough as the ones in the picture, you can get by with some cursive, script lettering; but generally the bolder, plain fonts are easier to apply.  The thickness of the lettering makes a larger sticker or more material to stick to the wall which allows it to stay on the wall better.

2.  Plan to have a lot of time and patience when applying the sticker.  If you work slowly and carefully, you CAN get the sticker applied.  The biggest challenge is getting the top tape layer off of the lettering.  Since the wall isn't a smooth surface, the stickers don't adhere perfectly.  At times you will need to place a letter by hand, if it gets moved accidentally - this is another reason why plain lettering is better than cursive, connected lettering.

3.  Firmly rub the wall sticker down with your fingers after you remove the tape.  You can see the slight curve in the "N" that came after we rubbed each letter good.  The sticker curved into a groove in the wall and that is good - you can only see it by looking very closely and it means that is stuck to the wall better. 

The size of this quote is a 23"W x 12"H approximately and we applied a Chocolate Brown sticker to a tan colored wall. View more wall stickers at WallDecorPlusMore.com.  If you aren't sure which sticker will be best for your textured wall, feel free to use the contact us form on our website.

These pictures were taken 2 weeks after the sticker was applied.  We wanted to be sure that the stickers STAYED on the wall - and they did!