Camille Styles Entertaining: Inspired Gatherings and Effortless Style

by Camille Styles

Overview

A gorgeous, full-color guide filled with more than 150 color photos, 75 stress-free recipes, and creative entertaining ideas from a celebrated Austin-based blogger, event stylist, and lifestyle expert, offering inspired ideas and step-by-step instructions to help readers plan unforgettable gatherings and live stylishly every day.

Infused with the youthful spirit of popular lifestyle blogger and event stylist Camille Styles, this lush how-to for entertaining features fresh, inspirational party ideas for every season. Filled with her easygoing elegance and effortless, stress-free philosophy, Camille Styles Entertaining offers step-by-step instructions and affordable tips covering every aspect of entertaining to inspire memorable gatherings and celebrate everyday moments.

Filled with dozens of delicious recipes, approachable DIY projects, and tried-and-true tips for menu planning, creating a playlist, table and bar settings, the perfect wardrobe, and most important, staying stress-free, Camille Styles Entertaining helps you celebrate major holidays, milestones, and even everyday moments in a fun, stylish, and creative way.

Each gathering featured in this gorgeously designed and photographed entertaining guide draws inspiration from up-and-coming trends and Camille’s own experiences. In addition to creative hors d’oeuvres and cocktail ideas, floral design tips and inspiring table designs, here are parties for:

•  Fall Celebrations: Picnic at the Farm, Thanksgiving Dinner
•  Winter Celebrations: At-Home Game Night, Holiday Cookie Swap
•  Spring Celebrations: Springtime Brunch, Fiesta Dinner Party
•  Summer Celebrations: Mediterranean Anniversary Dinner, Grilled Pizza Party

With Camille Styles Entertaining, you can transform a “normal” day into a fun gathering, engage the senses with beauty, and create unforgettable memories with family and friends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062297273
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	10/28/2014
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 10.26(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Camille Styles is the founder and creative director of the popular lifestyle blog Camille Styles, as well as a sought-after event stylist and lifestyle expert. On her blog, she shares the creative entertaining ideas that inspire her parties and her life with hundreds of thousands of readers every month. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and daughter.

Editorial Reviews

Camille’s new book gives fantastic entertaining ideas on how to throw creative dinner parties (our favorite weekend activity after all) for every season… we love her aesthetic, and are going to take her fresh ideas to our own Thanksgiving table this year.

Town & Country

If you’re looking for the perfect excuse to invite friends over to celebrate the season, Styles’s book offers just what you need.

InStyle

Read what other almost-effortless parties you could be having with the help of Camille’s gorgeous new book Camille Styles Entertaining.

The Knot

Lifestyle blogger and event stylist Camille Styles presents somewhat more elaborate occasions in a highly pictorial format that incorporates suggestions for embracing the texture, scent, color and taste.

The Post & Courier

Lifestyle blogger and event whiz Camille Styles offers guidance to everyone from novice hosts to veteran planners.

Houston Chronicle

02/15/2015
Those familiar with Styles's artfully staged lifestyle blog, camillestyles.com, will revel in her ideas and evocative writing, framed by Buff Strickland's lush photographs. Organized by fall, winter, summer, and spring, this work celebrates the flavors, colors, and scents of the different seasons and provides suggestions for party themes, including invitations, recipes, wine, and flowers. "Bits of Brilliance" are highlighted every few pages, and jewel tones throughout give the book a fresh, natural charm. While Styles encourages readers to consider branches from the yard in a tablescape and bales of hay for seating at a Farm Party, the "effortless style" also includes color themes, elaborate printed invitations, matching linens, place cards, and thematic music playlists, depending on the party. Carrying out most of the suggestions would require significant money, time, or both, but readers can enjoy Styles's parties vicariously and adapt as much or as little to their personal taste as budget and schedule allow. VERDICT This beautiful book, rich with ideas for browsing, is suitable for large public libraries.—Maggie Knapp, Trinity Valley Sch., Fort Worth, TX

Library Journal