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Step 1
Determine the budget in which you feel comfortable spending and do not go over the amount determined.
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Step 2
Create a theme. Your theme is solely your choice. You can create a theme based upon the season or even your hobbies or other interests.
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Step 3
Invite twenty to thirty friends. You may send friends invitations through Evite, which is a social-planning website for creating, sending, and managing online invitations or purchase postcard invitations and envelopes to mail to the invitees. Whatever method of inviting guests you prefer; make sure it ties into your theme.
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Step 4
Purchase decorations according to your theme. For example if you are having a summer luau purchase floral plates and table cloths as well as colorful straws and leis to set the scene and even the mood.
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Step 5
Purchase beer, wine, margarita mix, vodka, rum and select a couple of different varieties of non-alcoholic beverages to mix such as coke or Pepsi, sprite and a few varieties of fruit juices. Also make sure to have plenty of ice.
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Step 6
Purchase food that relates to your theme. However, food should be low maintenance only. If it can be eaten with your fingers or tooth picks, it is appropriate for a cocktail party.
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Step 7
Purchases inexpensive plastic glasses or cups.
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Step 8
Make sure you have music to listen to. Have a few cds available and make sure to maintain the music in the background.
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Step 9
If there is ice that needs to be broken, have games available in order to raise comfort levels of your guests.
