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    Four Hours to a Fab New Year's Party

    Photo by: Martha Stewart Living
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Worry less about creating actual décor and more about setting a festive mood. Craft a few eye-catching streamers out of metallic paper, a circle ... more 
    Photo by: Martha Stewart Living
    Four Hours to Go
    
Worry less about creating actual décor and more about setting a festive mood. Craft a few eye-catching streamers out of metallic paper, a circle cutter, and metal jump rings, and then focus on ambiance. A table of star-punched "hurricanes" made out of paper will add a romantic warmth to the room. (Perfect to set the scene for a midnight kiss or two.)

    Aside from that, count on your lovely friends to decorate the space. (Still worried the room looks too bare? If all else fails, fill it with white and silver balloons for instant festivity.) less 
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    Mon, Dec 17, 2012 5:30 PM EST
    By Justine Lorelle LoMonaco

    Planning a bash they'll never forget doesn't have to sap all your free time and energy. In fact, you can do it in the time it would take you to watch four episodes of Downton Abbey. Here's how to throw a day-of shindig they'll think took you weeks to plan.