A Multitude of Drink Dispensers!

If you’re looking for drink dispensers, you may have a vague idea of what you want. The thing is, there are more than just your standard hexagonal glass beverage dispensers out there – oh yes. www.ClassicHostess.com has a range of drink dispensers from every style and era.

If you like retro novelties, they have light green, bell shaped drink dispensers which take me straight back to the 60’s and “I Dream of Jeanie.”

Or you may prefer something a bit more classic – of course they have options for such tastes. Small etched apothecary glass beverage dispensers are perfect for those small dinner parties or for any small batch of liquor or punch.

Cylindrical beverage dispensers are a medium between the retro and the classy; they are great for any style of kitchen and even include an ice chamber. Holding two gallons, this drink dispenser is ideal for keeping the kitchen stocked with fresh lemon water.

A white ceramic beverage dispenser is the perfect touch for an outdoor garden or backyard, and if you have a smoking room or a bar that needs a liquor dispenser or a specialty Nascar pump drink dispenser, your needs can be met by shopping www.ClassicHostess.com.

Got To Have Barware to Make A Proper Drink

I’m a bartender, which is one of those jobs that can easily extend into your life at home. I can incorporate my skill set to make delicious drinks even when I’m entertaining at home. While having alcohol is obviously important, another aspect of making drinks is barware.

If I don’t have a shaker, I may accidentally get martini on my walls. Straining is made easier with the proper tools, and having a stirrer always helps. Sectioning fruit for garnishes is pretty difficult with an ordinary knife, and what about ice? You gotta have an ice bucket because, as all good bartenders know, ice makes the drink.

Sometimes if I’m having a bunch of friends over and we’re having mixed drinks, I’ll use my barware to make a big batch of a specialty drink, like a dark and stormy. Then I’ll put it in a glass beverage dispenser and people can serve themselves. That way I can relax without having to be on my feet making drinks the whole time.

A bartender without the right tools is like a surgeon without a scalpel. So even if you’re not a bartender, having the right barware can send your drink popularity through the roof.

Spring is in the Air!

Ah spring is nearly here. Can you smell the flowers opening? Hear the birds chirping? See the soft breezes blowing in the trees? Taste your favorite ice cold beverage from a brand new glass beverage dispenser found on www.ClassicHostess.com? I can. And you can too! If you buy today you can save 10% on every order over $55 and be prepared before the spring rush really hits!

Yes, right now is an excellent time for preparing for the new season. Spring cleaning is always important, but so is spring shopping. If your kitchen is tired of being old and dusty, vamp it up with some new tabletop accessories! Or if you are planning a springtime extravaganza, do it right with some choice barware. Spring decoration is always appropriate, especially when you work with Gracious Goods for your fine ceramic and iron line needs. Gracious Goods has flatware and dinnerware, serving pieces, cake stands, canisters, jar sets, and dozens of other accessories that would really complement your kitchen just in time for the changing weather.

So start your shopping today because time is of the essence when it comes to decorating and playing hostess, and before you know it, it will be summer!

Beverage Dispensers Help Keep My Kitchen Clean

I’ve been a mom for a while now and there is nothing worse than seeing a bunch of rowdy kids run in to my kitchen after playing outside with dirty hands and runny noses making a big mess. Opening up the refrigerator, touching the juice containers – it’s no good. I tell the kids to wash their hands when they come in, but do they listen? No.

So no matter how many times I say it, they still come in and stand in front of the refrigerator, touching everything, leaving the fridge door open. I’ve had enough. I decided to get a beverage dispenser from www.ClassicHostess.com to pour some water or some juice in so that when they enter the kitchen, I have cups ready and they don’t have to dirty up the whole place.

And the nice thing about these beverage dispensers is that when the kids are at their friend’s houses and I’m entertaining for the night, they work really well to hold whatever it is the adults are drinking, whether it’s lemon water, or a nice punch I’ve concocted. These beverage dispensers really are a godsend – I always keep mine stocked full with whatever it is I’m thirsting for, and whatever it is I want the kids to drink.

Turn Your Home Into a French Chateau With the Gracious Goods Collection

Any hostess knows that having the right set of tabletop accessories is crucial to the atmosphere of the party you’re hosting. Certain dinner wear sets, go better with certain occasions. This can be a little troublesome for the active hostess wants her kitchen cabinets stocked with dinner wear, barware, and drink dispensers for every occasion. If you’re looking for a dinner wear set that has classic French beauty, straight out of Versailles, you have to check out the Gracious Goods Collection on ClassicHostess.com.

This beautifully and artfully crafted line is gorgeous and yet durable. The ceramic and iron line of dinner ware, barware, beverage dispensers, and canisters really add an elegant flair to your table and kitchen, that you can be sure will last for years to come.

The Cream Dinner Plates with Broquade Border paired with the Scroll Style Metal Chargers are a really unique, yet classic look for any type of dinner party. To match, there are Scroll Style Salad Bowls and Plates. A beautiful centerpiece for the table could be the 12 inch Cream Ceramic Bowl with Pedestal. The Ceramic Cups with the matching scroll metal base and the Fleur De Les flatware set would really finish the look and create beautiful table settings. To set the mood for those evening events, Gracious Goods even has a Scroll Style Convertible Hanging Chandelier, ideal for candles.

Essentials Of Tabletop Accessories & Etiquette

If you really want to avoid some major social embarrassments when you get invited to a dinner party, there are a few rules you should follow! Here’s a short list of the things you should and shouldn’t do, brought to you by the dedicated staff of Classic Hostess!

You should always place your napkin on your lap when you are first seated at the table and you should place the used napkin at the end of dinner on the place setting.
Be sure to compliment the host on his or her tabletop accessories, Are they using elegant beverage dispensers? Ravenscroft decanters?

When wine is serve, offer to open the bottle. If you are opening champagne, do it away from the table, and place a towel over the cork. While you might let it shoot out at your house, this just isn't well-mannered in public!

If there is a glass beverage dispenser on the table, and it's not near you, don't reach across the table. Instead, you should ask politely for the water, or whatever is in the drink dispensers!

Lastly, always thank the hostess for the meal and compliment them on at least one food item that they made!

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Tips On Setting The Perfect Table Using Tabletop Accessories!

If you've had dinner parties in the past, which I'm sure you have, you may have noticed that your table needed a little jazzing up. But, where does a person start? What should be the main attraction? A lot of people think it starts in the actual table they choose from, but I think you can quite literally have ANY table - it's the stuff on the table and in the room that's really going to jazz up the room. First and foremost, you have to choose from tabletop accessories. Which ones you choose is completely up to you, but the ones I suggest are beverage dispensers, barware, candleholders and a vase for your flowers, yes you should have flowers!

If you’re thinking about serving wine, I would suggest the Ravenscroft decanters! Having barware items, like this one, is always important because you know that guests love their alcohol...

You can always add some little DIY bar items and use barware items like coasters, corkscrews, decanters, ice buckets, stoppers and shakers. Just because you don't have a "proper" bar doesn't mean the Bar Police are going to come arrest you. Have fun with this! If you see an end table, bureau or a height table that looks like it could become a bar - go with it!

Easy fix. To see more of our tabletop accessories like GG Canisters and Gracious Goods, visit our website.