Dear Diva Readers,
top: 5px; float: left; color: white; background: #781300; border: 1px solid darkkhaki; font-size: 80px; line-height: 70px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 5px; font-family: times;”>This March 2012 Belle Inspiration magazine featured The Antiques Diva & Co in an article titled “Throwing a Cocktail Party”. The intro reads “When Toma Clark Haines, Chief Executive Diva of The Antiques Diva & Co European Tours, and her good friend, caterer and international cooking school guru Jill DiGiovanni of CHEF in BERLIN decide to throw a party, the resulting fete is a recipe for success”.
Rather than re-write the entire thing, click here to read the article and maybe gain a tip or two on throwing your own cocktail party!
While the Belle Inspiration publication is only allowed for viewing online by subscribers, editor Mimi Bleu graciously made this article available for Diva readers. To subscribe to this wonderful treat of a magazine, read more here!
A special thanks to the talented Laila McCubbin for capturing the festivities behind her lens! Below are a few photos from that special evening – enjoy!
Cheers!
The Antiques Diva
The last pic of you and Mr. Diva is the best :))
Jill, we’re dreaming about your food – always!
Toma you and you guests look gorgeous. It makes me so happy to see people dressed for the occasion!
Your party accoutrements and setting look so perfect!
xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
What a marvelous fete! Thank you for allowing Belle Inspiration the pleasure inlcuding all the festivites in our current issue.
à bientôt,
Mimi
Our pleasure Mimi!
The pictures are fabulous: I want to reach out and touch: and eat! Thnks for sharing recipes Jill. And, are both the cake pops and pizza cones served in glass lower frogs? Brilliant!
Thanks for the invite to your tres glam Diva cocktail
A bientot
It was the gorgeous food by CHef in Berlin and photos by Laila McCubbin that did the trick! What a wonderful night!
Oh Toma….How I’ve missed you! My darling husband has been gone almost 8 months and I’m just getting back into the swing of things. Your party looks quelle magnifique. You look gorgeous, as always and I love the multi colored hose on one of your guests. I think I gained 20 lbs just by looking at the pictures. More from The Contessa soon.
Such a pleasure to hear from you!!!! It’s been too too long!!!
The food looks divine, as do you and Mr. Diva.
Merci Monique!!!
Stunning! Congrats to you and your fabulous photographer.
The Photographer was fabulous!!! Kudo’s to Laila!
What a amazing collection of antiques you have around your house. The photographer has really done amazing job getting the feeling and activities of the party and it looks like you really enjoyed the night.
Thanks so much Loveday for your kind words! We had a ball – I love nothing more than hosting a party!