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The best party planners always have a way of making every detail looking oh-so polished yet entirely effortless. And the best eco-friendly doyennes do it with natural flair. So just how do they pull off holiday d?cor that looks like it was plucked from the backyard, yet refined enough for a royal audience? Celebrity party-planning expert Marcy Blum says it's easier than it looks, and elegant and cost-effective to boot.
"It's easy to use natural materials because there are plenty of items in your house that you can throw together," says Blum, who has primped and prepped parties for the likes of celebs from Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick to Salmon Rushdie. "Not only will these decorations be more cost-efficient, but they can be decorative in an unusual way," she adds.
Here she doles out her six top secrets for holiday decorating au natural, even with no time to spare. Elegant and eco-friendly ornamentation that works from Thanksgiving to New Year's? Sounds like a prescription for a happy holiday to us.
