Welcome to LTM Party!

LTM Party is your ultimate party super store! Since 1989, LTM, located in beautiful Sarasota Florida, has helped people celebrate special events and holidays.

Party Favors
LTM Party loves to help you create the perfect party! We are pleased to present you with a spectacular selection of party favors to inspire and delight you.

Whether you are holding a baby shower, bridal shower, wedding reception, graduation or other special event, we are sure you will find the perfect party favors here at LTM Party.

A wonderful new addition to our party favor line are customized coffee and tea favors. Perfect for bridal wedding favors. We also feature personalized favor tags for that perfect finishing touch with any party favor!

Save up to 25-30% on Wedding Invitations & Engagement Announcements
We are pleased to provide you with an excellent selection of professional wedding invitations and announcements from two of the most well-respected wedding publishers in the nation: Carlson Craft & Birchcraft.

Wedding Star Wedding Accessories
Wedding Star offers a beautiful assortment of wedding accessories and decorations. Contemporary, fresh and very exciting. We are sure you'll enjoy their fine collection.

Beverly Clark Wedding Accessories
Save 10% off MSRP with our Beverly Clark Collection.
Beverly Clark is also a world leader in fine Wedding collections and accessories. We are sure you will enjoy their large selection of beautiful and unique wedding accessories.

Personalized Gifts
Searching for a perfect gift idea that is truly unique? Personalized engraved gifts make a sophisticated gift that will be cherished for years to come. Celebrate those special moments in life with style and grace. Personalized gifts are useful, and elegant gift choices for graduations, weddings, and other special occasions!

Wedding & Anniversary Glassware
Getting married or celebrating that special anniversary? Personalized glassware is a perfect momento for such a happy event. We feature beautiful crystal stemware, wedding champagne flutes, and wine goblets that are sure to please the most discerning of tastes!

Wedding Accessories
Let yourself go wild and have fun designing your unique wedding ceremony and reception. You'll have a great time exploring your creative side and we are here to help! We have pearl balloons, exquisite candles, ribbons & bows, beautiful guest books, and not to mention car decorating kits for those naughty groomsmen and bride's maids!

Special Occasion Gifts
We are quite pleased to present to you a wide selection of elegant gifts perfect for every occasion and budget!

Whether your searching for just the right gift for Christmas, an anniversary, or wedding, we are pleased to help you with a fine selection of gift items at LTM Party.

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March 17 , 2009 is St. Patrick's Day!
Celebrate this glorious holiday of St. Patrick's in grand style! We offer great St. Patrick's Day party planning supplies specially packaged for hospitality event planners, hotel planners, and Irish pubs!

St. Patrick's Day 2009 Party Ideas
Are you planning your 2009 St. Patrick's Day party? You've come to the right place. We have a terrific selection of low cost St. Patrick's Day party supplies at 25% off retail prices! You'll enjoy great St. Paddy's Day celebration ideas along with super savings as well!

St. Patrick's Day Party Supplies & Kits
We have the largest selection of St. Patrick's Day decorations and party kits available. Choose from hundreds of party assortments that are full of fun!

St. Patrick's Day Party Hats & Favor Kits for Bars & Hotels
You'll love this year's great designs in playful gleaming top hats, derbies, noisemakers, clover glasses, and tiaras, banners, and serpentine throws. Your guests will have a fabulous time at your St. Patrick's Day celebration.

St. Patrick's Day Streamers & Banners
Beautiful metallic, prismatic or glittered "Happy St. Patrick's Day streamers and banners will greet your party guests in with style and pizzazz! Shimmering gleaming curtains with lucky Leprechauns, pots of gold, and beautiful rainbows, will set the party tone! We also feature a velvet-gold lame St. Patrick's holiday panel that's just perfect for your celebration!

St. Patrick's Day Leprechauns - Door Covers & Decorations
What would St. Patrick's Day parties be without the playful, mischievous and oh so lucky leprechaun? We have a beautiful assortment of door covers, and character curtains to decorate your party.

St. Patrick's Day Beads
What's St. Patrick's Day without fun green beads! Everyone loves these great souvenirs. We feature a giant assortment of fun and festive Irish St. Pat's beads! We have "Kiss Me, I'm Irish" beads, guaranteed to help you meet new friends! Shamrock beads with pots-o-gold, Happy St. Patrick's Day beads, shamrock beads, and shamrock beads with a Happy St. Patrick's Day mug.

St. Patrick's Day Decorating Kits
Plan your party quickly and easily with our shimmering St. Patrick's decorating kits. Everything you need is all in one package. It's a great way to coordinate your party with the lucky Irish theme. Your kit will include everything from Green irish tissue fans, green and white tissue balls, glittered foil shamrocks, foil shamrocks, leprechauns, leprachaun cutouts, special flame resistant St. Patrick's Day banner and St. Patty's garlands.

St. Patrick's Day Party Decorations
Want to go all out decorating for your Mardi Gras party? We have lots of shimmering shamrock fan bursts, St. Patrick's day danglers, shamrock stringers, leprechaun silhouettes, and shamrock cutouts. We have fans, metallic shamrock garlands, streamers, shamrock border trim, and door decorations for your St. Patrick's Day celebration. We especially like the St. Patrick's Day wind spinners with leprechaun hats, and shamrock twirlers. These whirling effects are quite festive!

St. Patrick's Day Table Centerpieces
Decorate your festive St. Patrick's Day party tables with 24" shamrock cascade centerpieces, lucky and beautiful shamrock gleam 'n burst centerpieces, pots-o-gold centerpieces, and rainbow shamrock centerpieces.


All about St. Patrick's Day
Irish-American immigrants brought Saint Patrick's Day to the United States. The first civic and public celebration of Saint Patrick's Day in the 13 colonies took place in Boston, Massachusetts in 1737. The first celebration of Saint Patrick's Day in New York City was held at the Crown and Thistle Tavern in 1756. In 1780, General George Washington, who commanded soldiers of Irish descent in the Continental Army, allowed his troops a holiday on March 17. This event became known as The St. Patrick's Day Encampment of 1780.

Today, Saint Patrick's Day is widely celebrated in the United States by Irish and non-Irish alike. Many people, regardless of ethnic background, wear green-colored clothing and items. Traditionally, those who are caught not wearing green are pinched.

Many parades are held to celebrate the holiday. Details vary. However, one of the best places to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day in the western United States is Butte, Montana. In New Orleans, Louisiana, the parades include the influence of New Orleans Mardi Gras, with float riders throwing spectators strings of beads, cabbages, and potatoes. Perhaps the smallest notable parade World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade, is said to take place in Hot Springs, Arkansas in the United States annually held on historic Bridge Street which became famous in the 1940s when Ripley’s Believe It or Not designated it “The Shortest Street in the World.” Boulder, Colorado claims to have the shortest parade, which is also less than a single city block.

Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated worldwide by Irish people and increasingly by many of non-Irish descent. Celebrations are generally themed around all things green and Irish; both Christians and non-Christians celebrate the secular version of the holiday by wearing green, eating Irish food and imbibing Irish drink, and attending parades. The St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin, Ireland is part of a five day festival, with over 500,000 people attending the 2006 parade. The largest St. Patrick's Day parade is held in New York City and it is watched by 2 million spectators. The St. Patrick's day parade was first held in New York City on 17 March 1766 when Irish soldiers marched through the city. Parades also take place in other Irish towns and villages. Other large parades include those in Cleveland, Belfast, Manchester, Birmingham, London, Coatbridge, Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Kansas City, Savannah, Pittsburgh, Denver, Sacramento, Scranton and Toronto. Large parades also take place in other places throughout Europe and the Americas, as well as Australia and Asia.

Locations for St. Patrick's Day Events
The New York parade has become the largest Saint Patrick's Day parade in the world, outside Ireland. In 2006 more than 150,000 marchers participated in it, including bands, firefighters, military and police groups, county associations, emigrant societies, and social and cultural clubs and was watched by close to 2 million spectators lining the streets. The parade marches up 5th Avenue in Manhattan and is always led by the U.S. 69th Infantry Regiment. New York politicians - or those running for office - are always found prominently marching in the parade. Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch once proclaimed himself "Ed O'Koch" for the day, and he continues to don an Irish sweater and march every year, even though he is no longer in office.

Need local Sarasota St. Patrick's Day Party Supplies?
Whether you want to shop for St. Patrick's Day Party supplies online or locally we can help! If it is convenient, you are always welcome to please stop by our five stores in Sarasota, Venice, and Port Charlotte, Florida. There you will also find a large selection of Mardi Gras items. >> Click for a store location nearest you.

Mardi Gras 2009 Party Ideas
Are you planning your 2009 Mardi Gras party? You've come to the right place. We have a terrific selection of low cost Mardi Gras party supplies at 25% off retail prices! You'll enjoy great Mardi Gras celebration ideas along with super savings as well!

Mardi Gras Party Supplies & Kits
We have the largest selection of Mardi Gras decorations and party kits available. Choose from hundreds of party assortments that are full of fun! Crown your Mardi Gras King or Queen with our wide assortment of colorful crowns, and tiaras. You'll love this year's great designs and colors for in playful Jester Hats, top hats, and fun party hats with wigs. You name it!

Mardi Gras Beads
What's Mardi Gras without throwing the traditional Mardi Gras beads? Everyone loves to toss and collect these great souvenirs. We feature a giant assortment of fun and festive Mardi Gras beads! We have jumbo bead necklaces, jester beads, special Mardi Gras mime and doubloon beads, Mardi Gras feather mask beads, and tons more. You name it, you'll find it at LTMParty.com. We even have Mardi Gras beads with a drinking glass attached!

Mardi Gras Streamers & Door Curtains
Beautiful metallic, prismatic or glittered " Mardi Gras" streamers will greet your party guests in with style and pizzazz! Shimmering gleaming curtains with Mardi Gras masks, and classic colors will set the party tone!

Mardi Gras Masks, Boas, Leis.
What's Mardi Gras without a huge assortment of fun and festive Mardi Gras masks! Your guests will love our unique Mardi Gras feathered masks and boas. We have half masks, traditional venetian style masks, and lame half masks. We especially love our new gold metallic sun, moon, and star mask assortment! Nothing gets the party guests in the party kind of mood like colorful Mardi gras leis!

Mardi Gras King & Queen Crowns & Robes
Every Mardi Gras celebration must have a King and Queen! Your Mardi Gras royalty will be quite pleased with our great assortment of King and Queen robes, tiaras, crowns, and boas! We also have gold and silver coins for them to toss to the Mardi Gras party and parade revelers!

Mardi Gras Jesters
What would mardi Gras be without the playful, mischievous court jester? We have a fantastic assortment of Mardi Gras jester hats, boppers, and tiaras for your life of the party to wear.

Mardi Gras Banners
Announce to your guests exactly where the party is! Our colorful fringed metallic Mardi Gras banners announce the happy news that Mardi Gras is back! They come in a variety of styles from prismatics, pennants, and cut out style banners.

Mardi Gras Confetti & Coins
Nothing says "Happy Mardi Gras" like beautiful confetti and coins. We have all your favorites, from sparkle confetti, art tissue confetti and lots-o-dots confetti. Your Mardi Gras King & Queen can spread the wealth with lots of silver and gold embossed coins. We also have Mardi Gras mask silhouettes perfect for celebrating and boosting up the party atmosphere. Don't forget the alway's popular Mardi Gras Confetti bursts or crackers!

Mardi Gras Decorating Kits
Plan your party quickly and easily with our shimmering Mardi Gras's decorating kits. Everything you need is all in one package. It's a great way to coordinate your party with a central color theme. Your kit will include everything from Mardi Gras garlands, signs, cutouts, comedy and tragedy masks decorations, jesters, and multi-colored tissue balls!

Mardi Gras Party Decorations
Want to go all out decorating for your Mardi Gras party? We have lots of shimmer balls, starbursts, fans, garlands, streamers, and door decorations for your Mardi Gras celebration. We especially like the Mardi Gras whirls, and doorway panels. Our mask cascades are also a festive addition to the party!

Mardi Gras Centerpieces
Decorate your festive Mardi Gras's party tables with 21" star cascade centerpieces, and special glitter "onion grass" centerpieces.

Mardi Gras Tablecovers and Table Skirts
Decorate your tables with the traditional Mardi Gras colors of royal purple, hunter green, and gleaming gold! We have tablecovers by the roll, or single rectangular shapes.

All about Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday". It is the day before Ash Wednesday. It is a celebration that is held just before the beginning of the Christian Lent.

In the mid-1700's, New Orleans Creoles celebrated carnival at masked balls. One hundred years later, the first organized carnival crews began parading on the streets of New Orleans. That tradition has been going strong for more than 150 years!

For those who love to know more about Mardi Gras - it arrived in North America with the LeMoyne brothers, Iberville and Bienville, in the late 17th century, when King Louis XIV sent the pair to defend France's claim on the territory of Louisiana, which included Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

The two explorers eventually found the mouth of the Mississippi River, sailed a while upstream and named the spot Point du Mardi Gras (Mardi Gras Point) 60 miles downriver from present-day New Orleans. In 1699, the traditional Catholic celebration ensued leading to what many refer to as North America's first Mardi Gras; thus, the French province of Louisiana has the claim to the first Mardi Gras; Mobile would become the official capital of the Province in 1704.

Carnival celebrations became an annual event highlighted by lavish balls and masked spectacles. Some were small, private parties with select guest lists, while others were raucous, public affairs.

Lately Mardi Gras has been taken up by several cities in the U.S. as the event brings much needed revenue to city coffers.

Locations for Mardi Gras
Perhaps the cities most famous for their Mardi Gras celebrations include New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro, Venice, Bahia, and Mazatlán. Many other places have important Mardi Gras celebrations as well. The carnival is an important celebration in most of Europe, and in many parts of Latin America and the Caribbean.


Need local Sarasota Mardi Gras Party Supplies?
Whether you want to shop for Mardi Gras supplies online or locally we can help! If it is convenient, you are always welcome to please stop by our five stores in Sarasota, Venice, and Port Charlotte, Florida. There you will also find a large selection of Mardi Gras items. >> Click for a store location nearest you.

Need Sarasota New Years Party Supplies?
If it is convenient, you are always welcome to please stop by our five stores in Sarasota, Venice, and Port Charlotte Florida. There you will also find a large selection of New Years items. >> Click for a store location nearest you.

New Years 2009 Party Ideas
Are you planning your 2009 New Year's party? You've come to the right place. We have a terrific selection of low cost New Year's party supplies at 30% off retail prices! You'll enjoy great New Year's ideas along with super savings as well!

New Years Party Supplies & Kits
We have the largest selection of New Year's party kits available. Choose from hundreds of party assortments that are full of fun! You'll love this year's great designs and colors for party Hats, horns, tiaras, and noisemakers. Prismatic, velour, you name it! All New Years assortments are specially color coordinated in great cost saving New Year's party kit assortments. From chic top hats and feathered tiaras to wild party spinner hats, we've got it all! New Years Decorations
Looking for that perfect New Year's banner or streamer for New Year's 2009? We have a large variety of New Year's party banners to choose from.

New Years Streamers
Beautiful metallic, prismatic or glittered "Happy New Year" streamers will greet your party guests in with style and pizzazz!

New Years Beads
Celebrate your New Year's with festive beads. We have colorful New Year's necklaces with horns, stars and champagne glasses.

New Years Confetti
Nothing says "Happy New Years" like beautiful confetti. We have all your favorites, from sparkle confetti, art tissue confetti and lots-o-dots confetti. We also have 2009 silhouettes perfect for celebrating the New Year. Don't forget the alway's popular New Year Confetti bursts or crackers! New Year's serpentines are always a blast - for a fun and colorful party.

New Year's Decorating Kits
Plan your party quickly and easily with our shimmering New Year's decorating kits. Everything you need is all in one package. It's a great way to coordinate your party with a central color theme. Your kit will include everything from New Year's garlands, signs, fans, and banners to ring in the 2009 New Year's.

New Year's Horns and Noisemakers
Blast in the New Year's with our wide variety of party horns, noisemakers, trumpets, blowouts, and handclappers.

2009 New Year's Centerpieces
Decorate your festive New Year's party table with star cascade centerpieces, and special 2009 cascade centerpieces.