With only one episode left of Pretty Little Liars, Shay Mitchell is hoping to get together with her co-stars Lucy Hale, Ashley Benson, Troian Bellisario and Sasha Pieterse one last time to celebrate the sevenseasons of their hit show. “Everyone is so spread out so it may be difficult,but I really want to watch it with other cast members,” the actress, who has pretty much grown up playing Emily Fields toldHELLO!. “I have to, it’s very emotional.”
The 30-year-old wouldn’t need to look very far when pickingthe perfect venue for the finale viewing party. “I love having people over,”Shay, who teamed up with Stella Artois to Host One to Remember, shared. “It’sreally simple when you break it down and doesn’t have to be stressful.”
Just by watching the brunette beauty’s social media, herpizza nights or dinner parties always show her friends having the best time, andwith her suggestions, your summer soiree can also be one for the books. Forstarters, good music is essential. “I curate the playlist before so I’m notalways having to run up and change the song,” she said.
And as the seasons change, so do her table settings. “Youcan do things inexpensive. I used newspaper and magazines as place settings onetime,” she pointed out. “It was so easy to clean up.” Just as Shay walked awayfrom the PLL set with track suits and a swim cap to remember Emily, her guestsany given night also get mementos from her house. “I love flower crown making;you get great photos and can take something home with you,” she added.
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Her enviable posts don’t stop there. Since wrapping the showin October as well as her upcoming film Cadaver, the Canadian-born stunner has takenher over 17 million followers on Instagram around the world with her. “We are very fortunate to travel,” she saidas her eyes lit up discussing her most recent trip toMorocco for friends Hannah Bronfman and Brendan Fallis’ wedding. “It was one ofmy favorite places. Marrakesh is just magical,” she said of her 10-day tripto Morocco. “Everywhere you look there are so many colors. It’s such a vibrantcity and full of energy.”
However, Shay is quick to point out that those photos arethe result of ‘thousands’ taken. “I will never lie about every photo I put up,”she admitted. “My camera roll at the end of a photo spree goes pages and pages.
What you see isn’t always exactly what it is, and I always put out that messageespecially to young girls. I have fun on Instagram, but it’s not my reality.”
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She continued: “Instagram is my own personal art gallery. Iwant to curate photos with how I want them to be seen.” For now, most of herphotos seem to be missing one special someone, her boyfriend Matt Babel, whojoined her at the Stella Artois party in NYC. “Relationships are personal tome,” she shared. “That could always change, but it’s the one thing I choose notto showcase as of yet.”
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