Summer is the ideal time for a garden party
Now you can't just party outside, but gets the decoration for free, so to speak.
Rustic vessels
If you stock up on beautiful glasses and bottles over the course of the year, has almost everything together. But also clay pots, like old baking tins or cucumber pots, rustic metal vessels such as tubs or pots and woven baskets can be used as decoration. It is important, that the hodgepodge of the dissimilar vessels is not mixed up too colorfully, so that the impression does not arise, that you are at a clearing out party. This can be avoided, among other things, by decorating the different containers with wide ribbons of the same color or cuffs made of crepe paper.
Another way to convey a coherent overall impression would be, if you only use one type of flower for the different containers.
If you want to present your flower arrangement in baskets or other water-permeable vessels, he puts a large glass in it and hides the edge with large leaves. Hostas or ferns are particularly suitable for this.
Edible decoration
tomatoes, Apples, Plums ... everything, what the garden has to offer in terms of fruits, can also be used as a decoration. It looks nice and it's delicious too. Salads and cold platters can also be decorated with edible flowers. To do this one takes (among other things):
- Borretsch,
- daisy,
- Kornblume,
- lavender,
- dandelion,
- Malven,
- Marigold,
- Rose,
- yarrow,
- Pansy
- violet
It also looks particularly pretty, when you freeze small flowers in water to make ice cubes and then add them to the drinks.
Candles are part of it
On calm days, the candles are simply placed on beautifully shaped bottles. Who is afraid of the flames, he takes tall glass vessels such as vases or simply mason jars as lanterns. The bottom is filled with sand or water and small flowers are added. Thick pillar candles or simple tea lights create a corresponding romantic atmosphere. Floating candles are not only very popular with children. These come in a shallow bowl of water or a tall glass bowl, which is only slightly filled.
Enchanted trees
Glasses and bottles with flowers can also be hung in the trees and thus create an additional blossom magic. For those who like it particularly romantic, he also hangs mason jars with tealights on the branches.
Cool drinks
Old sheet metal tubs are ideal for storing drinks. Are they partially filled with water, remain beer, Soda and wine nice and cool. On very hot days you can also use ice or cold packs for support.
lid on it
If the cold buffet stays outside, because every now and then you want to eat something again, then you should definitely cover the food. It's not just the creatures who arrive quickly as uninvited guests, if you leave food outside for long periods of time. Many pots today have glass lids, which can also be put on bowls. So the content is protected and you can still see, what's inside.
Sit in the shade
Who doesn't own a sun sail, he can make do with a large tablecloth or a bed sheet. This is tied to trees, Fences or specially used bamboo sticks. Thus, the guests or the cold buffet stay in the shade.
When night falls
Should the party stretch a little, then it is wise, if you provide some blankets or cloaks and the like in advance. Then you don't have to start looking in the cool hours of the night.