Late summer and early fall gatherings are a great time to use some beautiful and simple ideas for your events to distinguish them from spring and early summer events. The weather is still warm but in late summer and early fall there is a different feel in the air, and your events should reflect that.
Whereas spring and early summer events are perfect for pastels or brights or both, late summer and early fall calls for something a little different but that still feels "summery."
Good options are to combine either one pale color with one stronger color or to stick to a medium color. For example:
- Pale yellow or pale dove gray with deep red or burgundy accents (runners, napkins, etc.)
- Pale dove gray with medium green accents
- Pale green or pale blue with gold or deeper green or deeper blue accents
- Terra cotta with pale yellow
Serve a "bridge" cocktail such as a cranberry juice/champagne punch or a mimosa with grenadine or cranberry juice (just a dash, and it makes the mimosa a beautiful deep blush color)
Serve some hot and some cold hors d'oeuvres rather than all cold food
Try some organic greenery on tables, mantels, columns, or chandeliers, or mix flowers and greenery of the season. Good flower colors for late summer and early fall are white or medium-colored flowers or deep colored (or a mix of white and medium or deeper colors). If you have leftover flowers please take them to a hospital, nursing home, or shelter to brighten up the residents' day!
Enjoy!
Kristina
Kristina Ríos de Lumbreras, Ph.D.
Partner, Director of Sales & Operations
FANDANGO Catering
(281) 796-9841
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