Decorating for a July 4 Party

Today in our continuing blog series, "Summer Entertaining," we offer 7 ideas for decorating for your July 4 party.

The obvious thing is to use red, white, and blue for your decorating colors--but in what combination?

Here are 7 ideas (and we hope you'll make your July 4 party as eco-friendly as possible too!):

• Dark blue tablecloth(s), red napkins and/or placemats, white plates, red or medium-blue flowers
• Red tablecloth(s), dark or medium-blue napkins and/or placemats, white plates, medium-blue or white or both, mixed, flowers
• White tablecloth(s), red or dark or medium-blue napkins and/or placemats, red or medium-blue flowers
• No tablecloth(s), red or medim- or dark blue placemats and/or napkins, red or white plates, red or medium-blue flowers
• If your party is casual, you can also use something more rustic to hold flowers like a pitcher or a galvanized bucket.  Or how about a beverage tub filled with bottles of red soda and ice as a centerpiece? Or a flower pot with red or blue flowers from outside--These ideas look nice but not too fussy if your party is more casual.
• You can add another layer of decoration by laying tiny paper flags from a party store on your table(s).  Or for a rustic look lay red or blue bandanas or both diagonally across your table or kitchen island and put the food or beverages on top of the bandanas. Or for a more elegant look you can puddle a small tablcloth or piece of fabric in red or blue and put plates, cutlery, etc. there, or your centerpiece.
• Recently we saw a colleague's beautiful box opened to display pastries on a buffet--why not adapt the idea by using a red or blue box, solid or printed, square or round, to hold cutlery for your party? Or even a wooden wine box on its side lined with red or blue napkins or fabric to hold cutlery for your 4th celebration?

Enjoy the 4th!

Kristina

Fandango Catering and Events
(713) 522-0077
www.fandango-catering.com