5 Ways to Add Fun to Your Fall Gathering

In our recent meetings with clients we've heard a common theme: How can we make our event unusual and fun?

Some folks want or need their event to be more formal while for others the fun/unusual factor is key.  There's no right or wrong here; it's about what's important to the host(s) or guest(s) of honor.

Today we offer 5 ideas to make your fall gathering unusual and fun.

• Have fun food--For example, an ice cream or popcorn station/cart or a cones table (fill the cones with sweet or savory bites; cone makers and stands are available at department stores and large retailers as well as online).  These fun foods can be served with more traditional food fare--just watch how people smile at these foods!
• Use the new cool eco-friendly disposables designs to advantage--There are dozens of online companies selling the most amazing range of eco-friendly biodegradable disposables, with designs made of bamboo, bagasse (sugarcane), resin (corn-based), wood, and palm leaf and in colors from off-white to tan to colored to animal print.  And the shapes of this eco-disposable serveware are cool too, including cones, cups, coupelles (small shallow bowls for serving light bites), little boats, and spoons.  Our favorite company is www.restaurantware.com --check out their website for some great serving ideas for your gathering.  This type of serveware raises your gathering's cool factor, is good for the Earth, and is easier than china if real china isn't needed (if your event is not formal)
• Print a menu to display on a small stand or easel or write the menu on a blackboard.  Or if you're artistic paint it with watercolors.
• Use little square fabric coasters from India or Morocco under rows of pre-poured drinks.
• Use cool name place cards--Check out Favors by Seredipity's (www.fbys.com ) name cards, including mini scrollwork frames, silver and metal mini frames, mini tree branch frames, and mod mini black filigree frames.  Or for a really fun or lighthearted group, mini Etch-a-Sketches (www.world-of-toys.com ) can be used as place cards or favors and can even be left out in a basket for guests to amuse themselves with during your party.
• Also available at Favors by Serendipity: a huge variety of decorative cupcake wrappers in every style and design from mod to traditional--this makes your cupcakes (even bought or ordered ones) look much cooler and more decorative than the traditional wrappers that cupcakes generally come in.

Enjoy!

Kristina

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