Fandango Catering Offers 4 Ideas for Creating a Theme Event or Wedding

Theme events from small parties to large weddings and galas are popular this year, and today we offer 4 ideas to help you create a wonderful theme event.

Start with your budget--If you're on a tight budget, some theme ideas are more expensive to execute than others.  For example, a Mexican, Western, or tropical theme will be less expensive than theme concepts like An Evening in Paris, 70s disco, or a high-end casino party. Determine how much you want to spend on food AND decor for the theme--or rather, how much you want to spend on food and how much is left for the themed decor.  In our experience guests will talk, and not kindly, long after an event at which the host(ess) spent more on decorations or booze than on the food, no matter how great those decorations or that booze were. 

Brainstorm--The most creative event designers and planners hold brainstorming sessions for themed events, and do not dismiss any idea right off.  Instead, after making a preliminary brainstormed list, they run down their list to eliminate those ideas that are completely undoable or impractical for that particular situation.  More often than people think, an idea that at first seemed dubious plays out well at an event.  In any event, for each idea, ask: What would we need to do this and can it be done with the resources we have or can get?

When you've narrowed it down to a few themes, research--If you're trying to decide between themes, list the components of each theme (food, decorations, tabletop, entertainment, whatever).  Don't know what the components would be? Do an Internet search like "ideas for casino parties" or "Argentine food" or "South African food" or whatever the themes you're considering may be.  Now compare them to your deciding criteria, whether that's cost, doability, ease, or whether your guests will like one theme more than another.  Note that most home cooks aren't proficient enough to cook for a themed event, so here you'll probably want to hire a caterer or chef unless it's a cuisine you know well.

Try to spread the theme to each of the major components--These are: food, music and/or entertainment, tabletop (including plates, cutlery, glassware, and napkins) and decorations.

Warmly,

Kristina

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