With my love of event management, I wanted to post something about the Jubilee fever that is about to sweep the nation. So Queen Liz is going to celebrate 60 years of her time on the throne ... BIG congratulations to her! Love the royals and love the patriotism. Bring on the red, white and blue colour schemes, flags, national anthem, cupcakes, tea and fun times.
If like me you are attending a Jubilee party at the beginning of June with family or friends or are organising one, here are some ideas to make your party extra special:
1. Bunting Oodles of the stuff. Bunting is brilliant and this is the perfect moment to go bananas with it. Personally, I like the old-fashioned fabric kind but there are all sorts of options out there now, from beautifully embroidered stuff to nicely weatherproof plastic. Use it in copious quantities indoors and out. Try the below from http://www.theflagshop.co.uk/red-white-and-royal-blue-bunting-981-p.asp
2. Red, white and blue You may not want to plaster your house with Union Jacks, but any terribly British party should really have a colour scheme that incorporates the colours of our flag. This has the added benefit of leaving you with some items that you might actually get to re-use at some point before the next big Royal event. Ask your guests to dress in our nations colours perhaps?
3. Best of British Feed your guests a selection of traditional regional classics in miniature, from a regional cheese board to mini fish & chips in newspaper print canapé cones. And for Drinks? It’s got to be gin & tonic!
4. More tea, vicar? Reference our national obsession with tea by serving tea-based cocktails in teacups, poured from tea pots.
5. Cake In the UK, we love our cake. Make gingerbread princes and princesses, and biscuits shaped like crowns with jelly tot jewels. Why not get any children attending to make some cakes to bring with them. Check out these cake toppers http://www.hunkydoryhome.co.uk/hunkycat/queens-jubilee-cupcake-toppers-p-1785.html?cPath=127&osCsid=v7f39o8a294nhcuflch85qblv7
6. Great British music Fortunately for us, the UK has a rich and varied musical heritage, which means that you can make an all-Brit soundtrack to suit every taste, from the Beatles to Queen.
7. Queen for the day Party guests love to dress up - it’s a great ice-breaker - so get online and order a big pile of cheap novelty crowns, tiaras and jewels from party suppliers. Throw in a few grey wigs, and purple sashes and you’ll be up to your ears in royal impersonators before you know it. You could hold a fancy dress competition. Check out some Union Jack inspired fancy dress from http://www.fancy-dress-forever.co.uk/search.php.
8. Lawn games No British summer party is complete without lawn games - whether croquet, lawn tennis, cricket or badminton, they’re perfect for a lazy summer afternoon’s socialising.
Well that is it for this evening. Hope it has been interesting for you. Have a fun Jubilee party!
Olivia x
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