Thursday, November 20, 2008

Budget Birthday

 

What do we as event planners do when we are not planning someone else's party? Plan someone else's party of course! Kate's sister turned 24 earlier this month, and as a present to her, she hired a chef, otherwise known as "Dad" to cook authentic chinese food Hibatchi style for a few friends and relatives. The ambiance was authentic as well, beautiful silk, gold and pink dishes with chopsticks straight from a trip to China, lanterns with a soft glow, and pretty silk orchids lined the table. The 4 course dinner lasted from the early evening into the wee hours of the night, and in between courses they sipped on sake (sa-kay) cosmos. We do apologize for the quality of the pictures.

Parties like this can take weeks to plan, but also can be put together with what you have at home already. Ask your dad or another relative to cook, use what you have stocked in your bar and add a simple, inexpensive ingredient to fit your theme. Use clothes, dishes, flowers from your garden, branches and leaves from trees, or anything else that you have around the house to spice up the theme as well. Above all, if you have a few munchy items, drinks to share, and a few friends, your party will be a success.