You can always find an excuse to have a party. Invite and former classmates, and colleagues, and relatives ... But how to spend an unforgettable party for guests? How to organize an ideal holiday and at the same time to facilitate your own life? ..
The main condition of a good holiday is the excellent mood of the hostess. And therefore do not wind yourself in advance. You will succeed and you will not be tired. Moreover, if you approach the organization of the evening creatively, the process of preparation will surely bring you no less pleasure than the holiday itself.
WHERE TO BEGIN?
First of all, you should determine the composition of the guests. Confess honestly: what do you want? Sit in a tight circle with the closest and dearest, or have fun in a noisy company. Anyway, experience shows: there are not too many strangers in one room to collect. It is best to invite proven, pleasant each other and you guests.
HOW TO FACILITATE YOURSELF LIFE?
The statistics states: we stopped taking guests at home. Indeed, it is much more convenient to sit in a cafe or restaurant. No shops, evenings at the stove and washing dishes ... However, for the ease of being, you have to pay something much more important. Our meetings have lost their former spirituality. What you could talk about in the kitchen, you would not discuss at a restaurant. And because of the gathering in the cafe should be alternated with domestic meals. After all, the house has all the possibilities to organize an unforgettable party. So you will not be tired of either one or the other. And to lighten your life slightly, use our advice.
1. What should I cook?
It is not necessary to roll a feast to the whole world every time. Your friends will appreciate pizza cooked together (or ordered over the phone), and a sandwich party, and a salad bar (lots and lots of salads and French baguettes), and even a sweet table (especially if your girlfriends come with children). In addition, it is now very fashionable to invite to any one dish (soup-kharcho, baked goose, homemade sushi, pelmeni or pies). The main thing is not the food, but the general mood.
2. What to do with the dishes?
Do not be afraid to use disposable dishes. Just do not skimp on - buy not white cups and plates, but colorful ones. Well, or buy a dishwasher. This acquisition will justify itself very quickly.
3. How to save energy?
Of course, the cleanliness and order in the house - it's great. But is it worth it to shovel the rubble and vacuum all corners, then in complete exhaustion and literally on autopilot to communicate with guests ?! Just remove unnecessary things from prominent places, wipe off the dust and relax.
4. What should I wear?
Home party for something and home, so you feel free. This is not an occasion to meet guests in a dressing gown or shabby sports pants and an elongated T-shirt (the exception is a themed "pajama party"), but buying a new evening dress is optional. Put on a summer sarafan, or jeans and a smart top and have fun.
5. Than to occupy children?
Of course, you can send the kids to their grandmothers or compassionate neighbors, but is it worth it to deprive them of the holiday ?! Invite your friends with the children and arrange an alternative party for the youngest. Take care of the children's buffet table (for this purpose canapes, sausages in the dough, hot sandwiches and fruits) and entertainment (a couple of cartoons with cartoons, table games and a game console will serve an excellent service). However, no one prevents you from having fun together. Both children (from 6 years old) and adults (up to 100 years) like games like phantas, burimas or nonsense.
6. Where to pack the guests?
Sometimes friends and relatives stay overnight. With this, there's nothing to be done. In advance, think about how many and where you need to equip the beds (buy inflatable mattresses, take a clamshell from neighbors), and prepare sets of bed linen and towels. Your guests should feel at home.
ON THE RULES OF ETIQUETTE
Invite guests should not on the day of the celebration, but a week before the event.
If you change plans and you can not receive guests, it's best to call all in advance and apologize.
A late guest should wait no more than 15 minutes and after that invite all those who came to the table. It's time to start a meal!
To come to visit is best at the appointed time or 5-10 minutes earlier. Late for more than 15-20 minutes is considered indecent.
Guests should be represented by their name and status: "This is Marina, my colleague," "This is the Pack, my brother" ... If there are too many invited guests, it's best to make cards with their names and put them opposite the plates.
THEMATIC PARTIES
If you are tired of the standard gatherings at the table and you are sure that your friends and relatives will appreciate the changes, invite them to an unusual holiday. Let it be, for example, a masquerade ball with a buffet table or a so-called themed party with carefully thought-out menus, uniforms and entertainment.
Top 5 Ideas
Pajamas party . Held at night. All participants are dressed in pajamas and nightgowns. The best food is pizza, fruit and martini with ice. As entertainment, frank conversations, a pillow battle and a game of "Night Hen" (all the guests clockwise ask each other questions, which must be answered with frank answers) are welcome. Similar options: breakfast in dressing gowns (friends come in the morning, change into robes and together they are preparing pancakes, pancakes and cheese cakes).
Photostudio at home . This format is ideal for hens. Invite your friends to visit and hire a professional photographer and make-up artist (the price of the question is from 5000 rubles). Then everything depends on your imagination and courage. Here you drink champagne, try sushi, here appeared in the image of Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte ... Similar options: beauty salon and massage at home (the cost varies from 3000 to 20 000 rubles).
All on the beach . Suitable for the coldest winter evening. In the menu - cocktails, fruits and paella with seafood. In the list of entertainment - competition for a wet T-shirt, viewing summer photos from the beach, dancing until I fall. The main thing is incendiary music, intoxicating drinks and swimsuits and shorts as a mandatory form of clothing. Similar options: the summer New Year (in July it's time to dress up a paper tree, buy tangerines, include the "Irony of Fate" and raise a glass of champagne).
Back to USSR. Ideal for creative people. Draw or search the Internet for Soviet posters and send them to your friends by e-mail as invitations. The slogan "Have you signed up for a party?" Surely will cheer your friends. In advance, warn them about the format of the holiday. The form of clothing is not free, Soviet style is welcomed, music is from revolutionary hymns to songs of working youth, entertainment is dances, talk about politics, borism on Soviet agitation, food is traditional (salad, salad, vinaigrette, herring under a fur coat, fried chicken with potatoes , salted cucumbers, sauerkraut, Leningrad cake, Soviet champagne and vodka). Similar options: any time travel (you can arrange a party in the style of the 20s of the XX century and change into gangsters and their beloved ones, "play" in the high society of the times of Leo Tolstoy or remember the antiquity and the inhabitants of Olympus). The main thing is to think over the menu, costumes, musical background, entertainment (demand that each guest show some number) and decorating the interior (a few sham details of that era will transform your apartment).
Japanese party . Suitable for all exotic lovers. In the menu - homemade sushi, rolls, plum and wine itself, clothes - Japanese and Chinese dresses are welcome, music is appropriate (good on the Internet you can find anything you like). As a separate program number you can see a couple of Japanese anime or horror movies. Similar options: parties in Italian, Spanish, French, Hawaiian, Indian, Chinese, American ... style. Just pick up a few simple national dishes, traditional music - and an unforgettable holiday you are guaranteed.
As you can see, everything depends solely on your desire, imagination and creativity. Of course, being an organizer and hostess of the holiday is quite difficult, but it's nice to receive compliments after the party. Remember that you are trying not only for guests, but for yourself and your beloved. You too will have fun, communicate, dance and enjoy everything that is happening. So how to spend an unforgettable party for guests - think through, putting yourself in their place.
MENU ON SKIPY HAND
If guests should come in an hour, and you only learned about it, immediately run to the store for:
chicken wings (they can be fried very quickly) - 15 minutes are prepared,
french fries in the package - 15 minutes on high heat,
sliced with cheese and sausage,
a can of caviar and sand cocotnits, fresh vegetables and fruits, cakes, pizza dough.
ON THE PARTY IS SUITABLE
Going to the store for food, do not forget to buy:
blender for making cocktails,
shaped ice, multicolored napkins, tubes and umbrellas for cocktails, skewers for canapés, Bengal lights, short sand dough forms for serving salads and caviar.
IF YOU GO IN THE GUESTS ...
It happens and such, is not it? In order not to strike the dirt in the face, one should observe the rules of an ideal guest ... He must:
do not be late, but not too early;
do not forget about the gifts. Even if you were invited to sit around without reason, you should not come into the house empty-handed. Chocolates or books - for children, flowers - the hostess of the house and fruit, cake or a bottle of wine - to the table. Here is a gentleman's set of the ideal guest;
not too stand out from the company. If everyone is playing forfeits or dancing, you do not need to pretend that you are above that. Why not once in my life try something new. Suddenly you like it?