Surf's Up At A High End Beach Party

In our last blog posting, we featured a hunting lodge luncheon, with an atmosphere that was dark, cozy and classic.

This posting is the second in our series about creating not just a look and feel, but a feeling for your guests as they walk into your event. 

Welcome to our high-end beach party! 

Imagine a bridal shower, a bat mitzvah or an anniversary party for a family that wants a bright seaside setting for their party. We started with bright, watery blues accented with sunny orange to make it all pop. The menus are letterpress printed on subtle blue and white striped cards

The table top features blue art glass chargers and bowls, as well as blue water glasses. A lantern with a blue candle inside is surrounded by a variety of handmade wooden and dried flowers in beach tones with blue and naturally orange star fish interspersed among the flowers. A subtle floral design on the white linens adds airiness to the sea shore atmosphere.

You don't want to cut into the individual table cake with its beautiful waves, shells and stars. But you know it is going to be delicious! The starfish motif is carried into the napkin rings, tied with a sea blue ribbon. White shivari chairs add a classic elegance, while sea grass and a vintage surfboard bring in the fun.

The companies who coordinated on this project are:

• Rose Marie Belo, Lettres Stationery of Distinction
• Debbie Grazier of Riverhouse Catering 
• Ana Parzych Cakes (part of this overall project, but not in this particular photo setting)
• LifeTouch Photography
• Dragonfly Floral and Event Design 

Guests can take home woven beach bags.

Letterpress invitations on subtle blue and white cards

The cake is decorated with bright blue waves, shells and starfish, all edible!

Starfish napkin rings tied with matching blue ribbon.

Blue glass place settings are accented with a touch of orange

A burning sea colored candle surrounded by handmade flowers, rope balls and star fish

Throw a beach party any time of year!

Creating Distinction: Lunch at The Hunting Lodge

We are often asked to create not just a distinctive look for an event, but an actual feeling. When guests arrive, they enter into the environment physically and emotionally. Weddings are an obvious example of this type of inclusive design. But sometimes a dinner party in somene's home is an equally significant event.

So we wanted to present a series of intimate decor ideas here on Petals and Ponderings. We work with many phenomenal colleagues in the event industry, and for this project there were no exceptions. Five companies coordinated a photo shoot around several very distinct looks and settings, and all evoking strong responses of place and theme.

For this first story, we created a late afternoon lunch at the manor after a day of riding. The feeling is rich, luxurious and classic with equestrian details and hints of the hunt.

The companies who coordinate on this project are:

• Rose Marie Belo, Lettres Stationery of Distinction
• Debbie Grazier of Riverhouse Catering 
• Ana Parzych Cakes (part of this overall project, but not in this particular photo setting)
• LifeTouch Photography
• Dragonfly Floral and Event Design

Exquisite linens and printed menus

 

Horse statuette and pheasant feathers folded into each napkin

Centerpieces: Ruby red callas, dried lotus pods, orchids, fiddlehead ferns, giant sunflowers and more

A nip of brandy, perhaps?

At the table with a hearty appetite