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Making your plan for hosting your tea party should not be a tough task altogether. Guests will come prepared to have the best of their time, the worst you can do is disappoint them. What if you are running on a shoe string budget, do you call it quits? Definitely, you should go ahead and plan it.
A party like this comes with tea favors for your guests in a serene environment. This does not mean that you have to hire a big hotel or park out there to accomplish your mission. There are many places starting with your compound and neighbors place that you can use as your venue. The tea favors can be issued in an orderly way once you familiarize yourself with the venue.
Have the list of guests that you need to invite to your place as early as possible. You can do this cost effectively through contacting those that you have their mobile numbers as this will reduce paperwork for you. You can also email others and only send cards if necessary for some guests and also hint on the tea favors set up to raise their anxiety. This is a good welcome note for them.
The decorations for such a party don’t need to be excessive. Maintain a calm and relaxed theme for the same. If it is an evening event make sure it rhymes with the lighting in the house. You should avoid too much décor as this mostly involves adults. It is rare to have kids at such a party.
The cooking and preparation of the tea should be done in-house. There is no need to go for caterers from a five star hotel to prepare everything for you. Perhaps this is the best chance to put your best foot forward together with your family to offer your guests a party they cannot forget. This will save you extra money that can be directed to the gift packages for the guests.
To entertain the guests you don’t need to go for the best deejay in town. Just have some music that can traverse all genres playing in the background. This will ensure nobody is feels out of place. Avoid loud music that is irritating to the ears and allow people to receive their gifts in between if they so wish.
The assortment of cookies and all pleasantries should be packed before the guests arrive. It is not necessary to have them present as the event begins but they can later be placed on a table placed strategically on the way out to allow the guests pick them as they leave. This will make it easy instead of calling out names to hand them the gifts.
If you are on a shoe string budget then it is only good that you stick to food stuff as favors. The only thing you need to make sure is that you supplement them with a few accessories depicting the momentous occasion. Armed with this few tips you can ensure your tea party rocks!
By Plamen Ivanov
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