Decoration tips for your Cocktail Party
The right decorations are equally important. They should be varied and a bit exotic, like the ingredients, and tastefully arranged. Your guests will feel relaxed and enjoy interesting conversation in a casual atmosphere.
And of course, the perfect party needs perfect music: start with soft and cool bar music and change over during the course of the evening to louder Caribbean rhythms. That will really heat up the mood of your cocktail party. But don’t forget about your neighbors on late summer evenings – even better, invite them too.
Sticks for Sticks
Open a cocktail napkin and set it down in front of you with the design at the bottom, with one corner pointing downward. Take the lower corner of the napkin and fold it onto the opposite corner to form a triangle. Beginning at the long side of the triangle, roll the napkin up completely. Fold the rolled napkin in the middle and place it decoratively inside a glass.
Tip:
Roll up a puff pastry or Grissini stick in the napkin on each side.
Flower Basket
Use solid color napkins for this decoration. Open the napkin and place it in front of you. Fold all four corners in toward the center. Repeat this procedure and again fold all four corners toward the center. Now turn the napkin over and fold all four corners toward the center. Hold the corners in the center with one finger and pull the corners out carefully from the back side of the napkin, creating four large flower petals. Weigh the center of the napkin down with a little bowl of cocktail tomatoes (see recipe sectin), a party bread roll or similar item.
Fan
Set a (size 33 or 40) napkin down so that the tip with the four open layers is pointing towards you. Fold the tip of the first layer now up, about two centimeters below the top corner. Fold the second, third and fourth tip up, each about two centimeters below the previous one.
Now fold the right and left side to the back, creating a point.
Place the napkin in a glass – a snazzy decoration for your party straws.
Cocktail Napkins with Designs
Cocktail parties are relaxed, and every one is moving about. Spills or glass marks on the table can happen. Set out a stack of cocktail napkins (25 x 25 cm) with exotic cocktail designs so they are at hand quickly when needed. Then you can devote yourself to your guests again!
