It really is the most beautiful time of the year, but wouldn’t it be just that more beautiful if you pulled off the best Christmas party of the year! Whether it is a Christmas office party, family Christmas party or party that makes Winter Wonderland!
In an age of Instagram and picture-perfect celebs, this Christmas we can’t help but feel envious of the most luxurious, 1.3 million-dollar, upper-class parties the Kardashians can throw for their Christmas period. I mean, it isn’t very realistic for those of us who don’t happen to have dollar bills coming out of our ears… but what if I told you that you could come that much closer and get you onto the dance floor this Christmas? With these tips and tricks, we can get there on a budget to plan your Christmas parties. It is time to throw the best family, friends or work Christmas party they have ever seen. You might even surprise yourself, bring out the creativity within you, and all of you will feel, not only the Christmas spirit but like A-class celebs for the night!
Top of the list, first, we need to set the date! Once you’ve found the perfect date, leaving you enough time to organise all the preparation to come, we start with the invitations! We need the card that your guests will choose over any other invites or commitments they may have, something they can’t say no to! Our personalised greetings cards will fit like a pea in a pod to your budget!
We also need to think about our guests and their invitation upon arrival, depending on your crowd size; if you really want to build up the suspense and up the sophistication of your party, you could even give your guests printed wristbands upon arrival, a perfect little something for their scrapbooks, and for them to feel like VIP for the night.
Personalised wristbands with the name of your party would really push your party to that A-class you may be aspiring for, whether it's to impress your partner’s parents or even your boss, they will certainly feel like YOUR guest upon arrival. Of course, many of us are working on budgeting after spending our yearly wage on Christmas presents and secret Santa.
Go for the fabric for the sophistication or if you are on a lower budget purchase the paper wristbands. You can choose paper wristbands printed in different colours to play party games, without having to let your guests know at the beginning of the night. The printed paper wristbands with unique serial numbers can also make it fun with raffle prizes to give away.
The decoration is essential. This will be your biggest nightmare yet your biggest achievement, your decorations will be what will turn the space you have for this party into a Christmas miracle!
First, we need to decide on a theme, and if not a theme, at least a colour scheme. For things to work, they need to match. Whether we are going for Santa’s grotto or the Ice Queen's palace, red, green, silver or blue, the colour scheme will be the one to show your guests the queen or king of decoration that you are!
Start with the balloons and tablecloths, and why not get printed personalised balloons. If you happen to be one out of a million in the business or retail industry to have a spare hour or so over Christmas, DIY snowflakes are always a good idea, whether you are five, or forty-five (you may not believe me but you will secretly enjoy it!).
After you have picked your colour scheme, and matched this to your tablecloths and napkins, it is time to start thinking about a high-quality banner. The personalised printed roller banner should match your colour scheme, is the perfect way to show your guests they really are attending the best party of the year, Facebook snaps of them with the sign, and turn your Christmas party venue or living room into YOUR event! Make sure to add some Christmas cheer and an image to the banner, with the title of your party!
Finally, we can’t forget the balloons, unless you're set to the challenge, a pump is recommended, we can’t pretend that no matter how old we are we don’t love throwing around a few balloons after a couple of drinks! Still travelling and staying in our lane with our budget, it's time to move on to set the table!
Setting the table is a part of our decoration challenges, whether we are having one main table as part of a private dining room, or an adult and children’s table. Confetti on the table to glam it up is needed, ice buckets for the sophistication and keeping the drinks cold, and Christmas napkins are essential!
It is always a nightmare trying to place every person in a seat when there is a crowd of guests. Personalised name cards will not only make your guests feel extra special but will make the crowd a lot easier to handle! They are the perfect table decoration and will make your job that much easier.
Next, for the presentation, we need to make some canopies, which are easily doable through google, or if we are going from the buffet angle, we could even go as far as personalised paper plates!
And last but not least, we can’t forget to fold the napkins, lay the knives and forks just right, and of course, the wine glasses!
So, it's after dinner, and after one too many mulled wines or champagnes, what do we do now? On your personalised invitations, organising a secret Santa between all of your guests is a certain way to get them intrigued. Personalised secret Santa gifts on our site, will not only make you the best host, but also the best present giver.
After the board games and Christmas music dancing, every guest will feel the need to record and recall the time of their incredible party. What we can do is pick up a couple of essentials, of course, a fake moustache and a fancy hat from the fancy dress shop, and pair it perfectly with a personalised selfie frame, I mean, how can that not make it to the gram!
Finally, we cannot forget the Christmas crackers! The Custom Christmas crackers will not only add the perfect finishing touch to your table decoration layout but will give your guests a laugh or two (or an argument or two of who really cheated)!
This is a life tip now and always: little touches, little details and finishing touches are key if we haven’t learnt that already from our practice in decoration skills!
DIY deserts are easily doable through an online tutorial, or whether you prefer cute Christmas cupcakes, or go traditional with the Christmas cake! Baileys (for adults, of course) would match perfectly in Islande shot glasses, sophisticated and affordable. If you haven’t won your boss over yet, having a bailey’s shot with him in this glass certainly will!
Now, of course, the good old tradition of a tin of Heroes, Celebrations of Quality street must be opened, even if your guests do fight over who gets the Cadburys crème egg twisted!
Now it is time to end your night with mulled wine, a goodbye with Personalised Christmas Chocolate Christmas, choose from different organza bags whether it is chocolate coins organza celebration bags, with a personalised printed message tagging your event, creating a nostalgic feeling of childhood stockings and realising what an incredible night they’ve had at your Christmas party.
Who needs to be a Kardashian to throw the perfect Christmas party this year? These little tips and tricks take no time at all. Just be prepared, that after setting the bar this high, your colleagues, friends or family may be expecting this at the next private party!
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