red, white and phew!
cobi's house • entertaining • summer • Comments (1)
Friends of ours were transferred to the US last year and finally made it home for a visit. Even though it’s a busy time of year, we decided to surprise them with a Canada Day party so they don’t forget their roots are red and white with only a few blue flowers mixed in to show our Canadian open-mindedness.
Of course I love a theme party and this one started with summer market flowers in red and white, like carnations and freesia…
begonias…
…and gerberas…
I pulled out my thrift-store milk glass collection that always looks great in the summer with candles, flowers or fruit…
And added some hosta leaves and lemon verbena from the garden…
It gave me a giggle that as I was arranging the flowers our copy of Macleans arrived and fit right in!
Even the food looked patriotic!
Oregano from the garden… mmmm…
It’s tough to pick The Great Canadian Soundtrack - too many choices!
Of course we used a hockey puck as a napkin weight…
And I know Dollarama is American but their Canada Day stuff is way fun and dirt cheap…
I found these priceless dinner napkins there too ~ good for a few laughs -
And Bob says I could have been arrested for using their cheap flags for a tablecloth (something about the flag act?) but they looked great!
He created a quiz for the night that was really fun - questions about famous Canadians - our daughter wrote up the clues as name tags.
Everyone got in on the act and many arrived dressed in red and white!
It was a great party and one I would do again in a minute - after all, what else am I going to do with all these little flags??
Comments
I love this blog, the red and white ideas are great and can be used in other colours too. I can’t wait to try some of your ideas. Thanks, Rose.