How to throw a British style welcome home party..

This idea came to me when thinking about what kind of parties I would post on my blog, I always wanted my blog to be beauty, events, fashion and army relationships. Part of my relationship is deployments and distance so obviously I want something nice for Nathan to come too. As soon as I get the chance to throw him a welcome home party I will because he honestly deserves it he works so hard to provide for me and our future family. So here are my ideas for throwing a British themed welcome home party...

So some of my ideas are gonna have American flags etc because Pinterest is very low on the British homecoming posts but I did find a few pieces when searching British party decor. I am totally in love with the kind of British bunting and Victoria sponge cake style parties which I think would perfectly work for a homecoming party.

The food...

With all my themed parties I think that going the extra mile to do themed food makes it really look good. Starting with a classy British flag Victoria sponge cake with a flag on top and matching cookies. A bucket of 'battle chips' and cute jelly and ice cream British puddings with the matching flags give that extra effect.

Instead of the red white and blue theme, similar to the army themed party with army themed food including cake bombs, army camouflage cupcakes and a battlefield style chocolate cake decorated with a sweet trench and army men.

A cake...

Every celebration needs a cake, so alongside the British theme and the army theme which could go together well anyway I chose 4 cakes which could work perfectly!

Overall, I love both second images on the right from each style. I think one is fun and quirky and the other just looks really yummy! I love how you can see the layers and what it is made up from.

Decorations..

The first style of decor is from my British ideas I love how they are classic British tea party ideas I know not very manly but it looks so nice with the cakes and it shows British pride. Compared to the army style which are pictures from army party decor section, I love the ideas i found and maybe a tent could work for the British style too! But any style needs a big sign saying 'welcome home!

Well that's all for now I hope you enjoyed this post my lovelies! I will definitely be uploading my picture when I finally get to throw a homecoming party!

All my love,

How to throw a 50's themed party...

So as part of my portfolio when I applied for my job I created many scenarios and themed events to show what I could do, and this was one of my favourite ideas! I love the 50s I love the fashion, the music and the amazing dancing. I'm more into the americana style of it, the 'Grease' look with the diners and the jukeboxes! But hey I would still have this kind of party in the UK. Anyway, here are my ideas for a 50s themed party...

The food..

In regards to food this is probably the easier menu compared to my 'Army themed party' menu as this could be simple chips,burgers with ice creams and fizzy drinks with funky sundae glasses and cool plates.

So it's a simple menu perhaps or take it one step further (like I would) and make cake pop poodle skirts and ice cream,popcorn and burger cupcakes just simple cupcakes with cool decorations. Sure to impress your guests...

The Outfits..

When any girl thinks of 50's they think Grease, poodle skirts, big curls and leather jackets. That's if they know poodle skirts were fashionably in the 50's, so for the guys its easy a leather jacket jeans a white t-shirt and trainers but a girl can really go all out on this one.

Honestly what girl doesn't wanna put on a long flowing skirt and just twirl? I mean i would do it right now if I could haha.. I just think the fashion back in the 1950s was amazing, so preppy and elegant and it could classed up like the picture on the left.

A cake...

So when I think 50's I think a tiered cake devoted to the most popular or iconic fashion pieces and relics of it's time! So I found a number of awesome cakes on Pinterest that would look fabulous on the food table!

I mean honestly why not?!

Decorations...

As well as the poodle skirt this is probably my second favourite part, when I look at 50s decor I see a lot of diners and sock hop type of set ups with the traditional black and white floor. I am 110% obsessed with that kind of image it just really takes you back to the 50s and how awesome things were with people dancing together and having a great time!

So here are a few of my ideas..

Records for decoration are a must! To create a cool centre piece or as a border along your walls endless possibilities! Along with pastel and black balloons a retro juke box and diner themed decor like the straw holders and coke crates. Super Classic!

This image I found on Pinterest and LOVED for a simple at home 50s themed party it is so cute and works to the theme perfectly without need a big room it is simple like a small party. i love the customised menu and milk bottles with funky straws! Seems like red and white is a popular theme along with pastel colours but I'm not complaining!

My final few idea's for decor linking to the first set with the vinyl records hanging and red cups, along with cool record plates and cupcakes. Seems to be a record theme going on here haha! I think the more authentic the better and you could probably find even more ideas than the ones I've shown here on Pinterest..

Anyway that is my how to throw a 50's theme party, would love to see someone try this out!

hope you enjoyed my lovelies! 

All my love,

Throwing an army themed adult/kids party...

Let's put one thing out there, I am the BIGGEST kid going. So when I was thinking about how I wanted to incorporate my job and Nathan's job and what a better way to show it, now I'm 100% sure that mine and Nathan's little ones especially if we have a boy will want an army themed party. So maybe I am a little overly patriotic or proud of my fiance's job but oh well this looked awesome so without further ramblings here are some ideas of how to throw an army themed party...

Starting with the food...

So probably one of the areas that you can get the most creative, with army cupcakes like the ones mentioned in my dream wedding post to grenade cake pops and camouflage popcorn. Below are a few images of my thoughts with ideas of layouts for the food tables...

I absolutely love the army men cupcakes which could easily be made as normal vanilla cupcakes with piped green icing and little army men stuck on, but make sure to tell people there not eatable army men first haha! 

Above are examples of table layout and the cool way to bring in camouflage scheme balloons and adding them onto the tables to eat at. My absolute favourite is probably the party favour bags as they are just so child friendly and unique.

Now a birthday party would not be right without an awesome cake! So here are some cool ideas for birthday cakes that keep with the scheme! Could even do the cool camouflage cake mix inside so its all out army camouflage.

Now for general army decor around the home/garden...

A mess hall/scoff house style set up?

I absolutely love the idea of crates/boxes and barrels sprayed with ARMY and AMMO and other things like the bottom middle image covered in cam net along with cute handmade army bunting around the garden and camouflage colour scheme balloons. I think something really unique would be the cool spray painted signs as it would give the garden the impression of a mini army camp set up.

Now one of my favourite things to do would be the sign showing where each interesting area of the garden is because what's a party without games.

Why not make a cool command post for the soldiers to hang out in or eat their food? apart from the flags maybe UK flags instead but this is an awesome idea which I would love to recreate but I'd probably need Nathan's help haha..

Here are some more simple ideas for decorations and just to add to that army theme...

Party Activities & Games..

So what would an army party be if there wasn't physical activities to do...

• An obstacle course would be a good start with fake barbed wire crawling tunnels, to balancing beams and things to duck and dive under.
• How about a firing range? with targets to shoot nerf guns at or water balloons? now that sounds like an army activity and whoever hits the target the best gets a prize, Healthy competition...
• Next how about a makeshift bomb site with trenches made from crates or boxes covered in cam net that can be set up one facing the other for opposite teams to throw water balloons or nerf guns at.

So there are my ideas for an army themed party hope you enjoyed the read and seeing what I love to do for a job, all photos are from Pinterest my favourite site haha. Thanks for reading my lovelies!

All my love,