Creating Event Ambience

• Use candles for instant ambience at your wedding, birthday party or family celebration. They set the perfect party mood and create a flattering light. Karen de Nevers, Eventeur recommends scattering votives on windowsills, stairways, shelves, and on the ground for outdoor parties.
• Prepare in advance for your event. Make your beverages and cocktails beforehand and limit your appetizers to food that can be served cold or at room temperature.
• Involve everyone. Let your guests know you are thrilled that they are present. Give them tasks like starting the dancing, introducing people or passing a tray or wine bottle.
• Get creative with your decorations. de Nevers Events has many ways to dress up your party with unique and trendy ideas. Create a "beach feel" by filling glass bowls (very inexpensive to rent!) with seashells and sand dollars. Fill the same bowl with a pillar candle and sand or with a floating flower in water.