Decorating for a Party With Yellow Daisies
As Meg Ryan observed in "You've Got Mail," daisies send a friendly message to the recipient. Traditionally, daisies mean purity, innocence and loyal love, according to the website The Flower Expert. Decorating for a party with daisies communicates that warmth and cheery friendship, suitable for a variety of party themes. Daisies would be appropriate for many types of parties, such as birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers, going-away parties and even graduation. Does this Spark an idea?
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Serving Ware Ideas
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For a casual party atmosphere, you can find paper products, such as napkins, plates and cups, with coordinating yellow daisies to go with your party theme. Use clear glass products to display the bright yellow or white for a crisp, fresh look. Even if your plates and serving ware clash with the daisy decor, you can pick up white table place settings at secondhand or thrift stores to tie your theme together.
Dessert Ideas
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Make sugar cookie dough or roll out store-bought cookie dough. Buy a daisy-shaped cookie cutter. Add yellow food coloring to homemade or store-bought frosting. Ice the cookies with coordinating yellow frosting. Another option is to bake a cake using a daisy-shaped pan. Bake a yellow, white or butter cake and, again, frost with yellow icing. Use other yellow-colored desserts, such as lemon pie, lemon bars, lemon cake and banana cake to add to the yellow theme.
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Where to Put Them
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You'll want to have plenty of yellow daisies in vases around the party area. You can make a creative centerpiece by putting fresh or fake daisies into an antique birdcage. Send a daisy home with each guest as a party favor. Cut fresh daisies just under the stem and put them on the cake or on top of a napkin, in the middle of each guest's plate, to add bright color to your table.
Considerations
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If you want to accentuate with an additional pop of color, you can choose from a wide palette of colors to add to your daisy decor. Green adds a back-to-nature feel, most closely mimicking the daisy itself. Pink and fuschia bring a feminine touch, which works well for a bridal shower or "It's a girl!" baby shower. For a more masculine feel, pair the yellow with any shade of blue, ranging from pale blue to turquoise to cobalt blue to navy. Use black for a contemporary flavor.
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