I remember that when we first started decorating at the beginning of last year, we agreed with my friends that we would have a Halloween party at our new home until we got drunk. Who knew that Halloween, Christmas, New Year's Day... Qingming Festival had all passed, and there was still no decoration. Well, I gave birth to a baby along the way, haha. Finally, taking advantage of the baby's 100th day, I invited a group of friends to come to the new home for a gathering, which also served as a greenhouse party.

After learning that the minimum price for a dessert table to be built outside was at least 2,000 yuan, not counting balloons and flower arrangements, my teammates and I planned to DIY it ourselves. Fortunately, the effect was not any worse than that of a professional. I will make a small note in the hope that it will be of some help to friends who are also handicapped.

Determine the main color

After deciding to get started, you first need to determine the main color. After looking through Instagram and Xiaohongshu examples, I finally chose the blue-gray color scheme, which is photogenic and matches the style of my home.

How about sharing my heart-warming pictures?

Are they all beautiful and stunning? Adhering to the principle that Mark has already done, I feel like I have completed a great party?

In fact, many online pictures are made so beautiful and fresh with the addition of mysterious power - filters. Therefore, if you are a handicapped person like me, please don’t be intimidated by these seemingly full-level dessert tables. Step by step, the results are no worse than theirs.

Determine the location of the dessert table

When setting up a dessert table at home, it is also important to find a suitable location. To provide a convenient location for food, it is best to have an entire white wall or in front of a floor-to-ceiling window for easy arrangement and photography. I chose the wall opposite the island with the arrow painted on it (sorry that there is only surveillance footage from this forgotten angle)

I chose this wall because it is a very wide corridor and the dessert table is against the wall, so there is enough space. When taking photos, the island dining table opposite can also be used to place drinks and snacks such as potato chips and fruits. It is very convenient to take food.

Dessert table layout sketch

After determining the theme and location, you can design the layout (plagiarism) based on the saved pictures. Please appreciate my impressionist paintings from a distance but not in detail.

The purpose of the sketches is to encircle our divergent thinking in a rational framework and not to be influenced by the dazzling coquettish bitches on the Internet. One style today, another style tomorrow. Of course, some fine-tuning is necessary during the execution process, and the final effect is like this.

The dessert menu is confirmed

This is a list of desserts and meals for the day. The kitchen app has everything you need. Of course, it is best to try it out in advance (but There is a curse that only succeeds the first time).

In addition to fresh fruits, yogurt and seafood, they can all be prepared and refrigerated one day in advance, and only need to be decorated with fruits the next day. If you don’t want to use the oven, the desserts include bran yogurt cups and mango mousse are very simple, and a large bowl of Doritos corn chips with guacamole (avocado puree, black pepper and lemon juice) can keep guests eating. .

The lemon chicken wings recipe from Sumitomo@counterclockwise is also very good, very suitable for parties, and the presentation is amazing.

Open Sandwich

Salty Tower

Others

Purchasing materials

After determining the layout plan and menu, The exciting purchasing process is about to begin. Based on your design, start purchasing from major tb stores. My tip is that you choose the store based on the color of the balloons.

In this balloon design, there is a relatively rare blue-gray color, which is close to the macaron color. The macaron-colored balloons in some stores can only be achieved by using a solid color with white outside. If you are lazy as I am, Unbearable. After deciding on a store, you can purchase all your basic needs from one store.

This store can basically meet my layout needs, and the style is also relatively fashionable.

At the same time, considering that I will often hold parties in the future, I also purchased an automatic inflator. The price is not expensive, but the inflatable ball is particularly trouble-free.

Helium tanks are prepared for some balloons that want to float. The best companion for floating balloons is colorful ribbons. According to the Instagram pictures, I paired them with gold, silver and blue, and the effect is very good. Just fill some balloons with excess helium and tie them with white ribbons. The photo effects will be great.

Tall balloon chains can be realized with this buckle. It is very simple and can be fixed on the back panel with glue and tape.

Because this is a new home, I don’t want to risk sticking balloons directly on the wall, so I also need a background board: preferably a solid color or a simple texture, so that it is easier to arrange other elements. After rummaging through a lot of materials, I chose this animal style background, which added some cute colors to the original Instagram style.

After selecting the background, the seller will send you the psd format file, and you can find a graphic store to make a kt board. The background will be a separate board, and several animals will be used as vertical boards to increase the richness. . With a 1.5*2.1 background and four risers, the entire set costs more than one to two hundred. In addition, all the balloons and miscellaneous materials add up to almost 400, and there is still a lot left for next time.

Dessert table decoration

My husband and I are not very handy people, so we deliberately started the decoration a day in advance.

The dessert table is made from the guest room desk at home, and a fluffy gauze tablecloth is ordered according to this size. The price is not expensive and the effect is very good.

The flowers are purchased at the Fengqi Road Flower Market. They cost thirty yuan a bunch. As long as you have enough for the vase, go ahead and buy them! It doesn’t matter if the dessert is ugly, as soon as the flowers are placed, the atmosphere will come up immediately.

Some props for setting the table were also scavenged from home. Only the small wooden house on the right was temporarily purchased. The wooden tray and glass cake holder were kindly sponsored by my mother-in-law. Personally, I think it’s better to buy disposable cake containers, which are convenient and clean. It is worth noting that it is best to keep the portion of each pastry as small as possible, otherwise the guests will be full after eating just a little.

Before making desserts, you need to arrange the containers and determine their location.

The final balloon and dessert arrangement looked like this, quite stylish. The drink station opposite also prepares fruit tea, lemonade and watermelon juice. The plates and cups are disposable and you can write your name on them.

Other tips

In addition, I also ordered some fondant cookies as souvenirs. No matter how they taste, they are so cute!

Disposable slippers

If possible, you can also make a drink menu for the guests

Well, that’s it.

The above content is shared by Haohaozhu users, I hope it can help you~