We have been pretty busy here at BarnWood & Bangles - gearing up for 2 back to back weekend events - which you can learn more about on our Facebook page. But amongst the madness we had time to wish a special someone good luck on her upcoming trip! My eldest stepdaughter is on her way to Europe for a month this summer - amazing and scary all at the same time.
Well this past weekend we held a Bon Voyage party - B&B style! Take a look at how we celebrated!
Food Table -
I used scrap book paper that had vintage looking maps and letters -basically scrap book paper meant for a travel book. These were used to not only provide decor - as they were - on the table but I also used them to make pendant banners that I hung on the tables. Mini chalk boards were used to display the food dishes and paper flowers added an extra touch! I also made some paper airplanes out of the map paper and hung them from our chandelier.
Dessert Table
Here we used some more banners - this one I found online. The one additional touch I added here was looking up the Finnish word for Dessert and printing that out on black chalkboard paper. A fun way to include some words in the language your guest is going to be surrounded by!
Thank you's for our Guests
As a thank you for coming we made a candy bar. One of my favorite things to do at parties! I found some gummy airplanes and chocolate globes of Earth. I added this with Swedish fish as she is going to Scandinavia and Sweden is one stop! With the scraps of map paper I made some bags for the guests to then put their treats in them!!
Bon Voyage Letters
In this day and age hand written letters are almost obsolete - but what is better when you are far from home then something to read from your loved ones. So I created a letter station for our guest of honor. I found really cool journal paper that actually had fun quotes on each page. Along with a small vintage suitcase and another pendant banner from the map paper - this was a fun activity for our guests to do. And something that our world travel will enjoy while far from home!
Well this past weekend we held a Bon Voyage party - B&B style! Take a look at how we celebrated!
I used scrap book paper that had vintage looking maps and letters -basically scrap book paper meant for a travel book. These were used to not only provide decor - as they were - on the table but I also used them to make pendant banners that I hung on the tables. Mini chalk boards were used to display the food dishes and paper flowers added an extra touch! I also made some paper airplanes out of the map paper and hung them from our chandelier.
Dessert Table
Here we used some more banners - this one I found online. The one additional touch I added here was looking up the Finnish word for Dessert and printing that out on black chalkboard paper. A fun way to include some words in the language your guest is going to be surrounded by!
Thank you's for our Guests
As a thank you for coming we made a candy bar. One of my favorite things to do at parties! I found some gummy airplanes and chocolate globes of Earth. I added this with Swedish fish as she is going to Scandinavia and Sweden is one stop! With the scraps of map paper I made some bags for the guests to then put their treats in them!!
Bon Voyage Letters
In this day and age hand written letters are almost obsolete - but what is better when you are far from home then something to read from your loved ones. So I created a letter station for our guest of honor. I found really cool journal paper that actually had fun quotes on each page. Along with a small vintage suitcase and another pendant banner from the map paper - this was a fun activity for our guests to do. And something that our world travel will enjoy while far from home!
Another fun touch and a gift for the traveler to keep - was this fun travel journal. Great quotes on each page all about traveling. I used this as a decoration as well. And of course no one can have too many journals!
The party was a lot of fun and it was great for everyone to get their chance to say goodbye! As always if you have a question, need some tips or just have a comment - please contact us!!
