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There will be times in your life when you have TV dinners without any need for setting a table but there are also going to be times when you are invited to formal dinners with elaborately set tables.  You may even wish to host your own formal dinner party or reception. Whatever the case, here is a quick guide on how to set a table. 

Source: Wikipedia


FORMAL SETTING
Utensils are lined up carefully about one inch from the edge of the table. Utensils are used starting from the outside and working your way towards the middle with the blade of the knife turned towards the plate.

INFORMAL SETTING
This requires fewer utensils, serving dishes and glasses. Often the napkin and/or utensils are held in one bundle by a napkin ring.

 

Source: Dinner Party Menu Ideas

If you would like more step-by-step instructions visit www.marthastewart.com. You can also watch this short You Tube video How to Set a Formal Table.

If you are unsure how to match your serving dishes, glasses and utensils with what courses you plan on serving have a look at this nifty website where you can check the boxes on what you plan on serving and the May I Serve You? waiter will help you set the table.

 

Sometimes in this busy life of ours, we are tempted to take shortcuts, aren't we?  Email has taken over from snail mail in many cases but that only makes it extra special when we get a personal note in our letterboxes.  Imagine how much more special that note would be if it was personalised with a photo.

Our personalised Baby Thank You Cards are perfect for saying thanks in an intimate and very special way. 

Thank you cards make it simple to acknowledge the love, support and gifts you receive on the birth of your baby.  

Style your baby thank you cards to reflect your own personal taste or carry on the theme and colouring of the christening or baby shower.

This one is stunning in the purity of black and white and has been designed around the gorgeous photo.  It is clean and lovely in its simpliciity.

This thank you card is very different.  It features more photos of your baby and you will notice that the colours have been chosen to match those in the baby's bonnet in the main photo.

Both designs are stunning and will be kept with all those other special mementos for a lifetime.

Do something special when you are thanking your friends and family.  After all, they went to a lot of effort to select a gift for you and your child.  Give them a thank you worth doing with a personalised photo baby thank you card.

As I mentioned in my last post, wishing wells have become a popular way for marrying couples to ask for money instead of a gift.   So how can you get the message across without offending someone?  The answer seems to be with poetry!

The wishing well poem can be a way of alerting your guests to the fact you are going to having a wishing well. You can print your wishing well poem on the rear of your invitation, on a separate insert to include with your invitation or inside the cover if you are using a standard card format.
 
How you phrase the poem is up to you but there are many examples floating around the internet that will help you get started.  Here are a couple that might help.

Example One
We’ve been together a long while now;
We’ve gathered pots and pans and linen a’plenty;
We have glasses and electrical appliances;
So respectfully we ask of you, if you would like to make a gift to us on this our special day
A certain amount of “pay” would help us along the way;
To buying our first home. 

Example Two
We know how hard it is to find the time.
To run around and shop with something in mind
So, here’s an idea we’d like you to try;
Come to our wedding to wish us well.
 
Here’s a pouch to fill with silver.
In this way you’ll earn your dinner
And help us along the way
With that down pay on the house we want to play home in!

I hope that gets your poetic juices flowing beautifully. 

Ever congratulated someone on their pregnancy only to get that dreaded silence, dare I say, pregnant pause.  Or asked a friend if they enjoyed so and so’s wedding only to find out they weren’t invited.  We all put our foot in it at different times.

Being a newly engaged woman can be quite a sensitive time for some. Here are some things NOT to say to a couple that have just gotten engaged:

• Are you sure you’re ready?
• Your engagement is too long / short.
• Is that really the ring you wanted?
• Who is paying for all of this?
• Am I going to be invited?
• So when are you having kids

Has anyone said anything else to you?