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Speaking of the Superbowl...

This Sunday across most of North America there will be gatherings celebrating the Superbowl. I am a huge football fan and am very excited to be here this year for the game (the game starts at 1am in the UK it's a little bit tough to watch) and can't wait to see the Cardinals beat the Steelers (I heart Kurt Warner).

I have been to some great and some not so great Superbowl parties and I thought I would blog about what would be my best Superbowl party. Keep in mind that some of my favourite Superbowl parties consisted of chips, dip, beer and avid football fans... the key ingredient is always the fans!

Three Pieces of Advice for a Successful Superbowl Party

1. Cheering Sections:

If you know ahead of time that most of your guests will be split down the middle on which team to cheer on, tape a line down the middle of your sitting room and create cheering sections! Decorate each side with the team colours and watch the trash talking begin!

2. No Fuss Food:

The worst mistake you can make at a superbowl party is to get fancy with the food, you can go healthy but make it no fuss food. My favourite way to feed people during the game is finger foods. My favourite menu includes mini Burgers, mini fish and chips, fantastic nachos and homemade guacamole!

   

3. Don't forget the women!

I am a woman that loves football, and when I go to a Superbowl party I am quite happy to drink beer and watch the game but for all of those football widows out there don't forget to make the party fun for them too! I saw this drink idea last year on the hostess blog and used it and I have to say it got the women into the party as well!

Ladies I present you with... Beer Margaritas!

     

Ingredients:

• 4x Bottle of cold light-flavoured beer        
• 1x Can of frozen limeade concentrate   
• 1x cup of Tequila
• Lime wedges
• Kosher salt (for rimming the glasses)

Directions:

In a large pitcher, combine the beer, tequila and limeade. Rub a lime wedge around the rim of each of glass and dip it in the salt. Pour the margaritas into the glasses and garnish with a lime wedge.

No matter who wins this Sunday I know it is going to be a great night!

       

 

 

   

Inspiration is everywhere...

We have been lucky enough in the last few weeks to welcome great new couples to the IAE family. I am so excited about the weddings that we will be working with in the coming months as they are all completely diffrent to each other. Some of those couples are very comfortable with us discussing their concepts on this blog and some are not (which is completely understandable).

One couple that is comfortable with me talking about their wedding on here is Patrick and Matthew. I was given three directives when I started to help them plan their New Years Eve wedding. They want it to be 

• Visually stunning
• Completely Unique
• A ceremony on a rooftop in Montreal at midnight...in the middle of winter

At first my wedding planner brain was screaming "You can't make guests sit outside, on a rooftop, in winter they will freeze" but the more that I thought of it the more I started to love the idea.

Now this isn't for everyone but can you imagine as a guest that after a sumptuous dinner where the food was wonderful and the wine free flowing, where the room was bathed in candlelight and colours of deep red, and blues and golds, where the centrepieces were made of ice containing flowers, but surrounded by the saffron glow of candles, and where the music was ecclectic and fun. Imagine you were then invited outside onto the rooftop patio which is completely done in white, completely covered in candles, and has shots of vodka on each seat and a fur throw to keep you warm.

I can't get the visual of old Montreal as a backdrop out of my head, and imagine timing the vows so that the ceremony finished just as the fireworks started, what a wonderful way to start a new year and new life!

Let there be light....

  So I was doing my morning look at Style Me Pretty and I saw this inspiration board that one of her readers had put together. I love inspiration boards, I really do I love seeing what others can come up but there was one picture in particular that caught my eye.

 

I love these chandeliers!!! And so I thought maybe I should do some looking around and find out where they came from and see what else is on the market right now for really creative, really stunning candle options! Here is what I came up with! All of them would make fantastic statement pieces in your decor and there are some great centrepiece options in there as well:)

   

     

   

  

This last one is for Kelly and Joe who I met with last night, I think this is the sort of centrepiece you were talking about...

 All candles found at Illuminations.com

 

Have a great weekend everyone!