With Christmas only days away, start planning your New Year’s Eve Party right now! It’s easy to get all wrapped up with Christmas and forget to organise your New Year’s celebrations.  Wave goodbye to 2011 and welcome in 2012 with a fun filled New Year’s Eve Party this year! Party Options have a great selection of decorations and tableware to help your party go off with a bang!

Here at Party Options our favourite way to spend New Year’s Eve is to invite lots of friends round for a banquet of food, complemented by some dance floor filler tunes and of course some decadent cocktails! So here’s the plan:

Of course we need to decorate our room, but we don’t need too much as we already have our Christmas decorations up.  But add a bit of pizazz with some 2012 balloons and some hanging decorations dotted about.  Some good old fashioned streamers draped around the room give an instant party feel to any room.  Don’t forget your banners too! Pop one outside over your front door so everyone knows where the party is!  On or two other accessories which are an absolute must have at any New Year’s Eve Party are the blow outs, party poppers and champagne bubbles for the stroke of midnight.

Make sure you invest in some tableware to minimise any clearing up!  We have a great choice of various different colours, but why not theme your party with either the fabulous 50’s, swinging 60’s, disco 70’s or the pop culture of the awesome 80’s? Pick a theme and there you have the basis for a dress code and music selection!

Ask everyone to make a contribution to the party food, drink and even music.  It means everyone can get involved and is less work for the host. We don’t know about you but we don’t like to be stuck in the kitchen whilst everyone else is partying! Share the work.  Give everyone enough notice and let them know what your need them to bring. Ask them for a few music choices so you can guarantee everyone will want to get up and boogie when their favourite tunes come on.

Let’s not forget about the cocktails!  Here are a couple of recipes for some Champagne cocktails, well, what else would you be drinking at a New Year’s Eve Party?

Classic Champagne Cocktail (Courtesy of Andy Pearson, BBC Food)

This decadent cocktail of champagne laced with cognac is perfect for special occasions. Treat yourself this Christmas. (We like to serve this on arrival.)

Ingredients

1 white sugar cube

2 dashes bitters

20ml/¾fl oz cognac

Enough champagne to fill the glass

Preparation method

Place the sugar cube onto a spoon and add the bitters.

Drop the soaked sugar cube into a champagne flute and add the cognac.

Top up the glass with champagne and serve.

Rose Prosecco Cocktail (Courtesy of Sophie Dahl, BBC Food)

A delicate and fragrant take on a champagne cocktail – perfect for special occasions.

Ingredients

1 bottle Prosecco

4-6 tbsp rose syrup (available from specialist suppliers)

Preparation method

Pour the Prosecco into the serving glasses and then drizzle the rose syrup gently on top, allowing it to trickle down to the bottom.

Sarah’s Flowers, award winning artificial wedding flowers are now available to purchase here at Party Options!  Organising wedding celebrations can be a stressful time so Party Options have made things easier by including artificial wedding flowers to the extensive wedding accessories category. No wedding would be complete without gorgeous beautiful flowers and now you can buy them right here!

Just imagine being able to keep your wedding flowers forever? Hold on to those precious happy moments by never having to have that heart wrenching moment of throwing your beautiful flowers away.  The flowers are yours to keep forever, a beautiful keepsake of that most special day.

Everyone in the wedding party is catered for:

Brides Bouquets

With a substantial choice to suit every taste and budget we offer the more traditional and classic bridal bouquets featuring pastel pinks and ivory roses such as the Ivory Diamante Amore Rose & Pearl Wedding Posy.  In slight contrast we also really like the contemporary choice of flowers, like the Vanilla Rose, Apple Orchid & Crystal Wedding Bouquet featuring apple and golden colours.

Bridesmaids Flowers

To co-ordinate perfectly with the bride our bridesmaid’s flowers are produced slightly smaller than the brides but with the same classic and contemporary colour choices. To make sure the bride takes centre stage and shines on her special day, keep the bridesmaid’s flowers simple and neutral. We really like the Ivory Diamante Rose Bridesmaids Wedding Posy Bouquet.  Beautiful but definitely not understated!

Children’s Flowers

It’s wonderful to have small children at a wedding and makes it a real family occasion. It must be every little girls dream to be a bridesmaid and what better way to make her day than to ask her to carry her own special wand to bring a little magic to the day?  The Ivory Diamante Isabel Foam Rose Children`s Wedding Wand will do just that!

Button Holes.

The gentlemen at the wedding are just as important and our button holes will discreetly co-ordinate with the rest of the wedding party completing the look.  See how beautiful, but simple the Grooms Double Orchid & Rose Wedding Buttonhole looks!

So you can see from the few examples we have shown you here how easy it is to create a great floral theme for your wedding.  You don’t have to take our word for how great they are, you just need to see what the Customers have to say! There is such an amazing amount of great feedback there is a page dedicated to it!

And remember, the only thing that should have wilted at the end of your special day…is your feet!

With just a few days to go until the Halloween ghouls and ghosts come out to play you will probably already have your party planned! Have you got your kiddy winks organised with their trick or treat goodies? Are you prepared for the knock at the door on the hallowed eve?  Make sure you have your outfit sorted. It doesn’t need to be complicated. Why not give the kids a fright and answer the door in our skull face spooky mask? It’s not too late to get your children a mask to wear on the night, and dressed in black with one of our striking children’s masks this Halloween outfit couldn’t be simpler! Choose from either devil, Frankenstein or a witch.  We also have a witch’s cape and fingers to complete the look.  If you want a really effective horror look you will be need some scary fake vampire blood!

Whether you will be answering the door of your haunted house to trick or treaters or joining the ghosts and ghouls on their hunt for treats, here at Party Options we have some great trick or treat gifts which any child will be delighted to pop in their cauldron or pumpkin! Obviously we all know that children love to collect sweets and candy but why not be a bit different this year and offer them something else or mix it up a bit?   How about some of our horrid monster figurines? We have orange spike, purple, yellow horn, purple screaming, blue one eyed, green long eyed.   As an alternative to sweets how about these Chocolate Spider Cookies? You could even shower your ghoulish visitors with some Halloween confetti!

Once you have all returned home safely from the witching hour you will probably all be really hungry.  So we have had a little witch hunt of our own and found some fantastic Halloween food fit for ghouls and ghosts and gobbledegook’s!  Make sure you have all your Halloween tableware. Most of all we really like these funky Halloween Fizzy Drinks Party Labels!  These Halloween drinks bottle labels are great fun and will be a talking point of any Halloween party.  Great for the large 2 litre pop bottles, the labels just stick over the original label. All of a sudden you can now serve up Creepy Crawley, Spirits of the Dead and Dr Dracula to all of your spooky guests!

 Courtesy of BBC Good Food we found lots Halloween Recipes, but don’t take our work for it, go and have look for yourselves here!

Happy Halloween!

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Spooks and Ghouls and Gobbledegook’s!  Get your Halloween party ideas at Party Options.  We have a huge range of Halloween party products to make your celebrations frighten the fearless, offering you a vast array of Halloween party ideas.  This is our favourite time of year and we plan on partying, pranking and of course playing with pumpkins!  Not only can we offer you the finest selection of Halloween party paraphernalia but over the next few weeks we will be bringing to you our hints and tips for the perfect Halloween. We will share our favourite Halloween games and activities, trick or treat hints and tips and some ghoulish food and recipe ideas to ensure you have a spookily scary party!

Firstly you need to organise your party! This is a great time of year to have a big party that both adults and children can get really involved in.  Start sending out your invitations now giving everyone plenty of notice. The more notice you give them more time they have to get their costumes ready! Everyone can really go to town on costumes for Halloween so why not have a fancy dress competition?  We even have Halloween costume awards that you can present to the lucky winners!

Why not turn a room of your house into a witch’s lair, a pumpkin palace or a ghoulish graveyard? A darkened room tented with some inexpensive black fabric or a few of our table cloths would make the perfect backdrop for your party venue.  Fill your room with creepy crawlies and hanging bats, cover your windows with scary faces. Scatter the room with eye ball and spider web balloons and don’t forget the pouncing rat which will really give your guests a fright!  Don’t just do the party room though, make sure your guests are scared out of their wits before they even get inside. We have window and door decorations and you can put up outside or in your porch.

Lay your table fit for a freaky feast with a black table cloth scattered with ghostly or pumpkin confetti. We have a selection of themed tableware to suit the occasion. Choose from Glowing Pumpkin, Vampire Party, Halloween Bones or Spooky Smiles . So with your invitations sent, your party planned and venue decorations organised, don’t forget to check back here next week when we will be giving you some more great Halloween party ideas.  Our next post will be Halloween games and activities!

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Party Options are so excited to be able to bring to you the brand new 3D Robot Party range. This super cool party theme will bring any little boys party to life.  The 3D Robot Party range is specially designed to stand out from the table when viewed through the magical 3D Robot mask glasses. You don’t have to go to the cinema or own an expensive TV set to enjoy amazing 3D effects. Simply invite your 3D Robot friends to your house for fun filled robot games and food. We have all the essential ingredients for a successful 3D Robot party here at Party Options.

Select your fellow robot friends and send them a very special 3D invite. So that they can see the fun straight away, why not pop a pair of the 3D mask glasses in the envelope too so they can see their invite leap into life before their very eyes?  Don’t forget to order a few extra pairs for those who forget to bring them to the party.  What would make a really amazing party would be to get all your guests to dress up as 3D Robots!  This couldn’t be easier, requiring not much more than a card board box, some tin foil and some duct tape. You could even offer a prize to the best 3D Robot costume. Check out our party goody bags section for a few ideas for prizes.

When your 3D Robots arrive why not surprise them all and show them to a space like room, which you can have dark to start off with, lit up purely with our futuristic illoom balloons! Record some robot sounds and noises and have them playing in the background. Hang some 3D Robot centre pieces from the ceiling from fish wire at different lengths to create a great robot room. When you switch the lights on pop your 3D Robot mask glasses on and see the space ships and robots leap out at you!

As with every little boy’s party your very own robots will need feeding so make sure you lay the table with our 3D Robot themed accessories. We have everything you need including the essential cups and plates. Team it with one of the coloured table cloths, napkins and cutlery and you are sorted.

Don’t forget to thank your guests by offering them a 3D Robot goody bag filled with treats and a piece of birthday cake to take home, not forgetting to make sure they take their 3D Robot mask glasses home so that they can read the thank you note you will be sending them!

Can you see yourself camping out on the streets of London along with thousands of other hopefuls for centre court tickets for Wimbledon? Hmmmm no we didn’t think so! That’s why we here at Party Options have come up with the best possible alternative for front row centre court seats in the comfort of your own home.

Why not treat yourselves to a Wimbledon Finals party this summer?  Invite all of your friends around for a traditional afternoon tea and get the best views and coverage from that old telly box whilst enjoying and glass or two of the bubbly stuff from our champagne flutes or a slurp or three of some Pimms and lemonade from our tumblers.  Its always much more entertaining  watching great sporting finals  amongst friends, shouting your disapproval at the umpire, cheering on your favourite, offering expert advice from the armchair and catching up on the latest news all at the same time. Keeping with the traditional theme of English tennis, it just wouldn’t be Wimbledon without a good helping of strawberries with lashings of whipped cream.  Why not try making a big bowl of Eton Mess?

You will need all the party basics to serve up your afternoon tea but here’s an idea…why not colour co-ordinate things with the Wimbledon colours, green and purple?  We have plates, cups, cutlery and napkins in both of these colours.  You must of course decorate your table! We think it would be a great idea to make your table look like a tennis court!  Grab yourself a green table cloth, mark out the court with some white balloon ribbon and decorate the table with some green and purple foil helium balloons. Don’t forget we can supply the helium gas cylinder too and make sure your anchor those balloons down with a weight or they will be up up and away before you know it! To add a bit of sparkle, sprinkle the table with some really pretty star shaped confetti.

Now you have all the ingredients for a lovely relaxed afternoon which you can share with your friends and get the best view and you haven’t even had to step out of the house, let alone camp out in the rain! So what are you waiting for invite everyone in for free centre court tickets for Wimbledon!  Now where did we put that Pimms?

Woop Woop! Here comes summer everyone and we all know what that means don’t we? Top priorities are the summer sales and things are no different here at Party Options! We are treating you all to a 10% discount off our entire range in our party supplies summer sale! As if you needed and excuse for a party, well now you certainly don’t!  Why not treat you children to and end of term party to kick off the summer holidays? Celebrate all that hard work and start the holidays with a themed party.  Choose any of the children’s themed ranges and get your discount by entering the code WELCOME10 at the checkout. It couldn’t be simpler but you will have to be quick as this offer is only open until this Saturday! So what are you waiting for?

But hey that’s not all! Don’t forget to check out our clearance range for even bigger savings in our party supplies summer sale.  We are currently offering massive 50% discount on our High School Musical 3 range of products and if you are quick you will receive and additional 10% discount! This is your ideal opportunity to throw that end of term party at school. Kids love any excuse to run about after school and get rid of their energy, so why not treat them to an organised celebration at the end of this summer term?

Armed with a CD player, the use of the school hall one afternoon, teamed with refreshments served from our High School Musical cups, plates and napkins you have the makings of a great celebration to round off the school year.  Why not use the themed table covers as decorations around the room? At such low prices you can afford to order a few extra. You could even use one as a banner to advertise your event! But hurry, we can’t hold these prices for very long and stock is going fast so make sure you start planning now and order your items from our party supplies summer sale today!

Just a very quick post to let everybody know who waiting for the colour your own animal masks to come in, that the new stock of this very popular children’s activity is now back on sale.
Each pack contains 12 colour paper masks to colour in, with four designs. Tiger, elephant, monkey and bird.
A fun way of keeping young party guests entertained and each mask comes with string to fasten them on.

Planning a hen night? Look no further than Party Options for all your hen night party supplies!

As the glorious weather continues and summer approaches at rapid speed, so does the season to be married!  This also marks the start of the all important hen party parades and celebrations! Ladies release their inhibitions and robe themselves in all things pink and fluffy for a night of partying before the big day.

The concept of holding a party in honour of the blushing bride to be goes back for many centuries, but the modern day hen party only really dates back to the 1960’s after the sexual revolution. It wasn’t until 1998 that publications on how to plan and organise such an event were first published.  No such publications are needed when you have the team at Party Options to help you with all your hen night supplies.

More often than not these days the modern day hens like to go out and about to celebrate, so the need for decorating a room or setting the scene is less of a task, but should you be planning an event at home or at a venue there are plenty of things to choose from to brighten up the room including balloons, confetti, banners, and streamers .

Before you head out for the night why night kick things off with a few party games to get you all in the swing of things? We have a selection of themed games such as the Bride to Be Party Game where you all take turn to complete outrageous dares, or the similar Scratch a Dare Cards and Dare To Do It game.

The big thing these days is for a hen party to stand out from the crowd! There is no better way to do this than to kit yourselves out with the very best hen party costume accessories which can be found here at Party Options! One of the most popular accessories for any hen party goer is the all important hat, the most popular of which is the cowboy hat . Team that with a stunning pink tie and essential shot glass around your neck for convenience and you are sure never to be short of a drink! Additional accessories for the all important hen including bride to be sashes, L plates, garters, handcuffs, bunny ears and tail and shot glass necklaces will allow your hen to truly stand out from the crowd on her special night!

Arrrrr me hearty’s! “Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides” is the newest release of the series of fantasy-adventure films by Disney! It hits our screens on May 18^th 2011. Jack Sparrow is engaged in yet another quest, this time for the Fountain of Youth. Hopefully if he finds it he won’t mind sharing!  

With the Pirate theme so prominent in our cinemas this spring why not have your own Pirate themed party? How about giving your school or nursery summer fete a pirates theme? Either way, look no further shipmates, for here at Party Options we stock everything you could possibly need for a fun party which will look great with all our accessories.

Setting the scene

Don’t forget, for the best parties you need to set the scene with pirate accessories .  Why not place a couple of 6ft inflatable palm trees at the entrance of your venue? You can even hang monkeys and parrots on them for a great effect!

Pirates and shipmates listen up!

You will need to make sure you look the part too! This doesn’t have to be any more complicated than a pair of shorts and a white t-shirt. But why not dress it up with a hat or a bandana, add a friendly parrot on your shoulder and of course you wouldn’t be a true pirate without an eye patch. Just for the finishing touch you could use the Snazaroo pirate face painting kit to add some nice bushy eyebrows and a beard that could put Blackbeard’s to shame! Be warned shipmates, your adventure may take you through rough terrain or you might come across some rival pirates, so be prepared and arm yourself with a trusty sword!

Games

In true tradition no party would be complete without party games and even these can be themed.  Clearly there must be a treasure hunt so why not think of a few clues and send your merry shipmates off looking for treasure? Pop some buried treasure party flags around your venue with a fresh clue attached to each one. The intrepid treasure seekers will have to hunt for the hidden treasure chest and then smash it open to reveal the hidden loot! Also you could try our buried treasure party game which is loosely based on pin the tail on the donkey. Have a look at our gifts section for some great prizes.

Feast Fit for a Pirate!

After all that treasure seeking and adventure your pirates and shipmates will need a hearty feast. The theme can be followed through to your table presentation to include pirate themed table cloths, cups, plates and napkins. Select individually or why not make life easy and opt for a pirate themed party pack?

So shipmates raise the Jolly Roger and have a swashbucklin’ party and see if you can’t find some loot! Yo ho ho!