I need help with decoration ideas for a old timey country party.?
We are having a party for my moms birthday. We have researched 50th bday themes and found a new one. "Geniunely Antique". Seeing as to how we are having the party outside in the country, we thought this would be perfect. Now we're stuck on decoration ideas. Please help. We have thought about lanterns and candles in metal tins for center pieces on the tables. Rocking chairs set up with checker board games, and thats about it. We need outdoor lights, games, food, etc. Please send all ideas.
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- croquet (Victorian women used to play that) and horseshoes .... bocce ball ... shuffleboard ... Soft drinks in bottles (in a big metal washbucket with ice) ... Could you hire a Barbershop Quartet to sing to her? ... Calico mismatched table cloths & napkins ... earthenware jugs or old bottles with real or fake wildflowers (Queen Anne's lace is a good one) .....
- Have a Fifty Pinata for her party, check http://www.pinatas.com/50th_Birthday_Party_s/295.htm