Any occasion, whatever the scale, will greatly benefit from serving trays that are well-decorated. The success of all functions or events is largely hinged on the food and refreshments that will be served. Presenting them properly and in an attractive manner will entice more people; meanwhile, your efforts and skills will be highly appreciated.

However, there are certain things to be wary of when you are decorating the serving trays. Steer clear of using lamps or candles. These are potential accidents ' albeit minor ' waiting to happen, and you wouldn't want them marring the occasion. Safer options would be frilled pieces of cloth and balloons of varying colors and shapes. These are effective in making the mood more festive and cheerful. When compared to the other arrangements during a party or a gathering, the serving tray might seem too inconsequential. But with the right treatment and attention to detail, you could have a big winner in your hands.

A memory tray can be created for all functions. You can choose the glasses that come in picture frame designs. You may also opt for clear plastic instead of glasses. Colored placemats are often used by many people when decorating their memory trays. Then more and more colorful, eye catching photos in vibrant colors or postcards of relevant size are used to cover the bottles or glasses.

You can also decorate and add fragrance to your serving trays by using natural materials, such as blossoms and sprigs, twigs, herbs, and leaves. Washed and cleaned ferns can be used. You can also decorate using seasonal berries and other ornamental small fruits. Your serving tray would also look more attractive if you add small branches that have been trimmed accordingly. Put a lot of thought in choosing the plants that you will use. Make sure you haven't used the poisonous ones. You will be putting your guests and yourself at risk when you expose the food and beverages to these poisonous plants. You can turn many beautiful flowers into small and dainty bouquets. The bouquets can be wrapped using the napkins. These bouquets would look absolutely lovely when placed on all corners of the tray.

You can also use napkins to wrap candy sticks or sugar sticks with, especially if they are colorful ones. Did you know that you can even make reading materials out of these serving trays? It can be easily done by adding one or two books or magazines on one corner of the tray. Put a reading light in a strategic location to add authenticity to it. Then snacks or other beverages can also be kept on these serving trays. Book reviews can also be added to take the place of placemats.

There are times when you would stumble upon ingenious ideas. An example is recreating the image of a face or a similar image on the serving tray itself. Eggs can be used to represent the eyes. Parsley will do very well as hair while radish would be perfect as whiskers. Cookie trays can be decorated in checkerboard patterns. Make your refreshments tray even more attractive by using fancy sticks and straws with hats on them. Ice buckets are now even shaped like penguins or some other birds. Sugar and cream can be kept in antique glasses, bottles or bowls. Lemon slices can be added as glass toppers.