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Feng Shui Kitchen Decor to Attract Love

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Here are some great Feng Shui tips (the ancient art of Chinese Object placement) to attract love.

The kitchen is the domestic place of love and in Feng Shui things displayed in pairs attract soul mates so go ahead and use “male and female” salt and pepper shakers to magnetize the opposite sex. You can use the symbolism of salt and pepper shakers to attract a mate as well. A pair of chickens or ducks in the shape of salt and pepper shakes can symbolize a great love.

To enhance fertility, display copper fish molds. Copper is a favorite metal of the Chinese goddess Quan Yin and also of the Roman goddess Venus. Fish symbolize fertility so be sure to hang them on your kitchen walls. Round shapes are also conducive to creating good relationships.

Ceramic tiles bring love. Decorate walls and tiles with ceramic as opposed to linoleum. Pink or rose colored ceramic tiles as well as walls painted in rosy tones bring love especially if this color is in the kitchen or bedroom.

Crystal Ware can clear bad energy. You don’t have to use stones like quartz to clear bad emotional energy from a room. Any type of crystal glass, vase or statue can also be used to create loving chi anywhere in your home.

You also can’t go wrong with heart shapes in the kitchen. Hearts, especially twin hearts are a good theme for linen, wallpaper and statuary in the kitchen. Heart shaped cookie cutters and salt and peppershakers also attract love.

Considering baking your heart out! Heart shaped molds or cake pans may be hung on the wall to enhance the love attracting properties in the kitchen and of course every time you use on of these you are cooking up passion.

Light colored wood attracts love. Furniture should be made of a light colored wood. Woods made from fruit trees such as cherry attract love. Avoid heavy, metal or glass black furniture that create blocks to the free flow of energy.

Finally always make sure that your appliances are in good working order. If appliances are broken it can symbolize broken relationships.

Finally keep your home absolutely clear of clutter. There is an old saying that “Venus won’t enter an empty home.” Venus was the Goddess of Love. Keep your home absolutely pristine and clean so that love will feel willing and able to enter your life at any time.

How to Decorate for a Kenya Tea Party

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Take your friends on an afternoon safari with a Kenya tea party that includes leopard and zebra print decor, spicy dips and curry from Kenya, traditional British scones with jam, German chocolate cake as well as playing croquet for a good cause.

Kenya culture has a bit of an unusual history. To throw an authentic Kenya Tea Party you will find yourself incorporating three different important culinary influences: spicy Kenyan dips and curries, German desserts and traditional British tea bites. This is because Germany was the first country to colonize Kenya in 1885 followed by England about 30 years later.

The theme of this party is Safari in Africa. This is your time to get out your best safari themed accessories and linens such as Zebra print, leopard print and bamboo print tablecloths and linen. Rattan and woven furniture also evokes the culture Kenya. The china can be a traditional British white or you can go for a brown earthenware look that is more German in flair.

A Kenyan tea party is perfect to throw for ten to twelve friends who just need an excuse to get together and perhaps indulge in a bit of croquet. To enhance the colonial feel you could ask your guests to dress in all in white. However much more fun would be to ask them to dress in leopard or zebra prints. Make sure the paper you send out the invitation on is also in a leopard or zebra print.

Another way to evoke the atmosphere of Kenya would be to play some indigenous African music, or at least music with a bit of a tribal sound. Many of the electronic dance bands from Germany incorporate tribal rhythms in their contemporary mixes.

As a party favor each guest could receive a little gift bag of Kenyan coffee or tea or a small donation to an African charity in their name. You could also encourage individuals to donate to an African charity by setting up a decorative donation box at the door. You could also set up bets as to who will win a croquet tournament and use the proceedings to help the Red Cross or another good cause.

Remember that the key to throwing a fantastic Kenya party is to make it a mix of German, English and Kenya culture.