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Showing posts with label Party Ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Party Ideas. Show all posts

Monday, May 4, 2015

Graduation Party & Photo Booths...

The Graduation was a huge success! Fun for all, great food, Four area's for Fun Photos, a Coffee Bar, and we even squeezed in the Big Fight on Direct TV! Our girl...K-8 was, so happy and thankful... Our team work pulled off her special event with ease! K-8 had had a busy week with Classes, Finals, Work and Life in general....She worked till 5 and came home to find everything ready to PARTY!
Graduation night was Friday...She looked beautiful and full of Smiles
The party was Saturday night!
 This is the first photo area....the College kids loved it! The trunk, in the background. was full of props. Touches of Blue & Orange were scattered around the yard. Blue for Modesto Jr College & Orange for her next school OSU!
A few photos from a couple different of areas....We threw Rose Petals. gathered from the yard, in an open grassy area creating a fun photo area....and the small bedroom porch (Dad & Rae's house off the backyard) was another photo op area!
 Adorable!!! Sister, Coco made the arrows around the yard for the Party!

 Dad & Rae pose with K-8 on the rose petaled grass, boyfriend Sean & K-8's friends round out the pictures!

This is the old playhouse we purchased for the kids years and years ago....Dad set up viedo games for the younger children & this also served as a photo booth!

Scenes from before & during the party & the pay per view fight are shown here....
Coffee Bar....A hit with the College friends and Family
We set up the Coffee Bar and Food table in the walkway between the two houses.
 A collection of party decorations & prepartions...Nana & Papa's back door into the shared backyard..
Haha...This is K-8's House, Nan & Pop are her roommates!!! So happy she doesn't mind sharing her house with the old people! :)))
 A proud Daddy & Rae with K-8...in the Rose Petal area & and the Almond Orchard in the background

Congratulations K-8... Your Dreams are coming true!

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

A Special Birthday, A Mad Hatter's Tea...

One of my dearest friends (Heidi) granddaughter was having a birthday! Amara's Mama, Erika, had made an adorable centerpiece for the Alice in Wonderland birthday theme. It was so adorable I asked if I could share her photo with you!
 This centerpiece was made from a Toy Tea Party Set by Erika. I absolutely fell in love with adorable centerpiece. Too cute and super easy to make. Just some glue & imagination were needed to complete it!
When I saw the photo's from the party, I knew I had to share them too! So sweet and you can bet that Amara felt very special on her Magical Birthday! Bravo Erika for a job well done! ADORABLE!
A Magical Party to Remember with Style...

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Monday, May 19, 2014

Build Your Own Sandwich Bar...

Here is a very simple way to serve large crowds....With all that Summer time brings....Graduations, Swim Parties, Birthdays, Holidays, Wedding activities, etc....This Build your own Sandwich Bar is an easy solution! Easy to set up, serve & clean up! It lets you enjoy the Part too!
 We recently had a small family gathering (only half the kids). We hosted a smaller version, trial run meal for an upcoming graduation party next month. It worked out perfect...Now we are excited to plan & host the graduation party! Here is what we did:

Determine the amount of people you plan to serve. I based the sandwiches on each person...
Men & older male  teenagers: 1 1/2 -2 sandwiches a piece
Women & teen girls: 1 sandwich per person
Children: 1 small sandwich per person

For Example:
3 loaves of French Dutch Crust bread..sliced in half, then sliced across into sandwich size pieces. a few were then cut in half again creating a child size sandwich. We had 10-12 people we served.
With a few left overs for later....

For the sandwich bar we included in this order:

  • Paper Plates, Silverware & Napkins
  • Sliced Bread on a platter (I use dutch crust, you could also mix bread choices, wheat, hite, sourdough, etc.)
  • Select meats from the deli, sliced thin. For our crowd we chose Turkey=1/12 pounds, Ham=1 pound, Olive Loaf= 1 pound.  We had had plenty of meat.
  •  3 types of cheese. I used Jack, Cheddar & pepper jack ( for a large group have the cheese sliced ahead of time)
  • Lettuce, washed and sliced, sliced tomatoes, sliced dill pickles & olives
  • Potato Salad ( for a larger party I would serve a 2nd salad choice)
  • 2 kinds of chips
  • 3 kinds of cookies
  • Mustard & Mayo in squeeze bottles. Horseradish Mustard, Avocado Dip/Spread & Asparagus Dip/Spread , Salt & Pepper, Vinegar & Oil or a Basalmic Mix in bottles.
  • Drinks should be in bottles & cans for easy serving and clean up...use Cups if you wish.

Everyone started at the plates and worked around the bar (or table) gathering their choice of ingredients. Each ingredient had food tongs & spoons for serving. This went extremely smooth and soon everyone was sitting and eating together in no time.
 An easy meal & gathering, enjoyed by all! We will be doing this for our Grandson's 8th grade graduation! At this time of year, it will be nice to not cook & heat up the kitchen...Or worry about 1 or 2 people constantly cooking over the BBQ......Party On......
Serving the Masses with Ease & Style....
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