I wanted to throw together a little backyard party this past summer just to shower some love on my ladies and enjoy some drinks in this too short lived Jersey summer weather. I had met a lady at the women's league function who will bring equipment to your home to allow your guests to design their own scarves, so I thought this would be a great addition.
I bought some cool backyard lighting options from Home Goods (my favorite goods for your home shopping destination) I found some tea light holders made to slide into old empty wine bottles (scattered around yard) and a few battery based decorations. Of course I had to have some clever citronella burners as I live behind a baseball field. I ran some white lights around some trees, put out some flowers and boom, little ambiance.
I wanted to have a couple signature drinks and some nosh out as well. I did a Sushi tray from Wegmans of spicy tuna/avocado and california roll.
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| This veggie tray with a spicy ranch dip |
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| I made a pasta salad and I have to pause to recognize the cheese. If you like HOT and I mean HOT, this is for you. I used it sparingly so people wouldn't be on fire. |
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| Peach Sangria |
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| 3 different champagnes with frozen grapes |
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| Bruschetta |
Everyone was able to pick their own colors based on what they wanted to use their scarf for. (fall, winter, summer wrap over bathing suit, table) The ladies gave us a demo of how to create designs in the water and were on hand to help with each design.
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| You add the paint colors you like to the water, create design, lay scarf... |
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| and voila! |
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| Laying the scarf onto the water, picks up color and design immediately! |
I wish I had this at home because there is so much pressure with the first one and now I feel better prepared to design. Jenn- I am waiting for you to have yours now! I also need to do one with a more fall colored tone. I tried to get the most out of my summer based colors on my last beach trip as a wrap, but really, that thing doesn't cover much.
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