In honor of yours truly turning 30, I threw a Fall Harvest themed dinner party for a few of my closest friends. You may be wondering why I threw a party for myself, baked my own cake, and what not? control freak? maybe, but truth is entertaining is what I love to do, so why not gather a bunch of my closest friends and celebrate such a momentous day in my life.
Corn husks centerpieces: This was a super inexpensive and easy way to add color and class to a table. I reused tin food cans that I have been saving, purchased some corn husks from a Mexican grocery store, about $4 a bag, but you a get a whole ton husks. I wrapped the husks around the cans and tied it off with some yarn. I then wrapped the yarn several times around to add color and anything soft like yarn makes you feel all warm and cozy. It works well for a crisp autumn night. The flowers I purchased from the local farmer's market.
The soup bowls were purchased from Crate and Barrel, I also plan on using them for an upcoming Holiday Open House I'm throwing in December.
The napkins were dish towels, something that I have a lot of around, since we said bye bye to paper towels about 5 months ago.
Even though it's Southern California, It still gets pretty chilly out at night, therefore I wanted to help make sure my guests stayed warm, well at least the ladies, so I gave each girl a pashmina shawl to wear during dinner and it was hers to keep too.
As my birthday cake, I made pumpkin Whoopie Pies from the cookbook Baked. Since it was potluck, a friend had made apple pie for dessert, so I just packaged the Whoopie Pies for my guests to take home as party favors.
Corn husks centerpieces: This was a super inexpensive and easy way to add color and class to a table. I reused tin food cans that I have been saving, purchased some corn husks from a Mexican grocery store, about $4 a bag, but you a get a whole ton husks. I wrapped the husks around the cans and tied it off with some yarn. I then wrapped the yarn several times around to add color and anything soft like yarn makes you feel all warm and cozy. It works well for a crisp autumn night. The flowers I purchased from the local farmer's market.
The soup bowls were purchased from Crate and Barrel, I also plan on using them for an upcoming Holiday Open House I'm throwing in December.
The napkins were dish towels, something that I have a lot of around, since we said bye bye to paper towels about 5 months ago.
Even though it's Southern California, It still gets pretty chilly out at night, therefore I wanted to help make sure my guests stayed warm, well at least the ladies, so I gave each girl a pashmina shawl to wear during dinner and it was hers to keep too.
As my birthday cake, I made pumpkin Whoopie Pies from the cookbook Baked. Since it was potluck, a friend had made apple pie for dessert, so I just packaged the Whoopie Pies for my guests to take home as party favors.
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