It’s About That Time
The days are quickly getting away from me and I’m still working on party planning for Pinky. Her 5th birthday is soon approaching and traditionally, we throw her a pretty awesome (but frugal) party. I love to plan and design and prepare for parties, trying not to exclude any last detail. Last week I worked mostly on designing her invitations, getting them in envelopes, making labels and sending, which actually takes a lot more time that you would think.
I also have been figuring out the food. While most people would probably order a pizza and call it a day, I rack my brain and computer looking for inspirational recipes to make and share with the guests. For example, last year we had 3 kinds of crostinis, a brothy “wild” mushroom soup for the Alice in Wonderland soiree’ and for the pirate party the year before that, sausage “pig snouts” and breadsticks that look like big fingers.
To say that we go all out is an understatement. All guests are required to come dressed in costume to match whatever theme we have going on for the current year. This year, Pinky requested a Tinkerbell party and while I was very humored by the thoughts of EVERYONE wearing cutesy fairy costumes, I felt that some guests (i.e. the males) would not be as thrilled. So I modified it ever so slightly to be a Neverland party. Fairies, Lost Boys, Pirates and Indians. You can thank me later boys.
So here is a visual sneak peak of some of the ideas that have been floating around in my head for this year’s party. Real photos will be posted in the following weeks!
1. Jolly Roger; 2. Wheat Grass; 3. Rock Candy; 4. Glitter Ball
