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

Monday, June 20, 2011

Cleo's 2nd Birthday BBQ

Before getting too far into this post I would like to give a disclaimer:  I am not some wacko cat lady!!  I don't want you thinking that I dress my cat up on Sunday afternoons and make her have tea with me or anything crazy like that.  I love my kitty, but I'm not that far over the edge...

Cleo turns 2 on June 30, and I thought it would be fun to have a little party for her.  It really was more just an excuse to have some friends over for a bbq.  But I love having themed parties, so I decided to celebrate her birthday.


The colors I picked for the party were green and brown.  I played off the fact that her fur is brown and her eyes are green.  I had fun making yarn balls that I hung over the table.  They're really fun to make; all you do is soak yarn in glue mixed with water, and wrap it around a balloon.  Once the yarn is dry (takes a few days) pop the balloon and voila!!


I also made a flower arrangement out of dollar store flowers and a dead choke cherry bush from my back yard.


Then when we were at Costco picking up some supplies, I found these beautiful green and white flowers.


Since the colors were green and brown, I decided that all the food had to be green and brown, too.  I also made little name tags for the food so everyone knew what they were eating. 







At the end of the night Cleo even got a birthday kiss from a special friend...

Sunday, May 22, 2011

It's all Greek to me

Last night was my mom's birthday dinner party at my place.  Last year I did a Thai Extravaganza, and this year I decided to do Greek food.  I spent the day cleaning and baking and cooking.  We started with a home made greek dip, tzatziki, and pita bread.  We then had greek salad, followed by chicken lemon soup, and then greek potatoes, green beans, and souvlaki pork for the main course.  We then had lemon cupcakes and honey cake for dessert.  The evening turned out well and everyone had a great time!

Here are some photos:





Group Shot

Birthday Girl

See the rest of the pictures here.