Monday, August 31, 2009

Open House

After a few months in our new home we were finally ready to have our open house. The week of I was running around like crazy trying to get every home project on my long list done. But of course I was attempting the impossible. After achieving about 3/4 of my list I started to think about all the food that I still had to prepare!! If I wouldn't have had help from my wonderful nieces, we probably would have had to order pizza! All that said all the food was prepped and ready by the time the first guest arrived. Panini Sandwiches !!!! Special sauces... sun dried tomato basil mayo and lemon basil mayo.....They were awesome..... everyone loved them.... and the best part of having the party was that I had a reason order myself a new kitchen gadget... the Breville Ikon Panini Press from Williams Sonoma. It is AMAZING!

            The inspiration for this party came from an inspiration board I found online. The color
scheme was bright red, navy blue, turquoise and yellow. I found the perfect checkered fabric for table cloths at Wal Mart for $1.50 a yard. (can't beat that with a stick) I used 2.5 yards to cover each table.
More pictures to come.....

Sweet Side Note:
My family decided to surprise me with a chocolate lab puppy.. I guess since getting a chocolate lab is all I could talk about for the past few months... her name is Bella and is so precious! Here is a little clip of Bruno meeting Bella for the first time. He was so excited!
                                          

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