It seems like I have been wanting to have some friends and family over for crafts and food for years but my house was never clean enough or some other silly reason. I finally decided Erma was right. Just do it. Invite them over. Have some fun. Do it now! So I did.
I invited my daughter and granddaughter and a friend of ours over for lunch and a surprise craft. Turns out they were as excited as I was. Unfortunately at the last minute our friend had to cancel. I think she is really sorry.
It was just a simple light lunch of chicken salad sandwiches and Ambrosia Salad. (Note to self - Nikki doesn't like coconut. How did I not know that?)
And fresh lemonade to drink.
We ended with chocolate cupcakes. Gotta have that chocolate! Did you notice the milk glass dishes on the table to not match? Erma Brombeck would be proud of me. I did not let the lack of a perfectly set table stop me. Martha Stewart could take a lesson from Erma. Life is short. Enjoy the people in your life now! Don't wait for the perfect time/setting.
After clearing the table it was time to get started. They did not have a clue as to what craft I had planned for them.
Oh and if you look close you can see that we moved Stacy's chair over and brought up the stool. The white one with the CUTE boots. Since Stacy did not make it we decided to let Darlene take her place. But Darlene lives in California so we would just let her fiddlestick (see the Aug 9th Flat Stanley goes 3D post) fill in for her. Just one little problem. My daughter and I took 'Darlene' to California with us and I found the CUTEST boots out there but not everything fit in our suitcases so 'Darlene' got shipped home. (The real Darlene is such a good sport. She understood just how important those CUTE boots were to me!) And UPS hasn't delivered the boxes yet so we let the CUTE boots fill in. So I guess Stacy 'got the boot'. HMMMM So glad my friends are understanding.
But as to the craft session which was the whole point of this day, you'll just have to check back tomorrow to see what the surprise was.
2 comments:
Your table looked so nice. I love it with the flamingos in each glass. You do not need identical plates on the table, I like them as they are not all the same and quite pretty. Lunch looked delicious. You are funny as Nikki does not like coconut. I love your container that you made your fresh lemonade in. I bet it was delicious. Wow, you made such great looking cupcakes, you sure went all out for this. I am sure you enjoyed it as much as Kristy and Nikki did. I love the idea of your shoes filling in for the fiddlestick that you made of me that is still in transit. So these are the boots that you bought. They are cute. What a great photo. I like your lead into the craft that you had planned. Great post. Great friend.
Thanks for being so understanding. Aren't the flamingos cute? They are like plastic ice cubes so perfect for this.
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