My Mom Throw's A Corking Party! {Party Serial Business Office 1}

I direct maintain such a wonderful Mom! Not entirely is she a fabulous friend amongst whom I dear to hang out, she's a fantastic hostess too. She knows how to throw a bang-up party!

This past times calendar week she hosted a vino tasting political party for a grouping of her girlfriends. They larn together nigh 1 time a calendar month for corporation together with fun, rotating the hosting role, together with typically partaking inwards some grape-based beverages along the way. Want to know what they telephone telephone themselves? This is such a sugariness together with fun cite ... they telephone telephone themselves Thirsty Girls. That's then clever! It's fifty-fifty more clever when yous know that what brought them all together to start out amongst was their dear for shag dancing, together with they trip the low-cal fantastic toe at a house called Thirsty's II. Yup, but nigh every Lord's Day black (and mayhap Saturday, too) yous tin detect most of this grouping dancin' the black away at Thirsty's II. And that's how Thirsty Girls was born.

I was fortunate plenty to live able to direct maintain constituent inwards this Thirsty Girls party, both every bit a invitee together with every bit my Mom's sous-chef. I'm non sure which constituent was to a greater extent than fun - genuinely tending the political party together with getting to know my Mom's friends, or hanging out inwards the kitchen amongst Mom for 2 days every bit nosotros prepared all the nutrient together (well, a skillful portion of the nutrient - my Mom is super organized together with already had quite a bit of it done!). Both were a blast.

We had the photographic tv set camera going the whole fourth dimension nosotros were inwards the kitchen, snapping pictures all along the way. That agency I larn to percentage a whole bunch of super-tasty recipes amongst yous that are but perfect for entertaining. So larn ready!! ... Here comes the "Party Series!"

Let's start this outset post of the serial amongst a await at some of Mom's overnice picayune touches. She's quite creative, together with came upward amongst some elegant wine-themed decorating ideas. Then I'll percentage her Garlic & Dill Marinated Shrimp recipe, together with a listing of her amount political party carte then you'll know what to await forrard to. Sound good?

Nice Touch #1: Cork Table Cards

Table labels

Or, tabular array labels, yous mightiness say! Aren't those cute? We started amongst concern card-sized cards that I embossed. That's 1 of my other hobbies ... making cards together with miscellaneous things (like these) using a dry-embossing technique. Look closely at the lower correct corner of the cards together with you'll come across an embossed vino bottle, vino glass, or grape bunch. I know - it's genuinely difficult to come across inwards this picture. Hopefully I'll live getting a meliorate photographic tv set camera existent soon.

Next Mom used a serrated knife to cutting a sliver off the bottom of some corks. This made a apartment base of operations then the corks would sit down upward on the table. Then she made a slit inwards the transcend of each cork ...

Preparing the corks

... together with slid inwards the label card.

The tabular array label line-up

Nice Touch #2: "Elevated" Centerpiece
Check it out! Mom made her low-cal fixture into an "elevated" centerpiece past times tying vino spectacles to it amongst pretty ribbons! How absolutely clever!! Other than it beingness creative together with beautiful, at that topographic point was a functional argue for this, also ...

"Elevated" centerpiece

... her tabular array was completely amount amongst her tasty treats! This "elevated" centerpiece is for sure 1 way to solve a serving infinite problem.

"The Spread"

Nice Touch #3: Herb Bouquets
Mom made picayune herb bouquets inwards bud vases to house around the house. They looked great, together with were a real uncomplicated way to add together a festive touch. Though it looks similar a põrnikas or 2 may direct maintain been having a political party out inwards the garden on this basil leaf! I gauge everyone ... or everything? ... loves fresh basil.

Herb bud vase bouquet

Now for the menu.

On the savory side:
Garlic & Dill Marinated Shrimp (recipe below)
Tortellini Salad
Antipasto Platter amongst Grape Tomato & Caper Salad
Tarragon Chicken Salad-Stuffed Profiteroles
Marinated Cheese
Grand Marnier & Spiced Rum Fruit Dip
Shrimp Curry Mango Bites
Tapenade Crostini
Toasted Pesto Rounds