Showing posts with label Jenny and Darrin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jenny and Darrin. Show all posts

February 8, 2012

A Blue Moon Evening

Recently, I invited Jenny and Darrin over for some snacks and drinks. And I thought, hmmm. What should I make? I remembered seeing a recipe for Blue Moon beer cupcakes, and I knew Jenny was a fan of Blue Moon. Then I thought, what goes with it.....what about an evening full of Blue Moon beer recipes!

Of course!

You'll see here:

Blue Moon cupcakes

Beer Cheese dip

Mangria (Blue Moon Sangria)


I think it was a hit!


November 9, 2011

Showering Sarah

A few weeks ago, Jenny, Laura and I co-hosted a baby shower for Sarah. We held it at ArtJamN, a paint-your-own canvas studio. We were able to bring in our own food, and we had a spread of confetti rice krispie treats, lemon drop cupcakes and caramelized onion dip with veggies and chip. 


We also had rainbow fruit skewers and pasta salad skewers. We wanted everything to be hand-held for easy painting. You can also see the cute invite, and the table runner, which matched. 


Here's the mom-to-be as her friends began to arrive like Dana. 


Jenny, one of my co-hosts.


There was some serious conversation going on here.


But Kendra was still all smiles. 


Someone tell me to stop crinkling my nose when I laugh!


Before we began painting, each of us signed a note to the baby, and the instructor told us how everything was going to go. 


I think Sarah enjoyed herself. 


We played Rock, Paper, Scissors to see who would start the painting. 



The group began with the sky.


The canvas was so large that several of us could paint at once.


We painted the sky blue all over the canvas. 


The instructor had already outlined a design with a texture. 



Laura and Kendra worked on the grass area. 


Fun times!


All of a sudden, the painting really came together. 



Dana was in charge of the red leaves. 


How pretty is this?!?!


There's a heart cut into the tree, and there's a little bird on the branch. 


Sarah is going to hang it in Baby's nursery. I kind of want it to hang in my house!

Here's the group in our aprons. 


And one without aprons. 


I think everyone really had fun, and Sarah got a one-of-a-kind piece of art out of the deal. 

October 24, 2011

A Foggy Monday

This morning I woke up to fog, and it really felt like fall was here! I love fall!


Yesterday, we participated in a very fall event here in Memphis, the River Arts Fest. 


We went with the Jenny and Darrin. 


We saw some art. 


Lots of people turned out after the morning rain was gone. 


There were some delicious looking food vendors, but we were strong and refrained. 


The neat thing about the festival is there are lots of different types of artists: glass blowers, painters, photographers and jewelers.


The sun seemed to be at eye level, but that didn't stop Darrin from photo bombing our picture!


We took a little rest from walking around and found a patio. 


I walked past this life-sized poster of a Grizzly's basketball player, and I had to have my photo taken with it. That dude is huge...and I am short. 


In other news, Chris and I came home to find this


I had left a bottle of dry mustard out, and apparently Porter thought he needed it. You can see that the cap has been popped open and there is a hole in it. Thankfully, the bottle wasn't very full, and no dry mustard spilled out that I could tell. He was just curled up with it in his bed. So strange, little kitten!

**Thanks to Chris for taking all these photos!**

April 20, 2011

Spa Shower

So after my cake story, let's focus on the fun event that I made the cake in honor of. This is Nicole. She's my neighbor. She's engaged to Shawn! They are getting married in May, and I thought it would be fun to get the group of girls together for an evening of manicures, pedicures, food, drinks and cake ;) We rented the Nail Bar on the Island for the evening. 




I brought in a spread of chicken pineapple skewers, veggies and a herb cheese dip, Captain Rodney's Cheese Bake with Ritz crackers and "the cake." 





Here's the bride enjoying her pedicure. I also brought some rose champagne to fulfill the girlie atmosphere. 



This is Amy with Nicole. Amy is also a neighbor. We are so lucky to have such awesome neighbors!



Hey, Jenny! How's that shellac treating you?


Kendra, we're so glad you brought your smiling face!


Laura came too!


 We did cut into the cake...



And, I think the bride-to-be was pleased. 




But, Kendra has something to say about it...No just kidding. She had something to say for sure, but not about the cake. 




I think everyone had a good time, and it was a  good excuse to be pampered with the girls on a Monday night. 



Nothing tops having good girl friends!



 {Lauren, Amy, Meghan, Allison, Nicole, Jenny, Laura, Kendra}



Happy Spa Shower, Nicole!




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