~Roses & Champagne Birthday Party~

I hosted a birthday party for my girlfriend, Yuri.

The theme was

 Roses & Champagne!

I decorated with pretty roses everywhere!

The centerpiece roses were real.

I had fun making the pink tissue & crepe paper ones.

If you go online there's lots of patterns to make them!

The purple roses are from a kit from Martha Stewart! 

The centerpiece was fresh roses.

The wine and water glasses are from Anthropologie.

The dishes are Royal Albert, New Country Roses and 

Royal Albert, Polka Rose.

I had little champagne bottles with their name tags on them.

When the girls arrived, 

I served gin & tonic drinks with

 pretty straws & rosemary sprigs!

I found rose paper plates and napkins for the appetizers.

I chopped up some pistachios.

I made Dates with Orange, Pistachios and Goat Cheese

 for an appetizer.

The recipe is from the cookbook,

The Forest Feast by Erin Gleeson.

I made small caprese salads on a salt block.

I served cooked shrimp on a bigger salt block with lemon & dill.

I made Crostini with brie, walnuts and drizzled honey.

For lunch

 I made Ina Garten's

Zucchini Basil Soup from her cookbook,

Make It Ahead.

Served with Sugar Crusted Irish Soda Bread.

The entree was a 

Chicken Salad

 topped with candied walnuts & edible flowers.

For dessert, 

I made sugar cookies with rose edible wafer papers from 

Fancy Flours.

Pink Chocolate Bark with Sugar Candies.

I used pink chocolate to write out the words,

Rose & Champagne

 to place onto the champagne glasses.

Mary made pretty Champagne jello shots.

She also made the birthday cake.

It was a work of art and delicious too!

Check out Mary's blog:

La Bella Vita Design & Inspiration

The birthday girl,

Yuri

Virginia, Mary, Tami, Linda and Yuri

Mary, Tami, Linda, Yuri and Me

We also made mosaic hand trowels for the craft!

Lots of fun finding vintage plates for the project!

We all had a wonderful time!

It's always fun celebrating birthdays in our group!

Happy Birthday Yuri!