This past Saturday was our first annual pumpkin carving bonanza. I have to admit, as much as I love Halloween, inviting everyone over was actually my husband's idea. I'm glad he had it though, because we had a good, albeit tiring time. I spent the week before making decorations and lots of goodies for the party.
I decided to keep the decorations simple and fun. On the porch, I did streamers and spider webs, complete with pipe cleaner spiders that my little one helped me make.
Indoors, I did a small vignette with decorations that I collected over the years.
The food was to die for. (Ha! See what I did there?) Our menu included:
- Grilled BBQ chicken (the hubby's specialty)
- Mashed potatoes
- Corn on the cob
- Salad
- Stuffed jack-o-lantern peppers* (pic here)
- Witch finger pretzels
- Scarecrow treats
- Veggies and crackers with ranch dip
- Tortilla chips and homemade salsa
- Fruit with caramel cheesecake dip*
- Honey oat quick bread (which makes great French toast the next morning!)
- Autumn brittle
- Haystacks (sans the marshmallows)
- Graveyard gravel fudge
- Homemade eggnog*
- Apple pie with crumb topping*
*Recipes coming in a later blog.
Sounds good, huh? It looked good too!
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| And that's just the snack table! |
After the party was over, since I didn't need the extra seating, I added some more decor to my porch.
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| Drinking wine from Solo cups? Stay classy, skeletons! |
I don't expect to get many trick-or-treaters out here in the country, but that won't stop me from getting into the spirit of the season. (Spirit, get it? I kill me! Oh, look I did it again! Okay, I'll stop now, I promise.)
So yeah, that's what I've been up to. Hope you enjoyed the blog, and stay tuned for those recipes. See you next time!
1 comment:
Ohh..but you are in rare form aren't you?? LOL..good shots! Glad it turned out to be a good party for ya! I miss the Halloween parties..I really do.
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