Pumpkin Party!

*You'll notice that I've changed my layout from 3 columns to 2. I feel this squishes my content less, and it hopefully improves the overall appearance and function of my blog.

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!

And that's just the snack table!

All in all, I think our guests had a great time. They carved some snazzy pumpkins too!

 

After the party was over, since I didn't need the extra seating, I added some more decor to my porch.

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!