Sunday, July 28, 2013

A Little Bit Country

Months ago, my family began planning my little sister's graduation party.  Analee didn't know exactly what she wanted, but definitely knew what she didn't want: no cake and no pasta.  Since it was clear we wouldn't be relying on our traditional menu items (pasta, italian sausage, chicken cutlets, etc), it took a little bit of brainstorming before we came up with a country barbeque theme.  Luckily for me, it was easy to personalize the details (and re-purpose some items I made for my high school reunion):

Bandana paper lanterns from Oriental Trading
Centerpieces made with mason jars, burlap, ribbon, sticks and senior pictures

Analee is going to be a math teacher, so we made apple shaped cookies with favor tags written in scientific notation    (thanks a million)

For dessert, we decided on a pie bar decorated with burlap and hay bales
We used the mathematical symbol for pi instead of the word

It's hard to see, but the banner was made with burlap paper (I reused the letters from the reunion banner which made this project quick and easy)
We used a clothesline and mini clothespins to display pictures (forgot to take a picture from the front...oops)

The graduate with her boyfriend and best friend
As much as I love the details of a party, I'm definitely glad there is no crafting or favor-making in my immediate future.   


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