Let's backtrack a bit. On Monday, we hosted a little Mardi Gras dinner for a few of our favorite married friends.
We put the folding table we got for Thanksgiving dinner to use again. It just so happens to be the same height and width as our regular kitchen table, so we pushed them together to make some more room.
The table decorations were just white bed sheets, the essential Mardi Gras beads, and some festive napkins. {I used two yards of fabric and this tutorial to make them. It took forever, but it was great practice for a beginner who can barely sew in a straight line like me!}
We put the folding table we got for Thanksgiving dinner to use again. It just so happens to be the same height and width as our regular kitchen table, so we pushed them together to make some more room.
The table decorations were just white bed sheets, the essential Mardi Gras beads, and some festive napkins. {I used two yards of fabric and this tutorial to make them. It took forever, but it was great practice for a beginner who can barely sew in a straight line like me!}
We served the meal buffet-style in the kitchen. Our favorite Cajun dishes {red beans & rice, shrimp creole} and, of course, King Cake.
The whole gang! If you come to a party at our house, you can almost guarantee that we will make you wear a silly hat. The paper plate hats were Natasha's awesome suggestion. Her, Abigail and I had a crafting session last week to make them.
The whole gang! If you come to a party at our house, you can almost guarantee that we will make you wear a silly hat. The paper plate hats were Natasha's awesome suggestion. Her, Abigail and I had a crafting session last week to make them.
Babies! All of the ladies in attendance were pregnant at the same time {although in Natasha's case, only for a few short weeks before little Audrey entered the world}. We are all due within five weeks of each other!
Wow. I am totally amazed that you have that many married friends! We have exactly two married couples that we're friends with, one of which moved to Australia a while ago. So basically we just have the one. Haha. We're finally getting settled at our new church by the new house, but so far the only married couples we've been able to meet there have been considerably older than us, have kids, not in school, etc. It's just hard to relate!
ReplyDeleteI alway just chalked it up to getting married so young (I feel like we're waiting on all our friends from college to catch up or something), but y'all were even younger than us!
Also, can you share your shrimp creole recipe? I've been looking for some yummy Lent Friday recipes... haha.
ReplyDeleteLooks like such a fun partay!
ReplyDeleteThat group shot is amazing. Frame-worthy if there ever was one.
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