Lately I have been very drawn to greens being used in entertaining and weddings. I think that it feels so fresh. When I was researching greens to use for the garland at the Irish Rehearsal dinner I helped design, I found one in particular that I kind of feel in love with…the eucalyptus. Eucalyptus has has an interesting scent that when I saw this cocktail, I thought that may just be super refreshing. A little different with the use of egg whites and the need to make simple syrup with eucalyptus leaves. But certainly perfect for inspiring a lovely little wedding.
As I mentioned last week when I was playing around with table ideas, I had a few of my girlfriends over on Saturday to have a Valentine’s Day brunch. Valentine’s Day is without a doubt the girliest holiday so it kinda just makes sense to celebrate it with some of your favorites ladies, right? Anyways we kept it pretty low key and I just made a few breakfast casseroles that can be prepared the night before along with some biscuits and a fruit salad. The most important part of a brunch, after all, is the cocktails. Here are a few snippets from our love brunch.
Light pink hyacinths and white hydrangeas. The hyacinths are so fragrant.
Hearts on strings I have had laying around since Colleen’s bridal shower. I always hang on to this kind of stuff cause you never know when you’ll find use for it again.
A mimosa bar with OJ, peach juice, Chambord, and St. Germain along with raspberries, strawberries, mint, and candied ginger. And champagne, obviously.
One of the dishes I made was this killer cinnamon french toast casserole and I will be sharing the recipe some time this week because it was just too good and easy not to.
Happy Monday friends! Hope everyone has an awesome week!
Anyone who has been to my house knows that I have an obsession with Paris. The evidence is literally everywhere. When I returned from a trip to Europe several years ago, it ended up being the place that I visited that left the biggest impression on me. It is so beautiful and full of life along with having a certain quality that you can’t quite put your finger on. A je ne sais quoi, if you will. When we had our cocktail testing a few weeks ago, this ended up being my favorite drink that I tried. Was there ever a question? I thought it would be dreamy to create some wedding inspiration for this Wedding Wednesday based on The Frenchy.
As I’ve already told you at least 10 times, we threw my friend Lindsay a Cape Cod themed bridal shower this past Saturday. It was every bit as lovely, fun, and intimate as I had hoped. Megan and I took care of the decor, using streamers, blue tinted mason jars filled with twinkle lights, kraft paper and vellum paper to make the house a little more nautical. Megan painted that oceanscape background and made her world famous macarons while I photoshopped some place cards and tea towel favors, which we will be sharing DIYs for soon. Obviously, there were also cupcakes. Shannon and Sarah, the other two hostesses, outdid themselves with the food, making lobster rolls, crab cakes, and many other delicious Cape Cod inspired items. Beverages were served in the form of rock candy champagne cocktails and blue lemonade. To anyone that came here from Pinterest and is curious about where we got such blue lemonade, all we did was take some bottles of sparkling lemonade (Trader Joes I believe) and add a drop of blue food coloring to each. You just move the liquid around a bit to help it spread.
All the hostesses and the gorgeous bride looking very bridal.
