12 Favorite Things Party

Ready to PA~RTAY!

Getting the Low Down 

We each brought a sample from a favorite recipe of 2011.

Mine: Sister Dougherty's Chocolate Cake

The Food Bar

I am so glad that recipes were shared!
Everything was DELICIOUS!

 

Tonya's Beautiful Desserts.
The presentation not only scored an A+,
but they were scrumptious too!

Each person also brought a list of 3 of their favorite things in 2011.

My 3:

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

Discovering the many uses of canvas drop cloth

Weekly Summer Hikes and Water Venue Visits with My Pearls.

We then brought a gift for each person (12 of one thing) that went along with one favorite thing from our list.

I gave a mini heart banner from drop cloth.  I made three different color combos. Below are 2 of them.

Passing Out (one of) The Favorite Things

Sharing Time

Great Moments of Laughter!

 

(not the best action photo, but you get the idea.
We were having a great time!)

Tonya, Annette, Jen, Amy, Brooke, Connie

Bev, Susan, Harriet, Angela, Mwa

 

It was such a wonderful night!
Thanks Susan for putting it together!

Too bad 2 others couldn't make it last minute.

The Hostess of Fun

Susan

 

The Goods

Susan gave us each a folder for the recipe and list from each person.  She also made the cute gift bags to take our goods home in.

Pinterest was a favorite for a few people.  The below saying was a gift too.  Brooke had several printed and laminated for us to choose from.  I love the colors, design and definitely the saying of the one that I chose.  It now hangs on a cabinet in our kitchen.

Another gift, not pictured, was from Harriet.  We each got some of an almond chocolate dip ice cream bar from Costco.  Whenever I go to Costco I see the inviting photo of the bars, but have never gotten one.  Yum!  I think that will change now.  But they are huge so I will be sharing whoever is lucky enough to be with me.

The evening was chock-full of

information, great people, great gifts, great food and laughter.

Thanks to Everyone for making it such a meaningful night!

Bewitched!

  I think living with 6 Witches has driven Rob a little Batty. 

We had a Wickedly Wonderful time on a Witch Hunt with our Friends!

Gardner Village

Ah.ah.ah!

Writing down Witch Locations

On the hunt down after. . .

A. "in character"

Enjoying the Spoils of the Hunt!

Happy Halloween!

Cookie Making

Okay so I haven't posted anything about Thanksgiving yet - but that will come.  Today I had fun making cookies with I., A and her good buddy Little Mr. M.  They loved it!  They kept eating bits of dough while I was rolling it out, especially Little I.  She even enjoyed the flour - you can see it on the back of her black shirt.  Miss M and B came home and were able to enjoy the cookies too.

This is Little I not showing off her cookie but licking off the frosting.  That is pretty much all she did.  She would put more frosting and sprinkles on the cookie, eat it off, and repeat.  The cookie only received a few nibbles.

I am trying to slow down and enjoy the season with my girls.  Simplifying and taking life slower definitely has been more enjoyable at times.  I am a on the go, gotto do person.  So this is a good change for me.