Summer time is the most perfect time to get all of your friends together, cook a lot of food, and just enjoy each other's company. With all the hoop-la that comes with Independence Day, it can sometimes be hard to gather all of your friends in one place in July. That's why this year we decided to host a little Bastille Day party. We doubled up on fun with this event because I'm also guest posting over at Uncommon Good's blog next week, and they sent us a few products to use for our party! I had so many photos that I decided to share some with you on Secondhand Sundays too. I apologize in advance for the photo heavy post you are about to read.
Ryan was itching to use his smoker again, so we decided to cook both pork and chicken like we did way back in March. We also sought to keep as much of the food and drink locally sourced as possible, and created a lot of great sides from our CSA bounty, and farmer's market expeditions.
One farmer's market purchase in particular made my day. I picked up the most gorgeous bouquet of flowers full of wild purples, and giant sunflowers. I love how just a couple of flowers can elevate a space from ho-hum to perfectly quaint. We definitely had a country garden feel going with the decor.
It was a lot of fun to gather new and old friends on the porch and with a little help by an afternoon shower, and a fan we were able to keep everyone pretty comfortable with little to no melting. Little Nellie pulled out all the stops entertaining guests, and greeting everyone who stopped by to chat.
In addition to the pulled pork and chicken, Ryan also made bread and hummus for the event. I contributed the cold couscous salad, roasted veggies, and peach cobbler. I totally forgot to snap pictures of the peach cobbler, which makes me so sad because it was so perfect. That's what I get for having a good time I suppose. Some of the Uncommon Goods items we got to show off included a beautiful solar powered tea light, nifty one-handed bottle opener, and a rocking wine carafe. The wine carafe and bottle opener were definitely hits with everyone.
After stuffing our faces and talking through the sunset we brought out our old school projector and played a little game of improvised Pictionary. This was the best idea Ryan has ever had. We split everyone into two groups and spent two hours yelling answers out, and laughing at each other's sketches. Not really competitive but silly fun. We must have gotten pretty loud because one of our neighbors called the cops on account of all the noise.
At the end of the night with the citronella candles still going strong we said good-bye to all of our friends and fell into bed content, and full of love. It was a perfect summer night. big kiss, bekuh
PS- Be looking out for my Uncommon Goods post on Monday, I'll be sharing some tips on feeding a lot of people with locally sourced food on a budget. You might be surprised how little we spent.
TODAY'S THE LAST DAY. DON'T FORGET TO ENTER MY VERY FIRST GIVEAWAY HERE!
PS- Be looking out for my Uncommon Goods post on Monday, I'll be sharing some tips on feeding a lot of people with locally sourced food on a budget. You might be surprised how little we spent.
TODAY'S THE LAST DAY. DON'T FORGET TO ENTER MY VERY FIRST GIVEAWAY HERE!
