So, would you add anything to my list?

I've got my girls arvo this weekend, having some girlfriends over just for a chick's day - mani's/pedi's, junk food, maybe a chick flick. Here's what I was planning on serving:

*Vodka infused chocolate strawberries
*Fruit skewers - perhaps with a chocolate fountain as well
*Dukkah and turkish bread
*Cheese platter
*Roasted almonds and cashews
*Whipped cream, for the fruit
*Sausage rolls
*Punch
*****tails and mocktails
*Red/white wines
*Soft drinks

Is there anything else you think I should add? I'm organising it so we can 'reconnect', I've kinda pushed everyone away recently, so I want this to be a success :)

Thanks for your help!

I am a sucker for chips when drinking as I get the munchies!

Otherwise sounds awesome can I come too LOL

have a ball!

Yummo!
Maybe some dips to go with the bread? Or instead of whipped cream for the fruit have Toblerone dip (just melted tobes with cream soooo good) if you don't end up having a chocolate fountain.
Sounds awesome. Have fun :)

Yummo!!

How about some olives and hommus plattered up with the dukkah?

Chilled water? With some lemon and/or orange and/or lime wedges (coz I'm boring and I like water)

I like dates on my cheese platters or grapes (but I'm probably alone in that)

Nah not alone I do too! Also fig paste is nice with cheese platter...

Mmm or Maggie Beer quince paste.....and dried apple *drools*

Oh, you forgot my invite :rofl:
Sounds pretty great to me! I second the hommus

I actually meant quince paste... :redface:

Also, wild hibiscus flowers for the champagne goes down a treat!!!!

hmmm yum...sounds pretty good to me.

I have a nice cream and tia maria dip if you wanted something to dip the fruit in that's a bit spesh.

oh are they the strawbs off your blog?

Thought I'd revive this thread coz I have a similar-but-not-quite-the-same-question, no need to start all over again, loving the suggestions in here!

I'm having a Mad Hatters Tea Party - basically a high tea kinda thing, but I'm encouraging everyone to get dressed up and wear a funky hat or fascinator, mainly so I can buy another fascinator :rofl:

So, having it in my backyard coz its huge, hiring a couple of trestle tables and linen and chairs, trying to justify the expense of fabric and ribbon chair covers to DH for extra sophistimication. Was going to going to have lots of different teas for everyone to try, with one of those 'tea-for-one' sets for everyone and a big urn with boiling water. Apart from that, finger sandwiches, cupcakes, fresh fruit and cheese platters.

Anything else - food or decoration wise - that you would suggest?

PS - Kim, yep! Ohhh that dip sounds delish, PMing you now!

I'm obsessed with Red Velvet cakes at the moment. So far my pleas to Yasin to have one for his birthday have fallen on deaf ears. You can live my dream for me - have Red Velvet cupcakes.

Pimms fruit cup - get a big jug, add 1 part pimms to 3 parts lemonade. Chuck in mint and fruit (strawberries, orange slices etc). Drink up. Someone mention Pimms on FB and I've been craving ever since. You can live that dream for me too lol.

LOL Onyx, any other dreams lurking there? :rofl:

What's a Red Velvet cake? Is it just the colour, or is there a flavour as well?

How how little biscuits that say 'eat me' written in icing. To keep in with the theme.

Could you get your hands on a croquet set?

Love the Pimms idea....Jolly good show! :lol:

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So, would you add anything to my list?

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Yes! Me! :rofl: and Onyx of course! What are red velvet cakes? I'm intrigued!

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What's a Red Velvet cake? Is it just the colour, or is there a flavour as well?

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It's kinda between a chocolate and vanilla flavour. You can use beetroot or red food colouring for the colour and it has a butter cream or cream cheese icing. There are oodles of recipes if you google it.

Youre missing me thats what! *boards plane now*
Short of that Ill expect lots of pics on FB to drool over.

ooohhh Christie makes the best red velvet cupcakes!!

I was going to suggest similar to Kim & says Baileys dip for the fruit :)

Strippers.


Nah, I just felt like being a bit controversial...sounds like a good party to me! Ooh actually, decoration wise, I've been ogling a wicked little site called Lark (if you google Lark I'm sure you'll find it, one of my favourite ever online stores *spam spam*), and they have cute cupcake holders and striped straws and stuff. Will you have bunting?? A blog I love called Cakies, totally won my heart over to bunting, it totally totally makes an outdoor party. I think I've seen her do more like cloth flowers as opposed to the flags, but I'm sure you could figure something out that would be easy and quicker...like if there are Christmas decorations in store already, maybe some pastel baubles from string could be cute...

Of COURSE there'll be bunting, what would a Mad Hatters Tea Party be without bunting?!

*scurries off to find out what bunting is*

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Of COURSE there'll be bunting, what would a Mad Hatters Tea Party be without bunting?!

*scurries off to find out what bunting is*

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:rofl: *quickly follows Keike in the search of bunting definition before anyone notices*

*Dusts off her Dictionary* Cough, cough *Puts on reading glasses*

Bunting (textile), a lightweight cloth material often used for flags and festive decorations

Oh wait there's more:

Today, "bunting" is a term for any festive decorations made of fabric, or of plastic, paper or even cardboard in imitation of fabric. Typical forms of bunting are strings of colorful triangular flags and lengths of fabric in the colors of national flags gathered and draped into swags or pleated into fan shapes.

ohhhhhh

DH has a friend who refers to the horizontal tango as 'bunting' so was a little curious as to what Nelle meant :rofl:

Well that brings a new meaning to 'swinging from the chandeliers'. :lol: Probably someone was talking about decoration and someone else misunderstood.

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Well that brings a new meaning to 'swinging from the chandeliers'. :lol:

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Boring post after all the above excitement :) but I never hold a party without a detailed time schedule. So if your mates are coming at 4pm I would make sure the drinks are in the fridge but 10am, dig out the choc fountain the night before, whip the cream by lunch time, cut up and make the fruit skewers early, take the cheese out the fridge at say 2pm (nothing worse than cold cheese on a platter) and so on. It just saves you panicking at the last minute and realising you've forgotten something....

My red velvet cupcakes are from a recipe on the Wilton site ;)

I just read this thread, and I must say first and foremost: Thanks for the laughs re bunting. That is so funny! Exactly what I needed right now.

As for suggestions, I don't really have any, but if you're looking for 'cutesy' food, then google epicute and have a gander. One of my 'up-there' sites with BB :thumbsup: And Christy, I'm off to look at Wilton!

Oh, that's actually really helpful Roryrory - I could quite possibly be the most disorganized person on the planet :)

Christy - how cool is that site! I'm so making Margarita cupcakes and Pina Colada cupcakes, and then I won't hafta provide ****tails!

Netix - loving that blog as well, on my 'follow' list!

can i come? ;)

Christy's red velvet cupcakes are FANTASTIC!!!

We have some bunting at school for carnivals, I'd lend it to you but its a bit far LOL