June is a piano recital month. I enjoy trying to create a unique invitation for each recital.
It's fun to use my piano-themed serving dishes for the refreshments. Please note the treble clef picks that the fruit kabobs are on.
The next weekend I hosted a garden party for the new sisters in the ward, and for those who are moving.
The other members of the Relief Society presidency helped make the food. I used some hydrangea paper I'd bought a couple of years ago for the invitations, and amazingly enough the hydrangeas in our yard were blooming
pretty much the same color.
I found hydrangea napkins, and also some lavender Martha Stewart paper lanterns on sale for a dollar each.
One lady who came said there were more decorations at my garden party than there were at her daughter's wedding reception. I took that as a compliment! Kent and I had worked at the temple on Friday night and didn't get home until almost midnight, so I did most of the decorating on Saturday morning.
The weather was PERFECT--in the 70's with a gentle breeze and no humidity. We had a lovely time, and I may just have to have a hydrangea garden party every June from now on.
We were entertained at the garden party by the nest of baby robins in the cross beam under the deck. I told the ladies who came that I'd ordered them for effect from "baby birds r us."
The last Saturday of the month we took a daytrip with Jim and Bonnie Jeo to a lavender farm near the Shenandoah mountains.
It was a day when volunteers could come harvest the lavender. We were worried about being too hot and getting sunburned, but that didn't happen.
The lavender harvesting wasn't too strenuous, and smelled wonderful. Afterwards the owners of the farm fed us lunch. There were some menu items with lavender in them, like lavender lemonade and lavender blueberry sauce on the cheesecake we had for dessert.
It was another enjoyable day in Virginia.
We were entertained at the garden party by the nest of baby robins in the cross beam under the deck. I told the ladies who came that I'd ordered them for effect from "baby birds r us." 
4 comments:
Everything looks terrific, Elaine! I remember the first time that I saw your decorating skills in action. It was at a stake training in Germany and the Primary was in charge of the luncheon. I was thoroughly impressed by how good everything looked! You continue to inspire me.
Oh, and two thumbs up to your vest and Kent's tie and suspenders!
Your blog is wonderful! Your talents & abilities continue to shine and brighten peoples lives--- even from a far! It's great to see Jim & Bonnie too.
As usual, everything looks fantastic! Sure don't know why I didn't inherit even a drop of that talent...
Now, on to the post about Texas! :)
Ha! I get it. NOTE the clef picks for the fruit kabobs. Good one. :)
I just love those paper lanterns, and they looked really cute with all the lavender.
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