Party Time!

My husband and I held our 5th annual Christmas dinner party on Saturday night and it was a success! The evening went smoothly and everyone had a wonderful time. I went with kelly green and magenta for the color scheme and wanted the overall feeling to be fun, festive and cheerful.

I purchased the fuchsia roses from Costco (spent a total of $30 for (4) dozen) and put the arrangements together the night before. I used small square vases and filled the bottoms with tiny pebbles from Ikea to anchor the roses, then wrapped fresh pine needles around the inside of the vase. It was super easy and I put them outside overnight to prevent them from wilting.

I was finally able to put my Kate Spade wedding china to good use (I only have 6 settings so I mixed them with plain white)! For the napkins, I alternated magenta and green every other setting, and placed a small handwritten place card in each napkin ring.

We used our 6ft. dining table and butted it up against an 8ft. rented table. I had to mix and match our dining chairs with rented folding chairs...it was a bit of a mish mosh but it worked out okay.

Me with my wonderful husband Ryan and our 16 guests! I had a lot of fun preparing and planning for our big night...but I'm glad it's over :) As I'm sure many of you know, it's a lot of work but so worth it.