I had a friend who turned forty this fall. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to throw a party!

I really love setting things up for a party. It does take time and effort, so it doesn’t always happen. 🙂

Lovely fall flower arrangement! It was part of my friend’s gift and served as our centerpiece too!

Prepping and setting up…

Stir and mix…

Cut and create…

The Table

Flower centerpiece & gift item too

Ear of corn from my farmer man’s field a couple of years ago

Fun & festive, wrapped-for-fall candies

Dishes

 dotted napkins from Target

 

Party Favors ~

 

Fresh flowers just seem to go with a ladies’ luncheon!

YES ~ forty candles!

The Food ~

What’s a party without food?!

Menu:

Lasagna

Garlic Breadsticks

Olive Garden Salad { a friend brought this for the party}

Berry Fruit Salad

Best White Birthday Cake

Double Chocolate and Sour Cream Yellow Cake with Mocha Frosting

Chocolate Ganache Ice cream

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

The salad was so yummy! I could’ve eaten mostly salad. My friend is a good cook. She used this delicious flaked parmesan cheese in it. And there’s just something about food that I don’t have to fix…. {Plus, fixing a salad is not my top pick of foods to make.}

It was a fun day and good memories. I still have not figured out how time flies by so rapidly and how my sister and two of my friends turned forty this year! I still have four years….And we all know how fast that will go by!

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