Going Away Party For Trisha
My friend, Trisha, is moving out of state for a new and exciting job so last night I had a little dinner party for her and some friends over at my house. 
To set the table I started off by laying out a kraft colored linen tablecloth and then laid out a pink table runner and pink napkins at each place setting. I also laid out two glasses at each place setting. The short, wide glass was for sangria decorated with a sugared rim and a lime slice with a short pink polka dot straw and the tall, skinny glass was for water with a tall pink bendy straw.
For flowers my grocery store had bunches of alstroemeria on sale for $3 each so I bought four bunches in two shades of pink and placed them on the table in little white flower pots.
For drinks I made two different flavored waters, strawberry-mint and watermelon-sage, and set them out in glass carafes. For those who wanted alcohol, I sliced up some oranges and put them with some sangria in a pitcher. I placed my drinks in a pink metal tray at the center of the table.
For food I had to be careful of my menu to make it gluten-free. I used a quinoa-corn pasta to make a pasta salad with cherry tomatoes, feta cheese, kalamata olives and parsley. I also made a spinach salad with goat cheese, raspberries and sugared pecans and tilapia wrapped in sage and prosciutto.
We had a fun time and it was so nice to have everyone over and celebrate our friendship with Trisha. Good luck with your move, Trisha! We love you!
Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 9:25AM | Posted by Lisa | 3 Comments | Share Article | Email Article | Print Article 
Reader Comments (3)
What a beautiful table setting and what a yummy menu ........... lucky Trisha, lucky friends. Thanks for the ideas, book club meeting is my turn and now I have some ideas :-)
Omg I need to write all that down.
What an awesome party!
Keep the ideas coming---thanks!
Mary-Lou- Thank you! I'm so glad that it gave you some ideas for your book club meeting.
Kathy- Thank you so much! I'm glad that you liked it.