the art of throwing a hoedown.

i love parties. and the only thing i like more than going to them, is throwing them. (although if you ask me this the day before and the day of, my opinion will have changed drastically.) anyways. parties. love love love them. especially when you see something in your head and then all of a sudden it actually turns out that way. i like the cooking. i like the decorating. i like the creating. not so much with the cleaning but, it's all part of it i suppose. anyways. another party is now under my belt.  a post bachelorette party for 13 girls. it was a two day event so everything had to say, night time hoedown and breakfast bridal brunch all in one.i am really really proud of it. what i envisioned was a "chic hoedown". or "haute hoedown" as some would say. this was for a bestie who went off and got herself hitched...i wanted to see rustic country. i wanted simple, fun, yet still retain it's well deserved class. many hands made light work which allowed for this event to happen, the following are just a few of my personal design touches... whatcha think? 

this is the appetizer station

i found an old ironing board closest in the yard and used it as decor....

i took some hay and an old window frame and created this center piece.

when i realized i didn't have enough flowers i took to their garden and picked some lavender and threw it in glass milk bottles.

this is another window that i took and worked it into the decor.

this is what it looked like when all the food was laid out.

although my day job is executing events, throwing this party made me remember how much i love doing this kind of thing.  i can only hope that the bride was as thrilled with it as i!

xoxo.