Ladies 40th Birthday Party

I got the privilege of throwing a 40th birthday party for one of my best friends a couple weeks ago. It was fun to have a bunch of ladies over to celebrate with her. Here are the pictures taken by my friend Amy (who does a WAY better job taking pictures than I do… thanks Amy).

Love these paper fans. Idea from Pinterest

These are so good! I served them at a New Years Party last year. Here is the recipe!

Also very yum! I love this site for cute little bite size recipe ideas. Click HERE for recipe

Sweet and Sour Meatballs brought by my sweet friend Jessica.

Angie loves this awesome FRUIT SALAD that I make for a lot of events and it is always a hit.

Thanks to Lindor Chocolates for Red and Black wrapped yumminess to go with the color theme.

How cute are these little cups and spoons from Amazon.com!! This recipe was specifically for guests with food allergies. I always like to try to have a little something for them. This Coconut Chocolate Mousse has only 3 ingredients! Recipe found HERE and you have to be careful on which brand of coconut milk you use. I used Chaokoh brand (and I did the suggestion of pouring it into a bowl and letting it get cold in the fridge overnight).

oh man these were amazing. I probably ate a third of them. (of course I was starving because I don’t take time to eat on party days.) Too bad prosciutto is so expensive or I would make these all the time. Recipe HERE

I have made this for years from an old Pampered Chef cookbook. And now I see they have the recipe online HERE

water plus frozen strawberries

These cranberry martinis were so yummy and aren’t they pretty! Recipe HERE. I did reduce the vodka for this party to 1 oz.

I got to use my chalkboard painted coasters again from this party. I bought these plain coasters and sprayed them with black chalkboard spray paint (takes around 3 coats) and then people could write on them with chalk to keep track of which drink was theirs.