Asian Celebration!

April 10, 2011

     My best friends and I have themed parties every so often. It was my turn to host a party and I chose an Asian theme. 

   I had been planning this party for my friends about 7 years ago; 2 of which were at this party. I had purchased all of the dinner ware and gift bag items as well as most of the decor. 

   I loved the dinner ware I had purchased. The black chopsticks were not easy to use and the soup spoons were to big. But it was a nice touch.

   My mom and I designed and made the table cloth for the main table, the cake table, and runners for the living room tables.  

   I wish the chairs would have been black. My original plan was to have the table raise a little bit off 

the floor and we would sit on decorative pillows. But with my sister and best friend being pregnant I didn't think it was such a great idea. plus my hips have still been hurting too much on some days. 

   I went to an Oriental store and found Asian candy to have on the living room tables and also for the gift bag. I loved the idea that they had the Asian writing on the wrappers. 

   My mom and I also made a Japanese cherry blossom tree. My hibiscus tree froze this winter so we used it for the cherry blossom tree. We made the flowers out of pink tissue paper and hot glued them to the branches of the tree. 

Practice Cake

   Mom and I had gone to a cake shop to have a cake made. While at the shop we came up with a design for the cake. I wanted the Asian fan I made for the invitation to be the cake topper and also incorporate the green of the dinner ware. They quoted me $60 for an 8" cake. We thought it was way to much. So We made our own cake. The weekend before the party I made marshmallow fondant and made the practice cake. Its as easy as Buddy makes it look on the Cake Boss. 

Official Cake for the party

The official cake turned out much better than the practice cake. The fan on top was identical to the fan invite. The invite was three pages that fanned out, the white page contained the writing with the party details. I loved the invite I made. I didn't take a picture of it, I guess I could because it was a cool invite, if I do say so myself. 

   Back to the cake on the front was Asian writing that meant "friendship" which I thought was perfect for this party since it was for my best friends.

   I forgot to take a picture of all the food I ordered for the party. The menu consisted of:

- Sweet & Sour Pork

- Kung-Pao Chicken

- Triple Delight

- Broccoli & Beef

- Lo-Mien Noodles

- Egg Drop Soup

- Fried Rice

- Pork Egg Rolls

- Spring Rolls

The food was amazing! We go to an Asian Resturant called Pengs. Normally it is closed on Sundays but the owner Mary has become a friend to us (we have been going there for at least 9 years) and agreed to make the food fresh for us on Sunday. She is amazing!!!

I am blessed to have such great friends and it was an honor to have my girls over for a dinner party. The thing that made me happiest was that my sister also joined us for the first time and then also joined our movie/book club. Great times with great friends making lasting memories!!!!! I LOVE YA'LL!!!!!!!!!!!!!