Fairy Garden Party

Hello, Viewers!

How about a little spring in the air? It would have to be last year's spring, to be sure, since there is nothing but snow in the air right now. 

Springtime is particularly suited to us Fairies, and last April (or was it May?) I invited my Fairy court to a Garden Party. Unfortunately, we did not have access to a garden to be in - instead I brought the garden inside, and placed it in the middle of the dining table.

The base was a large terracotta planter "saucer", covered with a little artificial grass mat. eFairies.com provided the pond, filled with water of course, and floating a few shimmery leaves. I used some moss from a florist supplies store, and also, from the same source, little moss-accented "boulders", to create some landscaping around the pond.

All additional items were stuff that I found around the house, scouring my cabinets and drawers, but for the future, I am planning to get a few more specialized things - eFairies has a lot of inspiration to offer!

This Fairy Garden was the centerpiece for an exuberant floral extravagance, which also included gazebo candle lanterns, floating rose candles, rose figurines, flower-shaped candlesticks - and pretty much anything floral, pink or green, that I could lay my hands on. And glittery butterflies, of course!

Small silk flowers in pastel colors were sprinkled over the layered tablecloth. Additionally, each guest had a mini floral arrangement in a ceramic basket by her plate, to take home as a favor.

In one of my local discount places I found these rather crazy floral chargers - too fun (and too cheap!) to pass up, so that became the place settings, with clear plastic plates on top so as not to hide the rosy glory.

The napkins were pink and green - rolled up to resemble a rose among leaves.

I think "profusion" pretty much covers it! Not so much aiming for sophistication, but rather running rampant with the rose theme...

The chandelier was decorated as well, with tulle streamers, birds and butterflies, a rose pom-pom, and a particularly fetching lilac flower fairy...

The craft project of the day was one of the most popular yet - Fairy Paraphernalia Boxes. I had bought pink-and-white striped cardboard boxes at IKEA (where else?), that the Fairies could decorate with fairy stickers, jewels, decorative papers, old-fashioned flower die cuts, and glitter. Lots and lots of glitter.

 Some of the remarkable creations...

The Menu

Obviously, the food was partly flower-inspired. Pink and green were heavily featured. Thus, we  opened the proceedings with a newly-invented (by me):

Pinque Drinque: Pink Champagne, enhanced with Pomegranate juice (approximately 1 part juice to 3 parts champagne), a splash of Cointreau, and some Pomegranate seeds 

Avocado salad with Smoked Salmon Roses and Radish Flowers made a fitting appetizer.

The main course was not floral at all: Mushroom/Onion-stuffed Kapons in Calvados gravy, roasted Baby Potatoes, Baby Carrots, Baby Patty Squashes & Sugar Snaps

But then, for the dessert, we were right back in the floral garden: Pink Princess Ice Cream Rose Mold - previously described in detail here

And finally, after all the crafting had renewed our appetite, this very pretty Almond Cake with Kiwi & Cointreau Topping, which unfortunately turned out so disappointingly lousy, that I cannot share the recipe until I have figured out what went wrong. (I know how it was supposed to have tasted, and this was not it!) But I am happy to share the picture!

Now you know how the Fairies fare - stay tuned for more updates!

Regards from Rosebud!