I really enjoyed making holiday poppers for table favors. I filled them with various chocolates and a rolled up paper with guessing game clues written on it. Each one had clues to an old time movie and then a question that related to the movie on the bottom where the person could tell about some personal memories - such as a memory of their favorite Christmas, for the movie, "It's a Wonderful Life". The ladies enjoyed the game so much they said they hope to make it an annual thing.
The table turned out festive and nice. Here's a shot of a few of the ladies around the table.
Of course there was plenty of good food. Everyone brought a dish to share which always makes it more fun and interesting................and delicious.
I made the main dish - Autumn Roasted Chicken & Sausages. It's a Rachael Ray recipe, if you want to look it up on her site. I included various vegetables that are good for roasting (peppers, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and asparagas). The recipe calls for black grapes too - I couldn't believe how delicious grapes are when they're roasted.
Oh, and we had presents - wonderful presents.
These are gifts I will use and enjoy and these are friendships I treasure. It's so nice to get together with ladies who enjoy applique as much as I do and to get to know each other better. I don't think there's a one of them I couldn't call day or night if I needed help or just an ear to listen or a shoulder to lean on........or cry on.
I forgot to have someone snap a picture of me at the party so asked my husband to do that when he got home. It was such a fun day and you can tell it made me happy from looking at my big grin.
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