The Party and the Crime Scene….

Ok – first the party, or should that be THE party.

I had a wonderful evening when we celebrated my 40th birthday. We had the party at home and we arranged for friends who are caterers to supply the food. We had a gazebo in the garden, which helped as we had nearly 50 guests.
The decorations

I really enjoyed decorating the house and garden – almost as much as the party itself! My plan was white candles in the house, and white fairy lights in the garden. I decorated small glasses using double sided tape and glitter – then added floating candles and some ’40’ confetti. I don’t have many great photos, especially outside, but here is how it looked:

The food

Of course, I forgot to take pics of the food, but here is what was on the menu – we had a buffet

Chicken fruity rice salad
Baked salmon salad
Coronation chicken
Tossed salad
Pasta Salad
Waldorf salad
Sweet chilli noodle salad
Baby potato salad with sour cream and chives
Pineapple, orange and coconut salad
and a selection of breads including wheaten bread
Think that was it!

Desserts

Profiteroles with fresh cream and chocolate sauce
Lemon mousse cake with fresh raspberries
The birthday cake
I requested something different from a large cake with an inferno of candles on the top (!) so was delighted with this – wee fairy cakes with candles in – plain, carrot cake and dark chocolate – all beautifully decorated. This is some of the left over cakes.

Don’t want to include photos of the guests – they may not want to be appearing here, but I will be brave and put up a photo of dh, 2 dd’s and me on the night. (Little ds had finally run out of energy and had gone to bed). For those who know me, or visit here often, you know I hate to have my photo taken, so to put it here is a big thing!!

So on to the Crime Scene.
(Look away now if you are of a nervous disposition)
The other morning, I decided to take a quick shower before getting my son from his room. I could hear him playing quietly – that should have been my warning. Here is the sight that met me when I opened the door –

He had escaped from his cot, and got hold of a large dispenser of Diprobase – an emmollient cream for his dry skin. He decided it was shampoo and liberally applied it to his hair, clothes, carpet, cot, toys…..
Here he is after the subsequent bath – note the not very remorseful face, and the t-shirt says it all!
So finally, a layout or 2

The second was a card I created for a birthday of a daughter of a friend. Credits here at my DST gallery.

So that is me up to date – I do have more photos of some National Trust properties I visited last week, but you will just have to wait a little longer for that one.

Take care

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