My garden has been a busy place this summer
with a wedding reception and a few days later,
a Mother Daughter Garden party.
Since the Mother Daughter party was just four days
after the wedding reception, I used a lot of the
same decor and ideas.
It all started with this ugly green hutch that was a leftover
from one of our condo project models. I didn't pick it -
our partner's wife did, and it had been relegated to the basement
to hold plates and things.
The wedding reception was for my oldest daughter's niece,
and my daughter said we should paint it for the wedding
reception, and use it for our sign in station.
I decided to paint the interior of the two glass
cabinets a pale aqua. I used Rustoleum's
chalk paint.
It was our first foray into chalk paint, and I decided to
add a little bling with the crystal knobs that I
ordered online.
Once we finished that, I asked her what she planned
on using for the candy station, so we had to paint
another piece.
This piece was in my dining room, also holding
plates and things. It was a brown on brown.
I was looking for something with a lot of
detail and this one was perfect. It went from
being the ugly duckling to the beautiful swan.
It got a little lavender bling in the crystal knobs!
After the transformations, I said these pieces
were going to take center place in my dining room.
No more basement for the ugly green hutch.
The hutch was placed on the side yard entrance
for guests to sign in.
Lavender was one of the bride's colors, and I
had driven into my daughter's driveway and saw
this great lavender bicycle. I said I had to borrow
it for the wedding and they said the friend was
selling it. I bought it that day and brought it
home.
The wedding was gorgeous and a much bigger
turn out than the bride's mom had guessed, but
the yard handled it well.
I had hung netting panels from IKEA in the gazebo
for the backdrop for the bride and groom. She
had rose gold runners on the tables, so I purchased
a rose gold tablecloth and took a small seam
on one end so I could hang it too.
The wedding reception was a big success!
The bride has lots of big strapping cousins, so right
after the reception ended, I had them move the
hutch down to the gazebo. The bride and groom had
stood here for the wedding. Now I wanted the hutch
to be used for the Mother Daughter party as our buffet.
I was able to reuse lots of my flowers
from the wedding for the Mother Daughter
party, filling the drawers with plants and
little vases of flowers.
The cupboards were opened up to accomodate
all of the food.
We had heart shaped peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches for the little ones and chicken
croissant sandwiches and cucumber sandwiches
with a salad for the moms.
The girls had fun decorating cupcakes as flowers
using marshmallows and sugar sprinkles.
Of course I knew they would love the candy
station as much as the wedding guests, so
I repeated that where the wedding cake
had been stationed.
Both parties were made magical by my painted
garden furniture, but they are too nice to leave
outside. Watch for my dining room remodel.
These two pieces will be featured!
I will be sharing these parties with
