Creating the Perfect Cheese Plate From Grocery Store Stock
Anybody else have hostess "go-to"s?
Like, if I had come to your house for your last three get-togethers you hosted, I would have eaten the exact same something more than once?
At my house, the party staples are a veggie tray (with a bevy of dipping sauces) and a fully-stocked cheese board.
I usually find that if people stuff their faces with cheesey & bready carbs as soon as they walk in the door, they're less likely to hound me about why dinner is taking so long ("I'm uh... preparing a reduction sauce. Yeah. Totally not trying to scratch the little burnt bits from your toast, if that's what you're asking.")
So yeah. Back to cheese plates.
The Really Good Stuff
Joanna Goddard from A Cup of Jo recently got in cohoots with the cheesemonger (the cheese expert, for those not in the cheesey know) from her local shop. That local shop just happens to be Murray's Cheese Shop, the oldest cheese shop in New York City.
So here's what's on Joanna's expertly curated plate:
Picture, Palette & Panel: Bright Mint, Honeysuckle & Sky
Each Picture, Palette & Panel feature takes an inspiration photo from around the web and extracts a creative and unexpected wedding color palette. That palette then inspires a bash board (the "panel") of ripe, muse-worthy wedding or party details.
The Picture:
Hotel California, from Kevin Dooley (Creative Commons)
The Palette:
Bright Mint, Honeysuckle, Stone, Noir, Sky
The Panel:
Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes
These didn't start out as St. Patrick's Day cupcakes. They started out as "make these for a friend who is freakishly obsessed with car bombs"-cupcakes. But since her visit in town coincided with the week before St. Patrick's Day, I
The “Snack Morris” Cupcake
You ever notice how sometimes thoughts and conversations can go on tangents? How you can start talking about the semi truck you just passed on the highway, and then without missing a beat end the same conversation talking about manicures
Valentine’s Day Gumball Necklaces
I'm the anti-Goldilocks when it comes to jewelery.
If I'm going to rock a necklace or earrings, they've either got to be really small and dainty or really, really big. Like, huge. I still haven't found a cocktail ring big enough.
If you love big jewelery like me (and I suspect you do), you're probably a fan of over-sized pearls. And if you're a fan of over-sized pearls (which I suspect you are), you've probably already fallen in love with these necklaces.
Only, those aren't pink pearls. They're gumballs!
I spotted these over at One Charming Party. They're perfect for Valentine's Day, and the perfect V-day gift for your daughters or girlfriends. They're creative, cheap and impossible to mess up.
So let's get started.