I wanted to keep everything brown and cream, and it just so happened I was blessed with great cream serving dishes from my wedding registry at Pottery Barn. The Emma Collection serving line looks beautiful on a table, and was a great contrast to the table cover. (I went with chocolate brown burlap to cover the table.) I bought about 6 yards of the burlap at Hobby Lobby, using one of their 40% coupons to do it. (a single cut of fabric up to 10 yards is eligible for the coupon savings.) The shower took place in the fall, so in addition to the birds and nest theme, I wanted to pull in small seasonal touches as well by utilizing the rustic burlap, lanterns with candles, and white mini-pumpkins.
When setting up a serving table, vary the heights of your dishes to create interest and drama. This is easily accomplished by using small (but very sturdy) boxes under your fabric covering. The table was covered with a tablecloth, then the boxes were placed and the brown burlap loosely draped over and around the decor.
I found a carved brown bird at Hobby Lobby that was dusted with a light blue paint in some of the grooves and I was SO excited. It fit in with the table decor perfectly. I used a small lantern on the table (again, a wedding gift from Pottery Barn) and votive candles dispersed throughout the table as well.
The menu items were:
- Chicken salad rolls (yummy super-simple recipe: chicken breast--shortcut is to use canned chicken breast, finely chopped celery, chopped pecans, Duke's mayo, fresh ground pepper...and my special touches are finely chopped green onions and a dash of garlic powder--mix well and use just enough mayo to achieve a semi-stiff consistency. Serve on fresh baked Sister Schubert's parker house rolls or fresh croissants)
- Breakfast Casserole (hostesses Liz & Angel both made delicious breakfast casseroles!)
- Turkey pesto spinach wraps (turkey breast, pesto, baby spinach and cheese on tomato basil and wheat wraps, rolled then sliced into "pinwheels" held together with toothpicks)
- Fresh fruit with yogurt dip
- Fresh veggies with ranch veggie dip
- Hot spinach dip with pita chips
- Assorted muffins -- some with homemade icing to create "muffin cakes." Flavors:
- Pumpkin Spice with homemade cream cheese icing
- Cinnabon
- Banana Nut
- Double-chocolate with homemade cream cheese icing, topped with toasted coconut and blue jordan almonds to mimic "nests." (The inspiration for this came from Martha Stewart's website, but hers were cupcakes with birds made of icing. They are absolutely adorable but much more labor-intensive than the modified version I made. I iced the muffin then topped it with toasted coconut and used a dot of icing on the jordan almond to attach it and create the bird's egg.)
- Fruit tea (Liz Young's fabulous recipe), coffee with pumpkin spice and vanilla latte creamers, water with fresh lemon & lime slices, and regular tea.
Take a look at these pictures of the table (the centerpiece and the cupcake tower assembly "how-to's" will be covered in additional blogs)...photos are courtesy of Amber Beckham Photography.
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