Party – Audrey's 74 A blog by Giulia Doyle Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:28:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.16 Midsummer Night Party with Minted /2015/06/22/midsummer-night-party/ Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:15:36 +0000 http://www.audrey74.com/?p=3729 Midsummer Party Giulia Doyle
The end of the school year was busy, one special event after another and summer sports activities starting. Despite our busy schedule, I wanted to gather a group of friends, colleagues and neighbors to ring in the summer and celebrate Midsummer. It turned out to be a beautiful night and with the help of Minted I was was able to bring it up a notch with their beautiful party decorations and fabric selection.
Midsummer Party Giulia DoyleMidsummer Party Giulia Doyle Midsummer Party Giulia Doyle
We celebrated summer and the longest day of the year with a buffet, everyone dressed in white and games on the front lawn. The weather cooperated, which was a big relief. I served my quinoa salad, a simple pasta salad with cherry tomatoes, mozzarella and basil, roasted tomatoes on arugula with some feta, pea dip, gazpacho, sausages, my brownies, raspberry cream cake, a sharlotka made with nectarines, lemon cupcakes and red velvet cake with mascarpone cream and berries served in a cup.
Midsummer Party Giulia Doyl
Midsummer Party Giulia Doyl
It was nice to come together, relax and see the kids play well as a group. It was a late night for everyone, but that’s what this time of the year is about – we’ll be longing for long summer nights soon enough, grubby fingers, sticky faces and all.
Midsummer Party Giulia Doyl
Midsummer Party Giulia Doyle
Midsummer Party Giulia Doyle
Minted provided me with party decorations and fabric I used for the backdrop and tablerunner. I used the soft floral fabric, ginkgo party supplies and 60 feet of Lotka banners.

]]> A Summer Fête – Special Edition /2014/06/18/a-summer-fete-special-edition/ Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:25:04 +0000 http://www.audrey74.com/?p=2999 Audrey's Summer fêteHere in Canada we have long, cold and dreary winters. I’m not a winter person, so summer can’t come fast enough. Once the temperature heats up a bit I love to invite people over for outdoor BBQ’s, dinner on the lawn or just a casual picnic. The season is so short, I think we need to take advantage of it as much as we can – despite fighting bugs and at times humid temperatures.

The other week we hosted a backyard birthday party and I decided to fancy it up a little with some matching rental chairs and a white table cloth. Little touches had a big impact and all of us had a great time. Instead of creating a picture heavy post, I decided to gather our summer fête in a book, including the 10 recipes we made, some outdoor party tips, planning tools and DIY ideas. I also asked a couple of my blogging friends to contribute some outdoor party wisdom. This serves as a great memory for me, but I hope it serves you as a little guide – some inspiration to host your own party. Have a look and let me know how you enjoy your summer parties!

Summer Fete by Giulia Doyle (click here to view book)
*if you see issues with the preview window, click on the link above to view the book (this also applies to views on an iPad).
Thank you very much to the following bloggers for taking the time to share some tidbits with me:

Audrey's Summer fêteAll photos by Giulia Doyle and Bruno Doyle

 

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