A 100th Post Party!

It’s my 100th post, and I'd like to celebrate
by going to a party...
or two!

I decided to combine this celebration with two special blog parties, one which is hosting its first party this week, and the other which is celebrating its 100th party anniversary.

Sounds like kismet to me.

Dayle at A Collection of This and That  is hosting her very first Simple Pleasures party tomorrow, and I wanted to join. For me, there are few simple pleasures as delightful as time spent conspiring with my sister. We love to plan things, and the joy of the planning is every bit as fun to us as the final product.

I love nothing more than to answer the phone and hear those four special words..
 I have an idea…

So when I saw that Susan at Between Naps on the Porch was having her 100th Tablescape Thursday celebration, and that she was asking folks to create tablescapes with an outdoor theme to celebrate, I called the sister and said…
I have an idea.

It took me about 30 seconds to convince her to go on the Great Tablescape Adventure with me. We chose her backyard as the setting for our Simple Pleasures tablescape.

(Because pleasures are even simpler when you make the mess at someone else’s house. Just a little tip…)

We decided on a cow theme. Well, of course.

We plotted and planned...

And created and conspired.

And pilfered props.

And painted prints.

And arranged flowers.

And we partied ‘til the cows came home.

How she convinced her cowboy to call his cows at that perfect time is her own secret.

He sat in his pickup and grinned for the duration of our tomfoolery.

I think watching his wife laugh

is his simple pleasure.

The cows gave us the eye as well, but I'm pretty sure they weren't grinning. Not exactly what cows want to see on a dinner table.  

Call it a hunch.

A table for two.

Here’s my place setting…

And here’s hers.

We salvaged flowers from arrangements and gardens and grocery store bins.

And arranged them among vintage milk bottles pilfered from the Duchess.

These creamers belong to the Duchess too.
Part of a larger collection.

Picnic service and mason jar mugs and crafted napkin rings...

Dragged out to the lawn like we were ten years old and playing house.

All in all, a delightful afternoon.

Cow print bandanas from Hobby Lobby: $2.00

Daisies from the grocery store: about $6.00

Playing with my sister: Priceless

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Thanks so much for sharing my 100th post adventure with me.

Please join me at Simple Pleasures and Tablescape Thursday for more simple pleasures and outdoor adventures.