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A Spring Girl’s Night in Party

May 7, 2012 By Rhoda 165 Comments

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I recently got the opportunity to host a Girls’ Night In party, so I asked my friend Tracey if she would like to help me out by having the party at her house. She has a beautiful dining room, and she was more than ready to get it spruced up for spring

The party was just the ticket to inspire her to bring out her spring accessories. She happened to be hosting her women’s group that night, too, so we made a party of it.

I went to the grocery and picked up some really good cheeses, crackers, and assorted other party foods. Girls generally love to nibble on cheese and crackers, dips and chips, and with a little sweet thrown in for good measure, it’s a perfect meal.

My kind of nibbling. I love girlie food, don’t you? 042

Tracey has a beautiful dining room and when I told her I wanted to throw a party, she was more than ready to set a pretty spring table. She has some gorgeous silver pieces and by adding some birds, nests, and eggs, as well as a few fresh flowers from the yard, the table was picture perfect. That glass float was picked up on our shopping trip to Asheville earlier this year and came from Screen Door. I love it! 015

White dogwoods and hot pink azaleas are hard to beat for a centerpiece. Simple and elegant.

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Tracey added these cute birds’ nests with eggs on top of glasses, along with beautiful thrifty plates she picked up at Scott Antiques. 009

A large glass bottle holds more dogwood branches. This time of year is perfect for clipping outdoors and bringing them inside to enjoy. 034

As part of this Girls’ Night In party, we were asked to try out a brand new product, Simply Cranberry Cocktail, made with not-from-concentrate cranberry juice. 051

I filled a pretty glass pitcher with plenty of crushed ice and filled it with Simply Cranberry Cocktail. The girls all loved it and remarked on how delicious it tasted. It was a refreshing accompaniment to our girlie food fare. 016

I brought along some pink dogwoods to add to another vase on the kitchen island, and that’s where we set up all the food. 018

Strawberries and cheesecake, a winning combo every time. 027

Happy flowers make a girl party special. 021

Plenty of hummus and delish dips along with chips and crackers, and we were all smacking our lips. 040

Cheese and crackers are definitely on my short list of snack foods to enjoy. 024

That’s the hostess, Tracey, at the sink and her friends enjoyed all the food, too. 058

We all went through and filled our plates with plenty of yummy food. 059

A perfect girls’ night in.

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Can’t get enough of those flowers, as there is nothing prettier than a pink dogwood. It was a fun evening with the girls, talking and chatting about life issues, and the food and drinks brought us all together for the night and a fun time was had by all.

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  1. tracey byram says

    June 6, 2012 at 11:05 am

    I decorate my table with fresh flowers and other decorative touches. I have appropriate music playing in the background.

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  2. Erica Best says

    June 6, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    I love having bring a dish party it help everyone feel like that are a part of it and it keep me from having to cook everything and every love to show of by bring the best dish.
    purple_lover_04 at msn dot com

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  3. Erica Best says

    June 6, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    https://twitter.com/purplelover04/status/210396080175714304

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  4. Mari says

    June 6, 2012 at 7:42 pm

    We play festive music and put up décor that creates an ambiance.

    runningmatey at hotmail dot com

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