Cinco de Mayo

 Are you celebrating Cinco de Mayo tomorrow? I am, and thought I would bring a little hostess gift to our friends. I was at Wal-mart this morning at 5:30 - yup, it's the best time to go there. In their seasonal section, I found this great barbecue tray, a dish towel, food tent, and bamboo skewers. These friends like to barbecue, so I thought it would be perfect. The colors seem to work for the holiday.

 I had to make it cute, so I tied it with a bunch of tulle and ribbon scraps I have laying around.

 

 I even made a little printable in picasa. I found the clip art HERE.

 

If you are going to a Cinco de Mayo party, take a minute to make your hostess feel special!

I hope you have a Happy and Safe Cinco de Mayo!

Risa

Cinco De Mayo

Are you thinking about Cinco De Mayo yet? Well, you should... it's one week from today! It is a great excuse to have a few friends over for a Mexican themed dinner!!!

I thought about it this morning, and remembered a lunch I decorated for in 2007 for my brother-in-law and his cute wife.

Let me just say, I did this before I took pictures of every step of the process, and I didn't even have a good camera. But it was cute, so I thought I would share anyway.

My awesome mom and I made all the Mexican paper flowers. It took forever, but it was fun to do, and turned out so cute! I will post a tutorial for how to make them this week. It was super inexpensive, and they are so fun to look at!!!

We used all paper goods in bright colors - so fun!

Every good Mexican themed party has a pinata! I filled it with authentic Mexican candy from the Mexican market.

The kids loved it!

This was not for Cinco de Mayo, but definitely could have been!