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4th of July Balloon Luminaries
Balloon Luminaries form Candletech
These patriotic wax luminaries are a great way to light up your outdoor 4th of July party (or even your Memorial Day weekend barbecue!). They are created the same way you make these chocolate bowls (that you could also make in patriotic colors using red, white, and red, white, and blue candy melts) if you use candy melts), but they use high melt paraffin wax instead.
You can get the instructions to create the 4th of July Balloon Luminaries over at Candletch!
6/18/2010
Paper Bag Utensil Holders
It isn't a mason jar, but these cute paper bags from Country Living that I found at Ritzy Bee Blog are a really cute way to hand out utensils at your barbecue:
And so much quicker to put together than tying them up with a napkin and some ribbon.
And so much quicker to put together than tying them up with a napkin and some ribbon.
6/14/2010
4th of July at Good Housekeeping
I found another use for jars at your outdoor picnic/barbecue, this time from Good Housekeeping:
To hold your silverware of course! And the ribbon is a cute touch. I saw the image on Gordon's Gossip and I knew I had to check out the rest of the party.
They used a little more ribbon to decorate some white paper lanterns:
Made a cute table runner with some crepe paper:
And used red and white dishtowels as a hanger for some blue hydrangeas:
(Can I just say, on a side note, that I LOVE that Costco sells Hydrangeas here!)
You can check out these and the rest of their great ideas HERE.
To hold your silverware of course! And the ribbon is a cute touch. I saw the image on Gordon's Gossip and I knew I had to check out the rest of the party.
They used a little more ribbon to decorate some white paper lanterns:
Made a cute table runner with some crepe paper:
And used red and white dishtowels as a hanger for some blue hydrangeas:
(Can I just say, on a side note, that I LOVE that Costco sells Hydrangeas here!)
You can check out these and the rest of their great ideas HERE.
6/10/2010
All You Patriotic Party
I have already posted some of the ideas from this cute patriotic outdoor party from All You, so I thought I would show you the rest of my favorites!
Like the very patriotic ice cream comes made with the help of some melted white chocolate and red, white and blue sprinkles:
The bandana table runner and utensil holder:
And of course the cute hanging stars:
Easily made by folding some scrapbook paper like a fan and then securing the middle with fishing line and the edges with tape. You can get the full directions HERE.
You can check out more of the party ideas HERE and get some great barbecue recipes from All You HERE.
Barbecue in a Jar (or a picnic too!)
There are so many fun ideas for using regular old canning jars at a barbeque (or a picnic too!) Ideas that are both cute and handy. Here are some of my favorites!
All You used widemouth jars not only to hold the lemonade, but to hold the lemons (and flowers) as well:
But it is the lemonade idea that everyone knows, but that I love the most. I love drinking strawberry lemonade from a widemouth jar at my favorite barbecue restaurant.
Have little hands that can't hold a big glass jar, go smaller, keep the lids on, and use a straw:
Even if you don't want to purchase the daisy cut metal lids, you can use a drill to make a hole for the straw.
Country Living used these cute jars to store their corn and chickpea salad, but
Givers Log but the whole darn meal in a jar:
And I have to admit that it looks REALLY GOOD!
Desserts! Desserts are really fun and cute in a jar! There are a couple of bakeries that sell cupcakes in a jar, but really all you have to do is bake cupcakes the normal way and then cut them in half, and layer the halves in the jar with frosting:
Or you can just bake them in the jar and let people frost them themseleves.
The same layering idea works for ice cream. You can use little jars to make individual parfaits and then seal them up and put them back in the freezer (or keep them on ice!)
Not Martha has great recipes for baking culte little pies and cobblers in jars too:
And the best part of all these ideas is that you can keep a nice lid on them (and keep bugs OUT of them) until it is time to eat!
What is your favorite thing to eat or drink out of a jar?
Fun Barbecue Ideas
Instead of a boring drink cooler, throw some ice in your (cleaned out) wheelbarrow:
You can even have a separate wheelbarrow for the kids so they know what drinks are for them and can reach them easily (but you will want it to be red of course!):
Everyone usually goes for the easy sharpie on the red cup method to mark drinks, which works, but if you are using drinks in bottles, keep a bucket of colorful rubberbands near the drinks and people can color code their bottles. If you have kids attending, use these fun food shaped rubber band bracelets
and they can keep them as party favors after the barbecue:
I love these fun baskets in place of paper plates:
and they can keep them as party favors after the barbecue:
Right now they are 4 for $1 at Target in their dollar spot, but you can usually find them all over the place this time of year. They are easier for little hands to carry and make for almost as easy of a clean up if you line them with parchment.
And, because I am in love with all glass jars...I have a TON of fun ideas for using them at barbecues. But you will have to wait until my next post!
Any tips or ideas for barbecues that you would like to share?
And, because I am in love with all glass jars...I have a TON of fun ideas for using them at barbecues. But you will have to wait until my next post!
Any tips or ideas for barbecues that you would like to share?
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