General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and....For, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2006, 1 by ViolaAnn

ViolaAnn wrote:
Hi there,

Have just seen DH off on a trip to Paris. Now I have time to write.

Party - estimated 80 guests. About 30 did not reply with regrets or show up. Next year a solid RSVP will be requested a week in advance. (To be fair, I'm gradually hearing from people who had unexpected problems pop up and I guess I'd rather hear the next day than an hour before when I'm frantically preparing.) We had a good time. We had enough food and I have enough left-overs to keep me eating for a few days. Many of the sweets will go up to the FC for people to nibble on while waiting.

The Ice lanterns were a real hit. Wish I'd had a movie camera to catch people as they walked up the driveway examining them. It was fun to watch.

Picture is a bit fuzzy since I didn't use a tripod, but this gives you an idea what they looked like. We had 10 in total. They burned for 5 1/2 hours before we extinguished them. We put them out, in part, because DD indicated that she would like to try using some of them. NONE of them had melted through the ice. I had ONE red votive candle. I had bought a package of 9 cheap in the drug store (better quality and actually cheaper than the $ store) and the one other I found around the house was red. The colored candle lent a real pretty color to the lantern and in future I'd try to use colored candles.

Ann

This message was edited Jan 8, 2006 2:48 PM