Girlfriend Brunch!

Two of my girlfriends also retired from teaching last week so I had brunch to celebrate!

This was the menu:

The centerpiece was fresh flowers from the garden in the tea pot I painted the other day:

Tiger Lilies are one of my favorite flowers!

I used my clip-on chalkboards as place cards and wrapped little bars of handmade soap as favors:

These 2 girlfriends are also MacKenzie-Childs fans, so I set the table with assorted berry bowls and checked dishes and napkins:

The salt/pepper shakers are from Anthropologie:

The salad was simple to make; a leaf of Romaine lettuce and tomatoes, cucumbers. and a radish rose with vidalia onion/tomato dressing:

I made fruit salad with watermelon, pineapple, melon, strawberries and mint:

The mint is from my herb garden!

Here is the table before we sat down:

I used my mother's 60 year old pilsner glasses for Mimosas and garnished them with a strawberry:

I made Cheese, Bacon and Spinach Quiche:

I also served tomato/basil bruschetta with cheese and scones

Cake balls were served for dessert:

Here is Debbie and Janine, always smiling!

And we have lots to smile about! Happy Retirement to us!

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