Thursday, December 20, 2012

Christmas Open House 2012 {Food & Drink} and Oysteria Give Away Winner

Every holiday season, J & I open our decorated home for a couple Open Houses dubbed Mix, Mingle, & Jingle. I shared with you a couple photos in my earlier post, Tis the Season, Friends & Parties.


Today, I’d like to share more photos of the tablescape, the foods, and the cocktails. Small plates of eight reindeer keep it festive.


I prefer a casually displayed assortment of easy to eat finger foods and dips.
 
Dips and cheeseball mixes by Wind & Willow are easy to prepare and work perfectly with veggies, crackers, or pretzel rods. A roasted red pepper dip is displayed in red peppers.



Pepper jelly atop a block of cream cheese is always a crowd pleaser.



 The pimento cheese (I love pimento cheese.) shaped and decorated with almonds to resemble a pine cone is festive and creative.




 Catered eggrolls and mini crawfish pies are also easy to eat and enjoyed by guests.




 I like to use green leaves as the base of all my food selections. Presentation is further enhanced with Christmas greens, grapes, and kumquats. 




 This year I used my vast variety of Beatriz Ball pewter trays and bowls for my display.

At the Open Houses, I offer white wine, bottled beers, and a signature cocktail. This year, I offered two signature cocktails- a whiskey sour slush and Christmas cheer, a cocktail consisting of champagne, cranberry juice, ginger ale, and fresh cranberries.







 Crab and king gator place cards make the perfect tags to identify foods and cocktails.





J & I love to entertain, and I hope it shows.

Congrats to winner of December’s Oysteria Give Away




Congrats, Sherry! 

 Celebrating the season, y’all!

6 comments:

  1. I'd love an invite to one of your parties, every looks wonderful.

    Can you share your recipe for your Christmas Cheer cocktail? I love Champagne and cranberries, so it sounds great. Your whiskey slush I found at your friend Chez Helene blog.
    Merry Christmas,
    Ann

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  2. What a beautiful setting made perfect with all the little detailed touches!

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  3. festive and inviting.....and with plenty of pretty holiday cheer!

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  4. This is all so beautiful and festive! Looks like so much fun! I am a sucker for the Christmas Cheer cocktail and cream cheese w/ pepper jelly! Hope y'all had a good time!

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  5. Oh my! It looks wonderful!! I'm dying for some of that whiskey sour punch! Yum!! Your "partays" look elegant! Merry Christmas, feel better soon.

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