Hello from Utah (and my mother’s ginormous computer screen!) We packed up and headed out here yesterday afternoon, and are excited to spend a week surrounded by our beloved families, favorite foods, and the majestic mountains. I’ve a goal this trip of taking photos of people and activities as much as food, clothes and projects (am I the only one who does this?) We’ll see how it goes.
Last weekend, before we left my two good friends and I threw our husbands a surprise party to celebrate their completing the Virginia Bar Exam. As the others are pregnant and I have a one-month-old, we decided to keep it pretty low-key, while still having a fun theme and some simple decorations.
Here’s a peek at our “The BAR is over” party:
What more perfect theme for finishing the Bar than a bunch of yummy BARS? We each chose some of our favorite ‘bar’ treats to make and stacked them up to share with friends dropping by to congratulate our men. The blue and gold are George Washington University colors, so we stuck with those.
There were Chocolate Brownie BARS
sweet and perfectly tart Lemon BARS
Deliciously gooey S’more BARS that Ivy found on Pinterest.
Of course we had candy BARS (a huge bag from Costco that we divided into several glass jars.)
There were rice crispy BARS for the kiddos, with blue and yellow M&M’s (that you better believe I divided out of several of the the mini bags that came with the candy bar variety pack!)
The streamer banner was so festive, and so simple to make! We cut the fringe with my fringe scissors (which was a nice, but unnecessary acoutrament) and then simply twisted them onto a rope. The twists stay put if you want, but can also be slid along the rope pretty easily to adjust the spacing. I’ll for sure make one of these again.
Here’s the recipe for my favorite BAR lately, Deb‘s Blueberry Crumb BAR. There are so many fresh berries around right now, I love to make the most of them!
The party was a hit. Think all your favorite friends chatting, delicious goodies in hand, while the brood of three-and-youngers runs wild with chocolatey fingers and smiling faces. Delightful.
And the Bar being over was certainly cause for celebration. Dave feels a little at loose ends without a 20-hour-a-day study schedule, but we’re loving having him around. I feel like we get to begin a whole new chapter of our lives now, one without school…and with a job. Weird and wonderful.
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this is such a cute party idea! congrats to both of you!
Ah, a bar party for the bar?? So cute!!
This is so adorable! I just went blueberry picking on Tuesday – last one's of the season
– but they're a bit to tart to eat on their own. I'll have to try Deb's recipe. Thanks for pointing it out!
This is SUCH a cute idea! Congrats to your lawyer-to-be
-Sarah
http://www.sarahplanet.com
you're in utah! i'll keep my eyes peeled for you and your sweet boys while i'm roaming around town! it's always so much fun to run into a blogger in reality!
so. ignore the fact that my every single picture from my blog has bizarrely turned into a giant black box, but check this: http://justlikemarypoppins.blogspot.com/2011/06/rhubarb-tart.html
rhubarb bars! i'd never had rhubarb before i found this recipe, but the rhubarb color made me drool. such pretty food. there's a link to the recipe at the bottom of my post. i had to convert some of the measurements and since it originated in nz, i posted some of my lessons learned in my {pictureless} post.
please make these bars!
@aubry.
Okay, those look amazing. I think I will hop on the rhubarb train, thank you!
@SarahOne of the things I love about this recipe is the lemon…the bars end up slightly sweet-tart anyway, so your tart blueberries will be perfect!
Congratulations on making it through the bar! So jealous! I love your cute party idea and will totally steal it next year when my C goes through his few months of pure ugh.
Also- had to pin the fringed crepe banners. Are you on pinterest yet? If you are you need to add a button so all your fans can follow your boards!