i recently had the chance to help throw a fun neon themed baby shower for my good friend becky kimball! the lovely heather, from milk glass and honey and i got together to pull off a lovely shower!
heather put together a darling invitation to help set the tone of the shower.
there was candy and sweet galore! heather made these darling animal-topped jars to place the candy in, and we put them on my pink and white striped tray from ikea.
heather put together a great tutorial on how she made these darling jars, check it out over on her blog milk glass and honey!
heather made these darling garlands, and hanging chandeliers out of triangles she cut out of neon paper, and she sewed them together on her sewing machine.
they really were darling hanging over the desserts!
we served izze drinks, because the colors fit in just perfect! i added some neon straws directly the bottles with neon avery labels. i added a little neon flag to the top for the finishing touch.
i love a good theme, so i packaged up my gift for becky in a fun gable box with neons.
i made becky a fun colorful striped quilt like the one i made my little thomas. i’ve been dying for a chance to make a girl version, and i love how it turned out with the pinks!
for thank you gifts, heather ordered and painted these darling wooden berry baskets in our neon colors, and i filled them with mini succulents and packages of goodies with a little note that heather made saying, “thanks for coming xoxo.”
it was so fun to use the neon trend as the theme, and shower becky and her baby girl!
{all watermarked “armelle blog” photos are by me, caroline drake , and all the rest are by becky kimball photography}
well, this is now your plan! we are having another great opportunity to mingle at soel boutique at the riverwoods in provo, utah! (soel will also be offering everyone 20% off one item!)
all of utah’s biggest bloggers will be there! if you love to socialize and mingle, then i want to see you there! please come say “hi” to me!
we’ll be having some amazing food from our generous sponsors, an italian soda bar, and more! we also will be giving away lots of prizes from our sponsors! you won’t want to miss this!
read about our past mingle events, here, and learn more about us here!
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I look forward to summer all year long, the warm weather is amazing of course, but I also love to make homemade salsa with fresh ingredients! There are so many ways to make salsa, with so many different combinations of ingredients! But, have you ever tried fresh grilled corn in your salsa? It is amazing! And, cooking the corn on the grill brings out some nice smokey flavors!
Keep reading for a great recipe for grilled corn salsa!
{Grilled Sweet Corn Salsa}
Serves 6-8
2 ears white sweet corn on the cob, shucked 2 roma tomatoes, diced small 1 red bell pepper, diced small 1 green pepper, diced small 1 jalepeno, diced small and seeded (unless you want it hot you can keep the seeds in) 1/2 red onion, diced small 1 tsp red wine vinegar 1 lime, juiced 1/2 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped salt (to taste) fresh ground pepper (to taste)
To grill corn: Preheat your grill. Shuck the corn, and spray a little coating of olive oil on it. Place your corn over a medium heat grill, and grill for about 10 minutes rotating the corn every few minutes to get nice grill marks on every side. Remove corn, and cut the corn from the cob.
Place corn and the remaining ingredients in a medium bowl and stir well. Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve with tortilla chips, with fish, steak, eggs, you name it!
