{"id":12908,"date":"2009-11-05T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=12908"},"modified":"2011-08-18T04:24:58","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T08:24:58","slug":"pumpkin-sparkle-place-setting-harvest-soup-party-inspiration-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/pumpkin-sparkle-place-setting-harvest-soup-party-inspiration-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Sparkle Place Setting &amp; Harvest Soup Party Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8988\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8988\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8988\" title=\"harvestsoupparty5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/harvestsoupparty5.jpg\" alt=\"harvestsoupparty5\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/harvestsoupparty5.jpg 504w, https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/harvestsoupparty5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a>Once a year, I hold a Harvest Soup Party. I have dear friends over and invite them to bring a homemade soup to share. Although the event is generally potluck (some years I have varied), I try to keep the event as formal as possible while keeping a warm comfortable atmosphere. I believe creating a formal event makes people feel special while keeping an event warm makes people feel  cozy and at home. The attached photos are from my Harvest Soup Party last year. I haven&#8217;t decided on what look I will be using this year, so I have began searching the web for inspiration!  While I was searching, I thought &#8220;hmmm&#8230; maybe I should share my past soup party photos for other people too.&#8221;  So here are some photos!   My favorite easy detail of last year&#8217;s Harvest Soup Party was the place settings. Instead of using just cards, I purchase small white pumpkins, glittered them with gold spray glitter from the can, and then tied brown cardstock tags with ribbons onto the stems.  Simple but elegant.  I love things that are simple and anything that has sparkles on it quickly becomes my best friend.   I know&#8230;sparkle is an addiction&#8230;glitter is an addiction&#8230;but it&#8217;s such a pretty one.   It took everything I had <strong>not<\/strong> to glitter my daughter&#8217;s Alice in Wonderland invitations and I&#8217;m glad I didn&#8217;t, but in all honesty it took everything I had.  I am so thankful it&#8217;s Thanksgiving and Christmas time and glitter is basically required.   Anyway, below are my photos!  Happy Harvest&#8230;and glittering! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mylivesignature.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0 !important; background: transparent;\" src=\"http:\/\/signatures.mylivesignature.com\/54487\/213\/1B769B0C9152F3A8AEB6C0B8BFF46123.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mylivesignature.com\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9002\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=9002\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9002 alignleft\" title=\"harvestsoupparty13\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/harvestsoupparty13.jpg\" alt=\"harvestsoupparty13\" width=\"324\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/harvestsoupparty13.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/harvestsoupparty13-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/harvestsoupparty13-145x100.jpg 145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8997\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8997\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8997\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8997\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"harvestsoupparty2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/harvestsoupparty2.jpg\" alt=\"harvestsoupparty2\" width=\"211\" height=\"159\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8993\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8993\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8993\" title=\"harvestsoupparty3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/harvestsoupparty3.jpg\" alt=\"harvestsoupparty3\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/harvestsoupparty3.jpg 504w, https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/harvestsoupparty3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8996\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8996\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8996\" title=\"Untitled-25\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Untitled-25.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled-25\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Untitled-25.jpg 504w, https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Untitled-25-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once a year, I hold a Harvest Soup Party. I have dear friends over and invite them to bring a homemade soup to share. Although the event is generally potluck (some years I have varied), I try to keep the event as formal as possible while keeping a warm comfortable atmosphere. I believe creating a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1034,1051],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lewis-family-2","category-holidays-parties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}