{"id":9068,"date":"2009-11-15T22:29:52","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T02:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=9068"},"modified":"2011-08-18T04:24:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T08:24:18","slug":"harvest-soup-party-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/harvest-soup-party-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvest Soup Party 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWith Thanksgiving and the Christmas season shortly before us,\u00a0I thought it was a\u00a0perfect time to hold a laid back\u00a0 and cozy soup party\u00a0with dear friends\u00a0who may be too busy dashing through the snow in a few weeks to get together.\u00a0 This past weekend I held\u00a0this little soup party for my friends here in Texas.\u00a0\u00a0 It was so fun.\u00a0 The best part was that it was easy <— my favorite.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No, in all honesty, I didn’t want to make it a lot of work\u00a0simply\u00a0because I know myself all too well.\u00a0 Ladies, it will only be a matter of weeks\u00a0before I will be running around like Santa’s\u00a0chief freakazoid\u00a0trying to find ribbons that match not only the gift wrap but the\u00a0wreath and the frosting on the sugar cookies as well.\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong, I love doing it.\u00a0 It’s my thing.\u00a0 I love it, but I must conserve energy beforehand in order to have superior ribbon matching abilities.\u00a0 Hence, the soup party being potluck.\u00a0 I told myself that I was letting my guests shine, but in all honesty I just wanted to invite the bests cooks I know and feast upon their talents.\u00a0 And so I did.\u00a0 Yes, I had all the\u00a0couples bring a pot of their\u00a0favorite soup.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0And they really out did themselves,\u00a0 everything from Bacon Chowder to Zuchini was represented.\u00a0 I just\u00a0provided the rolls, salad and dessert.\u00a0 I told you I knew how to throw a party.
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\nI took my extra mason jars from the cupboard and added tags that read, “A true and loyal friend is soup to the weary soul.” I would love to tell you this quote was said by a famous poet or that it came from an Asian proverb, but I just made it up. I tried googling cute soup sayings but no dice. So I ran with my own. After we were done feasting on soup, guests ladeled their jars with the extra of their favorite soup. It was a favor and take-home box in one.\"NFFHarvestSoupParty1\"<\/a>
\nI didn’t have enough placemats for all my guests, so I improvised. I took harvest colored scrapbook paper and used my cricut to cut out scalloped lace placmats. It was very easy and completely inexpensive.\u00a0 Thus, giving me plenty of justification to buy another houndstooth accessory<\/a>.\u00a0 Have I mentioned I’m obsessed with anything houndstooth?\u00a0 I am.\u00a0 Now back to the party.\"NFFHarvestSoupParty4\"We had a lovely time just talking about kids.\u00a0 Seriously, all we talked about was kids.\u00a0\u00a0Well, and labor and pregnancy but since all my kids are adopted I just said things like, “That seems hard” or\u00a0“Really, a\u00a0C-section?” \u00a0 during those topics.\u00a0\u00a0 Overall, the night\u00a0was just fantastic.\u00a0 A dinner away from kids talking about kids with plenty of good food and friends.\u00a0 It doesn’t get better than that right before the holiday season.\u00a0 Now onward to ribbon matching! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0\u00a0 If you see a woman with excessive houndstooth accessories, wave.\u00a0 It may be me!\u00a0\u00a0 Happy Entertaining.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
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