Beach Themed Dinner

To celebrate our sweet, beautiful daughter’s birthday, we chose the beach theme because of her love for the beach!

Water tinted with food coloring to add more of the colors found at the beach

Glasses (from Dollar Tree) with the blue polka dots

Driftwood and sea shells from a recent trip to the beach

Starfish (purchased from Grey Stone Antiques)

The glasses carried the theme with shades of blue circles

Tablerunners were made from fabric purchased from Zig Zag Chelsea, one of my favorite stores for quality fabric

Placemats, blue patterned and green patterned, accented with vinyl basket weave placemat cut to size.

Shrimp Kabobs

Fruit medley

Corn on the Cob with lemon butter

Strawberry Cream Cake is a recipe that we use for our family birthdays! Try it and let us know how it works for you!

The look and feel of the beach! The sea shells used in the tablescape were each hand-picked from a beach trip a few weeks ago. Drift wood, birds, blue flowers, candles floating in water with shells. Each guest wrote a birthday wish for the “notes in a bottle” given to our birthday girl at the end of the dinner as a keepsake.

The fabric for the tablerunner and placemats came from one of our favorite shops, Zig Zag Chelsea. Be sure to check them out. Great shop for sewing creatives!

Menu: Shrimp Kabobs, Shrimp & Grits, Fruit Salad, Corn on the Cob, Garden Salad, Roasted Potatoes, Cheese Biscuits, and Strawberry Cream Cake with ice cream!