After all that hard work and the many hours we put into designing and building The Shoffice, a happy hour celebration was in order!
Guests were greeted at the front walkway with this chalkboard sign I made (tutorial here).
Outside the Shoffice was a drink station and a giant platter of wings I baked that afternoon and kept hot in crockpots (you'll have to trust me... the wings & condiments and the beer & wine came out after the party started but I did my picture taking duties ahead of time).
But the real treat was in the Shoffice! My very fun, but typically very office orriented, storage piece became the bar. For the transformation, I made a runner for the top from chalkcloth, lined the drawers with leftover wallpaper, and opened 2 drawers for the plates, napkins, and the glasses. The spread included:
homemade guacamole (I posted my delicious recipe including the secret ingredient here), salsa and chips.
Caprese shooters I made with balsamic glaze in the bottom, fresh milk motzerella balls, a basil leaf and grape tomato speared with a cocktail sword
Mojito jellies served in asian spoons on platters lined in the wallpaper scraps. I made the jellies from the super fun Jelly Shot Test Kitchen book... sophisticated jello shots who knew?!
Hurricane jellies displayed in these stands I made by gluing the domes to chunky white candlesticks and lining the bottoms with more wallpaper scraps cut into circles and laminated (do you recognize them from the 1 year old in a flash party?).
Spiked Limonata with the recipe written on the runner. 2 oz spirit (I served Belvedere vodka and Malibu Black rum) and 11 oz Limonata (not only is the Pellegrino limonata delicious but the cans with the foil tops are so pretty!). Oh and the glasses for the spiked limonata had little lemon zest knots in the bottom (thank you Martha!).
Birthdays aren't the only milestones that deserve to be celebrated. Any excuse will do when there's great friends, delicious food, and fun drinks!
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