Pink & Brown Mother's Day Party 2017

Well before Mother's Day rolled around last year, I knew exactly what to do for gifts.  I created these super fun Subway Art Pillows, using all of the kid's and grandkid's names.  And the granddogs.  Because they're family too.  I actually made the pillows way back in February of 2017.  I thought I was really on the ball last year.  And then the week of Mother's Day arrived and I had no idea what I was doing to celebrate.  We always have some kind of gathering at my house.  Usually I have some kind of elaborate theme, but last year I drew a blank.  Which was a little disappointing considering the pillows had been wrapped and ready to go since February.  I sat staring at the chocolate brown gift bags with pink tissue and suddenly it hit me to use pink and brown as my colors.  And the snowball started rolling from there.  I have tons of those cylinder vases that always show up as a centerpiece.  I immediately thought of strawberry pink marshmallows as filler.  And then chocolate.  And then of course chocolate dipped strawberries came to mind.  After that the ideas were endless and I had to edit.  I narrowed things down to just chocolate dipped fruit.  Strawberries, "Monkey Tails" (frozen chocolate dipped bananas on a stick) and chocolate and caramel apple slices.  I debated on drinks.  My family is all about coffee or sweet tea but somehow coffee and frozen bananas just didn't sound like a match.  And then it hit me.  In keeping with the theme I went with chocolate milk and strawberry milk.  Served in champagne glasses of course.  After all Mother's Day is a very important celebration!

Here was our Pink & Brown PERFECT Celebration!

I used the brown gift bags with pink tissue as my
inspiration, so I included them on the table...

Cylinder vases for centerpieces.  Filled with:
strawberry marshmallows
Whoppers
Starbursts mini's (all pink!)

Champagne Glasses of course!
Mom deserves to be celebrated!

Here is the table all ready to go...

For the chocolate dipped strawberries I simply
dipped them in melted chocolate bark and the Wilton pink candy melts.  Then I put the extra melted
chocolate and pink candy into zip-style baggies, clipped
the corners and used them to drizzle.

For the Monkey Tails:
I cut the bananas in half and put them on popsicle sticks.
Then I dipped them in to the melted chocolate coating.
Some I rolled in coconut flakes, some in chopped pecans,
and some I left plain.  Nothing beats a good 'ol
chocolate dipped banana.  After dipping, these went
in to the freezer.

For the Caramel Apple Slices on a stick, I sliced the apples
about 1/2-inch thick and inserted the popsicle sticks.
I drizzled them with caramel sauce (Ghirardelli from abottle) and more melted chocolate.  Some I garnished with
chopped pecans (think Turtles!) and some I left plain.

Aren't these carafes just the cutest?
Chocolate milk and Strawberry milk were the ideal
beverage choice for my Pink & Brown Party!
(I can report NO ONE drank the Strawberry Quik milk..I tried
a little sip, but it didn't taste like it did when I was a kid.
OH well, it looked super cute and that's all that matters.)

All ready for the Moms to enjoy. 
Attending were my Mom, her twin sister Aunt Sissie
(she's my other mother lol) Little Devil, my best friend Barbara,
and her daughter Emily.  It was a great girl's afternoon.

Here are the pillows I made for the Moms.  They
absolutely loved them.  They were such a hit, in fact
I had orders for several from other friends and family.
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This was super fun to put together. 
Nothing says celebrate like chocolate-covered
strawberries and champagne glasses.
While I used the theme to honor the ladies in
my life, it could be easily adapted to a birthday
party or shower.  The ideas are endless.
I hope you enjoyed our
Pink & Brown Mother's Day Party 2017!