Sunday, September 9th at 2pm over forty people gathered to celebrate the upcoming birth of Gina and Daniel's baby. To my knowledge, this is an American tradition and only for womrn. Of course, usually the men get together and start their own party, at least this is what happened here at Gina's shower.
The official invitation
Donna volunteered me to fix the hors d"oeuvre and I had a blast to do them, knowing it is for Gina and my future grand kid. I made 11 different varieties, 440 pieces in total.I had a great helper in Donna and she made a beautiful vegetable basket. Karla and Eric teamed up and came up with a unique fruit display featuring a watermelon crib with a baby in it. Everybody took lots of pictures. Here they are:
Donna reaching back to her old profession as a chef garde manger
and produced a fantastic vegetable basket.
Deviled Eggs chicks
Stuffed cherry tomatoes with boursin cheese
Salami coronette stuffed with Swiss cream cheese spread.
Celery sticks with cheddar, port wine and pecans.
Fresh asparagus rolled with Bavarian ham
Shrimp salad canapes and steak tartar
Salmon pinwheels with cream cheese and capers
ready to display them on a mirror
In the front to the left : chicken salad canapes with Orange cantaloupe and
home made Chicken pate canapes with asparagus and stuffed olives
Some help from Donna before she dresses for the event
This is the fun part, when all the canapes are made
third from the right: New York steak canape with
teardrop tomatoes and pickles.
they look really good on a mirror
they are ready for transport.
Gina and Donna
they are some great ladies!
Donna is getting ready to describe the food to the guest.
Food is ready to be consumed
Are you hungry jet?
Great job Karla and Eric
Here are some picture from the party itself. Since I was not there I had to steal them from everybody else. Enjoy:
Gina's bff Kristel was the person, who organized this fantastic party
She did on outstanding job on the table center pieces.
Gina and Karla
Gina and her good friends from her IAS group
Gina's mother with the candle
Donna's wish for the baby
Trying to blow out the candles
with success
Time to open up the presents
A very happy Gina
Windy and Nicolas Lombardo
While this was going on Joe, Eric, and Daniel came over to my house to watch football and we been joined by Donna, Sara, Karla and Gina after their party.
Waiting for our wife's to arrive
Karla is observing our alcohol intake
I think Eric just tasted one of my Canapes!
He feels better again
Great, happy party
Sara and Joe, proud parents of
Nicolas
Gina enjoys a little quit time
Training for when the new baby arrives.
It was an amazing shower! I'm so lucky to have such great people in my life!! The food was sensational and all enjoyed! I know a lot of work, but very much appreciated!
ReplyDeleteThank you for all your love and hard work!! ;0)
I'm glad there were leftovers and we got to enjoy the Canapes! They were great...except for the one Eric ate.
ReplyDeleteThe food was delicious and perfect for the shower!! So many guests complimented on the food. One lady even said she felt like she was at the Ritz Carlton!! Thank you Ernie for doing the food!!! It really helped me out!!
ReplyDeleteGina looked beautiful and so happy, a great celebration! Absolutely delish canapes!
ReplyDeleteEverything about the shower was great!
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