Hosting a Garden Party the WT way

the centerpieces

WT party guests

In May on the Gulf Coast, our gardens are glorious! By July the heat will have baked everything but the okra, and only the most dedicated gardeners get out to weed and water. To celebrate the spring and before it gets too hot I wanted to host an outdoor party. The theme (and I always have a theme!): White Trash Garden Party! All of our guests were invited to dress the part - and since most of our friends are honest- to- God White Trash, that was no problem. The WT theme is the easiest theme ever for a party. Don't feel like sweeping? Don't! I used all of the paper plates and plastic cups from previous parties so we had an assortment from Halloween to Christmas to various princesses. We served cheap beer and rum punch in a fishbowl (rum, orange liquer and lemonade) and cans of soda for the kids. To eat I put out hot dogs, homemade pimento cheese sandwiches (using my own recipe which is made from white Vermont cheddar, pimentos, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, and mayo on white bread smeared with butter. I may be White Trash, but I'm a White Trash foodie). Also, hot pink coleslaw (coleslaw with a good few shakes of Louisiana hot sauce), a pineapple Jello mold, spray cheese on Ritz crackers, and Moon Pies. I invited guests to bring their favorite WT snacks and people brought watermelon, pork rinds, marshmallows on a stick, and pigs in a blanket, among other things.  My favorite, however, was Maggie's bacon wrapped tater tots. You read that right. Bacon. Wrapped. Tater. Tots. For decor I put cut flowers in beer bottles and tin cans on the table, as well as coffee cans with holes cut around the middle with a candle placed inside. We also strung up colored Christmas lights. For effect we had on some old Elvis movies on the TV on mute so we had the visual but not the sound because we had music on - Western swing and Rockabilly. I hung up laundry on the laundry line, and we let one of the chickens out to wander around the yard while the party was happening. We filled up the inflatable pool with water and let the kids get in and splash around. We started at 5 in the evening and wrapped up at 2:30 in the morning. A very good party, indeed.review

A dog, a baby, and a Cheeto...I think we all know how this is going to end.