Seaside Summer Jewelry Party
Summer! Is there any better time to gather some girlfriends out in the garden and host a Seaside Summer Jewelry Party? My girlfriends love gathering together, and always want to be 'the first' {!!} to see what's new in our FrenchGardenHouse jewelry collection each season. This month, I am hosting a Seaside Summer Jewelry Party just for them....and you!
WELCOME TO MONDAY MORNING BLOOMS!
Pam, Mary and I are so happy to welcome you to our seaside flower inspirations. I will link to their blog posts at the bottom of this post, don't miss their gorgeous flower arrangements, they always inspire!
Seaside Summer Jewelry Party
We live in a California sea-side town, so a seaside theme is a natural choice for most of our summer entertaining. On a beautiful summer day, I set our back garden table for a luncheon. The garden is really not at its very best anymore, but there are still beautiful flowers to enjoy. Since it's not too hot yet, because we get wonderful ocean breezes, the outdoors is a wonderful place to host a small gathering of friends.
I sent out these simple invitations with an antique postcard image of girls enjoying the ocean via email to friends. {the postcard is one of 3 in an antique set}
This linen tablecloth is the prettiest light ocean blue, and it makes the perfect back drop for my favorite Bella Bianca Rosette dinner plates made by Arte Italica. I kept the table settings simple, because after lunch, we'll be displaying jewelry on this same table.
A deep blue linen napkin is folded onto the plates, with a favorite French Ercuis silver plate knife and fork on the top. We will be drinking iced-tea, so a heavy glass goblet glass that I've owned since we got married is perfect at each place setting.
The flowers echo a seaside theme in blues and whites, I love these variegated blue and white hydrangeas, some are light blues, some are deeper blue. They look right at home in the 19th century blue and white floral pitcher, the colors are so good together! For this party-luncheon, I kept things really simple....other times I have glued shells on skewers to nestle into the flowers, but summer for me is really about casual elegance...the easier the better!
All that I added to the floral centerpiece are white alstroemerias {they continue to be my favorite 'last forever' flowers} and some eucalyptus. The coral like things are lavender in color, my jury is still out if I like them in the arrangement or not!
I used a large platter on this summer table, I layered on some shells and an antique shell box for an added seaside effect. And when it's time for the jewelry collection to be shown, I can pick it all up easily.
Psalm 113:3
“From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised.”
I found these blue glass votives at a discount shop for a great price, so they hopped into my cart. {Never mind that we have a ton of votives..I mean, that color is perfect!}
After an easy lunch of salad, chicken, watermelon and berries, we cleared the plates to look at the jewelry.
I put the jewelry on plates, to make it easy to set up, I just had to grab plates from the kitchen and place them on the table. The jewelry in our summer collection is blue, white, and gold, such a refreshing color palette to brighten up any outfit on a summer day.
Pearls are always a great look, especially with the crisp linens of summer. The cotton pearl bracelets were a great favorite.
The gold bee and white turquoise proved to be a great favorite for summer! A little less formal than the Queen bee pendant on pearls, this piece was voted as the "go to accessory" for summer by all the guests.
A summer party like this is always fun! I mean, friends, cool drinks, a light meal and shopping for jewelry! What could be more enjoyable?!
Thank you so much for visiting my Seaside Summer Jewelry Party today!
Even though you weren't able to join us in the garden, you are invited to discover our summer jewelry collection and maybe find a new piece of jewelry that will complement you, and all your bright and airy summer outfits.
Please join my two dear friends by clicking the links underneath their seaside floral arrangements below!
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Thank you so much for your visit, Kari. I hope you have a wonderful summer too! Xo Lidy