While I was at home on maternity leave for my second child, I had a hard time reading a book. Between watching my toddler run around and get into EVERYTHING and the constant feeding and holding of the newborn, I just had a hard time committing myself to anything for a while. However... there was one book that I did manage to read and it was Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. It truly captured my imagination and I found a lot of inspiration from it. As a result, I started my first ever book club and hosted a dinner at my house. Below are pictures of some of the things that I did to stick with the theme of a black and white circus (with red splashes for the circus enthusiasts).
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Cookies that I made using a cookie cutter from fancyflours.com
Posted from a previous blog post... here is how I make the cookies. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/sugar-cookies-recipe/index.html If
you follow these directions, the dough is a little dry so I add in one
extra tablespoon of milk. For the icing recipe, I use this website: http://www.christmas-cookies.com/recipes/recipe288.powdered-sugar-icing-i.html For
this recipe, I put just a little more water and a little more vanilla
extract (I actually use the french vanilla flavor). I do that just so I
can spread it easier.
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| Candy jars accented with black and white ribbon. |
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| Favor boxes (containing circus cookies and white chocolate covered oreos). The tags are chalkboard tags with red tulle. |
