History themed graduation party

This event was personally constructed and detailed for a "History" high school graduate.  I wanted it to really scream his love of history.  He had a handful of favorite presidents and we used the era of those presidents and famous quotes by them to guide our design.  Final reveal was excitement to say the least by our clients.  Pepperlilyevents  had so much fun creating this really unique party.  We love personalizing each event to the special occasion and making it unique to the individual.  Thanks Branden for having us be part of something so special.  Congrats to you!

           Berlin Wall back drop for dessert table, Regan Era.

JFK era, first man in the moon.

               Vietnam paratroopers

         Candy filled library card boxes

                Declaration of Independence

Center pieces

         A shout out to the Graduate!  Dessert

Tree of Memories from years past

  Mobiles of kamikazes and solider filled skies from above the guest tables.

         Mood lighting

Mason jar infatuation

Upcycled a spaghetti jar- glue gunned love on jar-- painted it high gloss black and put potted flowers and voila!

Sew kit

Mason jar love.  Took your essential sewing materials; needles, thread, scissors, safety pins and pins and threw them in jar and added a burlap lid for pin cushion and Tada....... Great grad gift for going off to college.

Vegan gluten free chocolate chip cookies

Loving this recipe!  5 ingredients and Paleo and gluten free.  Will share recipe soon.

DIY knot bracelets

Polymer clay rolled, cooked and painted.  Spray paint not drying as fast as I would have liked.  But beautiful just the same

Canning Craze

Nectarines-- I can remember as far back as 8 or 9 years old, climbing my grandmothers tree and collecting barrels of them.  Grabbing one with both hands and taking a bite, as the juice ran down my chin and neck.  Then my mother taking them home and we would cut and cut and cut for hours in the hot summer. We complained all day.  When winter came,  she would pull out those canned jars that we complained so heavily about and eating them not only tasted good but would bring back those days of summer.  So here I am canning the same fruit that brought me so much joy.

Recipe

3 cups of sugar 

12 cups of water

Bring to a boil and then simmer

Add

15lbs of nectarines cut in slices

Lemon sprinkled and mixed to keep from browning before adding to syrup.

Add nectarines and being to boil and them shut off and lg ladle 4 scoops into each 1qt sterilized jars. Should fill 8-9 jars.  

Put lids on, tighten lightly and cover and boil for 25 mins.  Let cool and store in cool spot

Banana Curd

Very versatile--Peanut butter sandwiches, piece of toast in the morning or over ice cream.  I'm in love!