#beerster

As I mentioned in my Peeps Pinatas post, I really wanted to step up this year’s decorations for our annual Easter brunch. We host around 50 people who aren’t with their families on Easter, and I love for people to walk in and feel a sense of awe and specialness.

It helped immensely that I stored last year’s decorations. In January, I started working on decorations for this. I recently stumbled upon a post from Youremyfave which described my decorating strategy for Easter perfectly - think in multiples and rainbow-ize that biz. 

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I used the Paper Rosettes from last year. I used paper from Paper Source and they have a great tutorial on their website. 

I made rainbow paper chains last year and used Martha Stewart’s Cherry Blossom Deep Edger Punch for a creative touch. 

It is driving me nuts that these aren’t perfectly straightened but lining up the plastic eggs from Target had a big impact for a cheap and easy tablescape.

A mimosa bar for our guests with orange juice, blood orange juice and grapefruit juice and crazy amounts of champagne. We still have 11 bottles to kick.

I purchased the awesome polka dot straws from Shop Sweet Lulu. 

Used rainbow pinwheels to line the walkup. I reused last year’s and made about 25 more using card stock from Michaels. 

I wish I had a better picture of this but I created a rainbow crepe paper background for the candy table. I used thecrepe paper tutorial from Rachel of Heart of Light. I glued the crepe paper on dowels and then used non-adhesive hooks to hold them. The pink cupcake wrappers are also from Shop Sweet Lulu, and put bunny ears and tails on them. I hoard apothecary jars all year long. 

I color sorted a lot of the candy for a better visual effect.

My friend Sarah from Domestic Dilettante made Easter themed cake pops that turned out amazing. 

Lined up plastic Easter baskets in the entryway. 

Loved how these turned out! Peeps pinatas tutorial if you're interested.

I lined up Bunny Ears from the dollar aisle at Target for our guests to wear!

The crew for the 5th annual Beerster hunt. (The home behind the photo is a house being redone by the Boulder historical society.) You can see pictures of the actual Beerster Hunt in this post. 

Remember how I said there wouldn't be a pony like last year? Well my friend Courtney offered to let me borrow her bunny, Lola, while she was in Palm Springs. Lola was a big hit with the kids that stopped by and many of the adults.

Remember when I said there wouldn't be a pony? I was wrong. Vikas surprised me with a pony again this year. Despite the amazingness of having a bunny and a pony, I think Beerster has been made two years in a row by having absolutely gorgeous days to celebrate. Below are pictures of our friends enjoying one of many gorgeous days to come this summer. 

Yoav and Alessandra go crazy for ponies.

Joni, Rich and Rich with their spoils from the Beerster hunt!

Rebecca brought a tarte to Beerster, and I am crazy for her dress.

Andy popping bottles! 

Grant with his mimosa. 

He has gotten so big and so adorable.

Yoav and Lana rocking the brights.

Heather and Rachel: BFFs

Eoin and Sarah Jane enjoy brunch. 

Scott and Nicole: Feelin the Beerster Love

Finally am posting pictures of Beerster this  year! It is the fourth year I've hosted people for Easter where we ended up having everyone bring a six pack and hiding beer. I really wanted to create a fun feeling for our guests where they walked in and felt special. I got my inspiration from Emphasis Added planning a technicolor scheme for her daughter's first birthday and thought that would be perfect for Beerster. 

I did a candy bar, a champagne bar, made a million paper rolls and paper pinwheels and an egg garland. Had bunny ears and baskets for the guests to choose from. And of course, a pony.