GRADUATION CELEBRATIONS BEGIN

We have reason to be full of joy and celebrate 

Granddaughter Abbie this week.

Today we will be attending Baccalaureate services

as we send these high school seniors 

on to their chosen colleges and futures.

The graduation ceremony will be held on Thursday evening

and our big Texas Barbecue will be hosted on Saturday evening.

Family will be flying in from near and far...

so this is an extremely busy week for us.

I am in charge of "the cake table",

so today I will share what the theme will be

and a sneak peek of the floral arrangements.

Abbie's chosen floral was the SUNFLOWER...

she has always adored them and they are a bit

whimsical, just like her darling personality!

The first step was to design the glass canning jars

using various ribbons and embellishments.

I am placing each arrangement on a white charger

with yellow doilie accents on top of a royal blue placemat.

Miss M helped me design her cake

which is going to be two tiered.

I have high hopes it is going to be so cute and taste divine.....

I thought it best to play around with flowers I picked

up at Kroger yesterday to see how each arrangement would

come together...I think it turned out great!

I am really pleased with the color combination

which are royal blue and yellow....

her high school colors are royal blue and white,

as is her college!

This is a close up of the ribbons used...

burlap ribbon is so versatile these days

and can be found stylish for weddings and all

kinds of celebrations.....

Yellow daisies are a great accent flower

to the sunflower......

I think these are casual, yet beautiful.... 

The lantern swag was completed also, so I 

think the cake table is going to come together very nicely

for her party....it's going to be a grand time

with all her friends and family attending.

CONGRATS ABBIE GIRL!