Fiesta Friday Pt. 2/Color Party – Pink and Brown Birthday Dinner

OK, so I already did today’s Fiesta Friday, but I couldn’t resist posting another one. This inspiration comes from this beautiful creamy pink ceramic Mazarine dinnerware from Horchow. Make your best friend feel extra special this year with an all-girl birthday party dinner.Put a glamorous spin with a pink and chocolate-brown color scheme.

The invitation: Send hot-pink note cards with details written in silver ink. When each guest RSVPs, ask for her birthday and write it down.
The Decor: Start with variety of pinks like the creamy pink in the dinnerware and fuchsia, and browns from chocolate to taupe. Set up a small bar with sparkling water, your signature cocktail and a few non-alcoholic choices. Now is the time to break out your linens to set your table. Scatter tea lights in silver holders across the table, and down the center of the table decorate with votives and small, tight bouquets of pink flowers like peonies or carnations in low glasses or these silver mint julep vases. Use these classic and simple silver frames as great place card holders. For a great conversation starter, print each person’s birthday and a birthday fact for each frame. Hang a cluster of brown paper lanterns from luna bazaar, or these paper flowers from Martha to brighten up your space.

The Menu: As guests arrive, offer appetizers and your signature drink, the Pink Halo. For dinner, serve a light family-style meal like grilled chicken and spinach salad. Afterward, honor your birthday girl with a decadent treat. How about serving these pink Gerbera daisy cupcakes or this Pink and brown cake from both from Pink Cake Box.

The Music: Yes, you have to play 50 Cent’s “In Da Club”, but try some other birthday songs like Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday”, Pet Shop Boys’ “Birthday Boy” and Loretta Lynn’s “Happy Birthday”.