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Best of 2015 – No 3 – My Garden Party with Pier 1 Imports

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This post is sponsored by Pier 1 Imports and the content and opinions are strictly my own.

My Garden Party – #SummerofEntertaining with Pier 1 Imports

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Last week I showed you how I transformed my dark and gloomy front porch into a welcoming garden Patio with Pier 1 Imports Outdoor Entertaining decor. This week I had fun in my new outdoor area throwing a garden party!

Let me show you how to host a garden party this summer with delicious food, natural decor and garden inspired favors your guests can take home and plant their own garden inspiration.

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Setting up your garden party decor

What I love the most about a garden party is it can be as casual or formal as you would like. I decided to use natural elements for decoration around the Oversized Outdoor Tray from Pier 1 Imports. Lemons, plastic silverware and the Trellis and Carmelo Melamine Dinner Plates create a backdrop area for dinnerware.

The Green Clarity Acrylic Goblets and the Pier 1 Imports fabric napkins and floral napkin rings tie the green garden theme in beautifully beside a galvanized pail of ice for your guests’ drinks. I used flowerpots with garden gloves to hold utensils. A festive way to carry out the garden theme!

Choosing garden themed food for your party

On hot summer days there’s nothing more refreshing than light fare such as vegetable spring rolls, spinach turkey and strawberry wraps beside cucumbers, fresh fruit and croissants. Your favorite assortment of gourmet shortbread cookies on the side will leave your guests delighted with your party.

Send your guests home with garden-inspired favors

A garden party isn’t complete without garden-inspired favors for your guests to take home. What would be more fitting than fresh flowers in personalized pots, and packets of seeds for guests to plant when they get home? I used moss in each of the pots, tied a ribbon, and found these cute inspirational rocks to give each guest. Use the rest of your fresh flowers in the centerpiece. The Oval Plant Stand gave a tiered display area for the favors.

Find what speaks to you at Pier 1 Imports. See their Outdoor Living collection in stores or at pier1.com/outdoorliving.

For more outdoor home ideas on Stagetecture, click here.

Check back throughout the week to see the rest of Stagetecture’s Best Of for 2015 posts!

This post is sponsored by Pier 1 Imports and the content and opinions are strictly my own.

My Garden Party – #SummerofEntertaining with Pier 1 Imports

All images via: Stagetecture

Last week I showed you how I transformed my dark and gloomy front porch into a welcoming garden Patio with Pier 1 Imports Outdoor Entertaining decor. This week I had fun in my new outdoor area throwing a garden party!

Let me show you how to host a garden party this summer with delicious food, natural decor and garden inspired favors your guests can take home and plant their own garden inspiration.

Setting up your garden party decor

What I love the most about a garden party is it can be as casual or formal as you would like. I decided to use natural elements for decoration around the Oversized Outdoor Tray from Pier 1 Imports. Lemons, plastic silverware and the Trellis and Carmelo Melamine Dinner Plates create a backdrop area for dinnerware.

The Green Clarity Acrylic Goblets and the Pier 1 Imports fabric napkins and floral napkin rings tie the green garden theme in beautifully beside a galvanized pail of ice for your guests’ drinks. I used flowerpots with garden gloves to hold utensils. A festive way to carry out the garden theme!

Choosing garden themed food for your party

On hot summer days there’s nothing more refreshing than light fare such as vegetable spring rolls, spinach turkey and strawberry wraps beside cucumbers, fresh fruit and croissants. Your favorite assortment of gourmet shortbread cookies on the side will leave your guests delighted with your party.

Send your guests home with garden-inspired favors

A garden party isn’t complete without garden-inspired favors for your guests to take home. What would be more fitting than fresh flowers in personalized pots, and packets of seeds for guests to plant when they get home? I used moss in each of the pots, tied a ribbon, and found these cute inspirational rocks to give each guest. Use the rest of your fresh flowers in the centerpiece. The Oval Plant Stand gave a tiered display area for the favors.

Find what speaks to you at Pier 1 Imports. See their Outdoor Living collection in stores or at pier1.com/outdoorliving.

For more outdoor home ideas on Stagetecture, click here.

All images via: Stagetecture

I have one of those outdoor patio areas that you close your eyes as you walk into it because it has always been dark and gloomy. The circa 1987 brick home that we love has had its share of remodeling projects, but the front porch was always been way down the list in priorities!

I was excited to pair with Pier 1 Imports and show you their outdoor patio furniture and decor that can bring any patio out of the ’80s and into modern day. I chose a “garden theme” for my front patio. With plenty of fresh green, yellow, and browns to bring nature and a sense of organic living to my front entryway.

Choosing my garden themed decor at Pier 1 Imports

For any of you that have ever walked into a Pier 1 Imports, you know that the experience is like walking into your favorite home decor magazine. You literally wish you had 10 patios to makeover just to try out all of the different decorative themes!

My garden theme helped me keep my focus in the store, ha! Florals, nature, rustic textures and weathered patinas that looked like they’ve been garden decor for years… that was my vision. I picked up a catalog and was surprised that I could order anything online and it could be delivered to my door… yep, that was a winner!

I started off with the seating first and fell in love with these Casbah Chairs in Mocha and paired them with Angelique Seat Cushions and a Cassius Accent Pillow for its playful patterns. The synthetic rattan material makes them weather resistant, and they can be stacked and tucked out of the way for entertaining when needed.

I then chose the Antiqued White Pedestal and Hammered Flower Table for guests to put their drinks and plates on. The Oval Plant Stand was great to add height to my patio setting and the bottom shelf can double as an area for guests to put their refreshments.

I found two items that instead of using them for their traditional use, I decided to use them in non-traditional ways: A large Nailhead Lantern and Oversized Outdoor Tray I filled with fresh greenery and lemons to bring color and natural textures to my patio area. I finished the area off by hanging black & brown wind chimes for a Zen appeal to my outdoor space.

Pulling all of the elements together

To soften up the concrete on my porch, I used potted green plants and hanging air vases to make the patio feel like it was teleported from a rainforest. Then I created a seating area that was conversational and inviting.

The garden theme was a natural tie-in with my outdoor patio and the Pier 1 Imports decor and furnishings made the area come alive! I can’t wait until next week when I show you creative ideas to throw a garden brunch in this space.

Check back next week, and thanks Pier 1 Imports for breathing life back into my patio.

Find what speaks to you at Pier 1 Imports. See their Outdoor Living collection in stores or at pier1.com/outdoorliving .

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For more outdoor home ideas on Stagetecture, click here.