Patriotic Nibbles

This week's tablescape is very informal and easy to do for light fare before the firework's display.  When we have holiday dinners, I always set up a buffet so my family can pick and choose what they like so for today I was actually inspired by some pretty paper goods I found at the market last week.  I stacked them randomly, stuck some silverware in a jar and the mood was very casual.  For the flowers, I found two clear round flower containers at a yard sale, one smaller than the other.  The small one holds the flowers and then I put small strawberries in between the two glass surfaces.  I even found strawberries at the 99 cent store along with my flags.

 I tried a new recipe for the potato salad that had bacon in it and I placed that in individual plastic cups.

 I saw this idea for the strawberries on someone's blog and fell in love with them.  I'm so sorry I can't find where I wrote it down so if you see this, please email me and I will include your name in the post.  Aren't they pretty?  The blue sugar and the white chocolate came from Michael's.  They both are by Wilton.

I grilled some small ears of corn on the cob with garlic butter, threw some marinated mozzarella in with some tiny tomatoes and basil to make a Caprese salad.   The little pigs in a blanket came from Trader Joe's as did the lemon cake we put some blueberries on.  The brownies came already done from Smart & Final.

 You can't get any easier than this and nobody left hungry.

 I'm sure you all have your own special way of celebrating and I look forward to seeing all the blog posts this week to get even more ideas.

 Hoping you all have a safe and wonderful 4th of July.

 God bless America!

 The land of the free because of the brave.

 And God bless all our service men and women.  We wish them all a safe return home.

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