This past weekend we hosted our second summer seafood boil and invited a new set of California friends to take in this southern tradition! (You can read about last year’s boil here).
Seafood boils are one of my favorite parties to host, and we do it at least once a year. You’ll need one of these:
What’s not to love about a seafood boil? The food is delicious, the cleanup easy, and the fixin’s few!
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For beverages, we decided to serve beer, wine, cucumber water, strawberry mojitos, and — for the daring — tequila shots. I did not partake in the tequila, but I loved the set up! And, it was my cute husband’s idea. We set the tequila on ice in a large, clear bowl and then placed salt-rimmed shot glasses and lime slices on the ice.
I love to get crafty and use any party we have as an excuse to decorate and create fun little touches. For this party, I personalized mason jars for each guest. To make these tags, I simply cut black card stock from Michael’s into strips and wrote guest names with a chalk marker. The end result looks just like a little chalk board! I tied the tags to the mason jars with black and white ribbon and baker’s twine I had on hand and finished off the look with mismatched straws.
The pups got tags, too!
Instead of ice in my wine bucket, I froze water balloons for a touch of whimsy and color! Note: make sure to do this the day before the party, as it takes the balloons a LONG time to freeze.
We had a blast hanging out with our new California friends!
Kudos to the chef… he did an awesome job!
Yes, it was hot over in his little boiling area.
Do you have plans to throw an outdoor party this summer? Share your ideas!
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This looks like a blast. I do not like seafood at all but my hubby sure does! O and I really love the balloon idea… genius!
Thank you, Suzie!
Too much fun!! Tom and I grew up having Clam bakes at our great Aunt May May’s in New England. I have duplicated it once and plan to do it again this summer due to your inspiration:) Wish you guys could come…and make it prettier!
Oh, Lorri, I wish we could! I didn’t know you grew up doing clam bakes!
This sounds like so much fun!! I love seafood, and love any excuse to it!! Time for a party!
I’m seriously coming back to this! Thank you so much!
Thanks, Jeni!
This is just too cute!!
Thanks for stopping by, BreAnna!
Fun, fun…I love a good seafood boil…but your’s was much classier, we just dumped ours right out onto a paper covered table. I would love for you to share this in the #funsummerfinds linkup…it starts June 18! http://www.thefabjourney.com/join-the-fun-summer-finds-linkup/
Shellie
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Wow this looks so creative and looks like so much fun! Love it! – Seri from http://www.serisblog.com
This looks like so much fun. The food, the drinks, it all looks amazing.
I love the water balloon idea for the drinks.
This is really some great stuff, I’ll have to remember to come back to this when I’m planning the next gathering. Loved it!
Looks awesome! I want to be your friend!
I have wanted to host one of these for a while now. Even though I live in NC I haven’t been here very long, so I have been reading up on the how-to-do’s of the shrimp boil. I love all your ideas, and the balloons are such a fun idea! I stopped by from Tutorial Tuesday! Thanks!
It looks like everyone had a great time and you created a good memory. We call them Low Country Boil’s here in the south and they are a favorite way to fellowship with friends. Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday.