Arriba!!!! What could be more fun than winding down summer or winding up Fall with a Mexican fiesta with family and friends? It’s casual, it’s easy and tell me one adult or child who doesn’t love a pinata!
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Chips and guacamole
Self serve taco bar
Enchiladas
Salad
Chocolate Chip Cookies
The starting point for the table scape was the hot pink tablecloth I had picked up on a girls’ trip to Puerta Vallarta. It wasn’t large enough to cover the table, so I folded it and used it as a runner.
I had hot pink napkins with orange trim, so I used orange as the accent color. Orange candles from Creative Candles, white Juliska plates on rattan chargers, a white bowl filled with oranges and hot pink glasses from Eddie Ross rounded it all out.
For the adults we served homemade margaritas.
16 oz. Tequila
16 oz. Triple Sec
16 oz. Water
8 oz. fresh lime juice
8 oz. fresh lemon juice
Mix together and chill. With or without salt. Garnish with a slice of lime. Refill!
Monogrammed napkins in hot pink.
If you’re wondering if you need a kitchen bar sink….I say “yes”! It doubles as a cooler!
For the younger set, Strawberry Lemonade was served from my cold drink dispenser from Costco.
Whatever the ages of your guests, I think it’s important that they feel special, too. For easy clean up, I covered the table with brown craft paper and used melamine plates that coordinated with the adults’ table.
My 8 year old helped with the place cards for this table.
I used a pinata as the centerpiece for the children’s table. After dinner, we went outside where Grant was waiting with a baseball bat and another pinata, filled with sweets and treats, hanging from a tree!
After we settled the children down with a movie, the adults sat down and finished off the pitcher of margaritas with dinner!
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Love the pink and the orange! So gorgeous, how nice that you made all of this effort, fun! XX!
What a fiesta! We love having friends and families for Sunday suppers. We like to play games outside, or inside according to the weather.
pve
LOVE it!!! What a great use of color. xx, Kate
Your table looks amazing-so fun and welcoming! I adore the melamine plates on the kids table. What a fun way to end the summer
Love the pink and orange!! That yummy looking food makes me hungry!! Wonderful job!
What a lovely evening it looks like you had! I love the drink dispenser. I've been trying to talk myself into buying one for a couple of years. I see one in my future.
Susan
How fun, love the festive use of pink and orange together, it just seems to say "feliz"! 🙂
Great Fiesta! Love the pinata on the kids table and the orange and hot pink is a muy bueno color combo 🙂
You are the consummate hostess!
Ole! Love the colors, and especially love the monograms!
Is it taco Tuesday already???!!!
Love this, and you know I love the pink and orange plates!
xo xo
Mmmmm….
Tasting it all,
now and it is
delish!!! WE
use our bar sink
as a cooler, too : )
I bet your guests
felt very special
and loved!!
xx Suzanne
What a fun party–beautifully decorated & appointed.
Festive and fun all around! We will be entertaining this weekend {weather permitting} and I haven't had much time to think about a menu with school just starting ~ thanks for the ideas 😉
Jo
YUM! Looks delicious, beautiful and unique. I'm coming over!!
YUMMY food and table decor!!!
Elizabeth,
I love your Mexican Fiesta! We were both clearly thinking the same way this week!!
Hope you are enjoying the beach,
Ashley
love a good mexican party 🙂 and i like your runner! i want one so maybe i need to plan a girls trip!
So fun!
The glasses look fantastic and your table is beautiful!!
XO
Eddie and Jaithan
looks delicious and so much fun!
looks delicious and so much fun!