The Summer Solstice Party

I read lots of magazines and usually rip out pages with ideas of things I'd like to have/do. Sometime last year I found a great idea in the Real Simple magazine about throwing a Summer Solstice party. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year, so it sounded like the perfect time to have people over. So, this year I threw a Summer Solstice party of my own. It gave me an excuse to hang paper lanterns in my yard, which made it a success in my book!

I decided to take the dining room table outside too, so we'd have plenty of room to sit! Although you can't see it from the picture the lanterns were hung on both sides of the patio. I'll have to post the recipe for the pink lemonade/vodka concoction we had to drink, it was really good!