GNOI!

Quarterly GNOI!

 (Girls Night Out/In!)

Four Gals, Four Seasons

Dinner and a Craft

I hosted "Summer"

The project:

Gardening with Coffee Cans

 "D's"

Mine
(hope these flowers perk-up)

 "T's"

"S's"

So fun.

Painted them with simple acrylic paints...whatever we had.

Then sprayed them with Heavy Duty Varathane:

 Before

 "D", "S" and "T" during

 "S", Me, and "T" during

(Green painting tank top, Ugh!)

 More of "D" during

(So sorry I didn't get "D's" pretty head in this photo) 

 More of "S" during

More of "T" during

After...drying in the sun

Oooo...and let me tell you there was sun!

90 plus degree sun!!!

Then we nailed and drilled holes in the bottom for drainage.
(Truth be told, this should have been done first.)

I drilled two holes in the sides of mine, threaded white twine

 through them and hung from the fence posts in the side garden:

To coordinate with the current flower color theme:

 And to coordinate with the hooky color theme:

We also had fabulous dinner and drinks that I neglected to photograph. :-(

 But here's a recap:

"D" brought Quinoa salad and chips and guacamole.

"T" brought tart and sweet apples with cream cheese toffee dip.

"S" brought a frozen key lime pie.

I made Mexican Acorn Squash Soup with Smoky Chicken and Spicy Seeds.

Recipe for soup can be found here at the awesome Health-Bent site.

Wishing you a summer full of
FFF:

friends, flowers, and food!