new years lunch: follow-up

i just realized i took a few before shots of the table-set-up for our new years day open house. the party was a big success- we had about 26 people in our little home. hooray <3

the menu turned out well. next time i won't make pasta because it didn't stay warm and ended up a little bit stiff instead of soft/warm. oh well. [AND, see those grandmommy's rolls in the photo above? they don't look right. but they tasted fine. so i'm okay.]

of course i set up the table beforehand to make sure everything would fit. which it didn't. and my tablecloth is wrinkled. ha!

 the poppy seed bread ended up being wonderful. it was the best dessert by far.