HOT DOG BAR PRINTABLES

A lot of you asked about the labels I used for our Summer Soiree, and here they are! I made all of these labels through PicMonkey...free and easy to use. If you've been around here any length of time then you know I am a pretty big fan of PicMonkey.

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 All you have to do is 'right click' on the picture and save it to your computer to print whenever you want to use them! I got the hot dog menu ideas from Kristen's blog but just changed up the look.

The BLT Dog

The Chicago Dog

The Classic Dog

The Southern Dog

Hot Dog Bar

And here are some other labels that can be used at any summer themed party!

Appetizers

Desserts

Pasta Salad

Baked Beans

Cole Slaw

Potato Chips

Lemonade 

Sweet Tea

Water

Tip: I printed them all off on card stock paper. The smaller labels I taped to card stock paper tents that I made. They were very sturdy and I can use them again in the future.

Enjoy!

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HOT DOG BAR PRINTABLES

LOADED BAKED POTATO DIP - APPETIZER

For our Summer Soiree I made a couple of appetizers for all of our guests to snack on a couple of hours before we had dinner, and this is one of them. This was a hit and I will most definitely be making this appetizer again in the future!

It was very easy to throw together and had so much flavor. I actually made this the night before and just popped it back in the oven, covered, to warm up right before everyone got there. 

Loaded Baked Potato Dip Adapted from Carolina Charm

Ingredients: 1 cup  instant potato flakes 1 cup  milk 1 cup Light Sour Cream 1 tub (8 oz) Chive & Onion Cream Cheese Spread 2  green onions, sliced, divided 2 cups Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese, divided 2 Tbsp. Real Bacon Bits  Ritz Toasted Chips Original or Wheat Thins   Directions: Heat oven to 350ºF. Mix potato flakes and milk in large bowl; until milk is absorbed. Add sour cream, cream cheese spread, 1 cup of shredded cheese,1 Tbsp of bacon bits, and half the onions; mix well. Spoon into baking dish; sprinkle with remaining shredded cheese and bacon bits. Bake 15 to 20 min. or until shredded cheese is melted and dip is heated through. Sprinkle with remaining onions. Serve with chips.

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LOADED BAKED POTATO DIP - APPETIZER

SUMMER SOIREE | INSPIRATION & INVITATION

As mentioned last week,  we are hosting a cookout at our house in a couple of weeks to kick off summer. As expected, I have put a lot of thought and planning into this, and I am so excited!

After Matthew and I confirmed the date we sent out a group text to our friends asking if they would be able to come. Side note: 95% of the time when we host a dinner party I like to create an invitation to send out (you can see my Friendsgiving one here), but I only do this after almost everyone has confirmed that they can come. I don't see any point in creating an invitation and spending any money (printing, envelopes and stamps) if I'm not 100% sure they can come. My reasoning for sending out invitations then? So they have a reminder hanging up somewhere with the date and time (so I don't get 15 different texts asking the date and time again ;)) and something to get them excited for the event! I also really enjoy creating invitations for these events, so it's not a hassle or burden for me, it's actually pretty enjoyable!

I don't want to share too many details because some of my friends read my blog occasionally and I don't want to spoil anything. So I will share my inspiration that I have found over the past couple of weeks! All of these can be found on my Pinterest board here.

and now for the invitation

As much as I would love to say that I created this invitation all by myself, I didn't. I got the general design and verbiage from one of my favorite bloggers, Christina, over at Carolina Charm. Girl is TALENTED! 

I addressed these bad boys this past weekend and got them in the mail. 

One thing you don't see, our address stamp. My BIL gave me an address stamp with our new address on it for Christmas this past year, and it is hands down, one of my favorite gifts. I didn't mention it back around Christmas time because we were still in the process of buying our house at that time and I didn't want to say a word about any of it until we had the keys in our hands. I love it and just want to send mail out everyday now so I can use it all the time. I stamped them after I took this picture so I don't share our address with the internet :)

Linking up with Amanda.

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SUMMER SOIREE | INSPIRATION & INVITATION