CC&R Luncheon

It's Sunday and I'm thinking my weekend is just about over.  I've been so busy the past few weeks, I feel I need to tack on a few extra days to my weekend!  Too bad there aren't 50 hours in a day, with Alaska type lighting...imagine how much we can get done daily!  Anyways, today's post is about a lunch and dessert table created for CC&R Construction in San Diego!  I was super excited with this gig, as it gave me a chance to play around with savory food, rather than just desserts...although, there wasn't much options for savory food, just different foods out of the sweet category.  My friend Susan and I had sat down and talked about what to serve for the luncheon, and we spoke about cupcakes and perhaps a cookie platter of some sort and maybe some sandwiches.  Once again, I don't know how I went from these three items to a whole table full of goodies.  I think I tend to get overzealous at times and complete a table as need be and once ideas pop into my head, it's super difficult to shake it off!  Anyways, suffice it to say, I added to those three items of goodies and came up with a whole table of goodies.  I think everyone was just expecting a simple lunch before the meeting; boy, were they wrong!  I had all the food on simple white ceramic plates...no plastic here!  I brought out some pretty jars for my mini donut bites and bacon caramel popcorn.  The cupcakes sat on a small 3-tiered cupcake stand.  I even brought in my tall vase with curly willows, which I had hung up a cutout of CC&R.  I must admit, I was feeling a bit silly when I brought my vase full of branches in.  I even debated whether I should bring it in.  It was starting to feel a bit much to me.  I mean, Susan did say nice...and this is how I do nice!  So, what the heck, I dragged the vase all the way already, I might as well bring it in!

See, I had some pretty simple lunch food out...cold cut sandwiches, sliced salami with cheese and crackers, fresh fruits and veggies.  For dessert, I made chocolate cupcakes, custard cream puffs, vegan oatmeal cranberry cookies, rocky road brownies, bacon caramel popcorn and mini donut bites.  Beverage options include fresh water, home-squeezed lemonade, and fresh coffee.  I didn't have enough time to pull out all the little labels I had made...I also had little tongs for the food too, but just didn't have time to pull them out before people arrived for lunch.  Reminder to self: it always takes longer than I think to set up!

Susan wanted CC&R on some of the cupcakes, so CC&R she got!  And we had also talked about hammers and tools and whatnots, since CC&R is a construction specialist.  Thought it might be fun to incorporate the theme.  I actually found a hammer mold and was able to churn out some hammers for these cupcakes.  It's amazing what's out there nowadays!

Overall, this was a fun experience.  What I learned?  Arrive earlier!

Enjoy!