Simple Entertaining

This inspiring, motivating and comforting guest post comes from Sandy at 4 Reluctant Entertainers.

Sandy began encouraging me to practice hospitality before she ever knew who I was. You're going to love her too.

Kimba's like my sister, so when she said, hey can you guest for me? I was on it! That's just what sisters do for each other. I'd love it if Kimba could bring her family out to Oregon for dinner at my house, but living across the United States from each other, it's hard to make that happen.

In the meantime, as summer winds down, we're still enjoying outdoor dinners and entertaining in our backyard.

One of my favorite tablecloths, made from oilcloth, is perfect for outside entertaining. You can make a mess and it wipes right up. It also doesn't fade in the sun, which I love, and it's bright and cheery!

Last week my daughter had her soccer team over and we made the Ice Cream Trough. It was messy - the girls diving in and whipped cream going everywhere - but it wiped right up! You don't even have to throw the tablecloth in the washing machine. It's that easy!

Since we're in the middle of a kitchen remodel, I've taken a very simple approach to entertaining (yep, paper cups!)

And our summer garden goodness is always the best hot off the grill!

Veggies

Potatoes

Parsnips

Simple tomatoes and basil

Thank you for sharing your encouraging post with us, Sandy. If you can still entertain and practice hospitality while your kitchen is in your garage, I can do it too. I am so blessed to know you and I can't wait till you fly your pretty self across the country to visit.

Sandy's mission is to help reluctant hostesses become confident and gracious and to inspire the experienced hostess who is stuck in an entertainment rut. She does both of those things beautifully.