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  • From "Weekend Entertaining"
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    Use a hand oven mitt for your invitation.

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    Figure A


    Party Timeline:

    Chef Hats and Aprons -- 4 hours
    Banner Printing -- 2 hours
    Pipe and Drape Setup -- 1 hour
    Grilling Arena Setup -- 2 hours
    Shopping Time -- 4 hours Total Time Spent -- 14 hours On a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the hardest, this party is rated a 2 and is geared toward the seasoned party giver.

    Materials:

    Hand oven mitts
    Grill themed stationery
    Ribbon

    1. We sent out the invitations four weeks in advance. To make our invitations, we picked up some oven hand mitts at a discount store.

    2. Hand write the party information on the stationery.

    3. Attach the invitation with some ribbon (we used red gingham) to the loop of the mitt (figure A).


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