Secret Garden Outtakes

As I mentioned in the writeup of my Secret Secret Garden Party, elaborate party planning makes for some . . . interesting moments. The blooper reel is often the funniest part of the movie, right? So, without further ado, here’s the Secret Garden blooper reel — with some additional commentary, of course.

This was an attempt at a behind the scenes photo of all my to-do lists, grocery lists, and plans for the party. But apparently I just decided to throw in some random papers. Attention to detail is my strong suit . . .

This may or may not be the mess in my apartment during party planning . . . how embarrassing. And this is just a tiny snapshot of the much broader chaos.

Okay, it’s 4 in the morning and the poured fondant on the petit fours is gloppy. Nothing a little decorative squiggle won’t fix, right?! RIGHT. Decorative squiggles can fix anything . . .

“Mooo-oom, can you get the dog out of the picture?!” (That’s my parents’ toy poodle, Abbey. Doesn’t she look like Byrd?)

“And your elbow?!”

This little guy settled on a scone INSTANTANEOUSLY despite the fact that my mom had been shooing them all away milliseconds before. Picture him and about a dozen of his cousins sitting all over the food, and you’ll understand why we moved the picnic indoors. Oh, and don’t worry — we dubbed all of this “prop food” and threw it all away. Sad, but necessary.

All of the “prop food” we had to throw away due to insect invaders — sad!

Little did you know from the last post, my sister is ridiculous.

HA, we like to call this one, “Mary Lennox — all grown up.”

…and what bloopers post would be complete without embarrassing baby pictures? Here’s Sarah as an adorable cookie-dough-eater, and a tomboyish adolescent:

After two weeks of being my constant cooking and crafting buddy, Byrd is sick of the Secret Garden.

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June 28, 2010 by Julie Ruble | 4 Comments