Finding Dorothy

 

 

My friend Bobbie and I recently hosted our Book Club discussion of Finding Dorothy.

We welcomed our guests with images of the characters from the book and photos of L. Frank Baum's connection to Chicago, while Elton John was singing, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road."

Since my great-niece Mary Grace was passionate about the Wizard of Oz when she was a little girl, I borrowed from her collection of memorabilia to decorate for the evening. 

We added some sparkling emeralds to her vintage collection and decided to wear our own ruby slippers. 

Mary Grace's books collection also added to the event.

We chose appetizers and desserts related to the theme of the evening, including a yellow brick road of cheese and a rainbow fruit platter.

 

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photograph of our poppy field with Parmesan/poppy seed wrapped mini hot dogs and our green gelato with a mini ruby slipper and a broomstick spoon that was the hit of the night!

As the evening concluded we gave each of our guests a swag bag that included additional information related to the book and of course some cookies.

 

As for Finding Dorothy.  .  . Mary Grace will ALWAYS be my lovable Dorothy!

 

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Thank you to Jill FCS for the design inspiration for the character cookies.