Le Creuset Serveware {Giveaway}
Spring will be gone before we know it, but that doesn’t stop the warm sunshine, entertaining and get-togethers with friends, brunches, dinner parties, and alfresco dining. This week I set my table with Le Creuset Caribbean Blue dishes for a lovely dinner party. But there’s more … keep reading, because today I’m hosting a Le Creuset Serveware Giveaway that you are not going to want to miss out on!
Planning a party.
Planning a party for me is fun if I’m organized and have a goal. My planning involves deciding who to invite, coming up with a menu, delegating dishes, and thinking ahead to what my table will look like. My organizing involves having my dishes in one area, napkins pressed, and candles, flower vases, and table decor in one place for easy access! I don’t usually spend too much time on the table, even though it’s one of the funner elements of planning a party.
Caribbean blue.
Colors are important, and I recently changed out my almost 20 year white {chipped} dishes for these gorgeous Le Creuset Caribbean Blue sets. I’m very excited to come up with some new creative color combinations for tabletops here on RE with this new blue. Stunning!
Here are some things to think about when planning a dinner party. And, this is where Le Creuset comes in!
What’s your style.
Since our house has a casual northwest feel to it, and is overrun by Haggis/Filly/Hobbes’ activities on a day to day basis, it’s more enjoyable to entertain in a way that makes sense for our daily life. We do not have a formal dining room, so our “great room,” so to speak, is the perfect destination area for entertaining. Le Creuset pieces fit in beautifully with our home’s colors and style!
Set the table.
Will guests gather their plates from a buffet area, or will you be setting the table ahead of time for a more formal ambience? Will you be serving the food family style, or will it be a sit-down dinner where you will serve your guests individually? Do you need a dinner plate and a salad plate? Are you serving soup? How can you dress up the table and make it festive for the season? Do you need water glasses only, or will you be serving wine or other drinks? Paper or cloth napkins?
Using serveware.
Once the menu is set, the next step is to decide how to serve the food at your dinner party! There’s nothing quite like pulling out beautiful serving dishes (just look at these vibrant colors!) to give your food a beautiful presentation. Serveware, such as platters, water pitchers on the side board, pasta bowls, 3-tier stands (I served my Lime Meringue Cups last week on my new yellow 3-tier stand), and casserole dishes – give hospitality such a festive feel.
Planning a party is just my favorite thing to do. Well, that and dishes. And Oregon sunshine.
Dishes and the flowers and extra things are an added touch, and are fun and inviting, but as I always say here on RE, it’s the people who come to our homes that make our lives richer and better. And that is what a successful dinner party is made of.
Now it’s your turn.
Choose your own colors!
One winner wins ALL of the following items ($315 value), and you can mix and match the colors! How awesome is that?
Platter set
Pasta Bowl
Heritage Casserole
Pitcher
**CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED! Winner has been contacted. Thank you all for entering!
How to win:
A winner will be chosen at random on April 24, 2014, and will be emailed with the details. USA residents only. Colors are subject to availability.
This giveaway is sponsored by Le Creuset who also provided me with product. Flowers are from my lovely friends at Penny and LuLu in Medford.
I’m about to move into a co-op where I regularly cook for 15 people at a time. It would be so lovely to serve dinner on something other than the beat up pans they use to cook!!
Love the pasta bowl!
The platter set would be so much fun!
I love the Caribbean blue!
The platter set would be a huge help!
The platters would make entertaining so fun!
I LOVE the mix and match idea-I’d definitely use the platters the most!
I would say the pasta bowl…versatile, could even use it for serving salad.
The serving platters would be so beneficial! I’m loving the beautiful bright colors, so cheerful :)
I really like the casserole dish! It looks like it would keep everything nice and warm!
The casserole style serving pieces would be terrific when we entertain!
I love the pasta bowl and it’s versatility would make it a great addition to my kitchen.
I love all the Le Creuset products, but if I had to choose one, I would pick the platter set. I love to entertain and feel like I never have enough platters.
Love, love, love Le Cruset! The pasta bowl would make life so much easier!
Love the platter set!
I Love! their cookware and serveware! and the colors! oh my…..I really love the trays! So versatile! With my daughter getting married in August, I’ll be doing ALOT of entertaining this summer! : )
I could use those different sized trays so much! You can never have too many of them. :)
I love the serving platters!
I would be most excited about the casserole dish! The lid to may casserole dish recently broke and the le creuset is grogous!
I have the Dutch ovens in this brand and LOVE them! I would love to add some pretty serving pieces to my kitchen! Especially the serving platters!
Love the carribean blue pitcher!
Super cool giveaway…I love the look of LeCreust though don’t own any yet
The pieces are so colorful, I think the serving platters would be great to add to my collection of dishes.
All of the pieces are so handsome. I love the color of your dishes. It would go well with my Florida colors.
I’m so torn between all the lovely items. But, the pasta bowl would coordinate beautifully with my new painted kitchen. And I would dual purpose it for HUGE salads when I’m not using it for a pasta bowl! The step-kids always laugh at the size of my salads but they never complain about the leftovers for an easy lunch to go the next day!