Coffee Klatch Charcuterie Board

Happy Leap Day!

It is not often that February 29th falls on Saturday so what a perfect opportunity to celebrate with family and friends. That is exactly we did today. We celebrated in the morning with family and in the evening with our close friends and neighbors. Since the evening get together was already planned I spent Thursday and Friday planning for our family Coffee Klatch.

We were meeting at our parents house so I needed something that could be transported easily. I had been wanting to make a charcuterie board and thought this would a good opportunity to try a breakfast/brunch theme. By Friday my plan had evolved into an Engagement board to celebrate the exciting news we received on Wednesday from our niece. 

After dinner last night I started to prepare by getting things laid out for the next morning however it just was not coming together as easily as I had hoped.  It was a bit frustrating so I decided to scratch the whole idea and do something else all together the next morning. 

It is amazing what a little sleep will do. I woke up really early, full of energy and ideas and everything started to fall into place. Yesterday I could not find a board or tray to use that I liked and this morning I knew exactly the one that would work with the theme. 

The muffins I had made ahead so all I had to make were the waffles and  some strawberry cream cheese spread for the bagels. Once everything was done I was ready to assemble it on the tray.

The diamonds and Hershey® Kiss toppers I had prepared yesterday so those were ready to go however the label for the syrup was a very last minute project.  The Starbucks® coffee drinks I had intended on using were not available in the original size so I decided to skip it. This morning however, a new idea came to mind. I happened to have empty Starbucks® bottles that I had saved just for something like this so I filled one of them with maple syrup for the waffles which worked great.

All the bottle needed was a label but by this time I was running behind so the fastest thing to do was make a label with my rubber stamps. Thank goodness for stamps. 

To keep the mini donut RINGS upright I just cut out a row from an empty plastic egg carton.

The best part is our egg cartons are clear so it was not too noticeable which was really nice!

At the last minute I added little extra love with pats of HEART shaped butter. It was ready to go. The Coffee Klatch Charcuterie Board {tray} was finished and without a minute to spare. I am so glad I stuck with it because it really was fun to make and a perfect way to celebrate February and an Engagement all in one at our Coffee Klatch. I look forward to making another Charcuterie Board soon.

Have a wonderful weekend!