Welcome Spring Cocktail Party

I found this wonderful link to bubble gum and spring fruit infused vodka and felt the gears turning in my brain! I have these beautiful pictures of pinks and magentas, parasols and mismatched china. Winter white skin turning pink from the sun like delicate first blooms, new and exposed.
I think I may plan a party...
In the past I would make Kahlua for Christmas and I always loved the fruit infused vodka my friend's mother would make. Plus, we need things like this to get things done around the house sometimes. The deadline of "having people over" makes us put on our best face and clean up. I know, it's silly, but it works.
Our little courtyard entryway REALLY needs a spring cleaning and our porch could use an update and to be springified. I love my porch. I have old windows painted purple and green hanging and it's just such a nice place to be. In the winter we have a great view of the skyline and in the summer it's always nice and shady and cool amongst the overgrown treetops. It's like being in your own little urban treehouse. I wish I loved our little courtyard, but actually I hate it. It's ugly, it's small, it's ghetto. By ghetto I mean, it floods from erosion, the fence is painted shitty and it is kind of a wind tunnel for leaves. (I once kept up with the leaves but the shitty painters stole my rake!) Our landlord does NO seasonal maintenance, so we just deal with it and stick some plants out there. Which is another problem, it's very hard to grow things out there. It floods and when it gets sun, it get aggressive sun. It's been trial and error to see what will survive between the harsh conditions and our not so great gardening skills. We are ready to make it nice and enjoyable out there and it's going to take some discipline and work from us. Last summer we bought a grill, table with umbrella, and 4 chairs. It was an improvement and made the space functional. This year I think I want to paint the fence. Not in a boring normal way. Something like vines and flowers growing or each plank a different color... I'm not sure yet. This garden junk from The Empress of Dirt is very inspiring, just googling "garden junk" is inspiring.
So now I'm ready to go outside. And make vodka. And plan this party. I love planning events. It makes me as happy as organizing does. I also love feeding people. It makes me feel very powerful. I am giving people something they need to survive, but I can make it art. Just the term "feeding someone" is poetic, really. I think a Welcome Spring Cocktail Party would have fruit and bacon and chocolate (or maybe that's just anytime).  Something salady and green with peas says spring to me. It would, of course, involve a wonderful vintage garden dress and a great apron for the hostess, because everything needs a costume in my opinion.