GREAT NIGHT - Breakfast at Tiffany's Table

It finally came and went: Evergreen Celebrity Dinner 2011. They raised $107,000!! What an amazing organization - and we made the night FUN.


Table #1, Breakfast at Tiffany's
Finished Table:

Breakfast at Tiffany's was fairly simple to construct. Wrapping paper from Sophia's Favors on boxes with the insides cut out to hols an Eiffel tower vase with peacock feathers (used for last years table and my Oscars party this year). Faux diamond napkins rings from Hobby Lobby.  Turqouise napkins, runner and chair sashes from TableLinen Factory. Martini glasses filled with diamonds and pearls and hydrangeas. Audrey pics from WALMART. Champagne with either cat or dog masks in blue bags as gifts. The bags had some great quotes on them as well. Hydrangeas, silver charges and VOILA!

There was a tie for first place: BOTH of our tables. We took home the "gold". (Or, kinda cheesy, metal plaque that I will treasure forever)

And FINALLY - the CREATIVE GENUISES:

We are dressed for WestSide Story - the other table we decorated. Details coming SOON!

Another sneak preview

I can't resist - I am so excited. I just packed up all the JUNK and it filled seven boxes and a trash bag. I hope we can get it all re-assembled in two lonely hours.

West Side Story Sneak Peak:

I can't wait to post BOTH tables - but West Side Story certainly took the most assembly. The street signs are just photo paper print-outs of my friend Audrey's photoshop skills. Then mounted to foam board, then mounted to spray painted PVC pipe.

I got my spray tan on today - and I think I threw the lady off when she asked me "would you like a sun-kissed look?" and I replied "No, I want a Puerto Rican look".

I am now darker than my Filipino husband and we have family pictures on Sunday. Who wants to bet his cute behind is going to be tanning this weekend to make sure he is not out tanned?!?!

A couple of firsts - HRH

Well -what can be expected? I AM the Queen BEe...
Mommy told me her first time to ride in a limo was when she was 21 years old - can you IMAGINE??
I was three:

That's me saying "na-na-na-na-boo-boo"

That was in March - now as of April I have had my first Mani/Pedi.

I look pretty darn comfortable.

I got to choose from every color in the rainbow. And right before Easter pics - what did I choose? Neon BLUE. Of course. With a little help from Aunt Sissy, Elizabeth (my Godsister) chose pink...

What should we do next?? Elizabeth is spending the night tomorrow (Good Friday) - I bet we can find SOMETHING interesting to do.
-HRH

West Side Story

We have the fence. It won't stand up yet, but we have it.

HOWEVER - as I am sure everyone does, we start with one concept and transcend into another. Thank you Mr Burgandy.

Here are some sneak peaks of the West Side Story - before we add the fence to it. We are having to revamp our dimensions, we anticipated 2 feet of fence and I think we will be lucky to get 20 inches.

 Picture moss and tropical flowers overlapping the bricks, at least we hope.

We do not plan on using fake flowers - they were just to see what we are working with. The bricks were impromptu and now my favorite aspect.

The napkins are black with a cream lace overlay to match our wine gifts. What you can't see is that the napkin ring is actually sheet music from West Side Story.

Ooooh - there is SOOO much more to come! This is only phase 1. 

THANK YOU AUDREY for being as crazy as I am with these events!

What next?

Every year we sponsor a table at the Evergreen Foundation Celebrity Dinner. This a foundation that is very near and dear to my heart - one that enriches the lives of people with developmental disabilities. An amazing foundation - and an amazing NIGHT.

This year's overall theme is "Old Hollywood" and we sponsored TWO tables. SO...

Table #1 will be Breakfast at Tiffany's. I know you may think this is WAY over done, but it is my cousin's very favorite movie and I think we can make it fabulous. Besides - what is NOT fabulous about Truman Capote?

Table #2 will be West Side Story. And to make things interesting, my friend Audrey and I have decided to build an actual fence to go across the table. Hmmm.... any foundation suggestions??

What have I gotten myself into?? Seriously - we start construction on the fence tonight and I am so excited. I don't expect much trouble from the Tiffany's table, but the West Side Story table may be a love/hate relationship :) It also may Capulet us into Evergreen Table Decorating history (ok.. I'll quit)

Unfortunately, neither of my tables will be eligible to win. Some sort of "conflict-of-interest" thing with me being the Chair of the Table Decorating.... I mean, what-ev.

Catch My Party - Party of the Day!

Look at me! Look at me! I am on Catch My Party today as one of the Party of the Days.

Spectacular.

Shiny New Computer

I don't know if I have ever mentioned this before, but I work full-time for my family's Oil & Gas business. Pretty scary, huh? We actually all get along pretty well - usually. (and yes, it pleases me when the price of gas goes up AND I drive a SUV)

Well guess who didn't back up their files for the past two months? Moi. Guess whose computer crashed yesterday morning? Moi. Guess who got a malware that erased EVERY SINGLE file on her computer before this happened? Moi. Guess who was the only one who had the company files on their computer? sigh...

SO - on the bright side I got a shiny new computer and a HUGE HD screen that I hooked up, too.

And on the even BRIGHTER bright side - Cupcakes and Cutlery put my Baby Shower on her blog.

Now who cares about some old stupid computer or the only copies of my family's financial records and holdings getting erased? (Mom, if you are reading this - don't freak out. I HAD backed them all up in January so they are not completely gone. I just have to go back and update)

HOLY COW, I AM ON HGTV.COM!!!!

For real - like for sure - I am ON THERE!! Along with likes of the UBER Fabulous ladies at Pizzazzerie, TomKat Studio, The Gypsy's Corner and Between Naps on the Porch - Wow.

HGTV.COM Ten Easy Tablescapes for Easter

I did this table last year - just for fun to enter in the MaddyCake Muse contest. My FIRST time to even try to do a tablescape.

This was this years (not featured on HGTV):

Thank you HGTV! I am officially requesting my Tombstone to read "As Seen on HGTV.COM" - and then maybe something about being a mother.....

Cupcakes and Champagne Baby SHower

What is the definition of inconsiderate? Probably throwing a baby shower for a friend who has Gestational Diabetes and choosing the theme "Cupcakes and Champagne". Ya think? She still loves me...

Turned our very nice - hate I didn't get pictures of the Champagne Bar - but as you can imagine - it was a BIG hit!

A few details:

Cupcake Wrapper Topiaries: wrappers from Cupcake Social, idea stolen from CraftOManiac (but I used large wrapper and straight pins instead of hot glue)

Ruffled Garland - MY FAVORITE - came from this brilliant and cheap tutorial from Cupcakes and Cutlery

The Cupcake Stands are from my Flea Market travels here

Monogrammed Fondant Cupcake Toppers: Two Sugar Babies (of course)

Cupcake Wrappers: Party Treats

Rik-rak Food Labels: Magnolia Creative

Then I baked some Champagne Cupcakes that were DELICIOUS! Recipe from Betty Crocker

I also baked some Gluten-free cupcakes, but then I bought the remainder of cupcakes from The Cupcake Gallery.

Also served were Snowballs, Powdered Donuts, Petit Fours, and chocolate covered pretzels.