Sometimes even the best laid plans go awry....
It all stated with the venue. We had great locations picked but for some reason or another they kept falling through. But we had another trick up our sleeve, we went to our stand by... La Quinta!
The location is quick and easy and super affordable. And better yet they pretty much let us do whatever our hearts desire!
Venue Check! Decorations Check! Well maybe....
You'll notice our center pieces below... Yep those are live fish! ... A week before I went to the pet store to price them and make sure they would have plenty for the following week. Check and check. Well the big day arrived and while making my last minute stops I headed to the pet store. After waiting a while for someone I decided to head back to the fish tanks where an employee was helping another customer. Something caught my eye though... the tank I had seen the Saturday before had disappeared! Well after waiting some more I finally was able to find out that just that Friday morning they came in to 500 gallons of water and fish all over the floor! The tank had burst! Poor fish! Needless to say after calling the only other pet store in town with no luck I made the 2 hour trek there and back to Winston we had our fish! All 10 of them! But that wasn't the end of it...one didn't like the trip down and thankfully I found a similar replacement at the original pet store.
Disasters averted! .... Not quite. Last but not least our buffet center piece, the cupcake stand, came apart! But we rearranged and it still looked great! Shew!
All in all the night was a great success! We danced the night away, had a great DJ, and wonderful photographer to top it all off!
The buffet table. Lots of goodies from fruit to cupcakes!
ASU!
Punch on either end with cupcakes placed throughout. Alternating black and yellow tissue paper made a perfect foundation for all our goodies! Lights wrapped in a boa weaved throughout the table.
Live fish inside glass cylinders with a floating candle on top made the perfect center piece!
What a great way to end the semester and our senior year! So much fun!
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I snatched up three sizes of these glass plates. The largest being about 12'' in diameter and the smallest, a tea cup saucer of sorts, coming in at about 6" in diameter.
Now bear with me because I failed to take pictures of the candle holders I actually bought but they are similar to this only clear and with a bit wider base on top and more of a bubble in the middle.
Add a dash of gorilla glue (clear of course) and we are on our way! Finished product to come. But just think of all the ways you could dress up this beauty! She's like a blank canvas just screaming to be painted! Eeek! Can't wait to reveal!
Funny story, if you noticed in the sneak peak post I mentioned wanting a six pack of glass Coke bottles. Now I don't know if it's because we are in a small town or what but you would think being far enough South we would be able to find them! But sadly no. So crush it was and apparently it did its job well because everyone wanted one!
Simple pails from Wal-Mart served as cutlery holders.
Tie it all together and VIOLA! Picnic Pot luck in a flash!
Welcome to the Sweet Shop!
And of course a sweets table is complete without cupcakes!
Pom Poms make a quick simple center piece! Tutorials to come! These simple beauties are customizable for any event and with some many fun patterns out there the options are endless!
Shout out to dollar store for these sweet holders!
Personalized treat bag ties. These can be personalized for your next event too!
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