Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The Five Love Languages Birthday Party (Centerpieces)


When thinking about centerpieces for The Five Love Languages Party that I organized, I contemplated many options. I eventually decided on flowers and candles. There are lots of ways to go about making a centerpiece for an event and typically, this is a part of planning that pulls the theme together and is able to incorporate a personal touch. Additionally, this may turn out to be a main focus so you want to be sure to put some thought into what to use as a centerpiece. Centerpieces are usually made with balloons, flowers, candles, or some sort of edible treat! However, there are no hard and fast rules to centerpieces. My favorite when planning my wedding was the "fish in the bowl" idea. Some times, people use their party favors as centerpieces, then there is no clean up or worry about what to do with them after. You can pretty much go in any direction, when choosing a centerpiece.

With our theme being somewhat "romantic," I decided that nothing is more romantic than flowers and candles. The candles I used were heart shaped floating candles. Unfortunately, the only one I could find (Pier 1) were red, and that was not apart of our color story so I was a little disappointed. So I decided to make submerged flowers in multiple shades of purple and put one floating candle on the top of each. I also put violet colored gems at the bottom of each vase. I made three of these! They were a big hit! (I will try to get some pics of them sitting on the table at the actual party from my client so you all can see what they looked like with the rest of the decor.)

This is a very simple and inexpensive way to build up your theme and color story. Not to mention, it cast a beautiful, romantic glow on the room!



What is your favorite centerpiece idea? What is the most beautiful centerpiece you have ever seen?











(For links to all of the other post about this Five Love Languages event, click on the main blog post here.)

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

NETWORK SHARE: Consignment cousin Vintage

One of my fellow "Ladies Board" members, Foxy Blanche, of Consignment cousin Vintage, did a fabulous blog post with Gabe, Co-Owner of The SuperGroup for its "For Retro Gentlemen" segment.


Also, they are having a contest!
"Watch the video and let us know what vintage pieces you like of Gabe's the most.


If Gabe reaches 50 comments by February 15th, he'll select a lucky "commenter" to win a $25 gift card/certificate to the resale store of their choice on February 16th! (leave your name and email address when commenting)


Don't forget to VIEW, COMMENT and SHARE with others by February 15th - before MIDNIGHT!"

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