Retirement Party

Whew! I survived the party! It was touching and I loved that people were having a great time. The venue is a newly renovated loft (Corner Brick Loft is the name) and not many people have been there. Exposed brick walls and hardwood floor, can't go wrong with that.

The catering lady is awesome too! We had fruits, veggies, shrimps, sandwiches, wraps, and dessert!

There were 2 slideshows and then some presentations to my dad. I had fun chatting and being the little hostess. And my decor rocked it out! It matched so well with everything. Ok time for pics :)

Entrance table. Look what I made with my Cricut!

Again, can't rotate lol. but my table toppers on 6 tables.

2 of these for 2 cocktail tables

Desserts!

The banquet room (figured I would not post pics with the people hehe)

My cat with the tissue paper after having fun. This is mid pounce lol.

It was so much fun. And truly, it was a great tribute. My decor so rocked. I can't get over that I made it all lol. My dad thanked me a few times for it.  Ok people I'm pooped after today and leftovers from the party are calling my name!

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Table decor...pointers

Alrighty, I took a stab at it and sat down and did table decor for my dad's police retirement party. Pretty easy too. And cute! 

Sorry that it's side ways but I can't flip it lol. And excuse the mess, was doing dishes.

So what it is is a square glass candle holder and filled with blue sea glass, tied with blue ribbon (all from Dollar Tree) for the container. The twigs were bought for about 15 in a bunch from the Dollar Tree. I bought silver spray from Wal-Mart and sprayed them. The stars are foam stars that came for about 50 or so from Wal-Mart. They stick on the back, but I used a hot glue gun. And the silver stars I spray painted from green and yellow ones. So overall, relatively cheap.

As I was doing it, I thought of how cute it would be in a classroom, but have the stars on the ends of the sticks and use them as magical pointers. They also have bamboo sticks at Dollar Tree that could be pointers. I am quite pleased with my DIY project ! And I can always reuse them too. Oh and they will be on top of a mirrored square bought at Wal-Mart. 

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Planning on decorations

Wow, so now my dad is going to have a big party with 100 plus people. I just went and saw the venue today and I fell in love. It's in the heart of downtown and in a brick building. It's called the Corner Brick Loft. Cute right?

There is a beautiful plant outside the doorsteps and you open the heavy wood door and go up a flight of stairs. You can go straight to the main room or hang a right and go to the kitchen, bathrooms, and storage room.

The place is beautiful! Hardwood floors, brick walls, brown paint, nice lights you can dim for ambiance. It can hold at least 6 tables, has surround sound and a projector screen. The kitchen is amazing with granite counters, see through fridge and nice area for cooking.

I'm in charge of decor and am planning on getting small quare glass vases and filling them with blue glass pieces from the dollar tree and figure something to stick in it.

The police department is providing flowers for the guest check in table. The caterer is taking care of all the food and linens. We are in the midst of dealing with a beverage company but I think we may be buying stuff instead as it would be cheaper .

Oh it so cozy.  I'll try to remember to take pics after I decorate. Party is at the end of August.

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