Mardi Gras Gala

 

Last night our Boys and Girls club had a Mardi Gras gala.  It was a beautiful night and I had so much fun! I was on the committee that planned it.  The super talented art teachers at the club spent weeks making beautiful decorations and last  week we spent a few nights decorating    The night turned out better than I could have imagined.  Everyone had a great time and the gym was completely transformed .   

For the event the lights were turned off  but since I set up I got a few pictures of the venue before the event.  We tied gold fabric around the chairs.  I thought that was a nice touch and made them really sparkle.  

 

 

We decorated with tons of ferns and moss.  We wanted people to feel like they were in the French Quarter.

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Following Mardi Gras tradition, we had a queen and king cake and crowned the winners who had the babies in their piece of cake.

 

 

 

We had a fun photo booth set up.  Here I am with our planning committee in our masks.

 

We got a lot of use out of the photo booth :-)

 

It was a fun event!!  I had to leave at 9 to go home and get some rest because bright and early (3:45 early 😬) I left to go to the airport this morning  to meet my Dad, sister and Brock at Disney!  

Xoxo 

Crafty Wednesday {Mardi Gras}

Yesterday we celebrated the last day of Mardi Gras!  I decorated the table with a few beads, and Christmas balls we had laying around the house.  The girls and I also made a king krispie cake.  I got the recipe from the Dixie Delights blog.  She has so many cute ideas!  

I also decorated our chalkboard :-). 

 

Here is our king krispie cake!  It's just Rice Krispie treats I shaped to look like a regular king cake.

 

I made the colored sugars using regular sugar and a few drops of food coloring.

 

Here's our Mardi Gras table!   I love celebrating all holidays big and little.  

 

 

I'm going to use these same decorations for book club tonight then I'll take them down and put them away until next year.  

My Mardi Gras celebration will continue until Saturday because the Boys and Girls Club in my town is doing a Mardi Gras gala.  I am on the planning committee and it has been a lot of work but it's also been so much fun.  We are going to start decorating tomorrow.  

 

Today is Ash Wednesday.  Ava and I are going to go to Mass today on campus.  I decided to give up My beloved Diet Coke for Lent.   It will be hard but it's a vice I need to get over.  I'll let you know how it goes. 😬

Xoxo