Grade 8 grad and other things...

Phew,Alice is over and now we're on to other projects.

May has been and is going to be a crazy busy month.I swore I wouldn't do it but I did,I volunteered to head up the decorating committee for grade 8 grad.Now the last time I did this it meant committee=me .

This time around I actually have some help!

The few parents that showed up for the meeting decided to go with a Hollywood theme.That's what the kids are using for their awards to each other so we will build on it.

Well if you know me I can't keep anything simple.I thought ..

.Hollywood glam

  so here are a few of the ideas I've  been playing with...

 Love the balloons on the ceiling thought we could mix in a few strands of stars with them

 Outside the doors would be this great red carpet and inside would be the arch,Running along the floor I just loved the idea of these stars.I am still looking for the "right" glitter to cover them..I'm going to need about 400 stars just to get the look I am going for.

The tables will be covered in white paper with a black paper runner complete with chalk to doodle on...trust me grad can be boring..

I think my favourite part will be the giant Hollywood sign behind the grad table.I'm making these from cardboard kinda like my Painting the Roses Red bushes..remember those?Stay tuned for pictures of those.

 (yes it does look  a lot like a wedding doesn't it.)

If they would concede to the parents wishes we could hold this thing in the gym, only invite parents and have so much less room to work with .

As it is we rent a huge hall,you can invite whomever you like and we have to decorate it. Now just throwing up balloons and a few streamers would look pretty cheap

(our  whole budget is $150,tell me what you get for that?)

Good thing I am good at rummaging up stuff for FREE!!!

 I'm working on getting some great items for all the centerpieces,film strips,canisters and I will be making some clapboards like this also.It's a good thing this time around one of the ladies has connections to an antique dealer...YAY!

He said he'd find us anything we need..for free!!!

IT's one of the kids uncles so lucky us!

I  also have a great photo booth setup in mind,a couch,some trees, a red background,lots of twinkly lights....photo props and if I get really lucky an actual 1940 Vintage Indian in RED with a sidecar for the kids to have photos done!!!!!

I'm excited about that!I traded some of my Alice props for a photographer to come do some really fun shots of the kids,I can't wait!

So that's my life right now,grad is in June and then I'll be working on the Zurich Fair stuff too ,not to mention the ZACK program I am planning on working on in June also...am I really nuts or what?

I also tried out for the Design Team over on Crop Chocolate so keep you eyes peeled for that news.I just squeezed in under the wire.

You can see all my ideas and find the links to each picture on my Pinterest page here

Phew, time for  a drink.