Friday...getting ready..the excitement is building

Friday we headed to the Function Room that was to pretty much become our home for the next few days! We dodged the puddles and the rain in the car park to unload fifty million boxes of stuff!

 

And so began our transformation. Each table had a white cloth and festive aqua table setting with baubles, stars, white washed lantern and my handmade table numbers...

 

I found these great Kikki K conversation starter cards and we scattered them around the tables as well...there were lots of girls coming along who didn't know anyone so the cards were a way of breaking the ice and getting the convos flowing!

 

and my favourite little gum ball machines..they were very cute..and the perfect colour to go with my aqua and lime colour scheme.

I handstitched some little speech bubbles with "welcome" on them and ironed them to some fabric tags..I know everyone commented on how long all the extra little touches would have taken to make but I really enjoyed making them..I sat in front of the tv of a night and stitched away...

 

when they were stitched and cut out, I ironed them to a fabric strip and they were pegged to the top of an aqua or lime paper goody bag.

 

The bags were filled with a lucky dip for each person plus generous sponsor goodies from Tarisota, Crafty Matters, Elsie Flannigan, Yvette's journaling spots and some other things from @Home. The goody bags sat on top of the registrants class kit for Friday night - so there was plenty to peek at when the girls arrived.

 

{three photos courtesy of Janelle}

Leesa, my friend from school helped HUGELY all afternoon - she decorated the tables and made them look wonderful. Ken and Jamison blew up balloons for the centrepieces for each table. And my Mum was a wonderful help and unpacked boxes, cleared away rubbish and dashed to Kmart TWICE with Capri, in the pouring rain, to grab  last minute forgotten things for me like more lollies for the Candy Bar !!!! 

Mel worked hard setting up a layout/mini book display and it looked great!

 

{photo courtesy of Mel}

And the day FLEW by and soon it was registration time! Here's a look at the room before everyone arrived...almost ready for action.

 

Oh and the Candy Bar...I wanted to have a whole heap of help yourself lollies and was so pleased with how this turned out..

 

I printed out little signs for each jar..and we had loads of different lollies..yummo.

 

and then it was TIME for registration....sooooo exciting.

Comments

[Sarah Gulloch]

Thanks Kim for an absolutely amazing weekend. I have enjoyed doing your classes online for some time and jumped at the chance to create with you in person. How great to meet you and the support team girls in real life.
You are a very talented person backed up by a talented team and a very loving and supportive family Thank you to each and every one of you. A huge congratulations to you for a job well done. Your effort and attention to detail was amazing. Your brand name at home is so apt as this is how I felt all weekend, so welcomed and "at home".

[Leeanne O'Connor]

Wow!! Kim the room looked fantastic and all the little detail was just gorgeous. You & the girls certainly went to a huge amount of effort to make the weekend special for all who attended. It all looks wonderful.

cheers
Leeanne x