What a fantastic night! The planning started several months ago when a group I belong to needed to spend down our budget. We brainstormed many ideas and we decided on a Second Chance Prom. About 85 people attended the gala some dressed in retro gowns, some dresses borrowed from friends and one husband even came in a tux.
We had paparazzi, a photographer who took pictures, printed them off and everyone got to take theirs home in a nice folder. We even had root beer floats with cute striped and polka dot straws!
Each person got to take home a votive as a favor. Here are the votives before I loaded them up. Our colors were black, white, silver and red so I played off the colors to create these simple, yet elegant additions to the party. I bought the votives at a dollar store, added vellum, black and white printed paper and some red jewels. They were a handsome accent to the tables with their little battery operated flickering candle inside.
The centerpieces waiting to take center stage.
We put out the buzz that we'd be having a celebrity guest - Dean's just waiting for the pretty ladies to arrive.
Yup, I got in the act...
The centerpieces were my original idea that I whipped up. You place a record in the oven for just a couple of minutes. After it's cooled, you glue it to a flat record and you have a centerpiece for $2 or less. We got the cupcakes at the local Albertson's for 57 cents each, added a little record decoration that I cut from a plastic folder from an office supply store added a little red circle of paper, punched the hole in the center and we had our centerpieces!
The red napkins added that pop of color we needed!
I loved the wine barrel serving piece the caterer used.
We're ready to party! And, that we did - we danced to all kinds of music, enjoyed amazing food and the best part, we enjoyed the friendship.
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