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Stacey's 40th - Rosettes and tassels.........


Blackboard converted from Ikea kids blackboard.
A couple of months ago I was so pleased to be asked to decorate my first event. For a while I had been thinking about event decoration and was really pleased to be given the opportunity. The customer sent me a couple of ideas from Pinterest with her theme - Rosettes and the colours red, black and white. Luckily the venue is near by and so I went to check out the space and what she wanted. We decided to go with rosettes and tassels and conventional bunting to add variety and interest whilst using the same colours.


     









         The  rosettes were the most fun but also the most time consuming, I made just over 100 for this event but it was worth it to see the result. The Table decorations were my favourite part, they were an adaptation of the picture the client had initially sent so I knew I needed to get them right however finding something for something for the rosettes to sit in in the clients Budget was tricky as she needed 17. I had initially suggested tin cans but they just didn't  look right so in the end I went with black and white striped paper party cups which I was so pleased with. I weighed them down with an apple that supported the rosettes and covered them with black tissue paper. I was so chuffed with the result as it came in on budget and looked really fun.
          In addition to the wall decorations I made an XL Rosette wall decoration that turned out to fit perfectly on the DJ box and it looked Fab!!!


           The client was super excited to have a selfie frame and props so I made a matching rosette frame with sparkling red backdrop. I was a little narrow but it worked. That's definitely a lesson learnt - when it comes to backdrops - bigger is better!
The Client had some decorations left over from another event which I incorporated and adapted to match her theme. For the bunting the customer had given me the black and white stripe triangles, so I cut red and black triangles in the same size and strung them on to black waxed cotton. The candy banner had been given to me as well so for the cake I scanned and cut the shape of the bunting to match and made a cake garland adding hassle to both to incorporate it into the theme.

So all in all I was so pleased with how the event looked and most importantly so was the client. She was so sweet and opened minded with my crazy ideas. Thanks Stacey and Happy Birthday!! This fun and simple design shows that you can have a stylish and personal occasion without breaking the bank.
I even got in on the hassle action with my earrings .





There was just under 25m of bunting and garlands for this event


Bunting made from old and new bunting with extra rosette centre pieces for the buffet table. 


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