Fiesta!
Posted: April 6th, 2011 | Filed under: Just for fun | Tags: budget party, budget table decor, Fiesta party decorations | 6 Comments »
There is a school fundraiser this weekend, a Fiesta no less, and guess who signed up to head decorations? It will be parents only, read, margaritas, so everyone will be able to chat it up without anyone pulling on their appendages.
The words public school fundraiser = no budget. Can I make the place look fun, yet tasteful, for $150? Yes, $150 for a party hosting hundreds. Challenge accepted!
Our awesome Spanish teacher had the kids make tissue flowers to help out and I was delivered 2 big garbage bags full. Now to make it work for our event…hmmmm…..
That’s a LOT of little flowers. I had no idea what I was going to get, so now that it’s all here…how do I make it work? I decided to group them by color to make pom-poms that I can hang with invisible fishing line from the tent beams.
I think I like these. This is only about a third of what I finally ended up with…..I will intersperse them with these white ones below I’ve been making at home….the simple tissue Peony everyone always makes…a classic, and so easy and inexpensive. Tutorial here.
Now, how am I going to cover 62 tables for under $150? The cheapest linen rental was going to be $850, so that’s out. BTW, what a racket! You can buy them from a restaurant supply for the same cost as some of the rental rates….I’m missing a business opportunity for sure.
So this is what I think we can afford, that will look nice….
Photo via escarabajos bichos & mariposas, which is a seriously cute party post.
All the colored burlap in town has sold out, so I can use kraft paper to cover the tables instead of resorting to icky roll plastic naffness. I can then layer on some colored paper I got from the teaching store for bulletin boards, and hopefully, it will look good. My plans for the centerpieces are mini terrariums/tablescapes (?) that will be for sale-hopefully parents will want to bring one home to surprise their kiddos…
Wish me luck, I’m a wee bit nervous about how it will all look, but I’ll remain optimistic that we can pull it off.
I’ll try and take snaps when it’s all set up….
You’re on the right track for sure. Paper crafts are really inexpensive and do the job without looking like you skimped. I recently did a non-profit (= no-budget) reception. I ended up creating 20 centerpieces for $12.
I love the flowers. The colors will make it festive.
Lots of luck! Can’t wait to to see what you come up with. Btw there’s a party store in providence ( mt. Juliet) that has a lot of fiesta decorations.
love the white “peonies”. they will look great with the colorful ones. looking forward to seeing it all come together. and hopefully i can steal some ideas for our school fundraiser!
I bet your fiesta was a huge success with your creative decorations. I hope you take pictures of the finished product!
By the way, I wanted to let you know Bri (of You, Me and a Wiener) and I have opened a booth at the Downtown Antique Mall as well (as of last week). I just posted about it, if you want to check it out.
Congrats to you two..I will have to check it out…I’ve been so consumed with this I haven’t tended to my booth at all lately! Next week…
[...] Other project with sticks is this one on the free people blog where you paint it in bright colors to give a wonderful effect. And this bamboo chime is so vibrant that will remind you of warm sunny days even in the strict winter. To round up this post I choose a cute sweet project that I made recently for my little cousin’s birthday party. The result was amazing with so many different flowers all over the place! The original tutorial shows how to make a paper pom pom. To do the flower just use 4 sheets of paper instead of 8, and open to one of the sides only. Source: Free People, Michele Made Me, Sew Sweet Stitches and ModFruGal. [...]