I have been one busy gal lately…Our family hosted a young women from China the week of Christmas and had the best Christmas ever! Then I helped host a New Years Eve Dance for the youth…a lot of youth…500 plus!! I am posting some pictures so you can see all the fun and work we did to set it up to look like New York City!!
Mass humanity of youth!
The D.J. Turned on the lights and told the youth that in 30 years of being a D.J. This was the biggest crowd he had ever seen!
I think there must have been over 500 youth at this dance!
This is a view from the stage towards the dance decorations for the construction zone cafe!
A sweet lady in my neighborhood loaned us the amazing statue of Lady liberty for our New York dance decorations so we created Statton Island for her!
I made a video of photos of New York and we used projectors to show the images on the walls in the background
The marquee wall that the youth created these New York dance decorations out of cardboard boxes, paint and Christmas lights..here they are all lit up!
I made this video of all the pictures I took during the night. It was an AMAZING night and such a wonderful, safe, fun place for so many youth to be!
Welcome to Centerpiece Wednesday (a little late)
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Karins KottageWelcome to Karins Kottage! There is always something fun going on! You would think after becoming an empty nester couple that our nest would be very quiet and empty but our Kottage nest is usually more full than what we started out with! You might find me hosting a birthday party or graduation party and a baby shower on the same weekend or a big outdoor get together with 25 of our friends and family in the backyard or maybe I might be in the kitchen trying out a new recipe for my hubby and I to grill on the BBQ for a quiet night for the two of us. I am passionate about entertaining and setting a beautiful table! I may or may not have an addiction to cloth napkins and fun salad plates oh and goblets too! I think I will always have a home decorating DIY project in the works as long as my hubby is on board with me haha. We have painted A LOT in the 6 homes we have owned in the 35 years that we have been married as well as re-done multiple pieces of furniture, added wall and ceiling treatments, replaced lights, bathroom fixtures and even tiled floors! I have sewn what seems like a million window treatments for our home as well as for family, made slipcovers, and duvets and even a formal dress or two!
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How fun and what a successful event! Happy New Year and thanks for hosting...Christine
Nice to see so many young people together, being safe but having such fun.
Thank you for hosting, sorry I am late - thought you might enjoy my tablescape this week, though.
Wow, that was some crowd! Thanks for hosting!
Amazing! so lovely and what a dance.