Thursday, November 3, 2011

{ Decorating a Fundraiser }

I'm helping to decorate for a fundraiser for my kids school this weekend.
I've been lucky enough to have a team of dedicated parents to help me with my vision
of our school's "Taste of the Town", an Autumn themed food, drinks, and game night for adults.

The objective was to keep the costs as L O W as possible. L O W as in free.
So we searched our homes and yards for things that would fit in to the theme.
Half the time I think the other parents thought I was crazy with some of my request.
But, they hung in there and worked their butts off!

I used Pinterest to help me create a vision for what I wanted the night to look like.
This really helped when I was trying to explain to my team what we needed to do to create
an event that was different than the usually school event.
My board for the event looks like this...


DIY paper flowers
DIY paper flowers
Paper flowers
Paper flowers
A foam ball and fake flowers
A foam ball and fake flowers
stump centerpiece
stump centerpiece
Centerpiece
Centerpiece
Outdoor Table Number theme
Outdoor Table Number theme
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Thanksgiving Table Idea
Thanksgiving Table Idea
The truck, the bales of hay, the pumkins <3
The truck, the bales of hay, the pumkins ♥
metal tubs for coffee tables
metal tubs for coffee tables
Hay bales sofas
Hay bales sofas
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hay bales and pillows
hay bales and pillows
bales of hay for seating!
bales of hay for seating!
Boards on hay bales
Boards on hay bales
covered hay bales
covered hay bales
hay bales for seats
hay bales for seats
clothes line w/clothes pins for ornaments
clothes line w/clothes pins for ornaments
hay bale seats
hay bale seats
harvest table
harvest table
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branches
branches
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coffee cans
coffee cans
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Are ya' gettin' the feelin'?
So, with all this inspiration form the online world, here's 
what we have so far...


Burlap sacks for table toppers...


Small stumps for labeling items on the buffet and raffle table.
(which will be used at Thanksgiving for name cards)


Tons of Paper flower bouquets.


Paper & twine garlands.
Electric Candles.


And a pinch of Tiffany Blue added in for a burst of color.
(I didn't want to use typical "Fall" colors", so that's why I threw in the blue)


There's a lot more too. 
Hopefully I'll take some photos of the set up and post them early next week.
Do you decorate for functions at your kids schools?
What do you do to cut costs? Any tips?

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