Sara and Aaron

We always love decorating new spaces and seeing more of the neat venues around Kansas City. This morning we put up a pipe and drape backdrop for a delightful bride in the Little Theatre at the Kansas City Convention Center. The theater has such a unique shape with gorgeous art deco detailing, it's easy to see why trendy brides enjoy having their weddings in this space. 

The bride's colors were black and white, which made for a very sophisticated style; clean and simple. At the front of the room is a small stage, perfect for a little wedding ceremony. We installed our 10 ft pipe and drape backdrop with a simple satin draping across the top and sides. We loved the simplicity of backdrop and how well it blended with the rest of the room. 

The three tables are for the unity sand and memory candles.

Hera and Asif

This past weekend we had the opportunity to create a backdrop for Hera and Asif. The colors for their wedding celebration were hot pink, turquoise and gold.

We set-up a pipe and drape backdrop with white curtains and a drape of both gold and hot pink. We strung white lights and crystal bead strands throughout the curtains and hung hot pink flowers on the crystal strands. We also made huge flower balls (14 inches in diameter) covered in hot pink flowers sitting in Eiffel tower vases. We loved the end result!

As always, we love to hear what you think so leave a comment below! :)

Rock Star Birthday Party

We had an awesome opportunity to put on a rock star birthday party for a terrific 8 year old's birthday party and her 11 energetic friends.

We created a 10 foot stage with turquoise and hot pink curtains, complete with silver stars. The girls used the stage to sing their favorite songs via karaoke (we had a projector displaying the words on the opposite wall). We had four mics hooked up and lots of props (inflatable guitars, sunglasses, boombox pillows, etc) to to complete the look. The girls had a blast singing their favorite songs and becoming little divas. We had fun playing disk jockey and running technology and taking portraits in front of the curtains.

We'd love to help make your next party a hit! The Rock Star Party Pack is available to rent for parties and includes:
10 ft wide curtain backdrop

2 small spotlights
karaoke machine and 2 mics
projector
small spinning, multi-colored disco light
inflatable props

Call or email us for details!

Denise and Trevor

I was honored to be able to decorate the reception of Denise and Trevor in Utah this past weekend. They are such a cute, sweet couple. They wanted a simple but elegant wedding decorated in emerald green and silver and green trees with "lots of lights!", as Denise said, and we were more than delighted to accommodate their requests.

The backdrop was a lovely but simple, pipe and drape with an emerald green drape.

The tables were decorated with silver overlays and emerald green runners. The centerpieces were bowls with waterbeads and LED lights with a white spider mum. They perfectly fit the theme of simple elegance.

As you can see, we put up our famous tent-styled draped ceiling with the 4ft chandelier and we added spotlights to various areas of the room to accent the cake, backdrop and photo displays.

Book Table:

Cake: (I kind of love being able to be the one to add the flowers to the cake!)

Cute Pictures!

Gift Table and Card Basket:

 The centerpiece I created for the food table:

I also had the pleasure of making the flowers for the bridal party with the help of my favorite Utah floral assistant! Denise specifically asked for no roses so for her bouquet we used a variety of white flowers such as spider mums, gerbera daisies, calla lilies and snapdragons. We added in some green hydrangea and purple tulips to give the bouquet some life and color.

The mother and grandmother corsages were made from two pom daisies, hypericum berries and a purple tulip. 

The bridesmaids bouquets were made from the same variety of flowers as the brides bouquet, minus the tulips. The flower girl was more than happy to model the bouquet for us. :)

Thanks Denise and Trevor for letting us be a part of your special day!

Valentine Dance

Hello Friends! This past weekend we had a great time decorating for a Valentine's dance. Sadly, in my rush I left the camera home and my phone's camera has never been quite the same after it went swimming in the toilet. Nevertheless, we did the best we could. :)

Below is a picture of the room with the lights off and with my cute husband in the foreground. You will notice that we also put white spotlights around the room to use ambient lighting rather than the harsh iridescent gymnasium lights.

The backdrop was based on Suzan's lovely backdrop with slightly less lights and flowers and with different flower arrangements on the pillars.

I also neglected to get a good picture of the centerpieces, but they were very similar to the one below with red flowers and crystal strands. We also put small red spotlights on each table, up-lighting the branches.

It's always fun to spend the holidays decorating for a magnificent party, and the chocolate fountain buffet was a nice treat as well. ;)

Backdrops!

Have you ever wished you could just see all the backdrops we have done in one easy place? We have created so many backdrops in so many different variations that it would take ages to go through our entire blog searching for them. Here are some of our very favorite backdrops for your viewing pleasure!


The Pipe and Drape Backdrop: In it's most basic form this is a 20ft wide by 8ft tall frame on which we hang white sheer curtains and a drape of color across the top and down the sides. Lighting can be in the form of white string lights or up-lighting.

To make it a bit more fancy we can add pillars and additional drapery:

 We can also use do a paneled version using a 10 ft section and hang panels of fabric rather than the sheer curtains. This is more of a statement piece.

The Jen Backdrop: I created this for my little sister who asked for a new "flowy" backdrop. It has since become one of our most popular and uses 4 pillars with sheer fabric draping between the pillars and a "frame" of colored drape across the top and down the sides. This backdrop is usually between 12 and 15ft wide. 

Sometimes we create smaller, "condensed" versions to place behind the cake.

Wrought Iron Arch Backdrop: This is a simple 8ft tall wrought iron arch that looks lovely when wrapped in fabric.

Hanging Flower Backdrops: Using our 10ft x 8ft pipe frame, we have hung flowers in mason jars from twine to create a romantic, vintage vibe.

For a recent youth fashion show, we added vintage sewing patterns in frames along with baby's breath in mason jars.

Rustic and Vintage Backdrop Variations: We also are able to create new backdrops from various pieces we are able to acquire such as antique doors, fencing and pallet wood.