Father's Day Gift

I finally got a chance to post some pictures of Caden's present to his Daddy for Father's Day this past Sunday.

I started off with an 11x14 dark wood frame....



.....and ended up with this framed scrapbook page.



"Daddeee" will be taking it to work to hang in his office. :)

I'm going to link this to a few parties:

Thanks to all of you dedicated ladies who host them!

Father's Day Awards Show

Last month, I mentioned that this month, the ladies group at church would be hosting a dinner for the men to celebrate Father's Day and just let them know they are loved and appreciated. We did this last night, and it was suuuch a success and sooo much fun!! I was in charge of decorating, so I'm going to post some pictures of things. Let me clarify that I didn't do it all by myself; I had lots of help and couldn't have done it without them! 8)

The colors were black, red, and silver.
The setting was an awards show, complete with a red carpet!
The theme was the CMA's which stood for Christian Men's Awards.



I loooved this fabric! It was gossamer. One was solid red, and the other was white/black/gray; it had movie reels, clapboards, stars, etc all over it. And it was all so great to work with! We twisted it and draped it above the serving area as well as over a few doorways.

Most of our decorations were borrowed from the local high school; the prom this spring was an awards show theme. We were so happy to get to use everything! And to not even have to BUY it all... awesome!

Ok so I also loved this movie camera and director's chair. The camera, as you can see, lit up. This added so much to the room!



Centerpieces were these wire vintage looking cameras and Hollywood clapboards (Which I totally forgot to take a picture of! Aaahh! There is one in the background of the picture above, just behind the director's chair.) We had mini battery operated "candles" in each one.



These photo/placecard holders were also on the tables and used in the centerpieces. I cut out the stars and had different sayings on each one... VIP, Lights! Camera! Action!, Tickets, Please!, Red Carpet Walk were some of the quotes.






At each seat, we had forks and knives wrapped in tuxedo napkins. Cute, huh?!




And what is an awards show without paparazzi!!




This is how guests were greeted when they arrived:




And just a picture to show the entire seating area:




We had nominees and winners for awards that we came up with. All of them were based on men in the Bible (Samson for the strongest, Daniel for the prayer warrior, Zacchaeus for the shortest, Methusaleh for the oldest, David for the musician, etc). Some were funny, and some were serious. I really think that everyone had a great time! It was a lot of work but definitely worth it!


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And thanks everyone that I'm linking to for hosting!