The one we had been planning for months? it got rained out. It was held, despite COLD and rainy weather. Seriously, I had a winter fleece jacket on and was cold. The wind blew most of our decorations away and drove rain under our tent - making all of the treats damp moist[ and delicious?]. The fact we had even been forced under one little tent and into our garage upset me -
I had envisioned a driveway and yard full of people - children laughing and playing [hula hoops, bubbles, face painting...] and adults catching up - all while supporting a GREAT CAUSE. However, speaking of the cause - it is HARD to feel sorry for yourself when comparing the situation to little Alex's bravery and looking at how SHE dealt with adversity.
And... at the end of the day, due to our few customers' extreme generosity, we had manged to raise over $100 total. :)
A few of my favorite resources... brownie covered oreos are ALWAYS a crowd pleaser and they are SO easy to make! I have always l♥ved tissue poms at parties but thought the prices a bit high to justify. Luckily I found an easy to follow how to make tissue pompoms tutorial. Though I used curlng ribbon instead of wire, it worked just as well [I am assuming] and I left the ribbon long - hanging the poms up with it! And last, but certainly not least, all of the printables were created and donated by Kate Malandrino aka green apple paperie.
Her designs are beautiful and the color quality was excellent. She even sent the banner already strung with pretty yellow ribbon! What she didn't send was any business cards. I couldn't let her generosity go underappreciated and so I asked her for a pdf file of business cards that I could print and hand out at the event for her. My crappy 4 year, regular ol' Epson printer printed that file out like a PRO. I have had issues with party custom printables color quality in the past and had resorted to paying MORE for prepinted paper decor mailed to me. NOT anymore! I can order her custom party printables and save lots of money again - yeah!
