Catholic Debutante Ball - Hearts & Roses 2013

It was a pleasure to be involved with this years

Combined Catholic School's

Debutante Ball.

This is a voluntary position I fill along with my Co-Conveynor

Catherine.

This is our forth Ball working together

but my fifth that I have decorated.

The theme was

Hearts & Roses

and based on Alice In Wonderland.

Enchanted Events & Balloons provided many of the essential items for the ball this year.

The tickets were designed by me.

And I also made the Bouquet.

(Photos soon to come.)

The idea of the ball was to capture that fun 

Harlequin design

and based in the Castle Garden where the Queen is playing Croquet.

The introduction to the night was our 

White Rabbit!

This little guy was brilliant.

He ran into the hall to music and the introduction from Alice

who was sitting on the stair patting her kitten and reading a book

Alice in Wonderland.!

The White Rabbit ran into the hall in a tiz

saying

"Im late, Im late for a very important date!"

There were oooos and aahhs from the Audience...

Then the guys were presented to

Kerli - Tea Party 

from the Alice in Wonderland Soundtrack

It was amaising!
And the boys looked so great in their suits and a harlequin Bow Tie

and Rose Pin.

(Photo to Follow)

We had the most gorgeous cake by a little know local cake decorator!
And it was AMAISING!
It tasted so yummy and looked awesome!

The idea of the hall was to reflect the Harlequin idea.

So we did the tables in White & Black

One whole White Table and one whole black table.

The centerpieces were crystal goblets that are aviailable to hire

from Enchanted Events & Balloons

Sitting on round Mirrors with a single rose stem with diamante center.

The official table was both black & white.

The ceiling was draped in white fabric with fairy lights

and a black candelabra centerpiece.

 

The Stage had white draping from the ceiling

being lifted by giant red hearts

We had a couple of card soldiers at the sides keeping guard

and the castle walls along the font of the stage depicting the castle.

And as is my signature

The theme was lit up on the floor.

We had the heart arch

and some red rose trees.

Quite simple staging so that all the attention is on the Debs.

 And on the night.

Mystic Garden Catholic Debutante Ball - 2012

Its always such a pleasure when the Deb comes around again...

As one of the three Event Organizers this year

My specific  is Themeing!

This year, this was the inspiration...

Yes, its the Wedding Scene from the movie

Breaking Dawn....

What I loved about that scene

is that it is peaceful, innocent

and simple..allowing the staging to look brilliant

but at the same time not taking anything away from our Girls...

The tickets were designed by JM Graphic Design and based on the theme

The cute little page girl baskets are from

Enchanted Events & Balloons

flowers from Gunnedah Florist.

The Bouquets.

The cake was made by Desiree from Cakes by Desiree....

It was divine!

We had vines from Enchanted Events & Balloons

hanging from the ceiling

with organza fabric draped around the door to make a feature...

A special feature at all the Deb Balls that I Theme

are the Custom Gobo's on the floor

announcing our theme for the event..

We had the Shabby Arch draped with orgnaza

and had willow threaded through it...

and also the yellow fairy lights.

Behind the door the girls come through we have a pink light

set up so the girls have that slight halo effect as they are presented

and with the green lighting up the organza,

just really gives it that garden feeling

And the MIST on the floor!
The theme is Mystic Garden after all!

The lighting is done by Dave Boxell and his boys!
Dave is fabulous! I test him every year,

but together, we can put these ideas off..

We had the Lily & Rose pillar and Urns on the stage

along with some silk trees

the wisteria trees at the corners

and then LED cherry blossom trees at the back.

Lights also draped from the ceiling....

Over 500 chair covers and sashes

Table Runners....

We had the tall vases with willow branches

and battery operated LED lights as centerpieces down the sides

And at the very front and back we had fish bowls

with willow and pink candles..

Here is the effect as the guests walked in....

 The official table..... 

And at the end of the night

here is the band..

Kissed By Snowflakes Debutante Ball 2010

WOW!

You had to be there to feel the atmosphere created in this room.

I have had so many wonderful comments

about the transformation of the

Gunnedah Town Hall

for this event....

The theme was

"Kissed by Snowflakes"

So it was important that the guests

attending could feel that kiss

when they walked into the room...

We had hundreds of glittery snow flakes

hanging from the ceiling to create that

kissed effect....

And we also bought the theme

onto the dance floor

with a specialised gobo...

We bought the theme to the tables as well

with these specially made

snowflake centerpieces.

I designed these specifically for the Ball in mind

and any kind of theme can be

transformed into an elegant centerpieces

We added a tea light to the middle

to accent the glitter.

The back of the room was also decorated

with the "Officials" table

having the Satin skirting

with organza draping and fairy lights.

I had this awesome garland

that contains crystals, pearl and lovely glittery

branches that looked wonderful

on the front of the table....

All the tables had a blue satin table runner

as Blue was the theme colour...

The hurricane lamp

was decorated with glittery branches

and sat on a mirror

Looking down on the table you can see the

table runners

and the snowflake centerpieces on the side with the candles

I also added the blue satin chair ties

to the Official Table

The cake table was decorated to match

but because we had to move the table

the lights we used

were battery operated

Balloons are a great way to bring the theme out

for an event....

I used light blue, silver and white pearl finish balloons

and also snowflake diamond clear balloons

in the arch that the Debs were presented through...

Add to the arch the

specialised lighting

provided by Jamie Sanson

of Stage and Sound Technology

and the whole presentation was fabulous

And all the lights

the backdrop

and the contrast with the blue curtains

made an awesome for photos

I also added coloumns with the balloons

that matched

and topped with the new

bubble balloons with snowflake print.

I added a couple of LED trees that i use at

wedding and call them

Money Trees....

We also used Pine trees

which we gathered from the private properties

of one of the Debs

to help create that wintery forest effect.

They were sprayed using the spray on snow...

and then draped with LED fairy lights.

I had about 8 columns around the room and

outside all up.

These ones were at the back of the room

and with the LED column behind them

really make them stand out

I had another column at the entrance to the

room via the side door

with a welcome sign

letting the guest know about the seating arrangements.

I dont think the band would have ever performed

on a stage as awesome as this one!!

ALL decorations for this event were the concept

of Jodi Dolbel

in the capacity of Co-Conveynor

for the Catholic Débutante Ball.

There was no payment for these services provided by Jodi Dolbel

All items provided were done so with good will

to help with the success of running this event

and all profits go to benefit the children of

the Gunnedah Combined Catholic Schools.

There were many parents of Débutantes

that gave of their time and their

expertise in making this night a huge success

for our girls.