Gunnedah South School Winter Ball

In a small town like Gunnedah

I am totally AMAISED at our Community Spirit!

Our Gunnedah South School is having a fund raiser tonight

and decided to host a 

Winter Ball.

It took 2 weeks for the tickets to be sold, there were another 10 tables quickly added

and then they sold!

Over 300 people are attending tonight's ball to raise funds for the school.

Its very nice to see. 

I'm not much of a socialite myself, I much prefer to have my fun helping to decorate an event and then go home rather than party on all night, and I really enjoy having this roll.

I feel very privileged to be involved in some small way at events such as this one.

So tonight's event was organised by a very dedicated and frantic couple of volunteers from the School.

We worked together to help bring their theme to life.

We have the ceiling fairy lights.

(These have been up now since Mid March and this will be their last event in the hall this year!)

A gorgeous way to create an intimate atmosphere

Simple Ceiling lights can be done at just about any venue.

If you would like something like this for your next event, just pop instore and we can work out what you will need.

To frame the stage I erected a chain of pearl arch in the colours that represent the event.

We used the black rectangle table clothes

Light Blue Satin Table Runners

Silver Organza Table Runners

Round Mirrors.

Large Glass Vases

Glass Marbles

Black Twisted Willow

LED Battery Operated Lights up the Willow Branches

(They aren't turned on though.... I was a little early with my photos!)

At the entrance to the ball

we made just a simple air arch in the theme colours...

We had to sqeeze it in, but it looked lovely!

If anything here looks like something you might like for your event,

please don't hesitate to come on by and we can talk turkey!!

Gunnedah Eisteddfod Celebrates 60 Years..

I was thrilled to be asked to make suggestions about decorations

for the Civic Reception

with the opening of the 2012 Eisteddfod Season....

We decided on an arch

right across the stage....

With a Huge 60 as a centerpiece...

Here is the finished product.

It looked really awesome on the Stage at the Civic..

It has now been moved to the Town Hall Stage

and will be on display right through Eisteddfod Month.

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..

2012 Rotary Debutante Ball - Enchanted Forest Theme 16.03.12

Its always a total pleasure to be involved with the Debutante Balls....

This year, the conveynor bought her concept to me

and together we bought it to fruition....

The theme was Enchanted Forest..

The Rotary has a competition for the best dressed table

and Enchanted Events &Balloons also helped in that are

with alot of the Debs.

Here is a photo of the girls..

All so beautiful!

Enchanted Events and Balloons

supplied the framing for the entrance cannopy

The gorgeous peacock Organza Sashes

Metres and Metres of Ivy

The lanterns...

All the battery operated lights.

The 5 stand candle holders

Tables and Clothes

LED Fairy Lights

The Wood Shavings on the floor..

The chair covers & Sashes

Enchanted Events & Balloons also did the ceiling lighting.

Also, a highlight for this Debutante Ball

was our gorgeous Fairy Molly

was presented as a Debutante..

She is stunning isn't she? 

Themeing Events is a specialty for Enchanted Events & Balloons

and I am more than happy to help in anyway I can to make your Theme happen!

Its about bringing the community together to make these kinds of events everything they can

be for our young Country Girls...

Gunnedah Business Awards 2009 - Arabian Nights Theme

I was privalidged to provide decor for the GDDB Business Awards this year....

I was asked to quote on three different themes, and this is the one the board chose...

Arabain Nights......

As the Catholic Deb Ball was also using that staging, i lifted everything over the stage to allow heaps of access for the Debs and their partners....

I created the "tent" effect with lengths of fabric.....

The painted backdrop made all the difference to help create the theme....

The stage was further enhanced by the Arabian Night Balloon Charactors and Onion domes....

With lovely greenery around the charactors, it really added to the overall theme beuatifully and the greenery toook away the harsh lines......

These were featured on either side of the stage...

The tables were just subly decorated with matching organza overlays and little mozaic candle holders... These were set on a round mirror and highlighted with matching glass pebbles, and a little fern...
The room flowed by adding the curtains to the doors and draping from the gallery...
The entrance to the Smithhurst theatre was also enhanced by creating an Arabian Tent..

If you wish to have a themed event... contact Back to Balloons for a quote or decor suggestion...

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.