Well, this is the last leg of this Amazing Race!! I have had such a blast with this journey.
This is my final assignment #7..we were to create a party ensemble. Complete with Sign, centerpiece, party favors, invitations, and thank you's.
My mom has always taught me and my sis how to give parties through-out the years. She always said, "If anything is worth doing, it's worth doing right."
So this assignment was perfect for me.
My family always gives parties and we don't need an excuse to have one.
Sometimes, my mom's teaching drives me and my sis a little crazy, because sometimes we just wanted to make it simple and just drag out the paper products.
We have been better at simplifying over the years.
Thanks Mom for all your fabulous training.
On to the submission #7:
This is the overview of the table and party setting.
Close-up shot of the table setting.
Jumbo Cootie Catcher Candy holder.
I love these things as a kid, now I can just use them for a candy holder and then play with it when I'm done.
The top of the Centerpiece...a close-up.
The invitation..
Oversized pinwheel with a tag attached with all the party details.
The base of the centerpiece.
Filled with candy, suckers, Pixie Stick Flag holders, and parasols covered in Rusty Pickle Candyland paper.
The bigger picture of the centerpiece.
A close-up of the banner/sign.
A close-up of the base of the Candy Centerpiece.
The banner/sign.
All circles were cut out using Rusty Pickle Candyland papers. Letters are chipboard painted pink.
The banner/sign with string lighting, covered in Candyland paper.
A close-up.
The base of the centerpiece.
The thank you card with a pull-out tag with the thank you message.
A close-up.
The thank you card bigger picture.
Popcorn holders made out of Candyland. The bucket covered in Candyland paper and ribbon.
The pinwheel invitation on the table.The party favor.
Taffy candy on a skewer with a Candyland tag attached with a tulle net bow.
The place setting.
Placemat, napkin ring, party hat, and cup are all covered in Candyland paper.
Close-up of the napkin ring.
A close-up of the top of the Candy centerpiece.
The bottom base of the centerpiece.
Once again a full shot of the party setting.
So this is the end of the Rusty Pickle Amazing Race.
I can't believe how fast it went. It seems like yesterday when I turned in my original submissions and waiting for the UPS man. haha!
I have to say I am so honored to have been selected as a finalist for such a great contest.
Rusty Pickle has always been one of my favorites for years, so for me to be able to create and play with all their supplies on this level has been the most memorable events for my scrap passion. I would do it again in a second. I have learned so much about my scrapping and me thru this. Not to mention, have connected with some great new scrapping friends.
Hats off to Julie H., Julie W., Jodi, Beth, Noeleen, Mandie, Tiff, Cathleen, Dawn, Sarah, Pamela. You all are amazing artists and I wish you all the best.
Thank you Rusty Pickle for all you have done to create such an Amazing contest for your selection of your design team.
Lance and Tasha, you have an awesome company
including product, service, and people.
Tracey you have been amazing to work with. You haven't missed a beat..You have been there every second of the way for each of us, no matter the time difference.
You did a great job!! Thank you!!! Hopefully, we didn't drive you too crazy.
All my friends and family that have supported either thru texts, comments, emails, phone calls and all other support.
Bernadette and Bethany, thank you sooo much for all your support...you've kept the kids, supported me 110% with kudo's and always being interested in the next step or how the projects were all coming. A couple times you fed our family and gave us the much needed break that I needed from my scrapping to just clear my head.
I love you both dearly and am sooo thankful that we have you in our lives.
Lastly, but not least, I want to say a HUGE thank you to all my family, near and far....
Sis, thanks for all your technical help. I seem to need it especially when I am stressing on a deadline, I hope you know I didn't mean to get short at times. I tend to get overwhelmed sometimes. You've supported me through this all the way..the comments, texts and uplifting words. I love it that you have gone thru this race with me and even pushed me to even apply in the 1st place.
I love you dearly!
Mom, thanks for all your late nights or early morning company you gave me. It was nice to spend all that time with you. I know you missed a lot of hours of sleep just to keep me company. The nights you said you had to go to bed but you sacrificed your entire nights sleep to visit with me. Oh yea, all the coffee you brought to me upstairs too. Thanks, I love you!!!
Hugo:
Babe, thanks for encouraging me to even apply for this race in the first place, thanks for all the stops you made (picking/dropping kids to various locations, going to the scrap store or Joanne's to pick up all those items more than one time; cardstock, adhesive, etc.),
making dinner, folding laudry, cleaning up, and all the missed nights of me going to bed with you and you waking up in the am to find me still scrapping and never have left my space and one of my favorites, the midnight runs to Starbucks,so I could stay awake long enough to finish!!
You are truly an amazing husband!!!
Couldn't have and wouldn't have wanted to do it without you!!!
I love you!!!
Well, I think I covered everyone...I feel like I just won the Grammy's or something. lol!!
Thanks for following the race via blog, facebook, or the sites listed all the comments that were left were read one by one.
Tracey says we should find out the results of who made the design team pretty soon, so as soon as I know more, I will post here first, well, second after I tell my family.
Check back soon!!!
ps...sorry bout the extra long post..but it's been an extra long journey.
Til next Time with T!!!
