My Church Girls Know How To Throw a Party!!
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I finally have what few photos I was able to take at our Women’s Banquet loaded! Typical of me, my camera battery was almost dead when I arrived so I wasn’t able to get as many photos as I would have liked. I mainly wanted to show you the amazing tables the girls came up with yet again this year.
Our Spring Banquet is an annual event for which women volunteer to be Table Hostesses. They are responsible for decorating their own table any way they like. Some use their personal china, some go whacko and buy dishes :), but one thing you can count on is that they are all as different as the personalities that put them together! I can not tell you how fun it is to come in and see what each woman has created.
I shared with the girls when we moved to the sanctuary for my preaching :) that looking at what each one does with a white table cloth as a base just screams of the creative work of God. I imagine Him at Creation with a blank canvas delighting in all the different ‘themes’ He could dream up…He could have made our world all beach or all desert. All mountains or all icebergs. But, instead He is a God of variety and I love that about Him. Knowing He continued that creative work in each of us should convince us even more that we are beloved in His sight. He has yet to make anything He did not call Good!
On a lighter note, don’t we girls know how to throw a part-ay? Now our men get together and eat “wild game” and “barbeque” on paper plates with their fingers. Not us honey. We drag out the fine china, dine on grilled chicken and pasta salad (with forks on the proper side of our plate I might add), and enjoy our little fancy schmancy selves while we do it. A girl needs a little refinement in her life. Heaven knows I don’t get it at home when my kids are throwing green beans at me from across the dinner table. Oh yeah, I needed this night out.
For those of you who attended, I hope you enjoyed this night 1/4th as much as I did cause that means you had yourselves an awesome evening…Thank you again for all you did to make the night so very special..
I love you girls!!
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the tables do look cool
the slideshow would be better if it was slowed down a little though
pleased you enjoyed your night out
I would love that! That’s my kind of fun. Thanks for sharing–love all the pictures!
All of the tables are just goreous! It looks like you all had a wonderful and Blessed time!
I LOVE – LOVE – LOVE to get to decorate all fancy and have a party!!!!
Looks like a blast!
Love –
Mindy
The tables looked gorgeous! I bet y’all had a great time!
God Bless~
Karen
My neighbor invites me to one of these at her church each Christmas. It’s always fun to go around and look at all the different tables.
I like that photo thingy. I always make a photo slide show DVD for my kids’ coaches with pictures from the season as a gift. I wonder if you could do one like that and put it on a DVD. That’s a different twist, and looks like a fun way to do it!
And again, someone REALLY should be paying you to write this stuff…really. But, um, thanks for sharing it with us for free! :)
I love these kind of parties – it truly is neat to see a table go from pure white to a decorated masterpiece, complete with just the right amount of spunk from each individual! Thanks for sharing!
I had a delightful evening out with the girls. The food was soooo delicious! Thanks to you and your church for allowing me to partake with you! Your “preaching” was good for the soul!
We did something similiar this year for our ladies’ banquet, in which different ladies were responsible for decorating a table–all in black and white! We all wore black and white as well. Great fun!
Girl, you are leaving us in the dust on your artsy side….
too cool
Connie
Wow! Gorgeous! My table never looks that awesome…
You know I has a blast!! You did an awesome job!! Told you sooooo!!!
Love You!
I am so jealous. I hope you all had as much fun as I had that night working a 12 hour shift. Haha. I am glad everything went great.
Ooohhhh….that is so awesome! I wish I could hang with ya’ll:-)
Lisa, this was beautiful, I went and looked at your photos Wow the girls are so creative. You should post your times that you are doing the ladies things so we can pray for you. love always me
Bee-utiful! We do this at Christmastime. I love pastels so much. My dream is to have the pattern that your Wendy has–I think it’s Royal Daulton something something roses?
I was so glad to be a part of this. I almost backed out at the last minute because I had to come straight from work, throw on a dress and fly to the church but I knew I would miss out on something great if I didn’t show up! (You didn’t smell me did you? LOL)
It was awesome! We are so lucky to have you as our “preacher’s wife”!
~Brooke~
Hi Lisa,
Great photos. I ended up going with large bowls and fancy goldfish. Our brunch is tomorrow. Should be interesting. I don’t think anyone has decorated with goldfish before.
Our get-together is casual so the fish should fly (kiddin’). I plan to give them to a couple of families after the lunch.
Thanks for thinking of me and my centerpiece challenged mind. Love you. Also, I though you were on my blogroll already. I added you today. Blessings, Love, Lynn