I came home from the coast last weekend with a raging case of Mardi Gras fever
I was about popping out of my skin to make a wreath
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I already had made a centerpiece for the foyer table and decided to see what I could find on a little trip to Hobby Lobby. Now they had plenty of stuff for every other holiday, but nothing for Mardi Gras! Zero~Zip~Nada~
I did pick up a roll of Mardi Gras ribbon at the local 5&10 in Orange Beach. Yes, they still have a local 5 & 10, and it’s actually called Al’s 5 & 10!
I shopped the garage for a wreath and decided the silver ball wreath, which I had just put away, after serving time from Thanksgiving through Valentine’s Day, would once again be just perfect!
When you’re designing something that will hang on a wall or a door, hang it up while you’re working on it. That way you get the proper perspective as you’re making it
I had this sparkly clover in my St. Pat’s day stash
and more green Christmas ribbon
I borrowed some things from the centerpiece bowl~the fleur de lis is from a recent Besh Box
and it came together in no time at all!
I must tell you about my good friend who was crowned Queen at a recent Mardi Gras Ball! That is her crown in the photo above, she actually had to go to the crown store and have it fitted. Yes, there is actually a crown store in Mobile Al, and you can get your scepter there too! Yes, you must have a scepter too! The crown has to be fitted because you must wear it the entire evening while you’re dancing and frolicking about…with your scepter!
This is her scepter that she fashioned out of a Star Wars lazer toy stick from Walmart. She said she is about to remodel her kitchen and didn’t want to spend money on such silliness, because she needed a new microwave… I was dying to ask how much the crown cost…
This goat [cabrix] is the mascot of her Krewe…some jolly prankster stole it from the ball and put it on the Queen’s front porch!
I heard through the grapevine that my friend’s house was decorated top to toe so I called and invited myself and my camera over~
The porch railing was covered with ribbons and beads and the front door was a medley of fleur de lis’
Come on in, you’ve got to see this!
Her table was set for a dinner she was having for her court soon~
Handpainted glasses [ahem], ceramic dinner plates [Mobile artist], silver wooden chargers and blinged out napkins
Cocktails raining down from the sky
A court jester looking down from above, it was all wickedly good fun!
She had lavish packages wrapped and ready for gifting her court
I felt a little like Alice in Wonderland, it was all so topsy and turvy and crazy royal fun just hearing about it!!
Do you see why I came home with Mardi Gras fever?
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