Evening of Amore'

Each year at Valentine's our youth group puts on their annual fund raiser to raise money for their mission trips.  They do a fabulous job of transforming the sanctuary into a variety of venues.  The first year was CHICAGO, and we also had HAWAII, CRUISE SHIP, THE 50's, LONDON, ITALY, etc. They have open and closed auctions and many of us donate items to sell so the youth group gets the proceeds.  This year the theme was NEW YORK CITY and our dinner was themed to take place in CENTRAL PARK.  We are all encouraged to dress accordingly.  This is such a wide open range of ideas how to dress, and many times Dale and I do not participate, but this year we decided to have some fun with it.  Our choice was for Dale to dress as a Zoo Keeper and I would be an animal from the zoo.  My friend had a kangaroo costume so I borrowed that.  Dale hooked a pouch of candy corn to his belt to "feed" me since we all know that kangaroos eat corn!! haha!! My friend Becky who has the applique sewing machine made Dale this Zoo Keeper Badge for his shirt.  Isn't it great!!

BEFORE:

 

AND AFTER:

Tyler let Grampa borrow his Curious George Monkey and now we make a cute pair. BTW - we took third place for our costumes! (We lost out to a bag lady and the Statue of Liberty). Staying in character I didn't talk, but did a lot of smiling, and gesturing because we all know that kangaroos don't talk!  Dale had to be very attentive to know what I needed all night...it was great!

 Here are some more pictures of our fun evening...  Our MC was "Donald Trump"

 

We had Broadway musical numbers

We laughed at fun skits

And we even had a visit from "Frank Sinatra"

We ate typical New York foods and purchased "stocks" at the NY Stock Exchange (donating money for our missionary to take some of their group on their first mission trip)

Now in the spirit of a zoo theme I will show you a card we are making at the Stamp A Stack Class this month.  And BTW - there is still plenty of room at the Thursday, February 21st 7PM class so let me hear from you ASAP if you want to reserve a spot at my table.

Stamp Set: ZOO REVIEW, EASY EVENTS
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Always Artichoke
INK: Soft Suede, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie
Punches: Corner Rounder, 1 3/4" Circle
Fun Stuff: Vine Street Embossing Folder, Sponge, So Saffron Taffeta Ribbon
Inspired by a card that was on display at the Leadership conference.
The Vine Street Embossing Folder is NOT for sale, but you can get it for FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale a bration which ends March 22, 2013.  Click HERE to shop for any of the products you see here.

Thanks for stopping by!
Christi

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