3202 Venue Opening Disco Party

This spring we opened our new event venue, 3202, and what better way to celebrate than a DISCO!  Opening this venue space was a big step for us and our growth plan. We painted the walls white to give customers a blank canvas and we loved the lightness of it. The floors needed some TLC from my landlord and my awesome husband built the divider walls. In the back of the space, we added a small prep kitchen area.  In the front half of the space, we put in a new balloon bar and moved our party supplies to shelves against the wall (which are covered by the divider walls in these pictures since we used the full space to party). So nice to have more space to display things and more room to party!

To celebrate the hard work my family and team put in to making this addition happen, we decided to invite family and friends to party with us. I had been dying to do a colorful disco. We went all out with color, sparkle, balloons and fringe for this party. I may or may not have based it on an amazing jacket that I found with layers of metallic fringe. We fringed the new divider walls, added a giant chain across the wall (such a fun pop of wow), and adorned all white garlands with sparkly fringe. Luckily, my friend's mom has loads of disco balls, so we were able to add those everywhere to bring in the true disco style. Invitations were made by Cara P Designs, which we carry in the shop (she's so fun to work with!). Photos were taken by my fabulous friend Sally Cavanaugh - captured the space and party beautifully.

For food we worked with some of our shop favorites that kept with the colorful vibe. For apps, I called upon boards master, Hannah with BOARDS Wichita. She made two gorgeous boards - one of each Charcuterie and Crudités. Wendi with Sweet Sugarlious made some disco worthy cookies that danced off the tables quickly. Adorable stamped disco balls topped the fun cupcakes by Cara of September Moon Cupcakery. Lastly, I had to add one of my favorite snacks, birthday popcorn from The Popcorner. Drinks were served by Shaken or Stirred and they definitely know how to keep a party flow going! I have some talented friends in the food and beverage category. For supplies we pulled all things iridescent and added pops of color with new paper glasses we carry in the shop - so dang fun.

Besides playing groovy tunes, I brought in the fun filled Lamphouse crew to setup a photo booth for entertainment. The let me play with a fun balloon backdrop and designed fun photo cards for guests to take home. People were loving it and everyone went home with at least one silly photo. Highly recommend for you next event!

It was such a fun night and I'm so thankful to everyone that stopped by to disco with us! This has been an insane 2019 and it's nice to have little things like this every once in awhile. Since it's been a couple months, I think it's time we party again - I mean, partying is what we do best. This coming Saturday, June 15th, join us to celebrate our 3rd birthday! Saturday morning we will swag bags for the first 10 customers, 20% off one item, face painting from 10-12pm with Just Face It!, cupcakes from September Moon Cupcakery and a fun charity raffle. We wouldn't be where we are today without all of you, so please come help us celebrate!

Interested in renting this space for your next event? Check out the details and contact us here!

Lots of Love,

Garden Rose Party Table

Happy May Day! Figured the best way I could get you some flowers was to share the pretty pictures I took of my Easter table settings and share that we have something fun coming soon. That's right - something fabulous is headed your way from us and we are so excited to start sharing little bits about it! When it comes to party planning and setting a great table do you need help? We are working on a new website feature called Set the Party that will make it fun and easy. Now let's share some more pictures of this beautiful Rifle Paper and floral table to get your creative juices flowing for upcoming events like Mother's Day and bridal showers...

When I volunteered to host Easter brunch for both of our families (yes, you read that right, I threw myself out there because I'm crazy and needed a reason to get my house in order), I decided it would be a great opportunity to set a gorgeous table. That's my specialty when hosting because cooking isn't one of my strengths or passions. I like to distract my guests with beautiful tableware! Lucky for me, my husband, mother-in-law and grandma pulled through on making brunch. They did a wonderful job. 

For the table settings, I decided to mix and match with the new Rifle Paper Co. party collection and some other florals and metallics we have. Mixing and matching is my favorite way to create unique place settings and our new website feature will be helpful for planning out fun ways to do just that. The moment I saw the new watercolor die cut flower plates, I knew they'd be a beautiful combo with the Rifle Paper designs. Plus it breaks up the busy patterns. Down the middle of the table, I used the new garden party table runner, which is an easy statement piece. Fresh flowers complimented the party supplies. On the back of the chairs, I hung one of our new paper flower garlands. On the table, I also worked in the adorable new Rifle Paper Corkcicle stemless wine tumblers - how fun would these be on the table for the moms at your Mother's Day party?

My extremely talented cupcake baker, September Moon Cupcakery, brought my sugar Rifle Paper dreams to life with these amazing cupcakes. I sent her a picture of the gorgeous table Anna Bond set and she made me my own flower creations! Can't recommend Cara enough for your next party. They were the perfect centerpiece to this garden party table.

After having fun at the shop playing with the table settings, I took the supplies home and set my family brunch table. I mixed in some of my own pieces (chargers, serving dishes and goblets) for an extra touch, plus I love my china. I didn't want to use it for everything because I would probably still be trying to do all the dishes, but it was fun to use the chargers that go under the used plates.

Are you hosting everyone for a Mother's Day brunch or dinner? I think these products would be dreamy for that. It's colorful, springy and a touch whimsical. I'll link all the products below, so you can shop.

Stay tuned and make sure to follow our new Instagram account for the new website feature: Set the Party. We will be posting fun sneak peeks, details, asking for input and sharing the launch oh so soon! Our excitement is brewing to finally share it with you after working on it for a while.

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Garden Party Collection | Gold Metallic Stripe Large Plates | Rose Garden Plates | Gold Hammered Forks | Gold Frenchie Stripe Cups | Blossom Flower Garland | Rifle Paper Stemless Wine Tumblers | Rifle Paper Pillows & Rug - Contact or Stop in to Order

Lots of Love,