Since this past Wed. was our last activity, Bonnie & I wanted to go out with a bang! We had already had an idea of doing an ice cream bar of some sort, since I had already done the decorations for Levi's class ice cream party. We wanted to have a spiritual message about choices & how we have so many "good" choices to choose from in life. Most of the time we think about choices being "good" vs. "evil." However, a lot of the times those aren't the choices we have to make. The choices we are asked to make a lot comes down to "good" vs. "good" or "good" vs. "better." Sometimes making the choice of "good" vs. "better" is harder to do than "good" vs. "evil!" Making the 'better' choice is what ultimately leads us closer to our Heavenly Father & what makes us more like our Savior! OK, that was my quick chopped up version of the 15 min. spiritual thought, but hopefully you get the idea. We had all of this planned, but then we found out we would be released, so we decided to kick the decorations up a notch...here is what we had:
Decorations:
Marina helped me come up with the name for our ice cream parlor: "YW (Young Women) Delights" I designed this ice cream logo for our parlor. Can you tell it's the YW's torch on an ice cream cone? You can't see it but the bottom reads "...Where the choices are endless!"
The chalkboard sign I drew for the entryway:I'm no artist, but I normally draw better than this...however, drawing in chalk on a ripply display board is not easy!
Don't we look cute (scary) in our 'soda jerk' outfits?!
Our setup:The bar held all of the treats & drinks, the table was decorated with tissue paper ice cream sundaes, & the island was covered with a canopy over the ice cream bar...
Bonnie & I in front of the refreshment bar:
Get a little closer... ;)Notice the cupcake liner name tag that I made for us...you can't see Bonnie's.
I made confetti cupcakes to go with the theme:
Yummy cream puffs! My kids are all cream puffed out, so I had these in my freezer & needed to clear them out!
Lime Water:I hate flavored water, but the limes matched my color scheme...anal, I know! No fear, I had another pitcher of plain water.
I made 'flags' for these straws. Aren't they adorable? They had our parlor logo on them...
Here are my cute glasses that I've collected. It's hard to see them in this photo, but I got several comments about them. Where did I get them from you ask? Hmmm...don't tell the bishop, but they are Starbucks Frappuccino bottles. I went to the grocery store & bought 10 4pks just so I could have the cute bottles!!! I've never claimed to have any sense! I was waiting to run into someone from church..LOL I had a hard time getting rid of the coffee because I didn't know anyone who drinks coffee. I finally came up with an idea to dump them all out into a glass pitcher & put them in the teacher's lounge at school. Problem solved, the teachers downed them! :)
Here is the tissue paper ice cream that I used to decorate the table:
Topping Bar:I saw different blogs that had used canopies for their party decor, & I knew I had to have one. It would be perfect! So, I told/asked Jim if he would make me one to fit on top of Bonnie's island. He made the frame for me & then it was up to me to make the fabric canopy. No big deal except I don't know how to sow, nor do I own a sowing machine. However, I am the queen of hot glue, so presto...I hot glued all of the strips of fabric just like sowing!!
Side View:
Another angle:Not bad, not bad...
Toppings:
We inner twined Christmas lights through the toppings:
Here is a close up of the labels I made for the toppings:
Whipped Cream:
Strawberries, Gummie Worms:
Coconut, Sprinkles, Pineapple:
Chocolate Chips, Marshmallows, Oreos:
Cherries:
Caramel & Fudge Sauce:
Bananas:
Chocolate Hazelnut Piroulines:
I put out some colored ice cream cones because they matched:
Ice Cream:Notice my matching ice cream scoops...not the best ones, but they look good!
Cups:To keep things moving & to look cute, I had some of my 'helpers' tie the spoons to the cups with a ribbon.
Here are the cups lined up for the ice cream sundaes:
Getting ready to get started:
The YW filing in:
After our spiritual message it was time to eat!
Me scooping up some ice cream:Vanilla or Neapolitan?
Working hard...
Feeding the masses :)
I told Hunter he could come with me this time. Here he is getting his ice cream...
Eat up...Yum!
Leaders:This sums up my time serving with Bonnie...Fun & Laughs! We love the gospel, we enjoy the gospel, & we have fun with the gospel...who said being a "follower of Christ" means you have to lose your personality & sense of humor! Bonnie was trying to shove a cream puff in my face...priceless!
The other 2 advisers that were in YW too (Laurels & Beehives):
Games:We played a couple of games with the girls. The 1st was kind of like Cranium. You chose a slip of paper from one of 3 envelopes. You either had to act it out, draw/sculpt, or hum the word/phrase depending on which envelope you chose from.
Upstairs the girls had to write a word or phrase on a slip of paper and throw it in a bowl. Then, they used those slips of paper to play charades with. It was lots of fun!
This was a perfect evening & finale to my time in Young Women!!! These girls have been a great blessing to me & serving with Bonnie has been amazing!!! I wouldn't have changed a thing....
