Oh, The Places We’ll Go!
Those of you who have been around here for awhile might remember that, every January, the school that our boys attended has a fund-raising auction. I would always go a few hours before the big event and take some pictures because the decorations are always over-the-top fabulous. Last year I completely forgot about it, although, the theme wasn’t very exciting, so it may have been a subconscious forgetting.
When I heard the theme this year would be Oh, The Places We’ll Go, I knew I had to go check it out.
Please forgive the darkness of the pictures. I never use a flash in order to keep as low a profile as possible, because I always feel so awkward walking around taking pictures. Also, please excuse the random person here and there — the staff were still working on the table settings.
Let’s back up and enter the auditorium through the hall where the attendees enter. Here’s a very cropped shot of the entrance.
You walk under the arches into a short little black and white hall and then turn to the right where a few more colors start to appear. I love the adorable feather trees.
Once inside, the lighting was pretty dim, much as I suspect it was during the event. There were adorable, colorful light bulbs hanging everywhere. Sadly, the colors of the lights are all blown out in all of my photos, but try to imagine all those lights in blues and oranges and reds, etc. And the coolest thing is that each one of those lightbulbs changed colors every few seconds. It was so happy and gorgeous!
There were fun little reminders that the theme represented many books written by Dr. Suess.
The tables at these events always have fantastic floral centerpieces, so when I first entered, I was surprised to see the giant hats on pillars.
But, it didn’t take long to realize that those hats were made out of flowers. Real Flowers. Aren’t they beautiful? So perfect for a Dr. Seuss affair!
And look at the pillars that form the base of the hats. The red and blue words running up and down them say “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish”. Did you figure out that those pillars are full of water? With red and blue fish in them? It’s hard to see the fish in the pictures and the funny thing is that I didn’t see the fish while I was there because I didn’t actually get very close to the tables. After I left the building, I called MyDadLovesMeBestSister (who would be attending the big soiree in a few hours) and told her that I thought maybe the centerpieces were going to have some fish in them. I wanted her to try and take a picture once they’d added the fish. It wasn’t until I got home and looked at the pictures that I realized that the fish had been in the little aquariums when I was there.
The ceiling and walls were full of jumbo sized characters and scenes from many of the Dr. Seuss books.
So, there you have it for this year — I thought it was so much cuter than it has been in the last several years. I guess I just like the years where the theme is centered around children’s stories, which are a lot more fun than when the theme is an idea or a place. (Haha — I was just looking back over some of the past auction posts and at the end of the last three posts, I commented that I sure hoped they’d go back to a children’s book theme. I got my wish this year!) Here’s a parting close-up of those feather trees.
I’d like to have a bunch of those in the dungeon — they would distract from the fabric disaster that’s happening down there!
XOXO,
Anna
