Derby Party Setting

Today was the home tour

that I told you about a couple weeks ago.

My friend Jenn and were asked 

to stage a couple rooms

 in a gorgeous old home in town

in a Derby Party theme 

to promote our business, 

Blue Cardinal Antiques & Vintage.

Front entry

View of the back of the home.....lovely.

We decorated a formal dining room,

a family room game table, 

and their galley kitchen.

Thought I would share 

the formal areas first

 and save the casual scenes 

for another posting.

We got to choose the theme,

and when we saw 

the red plaid upholstered

walls in the formal dining room

and knew that this tour date was just

two days before the Kentucky Derby,

well...

 it just made sense.

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Jenn had custom horse ribbons made for the chair tie-backs.

A local florist donated the flowers for the fundraiser.

Made these horse displays using vintage Breyer horses.

The small sideboard was set up for a Kentucky bourbon tasting.

The large buffet was arranged for serving mint juleps.

Little rose cupcakes filled monogrammed cups at each place setting.

Mint juleps in a wooden galley tray ... faux ice chips.

Max, the butler/mannequin, held a tray with a "pretend" invitation
that we bought from a super talented gal on Etsy. Link to her here!

Two months of planning,

two days to set up,

and two hours to tear down.

What a whirlwind!

Back home with my feet up

and a mint julep in my hand.

(Just kidding. I prefer a nice glass of red.)

We had an 85 degree day here today.

Could not have been more perfect

for a tour of five homes. 

Hope you

enjoyed the little recap!

More to come. 

Stay tuned!

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