Last night was the “Celebrity Waiter” Event for Evergreen Ministries. Evergreen is an incredible foundation for Mental Retardation. They come in where the state stops.
This year I put together a table and chose a Mobster & Molls theme for our table. (With some help from my trusty cousin and father)
It was dark in the room and it didn’t really capture the lighting. I had a white urn with 40 red carnations surrounding a 4 ft tall Eifel Tower Vase. Tommy guns came out of the carnations and the Tower vase was filled with crystal floral beads and flashing lights. The top of the vase exposed 35 Bleached White Ostrich feathers. Olive Picks were hidden inside the feathers and battery operated string lights.
What you can’t see, because the table ended up being SO FULL – was that my sweet red-neck husband took the table cloth out to the camp and shot holes all through it. Then I took red paint and made blood splatters on top of it. It was pretty gruesome.
Two martini glasses were on top of mirrored plates and the centerpiece was flanked by Horsehead busts.
Old photographs and mugshots of some of the most infamous Mobsters and Molls were framed and used for seating arrangement. (Lucky Luciano pictured below)
Also above you can see the mini martini glasses that held three red carnations each and were also individually lit for each place setting.
White chair covers with red sashes and little guns were on every chair (only table with them)
Tribute to the Godfather
Fish wrapped in newspapers with headlines like “Bonnie & Clyde Gunned Down” “Prohibition Ends at Last” “Capone Indited” etc. etc. Cigars added to them for the Mobsters and Cigarette Filters for the Molls and all placed on black chargers.
Bonnie Parker in frame, and a closer look at the Tommy Guns.
So when planning the table – I cut and pasted together some ideas in photo shop:
Not too far off!
And here is the best part:
My favorite Mobsters:
And my favorite Molls:
Look at my rough and tough husband, a.k.a. Clyde Barrow!
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