Welcome Gala for Michelle Anthony

A few weeks ago, we held a welcome gala for the new first lady of Hume Ministries: Michelle Anthony.

As the first welcome to Hume, I was commissioned to do two large 'edible arrangement' type fruit displays for the dessert table, and whatever other creative garde manger (pronounced "gar meh-zhay" in the French) fruit displays my mind could conjure up.  Needless to say, with free reign handed to me on an oval platter, I dove right in.  My final order consisted of mint leaves, green onions, red leaf lettuce, whole carrots, butternut squash, strawberries, grapes (red and green), pineapple, watermelons, whole cloves, bamboo skewers, and two new spray bottles, to name just a few things!

Four whole days of prep work later, and it was the big gala day.  I started a full 8 hours before the scheduled start, and finally accomplished pulling everything off.  See below for the photos!  I did everything except the actual food items.

Wide angle of the dessert table.

Flower vases on the appetizer table.

Close-up on edible arrangement.

Watermelon rose.  Enough said.

Two of them!

Melon swan with ladybugs.

Above said swan with ice bowl of melon balls, grapes, strawberries, and cherries.

Edible arrangement #2.