The Focus Building

I love the Pink Lisianthus used for this beautiful baby shower Deanna put together! Katie made the beautiful Balloon Garland! Kerri"ed" Away made the cookies. Artisan Kitchen catered and made the cake. KMR WoodWorks made the “Oh Baby” wood sign.

We are currently renting the upstairs space next-door to The Focus Building for overnight stays and photography sessions. We have used it for a traveling nurse, but we are in between renters at this time, so it is available! We rent it for $160 + 17% hotel tax for overnights and $26.50 per hour for Photography sessions

Welcome to Tonight‘s 30th Birthday, Great Gatsby Speakeasy! What a fun group! Deanna Etheridge did the decoration set up and killed it! 

Photographers! We have an offer for you! If you come Monday-Thursday, between 12-2 (to avoid conflict with our overnighters), you may rent our building for an hour for $25. This would include upstairs unless someone is having an extended stay (which doesn’t happen very often). Message us for an appointment. Below is a video of our downstairs space.

We have our first guests tonight after re-opening our loft! It’s all ready, so I thought I’d give you a walk-through ❤️

Here’s a quick view of the building! Capacity per city code is 49. We have table seating for up to 34 (we have 2 more square tables in storage). Most parties need an open space for the guest of honor, so we usually don’t keep all the tables set up. Tables and chairs are included in our basic rental. Message us to learn about additional services that we offer!

This sweet girl already had her One-Year-Old Pictures made, but I’m so glad they allowed me to take some more with the Winter Onederland Photo Backdrops we made!

This little girl had her First Birthday Party today! This family brought in a lot of the decorations earlier this week, and also received the decoration set-up so that they could focus on their food and baby girl! They had already taken their one-year pictures, but they brought her in early so that I could take some with her birthday decorations, too!

Melissa and I had the pleasure to decorate for a special event at Heartland Church, to celebrate the engagement of some very special people! The Focus Building team may be able to help you with your special event even if it isn’t at the Focus Building.

Jackson Dodd Photography captured these precious moments at the Focus Building before Lizzie’s wedding. Beautiful Bride and Beautiful Photos! #bridetobe #gettingmarried #gettingready #bridesmaids #bestdayever #bridalparty #bridalphotoshoot #bridalinspiration #weddingday

Roxanne received the decoration set-up, and she and Brittany contributed to the decorations as well! We started with a meeting several weeks in advance to discuss their theme and what I could offer. After the initial meeting, I texted pictures of options for the backdrop and vases from which they chose. I also contacted the person who makes our wood signs to order the 2 they requested and met them for pick-up at a later date. The Monday before the shower, we met at the wholesale florist and decided on the flowers to use. Then we headed to the building to brainstorm and fine-tune all of the decorations. When we had everything to their liking, I took pictures of the placement of the decor and boxed it up, to set up again after Saturday’s shower. At home, I used my wood-burning pen to make the wooden tags on the vases, and went to Hobby Lobby to find the right twine to hang them with. Before their shower, I cleaned, made the balloon garland, set out the decor according to the pictures, brought the serving dishes down they had asked for, and made the 8 floral arrangements. I stayed until time for the shower to make sure they had everything they needed. After the shower, I came back and washed the serving dishes, took out the trash, and swept. This was a full service set-up. Sometimes, like for the shower before, the client chooses a picture from the internet and leaves everything up to me on how I execute that vision. Other times, the client has everything worked out and just receives the set-up for the balloon garland and a helping hand to get their decorations set up. The Focus Building is here to help you in whatever way you would like to use us- we love it all!!

I was thrilled when this client chose to receive the decoration set-up and use my bottles as vases for their adventure themed bridal shower!

Simple Elegance! Rachel’s family chose to receive the decoration set-up. They were able to look on our page for the look they wanted and we set it all up for them! This enabled them to concentrate on their food. Allow us to do the work beforehand, so that you can walk into your event rested and ready to enjoy the ones you love!

Didn’t the Barnhills do a beautiful job with the buffet table??😍

Best wishes to Amanda for her wedding day tomorrow!! Amanda received the Decoration Set up from the Focus Building and Soirées Events & Catering catered the dinner!

Some of my favorites from Harrison’s First Birthday Party photo shoot! When we do a First Birthday Party Decoration Set-up, I try to meet with them at some point before the party and take pictures with the decorations- it’s hard to get posed pictures during the excitement of a birthday party. Sometimes a professional photographer comes, and sometimes they have already taken their professional pictures and I take them, like this time…it’s my favorite part of the set-up!! I also make the “All About Me” sign with the set-up. My daughter, Ashley, edited the mirror picture for me! #iphonephotography #firstbirthday #firstbirthdayphotoshoot #galaxy

I feel like this calls for a, ”Ta-da!” Love it all, Megan! Megan also does photography- look her up! Megan Leigh Photography

Sneak Peek! Half of the arrangements are finished! Tomorrow is for the arrangements using the floral foam 😍

Many ask about our decoration set-up, which is a service we provide for an added $75-$120. We ask the person to send us inspiration pictures from the internet, and we do our best to match the inspiration. This makes your event walk-in ready, so that you can focus on the food and drinks. Everyone who has done this set-up has been relieved to not have to get to the building hours in advance to decorate. We usually spend around 10 hours planning, getting it all together and all set out ~but we love it!

Welcome to the wedding of Sarah and Travis! Sarah received the decoration set-up, and she decorated her wedding arbor. Correction in the video…(even though he won’t see this since he doesn’t get on Facebook)… I want to thank my husband, Brandon, for cutting the wood pieces for me. I said that I cut them, but I don’t use a chainsaw 😬