Little Festivities: Special Event Decorators & Linen Rentals

07/07/2024

07/07/2024

Friday July 5, 2024 ~ Today we are once again at the Winters Community Center in Winters, Texas! Today we worked on a Barbie themed party for Talina who is celebrating her quinceanera! We set up the Court tables and chairs, Backdrops and Entrance Drapery, and the Entrance Table, and Cake Table. The customer and her friends and family set up all of the guest table and chair linens that were rentals from Little Festivities: Special Event Decorators & Linen Rentals, as well as the table centerpieces which were made by me, the Little Festivities lady! 😊 Everything looked really fabulous at our departure time, and I really enjoyed working on this event. This was my first time working on a Barbie theme party! Let me know how I did! Maria Santoyo Brandi Ochinang Kaleigh Alyssa Ochinang Adri Michele

06/30/2024

Friday June 28, 2024 - Sacred Heart Cathedral Gymnasium ~ Today we are at our home church to set up for the Golden Wedding Anniversary reception of Eloy Garcia and his lovely and beautiful bride, Bernice. The theme color for 50 years is Gold, and Bernice added the colors of Champagne and Ivory to round out the color scheme. These colors were used on the Specialty Tablecloths, all in a Sequin Embroidered taffeta. We alternated Gold and Champagne sequin table runners on the guest tables, as well as the sequin chair bands on the chairs at the Main tables.

I am very grateful to my family for coming out to help for the set up while my assistant Carmen is out on medical leave (we love you & miss you, Carmen! We hope you will be able to return to us soon!) I would like to give a big shout out to our daughter Brandi, who with her dad installed both backdrops for this event! The main backdrop is a brand new design that is a first for us. She did a beautiful job finessing the panels to hang and look just right on the frame, and the result was a stunning fait accompli! Proud mama moment for sure!

Now, setting up a large gymnasium for a formal and elegant event is no small task, and can be quite intimidating and overwhelming! But, with the right fabrics, the right decor, and with a business with a knowledgeable, skillful, and professional staff by your side, Little Festivities: Special Event Decorators & Linen Rentals can turn your dreams of an elegant and beautiful event into reality!

06/04/2024

Saturday June 1, 2024 - Joe Lara’s Retirement/Birthday Party At The Clarion Hotel ~ So ummm, perhaps you may have heard . . . At the spur of the moment, Joe Lara decides to throw himself a party in celebration of his retirement from Ethicon after many years, and just days after turning 61 - AND he also decides to choose the services of Little Festivities Special Event Decorators and Linen Rentals for all his event needs! There was no doubt that Joe expected a very “adult” party with the proper linens, decor and the proper amount of expertise to tie everything together. He asked that the decor be in the color scheme of Black, Silver, and Gold. I chose to use round velvet tablecloths as the foundation for the geometric sequin silver and gold table runners and the metal centerpieces. At long last, the perfect celebration finally arrived to be able to use my big Silver 8-arm, and Gold 13-arm candelabra centerpieces. I used 4 of each, then added 4 clear 24” Trumpet Vases each filled with a string of Disco Ball Lights, and topped with a giant White Rose Ball. The candelabras each had a small bowl vase containing a single large floating candle, or a combination of Gold and Silver mirror tiled ornaments! The Black card box was also “dressed for the occasion” with added mirror tile and blingy adhesive ribbon.

Joe also wanted a photo wall, and specifically requested we recreate a photo wall we installed at another of our previous set ups, a Silver Shimmer Tile Wall and Balloon Garland. We set up the Shimmer Tile Wall with drapes, and Happy Birthday neon light, while Ashley of A.L. Balloon Arch Decor came in to install the 3-Color Metallic Balloon Garland. It was absolutely stunning! And finally, another important feature that Joe requested that we add into the decor was our last install for this event, the customized 10’x10’ Backdrop denoting the primary reason for the event! It was indeed picture perfect, or pure perfection, and all of that!😍Okay, those are most of the pertinent details, but lastly I wish to end my writing in gratitude for the many gifts that I receive each and every new day, one being this kind, appreciative person that I just met, along with this new and unexpected opportunity to shine and impress, while doing what I love to do. Thank you, heaps and heaps of thanks to my wonderful and loving daughter who was able to take the time to assist her dad and I in this set up!❤️Thank you to my niece Steph of S. Dela Rosa Snaps for the photos! P.S. Get better soon Carmen, I miss you my friend!💕🙏

05/18/2024

05/18/2024

Centerpieces for each table. So cute!!

05/18/2024

Friday May 17, 2024 ~ Today we are back in Runnels County, this time in Ballinger, Texas! It was an honor to be asked to set up for this special event, and a pleasure to plan it and set it up. Our niece and her husband, Blanca and David Brem are having a baby boy, and the theme was dinosaurs! This event, although small in size, will always rate as one of the most special, and close to my heart for the fact that these people who mean most to me, chose me, put all their undivided trust in my abilities and experience to bring this special day to fruition. Thank you, Blanca and David Brem and Valeri Guevara. And welcome soon, Baby Boy Brem who is already very wanted and loved!💙🦖🦕

05/15/2024

Another school year and another successful Sports Banquet in the books! Today we were once again honored to set up decor for the Winters High School. There was an item of special interest this year, a new addition to the decor that will surely remain a staple in future Blizzard celebrations - a step and repeat backdrop at the front entrance! This backdrop was provided and owned by the school, and together with my gorgeous Black velvet fitted tablecloth was cause for new excitement and conversation! Thank you, Winters High School for allowing us another opportunity to share in one of your more important events of celebrating the achievements of your student athletes and their proud parents!

02/13/2024

Tuesday February 13, 2024 ~ My goodness this year seems to be passing on warp speed! Time flies when you’re having fun, right? Well it has been a while since I’ve made a post thanking my newest Fan members. So without further ado …
Great BIG HUGE Thank You to ~

Natasha Ogden
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Fema Jamieson
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Julia E Luna
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Sarah Goldberg
Vicious Vee Design
Toni Kibbett
Budget & Bougie
Irene Gonzales
Marisa Alfredo Montoya
Cloud Kits Luxury Party Rentals
Miranda Sanchez
Magdalena Flores
Angelica Rodriguez
Mary Martinez
Alisha Ramos
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Thank you all for visiting and liking my page and your comments, questions, and most of all, your support! ❤️

02/11/2024

Friday February 9, 2024 - Olé olé, today you’ll find us down Mexico way! We are in Winters, Texas Community Center once again setting up Court and Cake tables, as well as the main backdrop for Miss Maddie’s “Viva Mexico” theme Quinceanera! I am left speechless for words for this set up! I love everything about it! The vibrant colors, the luxe table fabrics, the custom backdrop, the gorgeous cake (which I had nothing to do with, even though I chose to start my photos with the cake table). Everything was perfect and now this event decor has become one of my favorites. After the cake table photo, the photos that follow are ones that I took before leaving. Maddie’s mom sent me the photos with all of their own accent pieces, balloons, and ceiling decor that they added. Now enjoy the photos of this beautiful event!

02/04/2024

Saturday February 3, 2024 ~ Today we are back in San Angelo at the El Patron venue to set up for a very special occasion, the union of Vicky and Roberto with the blessing of God in the presence of friends and family! We did a complete set up with rental of table linens, chair covers, and cake backdrop. Emerald Green was Vicky’s color choice, which we used on the sequin table runners, chair bands, as well as the Bridal Table and Cake Table and Backdrop. Gold was also one of the color options which I used for the Bridal Table chair covers, and sequin chair bands. The centerpieces were provided by the Bride and we put all the pieces together for them on the tables atop our round centerpiece mirrors. The room was totally transformed with the white linens and chair covers presenting a clean and formal appearance to the set up. I have known Vicky and Roberto since they hired me years ago to provide backdrops for their daughter’s quinceanera. I very much thank them now for choosing and entrusting me with the decor and set up for this new major event in their lives, once again.

02/04/2024

Friday February 2, 2024 - Alana’s Winter Wonderland Sweet 15 at the Ballinger Community Center in Ballinger, Texas ~ Today we traveled to Ballinger for set up of backdrops, LED arch, and delivery of table linens and chair covers. Materials used in the Court of Honor tables consisted of Velvet banquet tablecloths in Silver, Flurry table runners in White, and White Curly Willow table skirts. We also used our banquet chairs covered in White Spandex Skirted chair covers, and Baby Blue Sequin chair bands with attached Curly Willow sashes for the Court members and Ghost Chair for the Birthday girl. The backdrop for this area consists of sequin and chiffon panels in the main central design, along with custom-made snowflake tie backs.

The Cake and Dessert tables were covered in White Velvet banquet tablecloths with attached Silver Sequin table skirts. The backdrop consisted of a large photo print of a winter ‘wonderland’ scene flanked by white Flurry drapes and sequin pole covers.

Our cool LED lighted arch lit up the entranceway along with LED lighted side drapes.

Somehow, I forgot to get a photo of the Entranceway table which had a Silver sequin banquet tablecloth and a White 2x6 ft furry rug on the top, perfectly befitting the winter wonderland theme.

My customer and her friends and family set up the tables and chairs for this event and made their own centerpieces. The tablecloth colors were Baby Blue and White, Sequin table runners and Spandex chair bands in Silver and Baby Blue. They did a wonderful job setting up, and the centerpieces were perfect! Here are my photos from this event, but truly they do not do justice to what we could see live and in person.

01/10/2024

January 4, 2024 ~ Crockett County Fair Park Center in Ozona, Texas. We received the opportunity to provide pipe and drape for a large wedding in Ozona. We set up a Black & White backdrop at the front entrance, and an all Black wall of drapery at the back of the stage. Also, we set up another all Black backdrop behind the bar area. And finally, we finished off by covering the wood wall at the back of the building with a long row of all WHITE drapes. Linens and decor by Susan Stovall Ball. We wish to thank Susan for this job opportunity, and Brandi and Ramero Ochinang, and Carmen Santoyo for their assistance in the installation and removal of the drapery.

12/17/2023

November 3, 2023 at The Winters Community Center, Winters, Texas.

12/17/2023

Sunday December 17, 2023 ~ Bethany & Fred’s Baby Shower at Ft Concho Barracks 6 - Today I had the pleasure of setting up a backdrop for our last scheduled event of 2023! Bethany, who lives quite a few hours distance from San Angelo, contacted me via email weeks ago, and we just met today in person for the first time! Using her shower invitation, I took inspiration from the photo, and planned the backdrop accordingly, but with a few simple added details. This backdrop was so different from my usual work, as I used so many props other than just fabric drapery. Take a look at the photos, and let me know what you think!

12/11/2023

What a very busy and blessed week we have had! We arrived back into town after celebrating Thanksgiving with family in Dallas, and immediately hit the road running! It all began with a set up of pink drapes and folding tables at The River Terrace for the San Angelo Ballet Sugarplum Tea Party. The following day, we set up 26 drapes at the Sacred Heart Cathedral gymnasium for their annual Advent by Candlelight event, and picked them up the next day. A great huge Thank You is owed here to Carol Asbill at Sacred Heart and friends who lightened the work load tremendously with help in folding the huge drapes before our arrival!!! The next day, we delivered 5 round tables for a private party for members of the Symphony Guild. And finally, on Friday, we picked up the 5 tables and waited for Irene S. to come over to pick up linens and Christmas decor for their military Christmas party at The Courtyard by Marriott! Now this week will entail last minute preparations for a baby shower backdrop and linens for Sunday. This will be my very last event of the year, as we prepare to shut down for the remainder of the month and go on a very much needed and looking-forward-to vacation! ☀️🌴🚢

We will close shop on Friday December 15, 2023 at 5 pm. We will re-open on Monday January 8, 2024 at 1 pm for business as usual. Appointment time frame for consultations will be from 2 pm to 5:30 pm. Consultation fee will be $25, which can be applied to the balance of any event that results from the initial consultation. This fee applies to all new, potential customers, and those whom I met with in 2023, but did not hear back from in the 21 day period after receipt of proposed invoice.

These photos are just a sampling of the work that occurred this past week. I will be adding photos Sunday of the backdrop I’m setting up for Bethany’s baby shower! As always, I look forward to seeing what the future brings us in the next year. Most certainly plans and changes are afoot at Little Festivities, so . . . Stay tuned!

11/05/2023

Friday November 3, 2023 - Butterfly Garden Theme Sweet 15 for Ayden Jamieson at the Winters Community Center ~ Today we are back in Winters, Texas to set up Court tables, Cake and Entrance tables and backdrops for Ayden’s Sweet 15. Ayden loves butterflies, and thus the theme for her special event is all about butterflies. Her very talented mom Fema creates beautiful, bigger-than-life flowers, and she will make this large room come to life with all of her magnificent floral arrangements all around the space. The guest table and chairs used at this event were a customer DIY set up, which they were still working on at the time of our departure. The photos I am posting today consist of our set ups of the Court tables and chairs, and the Entrance canopy and wood butterfly set up. Fema promised to send me photos of all of the decor that she specially created for this day, and I hope to add them to this post very soon. I hope you love the work that I planned for for months and, that we strategically executed to the very best of our abilities. Unfortunately, my right-hand, my assistant Carmen was feeling under the weather today, and was unable to accompany us for this event. The work that we were able to put forward today could only be described as a true labor of love, as my granddaughter Kaleigh (whom I love more than life), and her BF Edward drove in from San Antonio to help us in setting everything up! Had we not had their help, we may have had to pull our first all nighter! So, thank you so much to Fema and Zan Jamieson for entrusting us to make their daughter’s day extra special, to Kaleigh and Edward for their love, kindness, and generosity, and finally to my friend and assistant Carmen - I hope you feel better really, really soon!

11/04/2023

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Saturday October 28, 2023 - Christina's "Death To My Thirties" Birthday Bash at Pearl On The Concho Hotel, San Angelo ~ Today we were at another very special event for a very special person, Christina Jimenez who we have known as a dear friend of my daughter Brandi since Junior High School! She is saying a very permanent goodbye to her thirties now that she turns the Big 4-0!This funereal experience is black, it is dark, but not in the least is it drab! This was the most fun decor to set up, and the room is "drop dead" gorgeous! Luscious black velvet tablecloths covered the round tables, with sparkly sequin mesh runners giving added texture and dimension to the tabletops. Both the chair cover and spandex chair band were in black, of course. The ghoulishly divine skull centerpieces were made by Brandi, Christina, and their besties, and Brandi put together the
'tombstone" vase arrangements. She also added large spiders, ravens and lights to my white manzanita trees. The centerpiece at each table were the only added pops of color in the entire room. Another bestie Mayra, set up the big balloon garland at the "cemetery", and the balloon topper on the cake table Skull backdrop. My daughter Brandi planned a lot of the decor ideas, she depended on my linen choices for the room, and her father and I were there to help her to execute her plans and ideas. Together, we made a great team today, and I'm 1000% proud of the beautiful set up we accomplished on this one!

10/28/2023

Saturday October 28, 2023 - Christina’s “Death To My Thirties” Birthday Bash at Pearl On The Concho Hotel, San Angelo ~ Today we were at another very special event for a very special person, Christina Jimenez who we have known as a dear friend of my daughter Brandi since Junior High School! She is saying a very permanent goodbye to her thirties now that she turns the Big 4-0!This funereal experience is black, it is dark, but not in the least is it drab! This was the most fun decor to set up, and the room is “drop dead” gorgeous! Luscious black velvet tablecloths covered the round tables, with sparkly sequin mesh runners giving added texture and dimension to the tabletops. Both the chair cover and spandex chair band were in black, of course. The ghoulishly divine skull centerpieces were made by Brandi, Christina, and their besties, and Brandi put together the ‘tombstone” vase arrangements. She also added large spiders, ravens and lights to my white manzanita trees. The centerpiece at each table were the only added pops of color in the entire room. Another bestie Mayra, set up the big balloon garland at the “cemetery”, and the balloon topper on the cake table Skull backdrop. My daughter Brandi planned a lot of the decor ideas, she depended on my linen choices for the room, and her father and I were there to help her to execute her plans and ideas. Together, we made a great team today, and I’m 1000% proud of the beautiful set up we accomplished on this one!

10/16/2023

This was such a busy weekend for Little Festivities rentals, with 3 weddings and a baby shower! I’m so pleased to be able to show you these photos sent to me of the baby shower linen and backdrop decor. The theme of the shower was ‘A sweet little pumpkin is on the way’, and the linen colors were shades of Pale and Bright Pink. The understated backdrop turned out super cute as well, with the sweet Pink baby clothing that were added “hanging from a clothes line!”

This customer decorated at this same venue this past summer with a birthday party for her son, and she created another beautiful event with her ideas and designs.

08/05/2023

Saturday August 5, 2023 - Fiesta de Quinceanera at El Paseo Event Venue ~ Today on this very balmy August morning, we assisted the Chacon Family set up for their daughter Priscilla’s quinceanera celebration. We were definitely blessed as the temperature was not unbearably hot this morning, in fact it was rather pleasant with a breeze consistently blowing throughout this outdoor venue. We appreciated having the nice breeze blowing, even though our main backdrop and main table tablecloth could have done without much better!

The linens used for this event were guest tablecloths and chair covers in Black. Also, colorful Serape table runners and vivid and bright spandex chair bands in every color of the rainbow added to the Fiesta theme.

Each guest table held really cute mini piñatas supplied by the family. I added a colorful paper lantern with a string of LED lights in each one, as well as a small bottle holding a crepe paper bouquet. Every color in each bouquet was used in the choice of chair bands, nine different colors in all.

I set up a green hedge backdrop with an Mis Quince neon light, and Priscilla’s grandmother added the paper flowers. She also decorated an arch with more paper flowers and a serape for the presentation ceremony later in the evening.

My “Mexican Flag” backdrop was set up behind the Cake table. I further enhanced this small backdrop with a larger backdrop in Black for a wider background.The tables were wrapped in Red Rosette table skirts with Gold sequin table toppers.

This was my first full Fiesta theme set up! After 10 plus years, one might have thought that the Fiesta theme was one asked for over and over! I had done a couple of others, but the work consisted only of backdrops. I’m quite proud of the work we did here today, but the greatest compliments came from the family themselves - they absolutely loved it all, and didn’t hold back in letting me know. Thank You, Jesus!

Enjoy the colors, enjoy the photos! And don’t forget to add your comments!

07/23/2023

I don’t often have the opportunity to post photos of the many DIY events that take place in the area using our linens and decor. I’m fortunate today to post of one such event, because I was sent these photos by my customer, Erica, who rented the tablecloths and other decor for her eldest and only son, Elias’ 15th birthday party. Erica and her friends and family set up the tablecloths, wood barrels for the cake, greenery garlands, and an LED lighted drape that were all rented from Little Festivities: Special Event Decorators & Linen Rentals. Elias’s dad built the 100% wood backdrop, with Erica doing the stain work - and it came out so fantastically good! Erica also made all of the centerpieces, and I believe that all the love and pride that she and her husband Jaime feel for their beloved son shone big and bright in the details of their labor in decorating for this momentous occasion.

07/01/2023

Friday, June 30, 2023 - Cinderella Quinceanera at Winters Community Center in Winters, Texas ~ Back to Winters today for a very special celebration, a quinceanera for the youngest of three sisters, Sonahia Rodriguez. Sonahia’s theme is Cinderella in colors of Baby Blue, Silver, and White. We set up the three Court tables, Entrance table, and Cake table, as well as the Main Backdrop and Photo flower wall. I used fabrics of Rosette Satin, Velvet, Chiffon, Spandex, and Sequin to decorate the specialty tables and backdrops. Family and friends set up round tables & chairs with Blue Taffeta tablecloths and White Scuba folding chair covers. The backdrop that I styled for this event is a first time design for me, and came as a request from Sonahia and her mom. We completed our part of the set up before the guest tables were finished, so photos were not available before we left for home. Hopefully, I can post these table photos at a later time. Meanwhile, take a look at these photos of the specialty tables, and let me know what you think in the comments!