And the winner is.....

ME!!

Who woulda thought???

I love it when I am presented with the opportunity to be 

creative at work

  

After all my job is  

Bookkeeper and 

Administrative Assistant 

for a 163 unit 

senior retirement community

Nothing creative about that!

Every year our home office 

has a contest

(although at the time 

I didnt know it was a contest)

for the Activities coordinators in each community to present the 

programs and activities 

that we have had

throughout the year

....in a creative way

Well for some reason 

(which I will respectfully not disclose)

our activities coordinator had done nothing, it was Friday, 

and the project was due in 

Seattle the next Tuesday

My boss called me in her office and 

presented me with her dilemma 

- overtime approved - 

do what you need to 

get this project done

Welcome to 

**Fairwinds Five Star Fun Circus**

I went to Michaels,

 wandered around to gather ideas 

and see what was available 

...at the last minute

I took a lampshade, covered it in 

red & white striped paper 

and made a base for my tent

  I used poster board to make 

the blue tent top

The circus images I have been 

collecting on Pinterest

I found some cute popcorn bags 

that I placed around the tent 

to hold the rolled up flyers 

(that had each event on it)

and other fun things that 

had our info in it

Inside the circus tent I placed fun things with wording that represented our programs

The main presentation is a banner 

Where each pendant flips open 

to reveal the required info

(let me tell you formatting the

info to fit in that triangle was NOT fun)

I attached the banner ribbon to the underside of the tent top so when you pull off the lid

 the banner strings out.  

(wish I had a picture of this but I relied on 

someone else at work to take the pictures 

before they sent it off 

and I guess they didn't read my mind)

Inside I used fun little balloons 

to keep things from rattling around 

during shipping.

So there you have it....

**Fairwinds Five Star Circus**

It was a stressful looong weekend, 

but the results were worth it!!

(and I got Monday off!)

I LOVE a good creative challenge!

Im anxious to see what the prize is...

I know part of it is a trip to Seattle!!

Robin