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Our Harry Potter 7 Party


Last November, Gracious Rain gathered up a mob of friends and family and organized a huge party for the Harry Potter Deathly Hallows premiere. We bought out the whole theater–to be exact!  There were amazing treats and goodie bags, wonderful costumes and fabulous giveaways for everyone.

There were even a couple of…surprises!

While in the process of organizing our next crazy event, Deathly Hallows part 2–coming in July–I thought it might be fun to show you the official photos from the previous adventure. So there’s a new tab on the Gracious Rain site. It’s right there in the middle and it says, “GR Events.” Don’t be afraid…click on it. There are links there to the party photos, the sponsors websites and prize photos, as well as pictures of all the winners with their loot.


Check it out and tell us what you think. Can we throw a party…or what?

:} To go to the GR Events page click HERE. Hope you love it.

PS–Watch for the Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse party photos coming soon.

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Masha and the Bear

We have quite a fair bit of Russian going on at our house these days.

Since the bald kid has less than a month before he enters the Missionary Training Center (MTC) and he wants to have as much of the language under his belt as possible.

Good idea I reckon.

Here’s my favorite little show he’s been watching and trying to translate.

You really should hear our big guy sing along with Masha. You’d never be the same again!

 

 

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Sweet Tooth Fairy

Ahhh yes…the rumors are true. I am in love.

April and I spent the evening with Dave at Sweet Tooth Fairy in Provo, to make the final arrangements for the Harry Potter Premiere party next week. Look what he gave us.

No, no. Sharing is not an option…sorry.

This Dave fellow is one smart cookie…or should I say cupcake? Perhaps guys don’t actually like being called cupcakes so sufficeth it to say, he knows his stuff. He’s working on some amazing wizard cupcakes for our party and took us in the back to show us how they are made.

We are in soooo much trouble.

Dude.

I’ll tell you, if I wasn’t already committed to finding a cute little farmer man with a Scottish accent, well, I’m quite certain that I could really fall for a guy who is up to his elbows in chocolate all day and has the Top Secret recipe for a Key Lime frosting that could bring world peace ALL. BY. ITSELF.

Alas, I’ll have to be satisfied with being madly in love with…

the cupcakes.

Somehow—it’s enough.

PS— Gracious Rain is being featured this week on Casual Blogger Community–please, please, check it out and leave a comment. Thank my dah-lings!

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Harry Potter Fans

At first glance, this might look like a big jumble of clutter to you. But if you look more closely…

you’d realize that these are actually the dozens, and dozens, AND dozens of prizes…

we are collecting from local vendors, handmade shops and artisans from all over the United States…

and from as far away as Canada, England, Hong Kong, and Europe. And that’s not to mention some pretty fabulous involvement from some of our local favorites like Hale Center Theater and Sweet Tooth Fairy. It’s all to celebrate the premiere of Harry Potter 7, The Deathly Hallows–on November 18-19.

People have been so good to us donating lovely gifts for our audience.

Check out this amazing “Butterbeer Gift Basket” from Chica And Jo…

and these fabulous T-shirts and Hoodies  from Quantum Leaper X…

and this incredible wood burned treasure box, sent all the way from Hungary and Bacon Factory. And the best part is–there are more prizes coming in every day. {Insert squeal of delight here}

So, as much as I’d love to stay and chat–I need to run…

I’ve got to check the mail. hee hee.

 

 

P.S…

1} If you will be anywhere near Orem, Utah on November 18-19 and would like to come to our Magical Pre-Show Bash and Harry Potter midnight movie premiere, please, please let us know ASAP–as there are just a few seats left, and we’d LOVE to fill them with you–our friends.

2}If you know of any person, shop or business that would like to be part of our event giveaway promo, there is still time to join the fun.

Either way–contact me at LauniKAnderson@gmail.com for the easy info.

Hope you’ll join us–we can hardly wait!