Dear Rainbeau

Dear Rainbeau,

(sigh) It’s over.

The months of brainstorming, planning, emailing, researching, discussing, brunching, budgeting, walk-throughs, meetings, Googling, diagramming, collaging, shopping, cutting, gluing, constructing, talking, talking, arguing, talking, meeting, emailing, and late nights are over.

The event went off without a hitch and was a night we’ll all remember (or wish we could). Here are a few of the things what we made:

Giant jenga!

Giant battleship! This was one I spent many hours on. The tea stained olden-timey maps of the Los Angeles harbor and the New England coast were my favorite part.

There was also two photobooths, 2 bars, a temporary tattoo artist on site (file under: Rainbeau’s drunk ideas come to life) and of course a dance floor. 

We made a huge paint-by-number mural! Once all three pieces were complete and standing side-by-side you could read the phrase “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” above a sea of water and a flock of seagulls.

I also did a kind of scavenger hunt throughout the venue. There were all sorts of hidden presents for guests to find. Some were flasks (those winners also received a bottle of whiskey), Umamicatessen gift cards, Yacht Club apparel and (my favorite) a beautiful nautical spoon ring by Kimberlin Silver Co.

Since the venue was already so dressed there wasn’t much to do. We added Yacht Club touches by sewing throw pillows from the first ever run of tee shirts ERYC did in 2010, hanging some maps & ship blueprints on the walls. I made a sweet knot-tying guide that was hung up, too. My favorite piece was the paper boat installation I made:

Until next year,

Rainbeau

ps- more photos on the Yacht Club’s facebook page