megan's batmitzvah - september 2010

I was so honoured when I was asked by Mike & Sue to help organise Megans Batmitzvah.

Not only have I seen Megan grow up but it was my first Batmitzvah and my first event in Cape Town.

Megan is such a dynamic, unbelievable, intelligent, unique, special and caring girl who I really learnt a lot from whilst organising her special day. Because of the person that she is she wanted her Batty to be eco-friendly and she wanted to give back.

So with much thought and consideration to the environment we created Megans “Green Batmitzvah”.

Firstly the venue “THE CENTRE FOR THE BOOK” what an amazing and appropriate venue for Megan as she loves to read; and as for the architecture, WOW, it was unbelievable so it did not need much decor.
So we kept it simple and meaningful but beautiful too...

It was like a forest as you walked in with the big trees surrounding the room, the white chairs detailed with ivy garlands and mobiles hanging from the incredible chandelier in the centre of the room.

Instead of using cut flower as the centre pieces we used the Spekboom, (an indigenous plant known as “elephant’s food”, which mops up the excess CO2 responsible for climate change) which we decorated with recycled paper cut outs, raffia, crystals and tea lights.

My favourite part was the gift table, we had a bird cage we decorated for the gift envelopes and instead of getting a guest book we made a “WISHING TREE” with tags we put on ribbons for all her guests to write their wishes for Megan and hang on the tree. At the end of the night the tree was blooming with butterflies, birds & leaves. It really is a fun and different idea.

The food was presented on the surrounding book cabinets and each table was a different food station, from burgers, schwarmers, tuna, salmon, vegetables & salads, pasta and the most popular of them all...the chocolate fountain with fresh fruit, marshmallows, nougat & all things nice.

The evening was filled with special people, wonderful speeches, lots and lots of dancing and overall it was a very special and enjoyable Batmitzvah.

This was definitely one of my best functions to co-ordinate & style!

THANK YOU! I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!

P.S: All the plants were distributed to various crèches, Shuls, and shelters and the leftover food was given to a nearby shelter in Cape Town.

net#work bbdo - spring day - august 2010

Net#work BBDO always celebrate spring day as its the start of a new season & a time for renewal , revival, re-invention and they also wish to achieve some form of giving back / helping others. So the whole agency gets a day out of the office to do something great as an Agency.

This year, Mike & Keith decided they wanted to do something in order to educate and uplift children and once we investigated a couple of options we came across an article written by George Bizo's that says that "only 8% of schools in South Africa have functioning libraries"...very sad!

So this year, Net#work BBDO launched the M.A.L project.
Make A Library!
We will be building a library at the MC Weiler Primary School in Alexandra. We have one year to complete this and will open the doors on the 1st September 2011.

We gathered all the Net#work staff for a presentation and some inspiration on the whole project and then they were taken to Bushwillow Tented Camp out in Muldersdrift to go and picnic whilst brainstorming ideas on how to raise funds, create a functional space, and general thoughts on the library. We then all gathered at sunset for the extremely entertaining presentations which where absolutely fantastic and then we celebrated.

If you wish to find out more about this project and how you can help, please contact: lauren@mi-amor.co.za