In search of inspiration and recipes to your very personal Depraved Occasion? You’ve come to the suitable place! Depraved is my all-time favourite musical so once I heard they have been lastly popping out with a film, I knew I needed to have a good time in an enormous method. Welcome to my Depraved Ball!
I reworked my home into my very personal Ozdust Ballroom for One Quick Day within the Emerald Metropolis. I moved the furnishings in my lounge to create a vibrant inexperienced dance ground in order that we may spend the night Dancing By Life.
My pals appeared completely unimaginable of their formalwear and naturally, I made a bunch of scrumptious savory and candy treats impressed by Depraved.
Thanks to my grocery companion Kroger for supporting The Rose Desk and this occasion! It’s partnerships like this that preserve The Rose Desk going.
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The Desk
I set the desk with a beautiful inexperienced tablecloth. It took me a number of tries to get the suitable one. I’ll use this one repeatedly! Not like my dinner events, the desk was a buffet largely taken up by meals and due to this fact had minimal decor, via it did have floral preparations and a Defying Gravity signal customized made for my occasion by Enchanted Farmhouse.
The Flowers & Vases
I styled white hydrangeas and pink roses from Kroger with pops of lime inexperienced carnations and spider chrysanthemums in probably the most beautiful customized made Elphaba and Glinda vases by Marbleized Ceramics.
Michael is a neighborhood artisan right here in Dallas and he got here up with a show-stopping collar design for these theatrical vases! DM him if you wish to order one.
The Drink Desk
Whereas the eating room was devoted to Elphaba, the drink desk was devoted to Galinda with a Ga. I styled the drink desk with a ruffled pink tablecloth, a customized Common signal by Enchanted Farmhouse, flowers in a pink Glinda vase by Marbleized Ceramics, and enjoyable little Glinda wands.
The Balloon Arches
The drink desk was framed by a wonderful pink balloon arch and the eating room wowed company with an enormous inexperienced and gold Emerald Metropolis arch. I purchased the balloon arch kits on Amazon and was shocked once they nonetheless appeared excellent every week later! Learn to make balloon arches right here.
Shoutout to my buddy Rachel for making these balloon arches. Learn extra about how she did it right here. And sure, she even made customized paper flowers to jazz up the arches!
Lighting & Dance Flooring
One factor that basically made the Depraved Ball particular was the lighting. A lot of the home was a vibrant shade of inexperienced a la the Emerald Metropolis however I didn’t need the meals to be discolored so the eating room had a twinkling gentle curtain and department lighting.
I used these indoor floodlights to scrub my lounge partitions in inexperienced and the identical wonderful gentle that I used to create the underwater impact at my Little Mermaid feast to create a inexperienced dance ground worthy of Fiyero’s dance strikes. It seems type of distorted within the images so watch the episode for the complete impact!
Different Decor
I styled the aspect desk within the eating room with pink flowers and one among my many Depraved playbills. “It’s all Grand and it’s all Inexperienced” adorned my chalkboard and I hung lovely Defying Gravity sheet music artwork for the eating room.
I additionally hung floating witch hats with fishing wire close to the dance ground as a nod to Defying Gravity and added a bunch of pink florals and twinkly gentle throughout for Glinda, plus had some enjoyable inexperienced bows and Depraved lanterns.
The Music
I’m fairly pleased with my Depraved Occasion playlist, which included plenty of unbelievable upbeat music to maintain us Dancing By Life.
The Drinks
I couldn’t even be extra delighted with my Depraved cocktails. I served two: Inexperienced Elixir (midori x champagne, a straightforward drink any Depraved lover can take pleasure in) and Glinda Punch served with bubbles. You heard me!
The Bubbles
Phrases can’t describe how delighted I’m with this. None of my pals thought I may pull it off however right here we’re! For Christmas final yr, my sister-in-law received me a smoking culinary gun and bubble combination from Homia.
I used the combo to serve glowing pinch Glinda Punch with edible bubbles on prime. I feel Glinda the Good Witch would approve! Get the recipe for my Inexperienced Elixir right here and Glinda Punch + Bubble Tutorial right here.
The Meals
This menu just isn’t solely whimsical, theatrical, and very on theme, but additionally very easy to drag off. Most every little thing is make-ahead. In reality at occasion time I solely had two dishes to make!
Depraved Menu
Defying Gravity Pesto Pasta
Shiz Shrimp with Lemon Tartar Sauce
Flirt and Flounce Crab Tartlets
Nessarose Spinach Salad
Common Pinwheels
Boq Bites
De-Greenified Salad
I’m Not That Lady Herbed Cheese Ball
Elphaba Dip & Glinda Hummus
Depraved Cupcakes
White Chocolate BLONDies
Fantastic Wizard Mint Brownies
Fiyero Fudge
As Lengthy as You’re Mine Lemon Bars
Dancing By Life Avalanche Bark
Glinda Mini Cheesecakes
Depraved Popcorn
Defying Gravity Pesto Pasta
This scrumptious, simple, make-ahead pasta salad was impressed by Elphaba. Grilled rooster makes it further hearty! Get the recipe right here.
Shiz Shrimp
What is less complicated than top quality shrimp with a fast little lemon tartar sauce? It’s such a crowd pleaser, there wasn’t a drop left! Get the recipe right here.
Flirt and Flounce Crab Tartlets
Might this be a cuter title? This EASY seafood starter is a must-make for crab lovers. I feel our favourite fancy gal Glinda would approve. Get the recipe right here.
Nessarose Spinach Salad
I at all times prefer to have a few wholesome objects fro my company. I don’t learn about you however I can’t eat strong cheese in a night! This lovely pink and inexperienced salad pays homage to Elphie’s sister. Get the recipe right here.
Common Pinwheels
This salmon pinwheels are positive to be POPULAR! One other nice pink and inexperienced make-ahead appetizer, these pinwheels sing with a pop of lemon zest. Get the recipe right here.
Boq Bites
These simple antipasto bites with salami, white cheddar, roasted bell pepper, and artichoke hearts have a good time our favourite Munchkin! Get the recipe right here.
De-Greenified Salad
I’m so pleased with this intelligent chilled salad! I used two ingredietns we sometimes consider as inexperienced, asparagus and squash, however used the “de-greenified” variations (white asparagus and yellow squash as an alternative of zucchini) and tossed them with feta, pearled couscous, and a scrumptious champagne French dressing. Get the recipe right here.
I’m Not That Lady Herbed Cheese Ball
I made my scrumptious herbed cheese ball served with crackers for an additional simple inexperienced dish! Get the recipe for this addictive cheese ball right here.
Elphaba Dip & Veggies
I served my mama’s well-known inexperienced goddess dip as Elphaba Dip alongside pink beet hummus for Glinda on a beautiful veggie tray with celery, sugar snap peas, carrots, pita chips, edible flowers, and extra. Get the recipe fro this fabulous inexperienced (and wholesome!) dip right here.
Depraved Cupcakes
Who doesn’t love a swirled frosting? I swirled pink and inexperienced frosting collectively for these Depraved Cupcakes. Get the recipe right here.
White Chocolate BLONDies
This was a final minute addition! I used to be lamenting that I had nothing from the music What’s this sense? once I listened to it once more and realized that it’s proper there: BLONDies. Get this simple one-bowl recipe right here.
Fantastic Wizard Mint Brownies
I lower my favourite mint brownies into tiny bite-size items for my Depraved Ball. Enjoyable reality: I froze these months earlier than the occasion and simply thawed them the evening earlier than! Get the recipe right here.
Fiyero Fudge
I made my well-known bourbon pecan fudge for an attractive little darkish chocolate chunk impressed by Fiyero. Get the recipe right here.
Goodness Is aware of Lemon Bars
I additionally made my favourite white chocolate lemon bars, lower into occasion bites for my dessert tray. Get the recipe right here.
Dancing By Life Avalanche Bark
This was the hit of the occasion. Everybody got here as much as me raving about this little deal with! Consider it like an elevated rice krispy deal with. Get the recipe right here.
Glinda Mini Cheesecakes
We love a make-ahead recipe! I baked my mini cheesecakes days earlier than the occasion, then topped them with vanilla whipped cream and a little bit of edible gold shine to glitter identical to Glinda. Get the recipe right here.
Depraved Popcorn
I imagine in having plenty of nibbles all through the home once I’m entertaining so I additionally picked up some customized pink and inexperienced popcorn from Popcorn Papa’s in Rockwall for the occasion. I selected white chocolate, cotton sweet, and inexperienced apple. The flavors went collectively shockingly nicely!
Picture Sales space Enjoyable
The beautiful Rose Desk Depraved Ball paintings within the eating room was customized made by LG Artistic Studios. I ordered the identical print from her in a step-and-repeat for the photograph sales space. My buddy Rachel arrange an iPad and ring gentle with the NAME app, which allowed company to take 4 consecutive images and even created a gif for everybody. My pals had method an excessive amount of enjoyable enjoying within the photograph sales space!
I hope this impressed you to host your very personal Depraved occasion! Remark and inform me which character is your favourite and what you concentrate on this menu.
Defy gravity,
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