Villa Terrace - A Before View

Last Friday we took a (snowy!) turn about Villa Terrace in preparation and we are just counting down the days to our event. It was sort of serendipitous to be snowing during our visit because we plan to frost the place down in June for our Fairie Tale. Here are a few 'before' shots so you get an idea of how it looks before we go all fairie godmother on the place!

A snowy courtyard view

Another courtyard view

Hallways with statues

Grand Salon

View to the lakefront from the Grand Salon

Love this cheery, original wallpaper in one of the bedrooms.

Amazing floral details on the lighting

A very wet looking balcony.

Little angels and a view of the gorgeous flooding near the street. Spring, come already!!

Another view of the gardens.

Just a little bit more

Here are a few more sneak peek images from our photo shoots. We can't help but getting more and more excited!

 A little girl in a big world.

Another example of Diane Yokes amazing work with make up.

Ohhhh so sleepy.

That's a heck of a lot of hair!

Evil intentions. 

You all know how this story goes...

What is a Kathy's Garden Party Exactly?

Kathy's Garden Party started in 1999 and the funds that were raised were given to Froedtert Hospital and Gildas Club at that time. It wasn't until 2003 that The Grace Foundation was formed, so that we could use the funds from Kathy's Garden Party to help people directly. Kathy's Garden Parties are our fundraisers for The Grace Foundation. 

Since we like to be creative here at The Grace Foundation, we give every Kathy's Garden Party a different name and theme. The last Kathy's Garden Party theme was "All Dolled Up" featuring all things Barbie and the one before that was "Way Beyond the Sea" featuring all things sea related, and so on. This year, our theme for Kathy's Garden Party is "The Frosted Fairie Tale" featuring crowns. 

We hope that cleared up any confusion about who we are and what we do at The Grace Foundation and we can't wait to raise funds with you for a really great cause in June! :)

Can you tell it's a crown? This little guy's ready for the party!

Make Up Shots

Diane Yokes is an amazing make up artist and really takes the vision for our photo shoots and brings them to life!

Here's a few snaps of her work so far.

Meghan getting her face on!

It's all about the red POP!

Can you guess who I'm going to be??

Sneak a Peek

We've begun shooting some memorable fairie tale characters. Here are a few sneak peek images from our first shoot. Isn't Meghan Deutsch gorgeous!?

Can't get enough of crowns!

Beauty rest. 

Frosted. 

All photos by Diane Yokes 

First Stages of Inspiration

We're so excited to be really starting to see results of our planning come to life and here are a few shots of inspiration!

Crowns everywhere!

Crucial inspiration.

We run the world!

Wanna come??

We love to get creative for our Kathy's Garden Party invitations and here are a few of the ones from the past...

All Dolled Up

Barbies galore!

Beyond the Glass Slipper

This glass slipper is really showing it's age!

If you would like to come to our fabulous event, please send an email to kathysgardenparty@gmail.com with your name and address so we can put you on the list to receive an invitation. Thanks and can't wait to see you all there!