NIOSA Train Float Contest

Last week was Fiesta! in San Antonio, and at work, to celebrate, we had a float contest. My team decided to put together a Night in Old San Antonio (NIOSA) float. NIOSA is one of the Fiesta! events where they serve different foods from around the world and booze of course...so, we came up with the idea of doing a five float train...one float for each letter of NIOSA. We decided on a Mexican Fiesta! themed float, an Irish themed float, a Chinese themed float, a French Quarter (Mardi Gras) themed float, and a German themed float. And, even though I have a lady that's from Germany on my team...I somehow was given the task of putting together the German float...I did a really cool city scene for the French Quarter float, too.

So, here is my German Oktoberfest themed float...the part I did at home...then I took it to work and the German lady, who makes dollhouses and such, put little picnic tables and bread and beer mugs and a keg, etc. It turned out really cute...

The pictures of the completed float are unfortunately stuck in corporate intranet world and I can't post them...BOOOOOOO!

But, I did also get a picture of the 'sign' part of our NIOSA Train. My Team Leader wanted me to just print out a sign that she would put in a frame, but I went above and beyond...as usual...and this was the locomotive of our train....

It was a very craft, busy week! I was trying to continue work on a database I've built as well. Needless to say, my crafty-ness is a little tapped out.

Thanks, Jess, Schenkster and Stephanie...your comments meant a lot to me...AND it was kind of nice to know people still read this darn thing!