How well do you know balloon weights?

You’re planning the perfect party…the menu is perfect, the decorations are beautiful but something is going on with your balloons!  They are tipping over every time somebody walks by…ugh!  Did you know that there are different size balloon weights?  The balloon type, size and amount will determine the balloon weight size you will need.  I’ve put together a little chart to help you out…

• 9″, 11″ & 12″ Latex Balloon or 18″ Foil Balloon – 8 Gram Balloon Weight
• 16″ Latex Balloon – 15 Gram Balloon Weight
• 22″ Bubble or Square Foil Balloon – 35 Gram Balloon Weight
• 32″, 36″, 40″ Foil or Shaped Balloon – 65 Gram Balloon Weight
• Small Balloon Cluster (3-4 Balloons) – 65 Gram Balloon Weight
• Large Balloon Cluster (7-9 Balloons) – 100 Gram Balloon Weight

Balloon weights may or may not be identified with the grams by stores.  Instead they may be identified as regular, heavy, etc.  Here is a cheat sheet to help you determine the right size balloon weight.

• Regular Weight – 8-10 Grams
• Heavy Weight – 15-17 Grams
• Extra Heavy Weight – 30-35 Grams
• Compact Jumbo Weight – 100-110 Grams
• Jumbo Weight – 130-135 Grams

Hopefully this provided you with a little more insight on anchoring down your balloons.

 

Happy Party Planning!
~Kiki

Help!! My wedding colors don’t match.

Selecting wedding colors that reflect you, your fiance, and the season can be a difficult task!  Wedding magazines provide you with the hottest colors for the season but doesn’t provide you with coordinating colors.  I’m here to help…I’m providing you with the top 5 wedding colors for 2017 AND the perfect colors to mix in!

AQUA

Aqua is a greenish-blue color.  Some refer to this color as cyan.

Want a feminine & romantic look to your wedding?  Pair Aqua with pastel shades of pink, lilac, peach and yellow.  Want to make your wedding more bold or masculine?  Choose shades of gold, dark green, navy, plum or black. Aqua is a great color to use for any season.

Photo courtesy of Pinterest

BLUSH

Blush is a medium tone red-violet color but most refer to it as a pale pink.

Blush is such a pretty color but can easily be “washed out” with other colors.  The best colors to match with your blush colored wedding are: Navy, Chocolate, Olive, Black & Burgundy, Teal and Emerald. Blush could be used during any season.

Photo courtesy of Pinterest

CORAL

Coral is in the pink family with hints of orange.

Coral really pops with teal, grey, white, ivory and yellow. Coral makes a great color palette for spring or summer weddings.

Photo courtesy of Pinterest

FRENCH BLUE

French Blue is a beautiful deep grey blue.

I am in LOVE with this color! This color pairs well with many colors but I would recommend peach, blush, purple, white, grey, black and gold. This color will suit a fall or winter wedding perfectly.

Photo courtesy of Pinterest

SAGE

Sage is a greenish gray color resembling that of dried sage leaves.

Sage is the perfect color for those planning a rustic or country themed wedding.  This color pairs well with rust, dark green, charcoal, brown, cream and tan.  Sage looks great at fall weddings.

Photo courtesy of The Knot

Bottom Line…be creative and have fun with your colors.  The wedding process is demanding and draining at times, enjoy every moment and don’t stress yourself.  It will all work out in the end and most importantly you are marrying the person you love!

Happy Wedding Planning!
~ Kiki

 

From Royalti Inc to It’s A Royal Affair

From the song of one of my favorite artist, Stephen Marley, “nothing’s permanent in life, all except for change.“

Presenting..It’s A Royal Affair Design & Marketing!

Formally Royalti Inc., It’s A Royal Affair Design & Marketing is the premier event planning and small business marketing company! In 2008, It’s A Royal Affair was founded by LaKisha “Kiki” Mitchell.  Kiki started planning weddings and private parties in central and southern Virginia.  In November 2011, It’s A Royal Affair branched out into corporate and community events.  Working with several mayors, town managers and the communities, It’s A Royal Affair Design & Marketing planned several successful events including parades, grand openings and county-wide celebrations.  Now in 2015, we are excited to add small business marketing to It’s A Royal Affair!

On top of planning events, It’s A Royal Affair Design & Marketing can help small businesses with Social Media Marketing, SMS Marketing, Web Design and more.

It’s A Royal Affair Design & Marketing‘s website coming soon!!

Season 2 Episode 2 – Self-Love, Self-Respect, and Self-Love!

“Self-Love, Self-Respect and Self-Worth. There is a reason they all start with “self.”  You can not find them in anyone else.”

Link up with She’s Royal Radio as we define the meanings of self-love, self-respect and self-worth.  We will dig a little deeper with our special guest Kesha Brown, Uncommon Chick and discuss ways we violate our self-love, self-respect and self-worth without realizing it.

Have your pen and paper ready to write down the:
TOP 5 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR SELF-LOVE, SELF-RESPECT AND SELF-WORTH.

We want to hear from you as well! Call the show 805-285-9869.

Talk with you Tuesday, September 22nd at 9:30 PM EST. 🙂
Listen Live: She’s Royal Radio

SRR Special Guest: Kesha Brown, Uncommon Chick

Joining us for Self-Love, Self-Respect, and Self-Worth! is the lovely

 Kesha Brown, the Uncommon Chick

Kesha is a self-proclaimed Mediocrity Escapologist, Rebel Business Coach, and Self-Care Addict at UncommonChick.com.  She is wildly passionate about helping gutsy women pursue a life journey on their own terms, ultimately co-creating fantabulous relationships, experiencing juicytastic lives, and enjoying authentically inspired personal and professional lives.  “Let’s work together to rethink, redo, and reinvent so you can live life YOUR way!”

Self-Love, Self-Respect, and Self-Worth! premiers Tuesday, September 22nd at 9:30 PM EST. Listen live: She’s Royal Radio

Season 2 Episode 1 – #BlackLivesMatter vs #AllLivesMatter

With the uniform killings of unarmed African-Americans the hash tag #BlackLivesMatter took the internet by storm. Shortly after, the hash tag #AllLivesMatter started to appear which upset a lot of people. Are we being too sensitive or are we just passionate about improving the value of black lives?

Joining us live on the first show of Season 2 is Ernest Sledge, also known as Godchild. Soon after High School, Ernest decide to give his life to God on April 11, 1993, starting “Godchild the Movement”. In his efforts as “Godchild The Movement”, he sets out to change the mindset of our youth from negative to positive.

Read more about Ernest Sledge & Godchild The Movement here

We want to hear from you as well! Tweet us @shesroyalradio using #BlackvsAll or call in 805-285-9869.

Talk with you Tuesday, September 15th at 9:30 PM EST. 😉

SRR Special Guest – Ernest Sledge “Godchild The Movement”

Joining us for the first episode in Season 2 of She’s Royal Radio is

Mr. Ernest Sledge, “Godchild The Movement”

Ernest Sledge was born Dec 7th.   He has one brother and three sisters, but was raised in Pontiac Michigan, with one younger in a single parent home by his father.  His father worked so hard he didn’t realize how he struggled to provide for the two. He recalls his childhood being as fun as any normal childhood.

Faced with peer pressure, gangs, drugs, wanting to be cool and fit in, Ernest risked falling into the wrong crowd.  The path he followed he lost plenty of friends to the streets, some locked up and even gunned down due to gang violence.  Ernest refused to throw all his dads hard work away by wasting his life becoming a statistic.  At 15, he realized his passion for music and formed a high school rap group “2 Impossible”…They rapped at school in lunchrooms and between classes.  Soon after high school, Ernest decided to give his life to God on April 11, 1993, starting “Godchild the Movement”.  In his efforst as “Godchild The Movement”, he sets out to change the mindset of our youth from negative to positive.

He intends to lead by example, encouraging one to encourage another.  “Godchildthemovement” is more than just music, it is about helping, nurturing, progression, strengthening and support.  Ernest plans on working with our youth, he plans to give back by building youth centers with computer labs, recreation rooms, lounges and libraries.  His ideas go from teen summit rooms where kids can have teen talk shows to broadcast on public television, to tutoring and mentoring for children.  His music is not to be confuse with gangster rap.  The twist is non violent and positive.  In today industry, people have gotten away from Hip Hop and more into a fad, leaving us with nothing to really remember.  Ernest goal with “Godchildthemovement” is to bring us back by giving us music we can ride, sing along and dance to with a positive message.  That message is, it’s okay to have your faith  in GOD and be yourself.

As a Hip-Hop Missionary, Godchild is focused on effectively reaching the lost, and those influenced by the Hip-Hop culture.  He encourages born again believers with Biblically inspired lyrics and thought provoking messages.  Godchild believes that, “God used many vehicles to minister to people”.

  Godchild first hit the local scene with his promotional single “Blow the whistle On Violence”. On this track he uses his remarkable talents to disclose the underlying problems of violence while encouraging strong faith in God. His first debut single “Gotta Stop Running” is an upfront take-charge track that defines inspiration, faith and hope. The most amazing aspect of this track is that it marks Godchild’s characteristic mastery of balancing an “underground” hip-hop aesthetic, with elements from the gospel message of Jesus Christ.

Godchild brings a non-compromised message of Christ Jesus through concerts and speaking engagements in atmospheres like schools, concerts, churches, youth groups, festivals, and anywhere else God directs him to go and minister.

“Get Out and Do Something”…….GODCHILDTHEMOVEMENT

Connect with Godchild the Movement:

DetroitMovement – Music & Entertainment for Detroit and the Movement

Pontiac Movement 

www.ernestsledgeblogspot.com 

She’s Royal Radio New Co-Host

It’s such a pleasure to start Season 2 of She’s Royal Radio with a new co-host!

Introducing….Mr. Ryan O’Neal Milton

Co-Host of She’s Royal Radio

Mr. Ryan O’Neal Milton is a motivational speaker, national advice columnist, published self-help author and publisher.  Ryan is also the founder of The Reach4Peace Foundation and INform magazine.

Season 2 starts on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 9:30 PM.  Listen live: http://blogtalkradio.com/ShesRoyalRadio

The Seventh Day of Kwanzaa

It’s the seventh and final day of Kwanzaa.

On the seventh day all the candles should be lit.

The seventh day represents: Faith (Imani).

Have belief in ourselves as individuals and as a people.

Sixth Day of Kwanzaa

On the sixth day of Kwanzaa all the candles are lit except the last green candle.

 

The sixth day represents: Creativity (Kuumba)

Use your creativity to leave our family and community more beautiful and beneficial than when we first inherited it.