Thread: 2011 Egyptian Theme - Death on the Nile

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I'm finally getting around to posting some pictures from our Egyptian extravaganza. We had a total of 95 guests, and it was an absolute blast. I've posted a lot more on my blog - the links are below.

View from the roof looking into the backyard at the pyramid.

Looking down into the catacombs (maze)

Our merchant area

Our Sultan's tent (gambling area)


This was just the tip of the iceberg. You can see lots more of both inside and outside decorations here.
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Very nicely done. Impressive work. How long did it take to set everything up?

Absolutely amazing!!! Diva, that's decorating in a BIG way - big pyramid, big maze, big statues, etc...even a big camel. Incredible work, thanks for sharing.

WOW! absolutely amazing!!!

Originally Posted by Saruman of Many Colours

Very nicely done. Impressive work. How long did it take to set everything up?

We started construction of the pyramid at the end of July. We worked on something every weekend. It was a lot of time, but in the end it was totally worth it.

WOW!!! Very impressive. You covered every wall in your house!!!!!!! In reading your blog, it stated the belly dancers hips moved. How did you rig the bluckies Hips to make them move. Thank you.

This has to be the best Egyptian themed haunt that I've seen and I would have loved to have been a guest at this party. Man when you decorate, you decorate. And inside too no less! I'm sure you have been living and breathing this for quite sometime.

There were so many things I wanted to comment on and probably won't remember them all. Your pyramid was so impressive and everything looked great with your palms too (we're palm lovers ourselves and have been landscaping with them). I love the market, with all the sheer drapery, including the vendors and what they had to sell. I'd love to see a video of the belly dancers in action. The maze was well, amazing! Any chance you could explain how you set it up and what materials you used? I have Tekky's striking snake prop and love how you had the guy holding him in the maze. BTW any chance you have a close up pic of your flying carpet guy. That was clever mounting of it. The multiple giant anubis were amazing. Loved the look of your golden items. What did you use to get that effect? One of my future themes is a Egyptian tomb robber setting and I'm sure I will pull some ideas from your work but no way can I see anyone coming close to what you and your family accomplished this year.

Hope you guys had help taking it all down. So what do you do with everything now that it's done with? Will you use some or all of it for future years? It would be a shame not to given the amount of labor, talent and love that went into it.

That was amazing. I am jumping on the bandwagon requesting details of construction and materials used. Beautiful job!!!

Eric

Holy cow--now THAT is a level of commitment that I admire a great deal. Amazing attention to detail and just totally exhaustive in covering the entire house like that....whoa.

I don't recall feeling this level of jealousy in a long time! Wow, that is impressive. I don't, however, envy the takedown!