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Decor Company Produces A Sweet Party

August 18, 2005
Ken Sharples, owner of Creations Productions Inc., gets national exposure this week with the season premiere of MTV's My Super Sweet Sixteen, which documents over-the-top birthday parties. The August 15 episode captures Creations' work planning young Sophie Mitchell's big night, which transformed Tsunami Restaurant in West Palm Beach with a Moulin Rouge theme with can-can dancers, midgets, and Parisian windmills.
Posted 08.18.05
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