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A Fresh Summer’s Evening
When a friend comes home from a two-year stay in Japan and has a 50th birthday you simply have to celebrate! With the help of Marla’s husband, her friends and I began to put together a night that would reflect her recent life changes (living in Japan) and also celebrate her special day.
A Fresh Summer's Evening
When a friend comes home from a two-year stay in Japan and has a 50th birthday you simply have to celebrate! With the help of Marla's husband, her friends and I began to put together a night that would reflect her recent life changes (living in Japan) and also celebrate her special day.
We started with an invitation that hinted at our "Fresh Summer's Evening" theme with a bright printed paper. It opened to reveal a photograph of the guest of honor and her husband. When opened fully the details could be seen on the printed sheet.
We decided to make the most of the summer feeling by using bright colors. Lime green and lemon yellow were not only great colors, but using fruit would make festive table arrangements and create a beautiful citrus smell in the room. We filled glass vases with lemons and limes and placed them on tables throughout the room. We then added water and floating candles to set the summer evening mood. We even placed some cut fruit pieces around the centerpieces and on the buffet table. Helium balloons directing people to the party were of course lime green and lemon yellow colored.
Table linens matched our colors, but were also layered to add interest. We tied some gentle knots to give more shape to the tables and to make the layers more visible.
We didn't really want to serve sushi, but it fit so well with Marla's life that we simply added a special twist. These paper cups were wrapped to look like sushi and filled with candy colored to match our lemon/lime theme. The chopsticks helped add that Asian feeling.
The cake was a spectacular creation by a bakery called "It Takes the Cake." We brought in photographs of the birthday girl and they created this fun "Marla Cake" just for us. We liked the cake so much we placed it near the entrance so everyone could see it. Next to the cake we placed a decoupage pair of jean shorts that wold hold birthday cards for Marla.
Focusing on the guest of honor is always fun, so we even created these dangly earrings for each female attending the party. As you can see we were all adorned with "Marla!" We found everything we needed to make them at the craft store and people loved them.
It Takes the Cake Bakery
www.ittakesthecake.com
10902 Greenbrier Road
Minnetonka, MN 55305
(952) 544-0303
www.teribennett.com
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