50th Birthday Party

50 Years Loved 50th Birthday Party 

This weekend my friend turned 50 and threw a great party. She hosted the event at the Hilton  in Vancouver, Washington.  The Christmas tree in the event room fit the party perfectly.  All the lights glowing from it, it made the perfect photo prop. Lots of selfies were taken in front of this tree. Me included. And it was the perfect spot to place the birthday gifts. 

The theme of the party was my friends favorite color, blue, and the saying '50 years loved'.  The theme fit my friend perfectly. The room was full of so many friends from near and far.  Truly, 50 years loved. 

I'm not a big fan of blue but I loved it here at my friends birthday party.  The touches of silver, cream and candle light gave her party such a warm touch and really reflected my friend. She did a great job of styling her own party.  I was more than happy to be a sounding board for her as she planned her own party.  Helping her make decisions and listening to ideas. 

I ran 3 miles the morning of the party because I was looking forward to this cake.  Inside was blue velvet cake. So pretty and a fun surprise.  Like many people do at their wedding's, my friend served sheet cake to the guests instead of every one having to wait for this cake to be cut. 

The candle light on the table was so pretty. The lights in the room were down low to high-light the full effect of the candle lights glow. 

I feel like I should do one of those puzzles, how many G's do you see in this post.  Would you have noticed the G's if I wouldn't have said that?  My friends name starts with a G, obviously. I like how she incorporated them into the décor so that they blended in.  I totally had a few of those macarons too. 

Each table had a vase of roses, candles, tasty Hershey's Kisses in her party themed colors and birthday necklaces in her party colors. 

This was a fun idea. My friend had a Wish Jar for all her guests to leave her a birthday wish.  I can imagine her sitting on her comfy couch with a fire roaring in the fire place, a nice glass of wine and reading each wish left by her friends. 

If you have a milestone birthday coming up what theme would you chose? I'd love to hear it. 

Aries Birthday Party

 Every year I throw myself a birthday party.  I look forward to coming up with a theme every year.  I've had an Ice Cream parlor party , taken my friends on a road trip,  and gone from Pink , to Tiffany Blue .  This year I went zodiac.

I hinted to the party theme with these invitations from Tiny Prints.  My guests thought we were going camping. Boy did I fool them.

I took the sign of my zodiac, Aries and had Small Moments create a backdrop with the symbols and some characteristics of the sign.  My red wall came in handy for this party.  Aries is the symbol of Fire. No wonder I love red. I scored that great rams head at Home Goods.  It was white but I whipped out the spray can and grey'd it up to match the invitation.

Since Aries is the queen of the zodiacs Fancy and Fold  made me a fancy crown for the cake. weee heee :D

Delectable Baked Goods  made a delish vanilla lime cake with coconut buttercream.  This cake was delish.  My man who doesn't eat a whole lot of cake made a sizable dent in this cake so you know it was good. If you're in the Portland metro area, order a cake from her.  And don't you just love those firey meringues from Gingerhead Cookies .  Since Aries is the fire symbol I had to have some fire on my cake.

Creating Awesomenessity  did an amazing job with the cookies. Not only did she nail my zodiacs star symbol but the ram looks exactly like the backdrop!

Who wants some cake?

Showing off my custom tattoo for the party by Love and Lion.  These are awesome for parties. My guests were like little kids when they saw the tattoos.  They all put them on immediately.  If you've got an Aries birthday and want one, I have a few left. Just let me know.

Happy birthday to all my Aries sisters out there.

Shop this party!
Photography: A Well Crafted Party 
Invitation: Tiny Prints 
Gold sequin table linen: Joann 
Backdrop: Small Moments , Kim can make you any backdrop to fit your party and ship to you.
Paper gold glitter cake toppers:  Fancy and Fold  , You need a paper cake topper, Stacy can make it.
Cookies: Creating Awesomenessity  , any theme you need, she can make them.
Temp Tattoo: Love and Lion, have them create a custom tattoo for your party.
Cake: Delectable Baked Goods , If you live in the Portland Metro area, get on her calendar for a cake
Meringues:  Gingerhead Cookies