yesterday was one of my closest friends 40th birthday and i helped her husband and sister-in-law throw a surprise party for her--and boy was she surprised! happy birthday, mich!
as always, when i'm throwing a party with a group, i was in charge of invitations and cake, so i thought i'd share them here. we decided on email invites in the interest of time and secrecy, so i did a jpg to make it more fun and personal. since i used the "don't blow it!" phrase with the cupcake on the e-vite, i decided to create an over sized cupcake for the cake--complete with an over sized cupcake topper and 40, yes 40 candles! i just couldn't resist!
the topper says "so many candles ... so little cake!" i love that phrase and it fit quite well! i told michele we didn't have to light them all, but of course she wanted to go for it. it took four of us to get them lit--check out that glow!
i also created a few extra circles like the cake topper and had them dangling from the chandelier. michele was wearing one by the end of the party! and i reduced the same image for personalized confetti--punched with a su! circle punch.
i love parties and throwing a surprise party was especially fun. happy happy mich! i'm so glad our surprise worked!
:) lexi
