grandmakno
My best friends 65th birthday is coming up. We are having a party for her. She's truly the woman who has everything so buying her a gift will be difficult. My friend loves quilting and she has a favorite store. Would it be proper to put on the invitations to purchase a gift card from her favorite store as a birthday gift. I think this would save time and less frustrating for the guest.
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Yes that seems fine to me, no different to a wedding gift list or a dress code on an invitation, I really think you're over-thinking this. Careful how you phrase it though, don't demand presents (as some guests may choose not to bring a gift for whatever reason). So you could just write on the back of the invitation - "We all know Carol loves quilting, her favorite store is xxxxx"
Yes that seems fine to me, no different to a wedding gift list or a dress code on an invitation, I really think you're over-thinking this. Careful how you phrase it though, don't demand presents (as some guests may choose not to bring a gift for whatever reason). So you could just write on the back of the invitation - "We all know Carol loves quilting, her favorite store is xxxxx"
birthday party ideas? places to go, what to do?
Jesus Shav
so I'm having a sweet 16 and I want to have a big party, but I don't have any good ideas on what to do! I was thinking rock climbing, but there are no places to rock climb where I live! any ideas? thanks!
ummmm... I don't have that much money
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Okay, I JUST had my Sweet Sixteen party 2 weeks ago, and this is what I did:
Venue: Rented a really nice hall with a 75 person capacity for $70/hour for 5 hours.
Invitations: I made the invitations myself using photoshop (Google "sweet sixteen" and lots of cool banners and things come up) And printed them off on glossy paper at Staples.
Food: I ordered a bunch of pizzas, made two big pans of pasta, a huge salad, chicken strips, and had lots of chips. (Food that everyone likes, but an upgrade from hot dogs and hamburgers). Also take into consideration themed cups, napkins, plates, utensils, etc.
music: I DJed my own party by getting giant speakers from my dad's work, but you can probably ask around for a sound system (relatives, friends, etc might lend you one) and then make a party playlist on an ipod and put it on shuffle. If someone wants a certain song, they can put it on themselves (my friends prefered this to a DJ because they had more control and variety).
Games: Coincidentally my party was also candyland themed! The game we played was that we had these medium sized gumball machines, and we gave one to each table to play hot potato with (i.e. play the music, when the music stops, the person holding it is out, last person standing gets to keep the gumball machine). My friends totally loved this!
Limo: Do you really need a limo? Arent you gonna go there early to set up anyways?
Cake: I would suggest making your own cake, as store bought cakes are EXTREMELY overpriced. Make a 2 or 3 layered cake and cover it in fondant to make it look fancy. Then make a giant bow out of icing for the top! (Google or YouTube how, its pretty easy). The result is the same, but its sooo much cheaper!
Party Favours: I made chocolate covered Oreos. Cutest things ever, but pretty inexpensive to make. Buy a template at a cake decorating store and simply fill the template with melted chocolate, and insert the oreo, the when you pop it out you have an oreo with a cute chocolate design on it. Put these into a pretty party bag, tie it with a bow, and put a tag on the bow that says "[Your Name]'s Sweet Sixteen!" or something.
All and all, this would cost about:
Venue: $350
Invites: $10-15
Food: $250
Music: FREE
Games: gunball machines are about $6 each at Walmart, assuming you have about 8 tables =$48
Cake: Homemade = ~$65, Store bought= ~$300
Party Favours: after buying all the supplies, about $0.50 each. (so for about 70 people, $30)
TOTAL PARTY: $756 (but if you buy your cake, just under $1000)
Okay, I JUST had my Sweet Sixteen party 2 weeks ago, and this is what I did:
Venue: Rented a really nice hall with a 75 person capacity for $70/hour for 5 hours.
Invitations: I made the invitations myself using photoshop (Google "sweet sixteen" and lots of cool banners and things come up) And printed them off on glossy paper at Staples.
Food: I ordered a bunch of pizzas, made two big pans of pasta, a huge salad, chicken strips, and had lots of chips. (Food that everyone likes, but an upgrade from hot dogs and hamburgers). Also take into consideration themed cups, napkins, plates, utensils, etc.
music: I DJed my own party by getting giant speakers from my dad's work, but you can probably ask around for a sound system (relatives, friends, etc might lend you one) and then make a party playlist on an ipod and put it on shuffle. If someone wants a certain song, they can put it on themselves (my friends prefered this to a DJ because they had more control and variety).
Games: Coincidentally my party was also candyland themed! The game we played was that we had these medium sized gumball machines, and we gave one to each table to play hot potato with (i.e. play the music, when the music stops, the person holding it is out, last person standing gets to keep the gumball machine). My friends totally loved this!
Limo: Do you really need a limo? Arent you gonna go there early to set up anyways?
Cake: I would suggest making your own cake, as store bought cakes are EXTREMELY overpriced. Make a 2 or 3 layered cake and cover it in fondant to make it look fancy. Then make a giant bow out of icing for the top! (Google or YouTube how, its pretty easy). The result is the same, but its sooo much cheaper!
Party Favours: I made chocolate covered Oreos. Cutest things ever, but pretty inexpensive to make. Buy a template at a cake decorating store and simply fill the template with melted chocolate, and insert the oreo, the when you pop it out you have an oreo with a cute chocolate design on it. Put these into a pretty party bag, tie it with a bow, and put a tag on the bow that says "[Your Name]'s Sweet Sixteen!" or something.
All and all, this would cost about:
Venue: $350
Invites: $10-15
Food: $250
Music: FREE
Games: gunball machines are about $6 each at Walmart, assuming you have about 8 tables =$48
Cake: Homemade = ~$65, Store bought= ~$300
Party Favours: after buying all the supplies, about $0.50 each. (so for about 70 people, $30)
TOTAL PARTY: $756 (but if you buy your cake, just under $1000)
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