Can I tell you how difficult it is to plan a surprise party? I vow to never do this again! My parents have almost ruined the surprise about 3 times. Luckily I was,
Also, it is very difficult to find 35th Wedding Anniversary decorations. Therefore, I had to get a little crafty. I thought I would show off what I did. The traditional gift for the 35th is coral. We decided to do a coral/beach theme. Nothing over board. Just suttle hints.
Don't be jealous, but I happen to be browsing around in the home section of Target and came across this tray on clearance for $3! Perfect for placing finger foods on!
Next, displaying pictures. I didn't want to do a collage or frames. While looking around at Michael's, I thought filling a jar with sand and a sea shell, with the pictures, would work.
Very inexpensive!
Since my mom's friend is going to be setting up the party while my brother and I distract my parents' out of their home, I thought I would make things easier on her and just get paper and plastic products.
I remembered I had this very cute container that could hold the plasticware and napkins!
Since I could not find anything that said, "35th" on it, Clint came up with a great idea of spray painting wooden numbers, drilling a hole at the bottom, and gluing them on sticks!
For finishing touches, I am going on a hunt tomorrow for coral color flowers.
The cheap break down:
Food/Beverages.................$250
Paper/Plastic Products......$10
Wood Numbers..................$1.40
Sticks..................................$0.40
Jars.....................................$6.00
Sand...................................$3.00
Shells..................................$3.00
Tray...................................$3.00
Spray Paint........................$6.00
Flowers................................$15.00
Total: $297.00!!
Ways we saved:
-Having the party at my parents home
-Making the invites myself
-Making our own decorations
-Making some of the finger foods
I'll post pictures next week of the set up and party!
8 comments:
so glad your back - have missed your posts!!
How cool is your anniversary party!!! and i love all the decorations you came up with -
especially the sand and jar pictures.
Hope you post pictures of the party -
enjoy the party!!
I love how you incorporated the traditional anniversary gift into the theme of the party. The coral plate is pretty--I can't help it if I'm jealous! Best of luck pulling off the surprise!
That's a pretty good reason to be pre-occupied!
Hope it goes well!
Kelly
I love the coral theme... and the budget! They're going to love it!!
I love love LOVE how you turned the tradition gift of coral to a beach-themed bash! How clever are you??
I cannot wait to see the pictures from the party!!
LB
I love the coral/beach theme - so fun! And those jars with pictures inside - awesome!
Weird, my parents' 35th is this year, too! I thought about doing a party, but I hate party planning. I'm so not creative about crafty little things like that. I think it all looks lovely!
You did such a great job! Very clever and very thoughtful. So how did they almost ruin the surprise? Doesn't that always seem to happen? I want to hear about that and I also want a recap of the party! Especially their reaction to finding out that it was a surprise party and how they almost ruined it!
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