Both of my parents recently turned 60 years old, and my sister Anna decided we should throw a little surprise party. So we did, and all of my siblings were able to come into town for their birthday celebration. I made a photo timeline with important family dates, which turned out to be a great conversational centerpiece.
It was a fun night with my absolute favorite people. (More party details and family photos over here.)
A couple of the above photos were taken by Tiffany Haynes.
p.s. Margo holding the happy birthday sign is from a funny little clip that was in the family video my sister-in-law Kathryn put together. The grandkids were interviewed and since she can't speak yet, I wrote her answers on a chalkboard. Here's a really short video snippet of her hilarious round face and smile.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
sixtieth surprise.
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what a beautiful party! and how fun to celebrate their milestones together.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful looking party!
ReplyDeleteI love the timeline idea! And it is the best when the whole family can get together!
ReplyDeleteYour parents must be blessed to have such wonderful children who can throw a mean party ; )
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of the picture timeline centerpiece! gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of photo timeline...what a lovely birthday surprise.
ReplyDeletexo erica
Probably my favorite of all the parties I've seen you do- so classy and sweet. I live everything about it.
ReplyDeletethe photo timeline is a great. my 30th is coming up and even though i feel a little foolish doing it for myself, i just love the idea of it. everything else is beautiful as well.
ReplyDeleteleyla.
I love the video idea. and surprise parties are the best! it's all so pretty :)
ReplyDeleteThat has got to be the best 7 second video I've ever seen. I just love her!!!
ReplyDeletewow-it is all so pretty
ReplyDeleteeverything here is perfection! looks like it would've been such a great party!
ReplyDeleteAngela- Margo is so delightful and charming! Get her an agent- stat! ;)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant as always.
ReplyDeleteWow you guys did SO GOOD! You should submit these photos to something because the creativity is awesome. I love the black and white theme with the black and white photos. Cleanly done. I'm totally pinning this.
ReplyDelete- Sarah
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Oh my, how super fun is this?! I love the placemats and the string of cards down the middle of table.
ReplyDeleteI'm ready for another party...
ReplyDeleteno photos of the bevy of mosquitoes that feasted on the party-goers the whole night through?
ReplyDeleteThis all looks so stylish and cool, love it x
ReplyDeleteThat photo timeline is just genius, and so beautiful!!! "Pinning" it now so I can remember to do something like this sometime. Love it! And a very happy birthday to them :)
ReplyDeletexo TJ
Awesome job! This party looks like it was so much fun. I pinned it for future reference as well!
ReplyDeletelove the color scheme! what a beautiful party...happy happy 60th birthdays to your parents! i can only imagine what a wonderful surprise it was.
ReplyDeletep.s. it was such a treat getting to see you and all of your siblings. 9!? and a giggly margo!
this is so awesome.
ReplyDeleteSo stylish and so very thoughtful! x
ReplyDeleteI love this! Surprise parties are so fun. Especially super stylish ones.
ReplyDeleteso this party blows my mind! GOOD JOB!
ReplyDeleteEverything you do is so well done! Thanks for sharing your talent, I will be storing this timeline idea for future shindigs.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful party!Love the idea!A great inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a very fun birthday party!
ReplyDeleteEmma
http://emmavogelsang.blogspot.com
Love all the ideas for this party. What a special celebration!
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't mind but I borrowed your picture garland idea for my parents' 50th wedding anniversary last month. It turned out great and they loved it! Thanks for the inspiration!
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