This week my sweet Hunter turns 16, but she celebrated this past Saturday with her best girlfriends with a dinner out and a surprise party afterwards back at our house.
It all started with a text from 3 of her best girlfriends in July telling me how they would like to throw her a dinner and have a surprise party after at our house.
I was so thrilled that her friends wanted to do something so special for her… I was right on board to help in anyway I could! I offered to pay for the dinner of course, and all the girls had to do was plan the party and invite the guests.
I set about coming up with a few ideas for how I could ‘take’ a party to a restaurant and sprinkle about some quick & easy decorations that would make the birthday dinner special.
I decided to make a little centerpiece with fresh flowers.
I found the white lace bucket at Ikea and then I spied these amazingly beautiful pink gerbera daisies at the local grocery store.
I used 5 stems of gerbera daisies and filled in the rest with small white mums and some greenery to make a small arrangement.
I made the ’16’ pick with scrapbook stickers and cardstock and then attached it to a bamboo skewer to pop into the flowers.
Here’s everything that I took to the restaurant…
Pink lemonade cupcakes from the local cupcake shoppe….my Hunter’s favourite.
I put together some little treat bags using these adorable pink polka dot bags from Greenmunch. {You can find them here.}
I tucked inside the bags some teenage girl things: lip gloss, tissues, little lipstick mirrors for their purses, candy bracelets and some other candy treats.
I stamped this lovely Helen Keller quote on white cardstock to make tags to tie on the bags.
I also brought along some fun silver beads for all the girls and a crown for the birthday girl, some after dinner mints for the table and some fun stripey straws for the pink lemonade I ordered to be brought to the table.
The decorations were just enough to make a regular restaurant booth feel special and festive for a sweet 16 party.
The birthday girl and her friends had so much fun!
It turned out to be a wonderful evening.
My daughter is so incredibly lucky to have such amazing girlfriends to shower her with so much love and thoughtfulness.
Girlfriends are the essensce of life, aren’t they?
The best & most beautiful things
Beautiful Things
cannot be seen or even touched
Touched
they must be felt with the
Heart
~Helen Keller
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Beautiful centerpiece and Happy, happy sweet 16 to your daughter! She is a beautiful girl : )
Danielle xo
Her friends are so sweet! I can only hope my daughters have nice friends like these when they are 16, and not the typical teenage "friends" 🙂
Jessica
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I think she is also lucky to have a thoughtful mom like you! I am sure she will always remember the lovely sweet touches you added to her celebration. I love the flowers. I used pink gerberas for my wedding bouquet.
What a beautiful centerpiece! Happy Birthday to your daughter!!
I love the centerpieces you made! So pretty – and I have that same vase from Ikea, I love it. 🙂 The colors are so pretty that you used. Happy Birthday to your daughter!
Angie, you are such a sweetheart! Your daughter is lucky to have a Mom who puts so much thought into the little details. All of your additions to her dinner must have made her feel so special!
Happy birthday, Hunter!
Happy Birthday to your beautiful girl. I absolutely love the flower center piece! She is lucky to have such good friends.
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Happy 16th Birthday to your beautiful daughter! Love all of your little touches to make her birthday special!
Happy 16 birthday to your daughter.And you have write a wonderful post..
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How sweet, Angie! Happy Birthday to your daughter. You did a great job of making a restaurant dinner with her friends special. Most people just get a dessert with some singing from the staff! : ) This made it much more memorable.
Such a cute centre piece! happy birthday your daughter! Hope she had an amazing weekend!
Great centrepiece and little extras you made to make the party special. Sweet 16 Birthdays are such fun to do. I remember Kate's like it was just yesterday, but it was over four years ago now. I have always intended to write up what we did in case it inspires someone else. I think you have just motivated me to do it. Oh, and give some happy birthday wishes to Hunter.
You are such a cool mom! I love how you fancy'ed up the restaurant! Happy sweet 16 to your girl 🙂
p.s. So happy to find another local blogger, go e-town!
🙂 Christine
My daughter is still 10 years from her sweet 16 but I hope her celebration is put together in such a heartfelt way!! Very pretty – so many great memories fro her – and you!!
So sweet – you come across as being such a lovely family!
What a great bunch of girlfriends she has, she is incredibly blessed!
You made it look so very special, she is also incredibly blessed to have such a creative mother.
Hugs, Cindy
Angie the party is beautiful as is your daughter!
Christina at I Gotta Create!
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A perfect way to mark the day!
Happy 16th Birthday to your daughter! I love all the special touches and the center piece is just so lovely.
happy sweet 16 to your beautiful daughter!
Lior:)
What a beautiful party and post. I have a link party on Wednesdays, and I would love it if you would link this and any other posts. It is called Wednesdays Adorned From Above Link Party. It runs from Wednesday to Sundays.
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I hope to see you there. I am your newest follower, and I would love for your to follow me also. Have a great Day.
Debi Bolocofsky
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Awww – how sweet of her friends to come up with the idea! And the decorations and little touches on your part really made the evening come together in a special way! Looks like they had fun! 🙂
Gorgeous party and gorgeous girls! As a mom of two girls, I can appreciate your feelings toward your daughter's thoughtful friends. Both of my girls are blessed to have wonderful friends. Maybe I'll steal some of your ideas and have a party for all of them!
What fun you added to the party! It looks so pretty and like it was a very special night.
what great party decor. Your centerpiece came out lovely. happy birthday to the birthday girl!!
So FUN!! Everything is so awesome, pink & sparkly!! I know she loved it! I'd be absolutely delighted for you to join our party, Mop It Up Mondays at http://www.ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com/2012/08/mop-it-up-mondays-31.html. Thanks bunches!
{HUGS},
kristi
I wanted to check out this post after looking at your Pinterest. My daughter is turning 16 in November so it's good to get ideas. I love that you had flowers and stuff sent to the restaurant. Cute!
Great 16th birthday! So simple and beautiful. I featured you today. Thanks for sharing this on Living Creative Thursday! http://www.livinglocurto.com/2013/04/5-cute-party-ideas/