Forty Candles Party

Seeing as how I spent tons of time the last week plus preparing for this party, it only seems fit to post a few pictures of the end result.

I can only take credit for the Rubiks cubes in this photo, the other things were store bought.  We had originally wanted to string lights across the pool but there was nowhere secure enough and of adequate height to anchor them without drilling into the side of the house.  The last thing we wanted was for lights to fall in the pool while people were swimming.

Pac-Man sort of became the main decor theme.  Here he's surrounded by ghosts on the door into the living room.

I had planned on taking a whole series of pictures of lighting and decor before the party began but ran out of time.  Here's a quick one I snapped of the pool area while there were only a few guests present (but out of frame).

The entryway was our time portal transporting guest back to the eighties.  This was probably the one thing that didn't work out as I had wanted.  It still had a fun effect but in it's original design it would have been so much better.  Thank goodness for the fog machines or it would have been a fail.

Our photo backdrop was placed in the garage with the bar.

Here I am in Tom Cruise Risky Business mode with the birthday girl as Cyndi Lauper.

The Living Room was tons of Pac-Man.  He and his ghost friends wandered across three walls in their maze.

Act Two:  They Meet

One of the guests brought one of the original cars from Knight Rider to park in the yard and here the birthday girl sits in it for photos.  Behind the car is the 40 Candles light up sign I created using twinkle lights and cardboard.