Party... Part 2!!!

I'm back, last night I got really tired and couldn't keep my peepers open a second longer. So I will pick up where I left off. We kept the decorations pretty simple. We made the 3 banners ( Happy Birthday, Soda Shop and BINGO) I also used some "puff balls",unofficial term that came from a hilarious encounter with a snobby clerk at Anthropologie,that I made for a Christmas event at our church. We hung them from the trees and the porch. I put battery back twinkle lights in them so the lit up in the evening.

This picture doesn't really do them justice. They are really cute. Maybe I will add a tutorial on how to make them sometime. They were time consuming but the cool thing is you can use them over and over and change the tissue paper for different color schemes.

BINGO!!!!

We set up a BINGO station in the back yard. My mother-in-law had these cute little desk chairs that worked perfectly.We found some cute vintage looking bingo cards at FOUND by Domestic Bliss Right after we left Found we went to the antique store downtown and found some actual vintage BINGO cards with slider windows. They are so cute! I decided to keep both sets of cards.

I picked up some tulips for the party. I just adore tulips, they are so pretty and they make me smile.
With the hustle and bustle of things we didn't take the time to take food pictures before the party, so I had Cadence take a few the next day. I'm thinking my mom may have gotten a few and if she did I will post more later. For now here are a few pictures of some of the food from the party. We went with the all American 1950's back yard BBQ menu. Grilled hot dogs, sloppy joes, deviled eggs, fruit kabobs, veggies, chips and onion dip,and a cheese ball served with Ritz crackers. For dessert we had homemade retro desserts;Oreos, snowballs, ding-dongs, rice crispy treats and whoopie pies. Thanks to my Mom, mother-in-law, and friends, Rebecca and Sue, for all the help. I could not have done it with out you!
Good friends, Good food, Good times!

Photos taken by Cadence Meeks Photography