Party Alert!

When your high school buddy is turning THIRTY (can you imagine that for cryinoutloud?) a bang up big party is in order.

Laura is just the girl to make sure that particular kind of party happens.

What else would old girlfriends do to celebrate such a momenteous occasion but go out and

PAINT THE TOWN RED!!!

But first a really great invitation must be sent.

If painting the town red is the theme, why not send the invitations out in the form of a paint bucket, with a paint brush and color samples included inside?

And a red feather boa stashed in the can as well, just to get into the party spirit right away.

Decorating the paint cans was going to take a little time, so the two of us sat at the kitchen table and proceeded to decorate.

Thank heaven for stickers!

That sure made the decorating part easier. Putting all the little confetti bits around the can took time, but in the end it was worth the effort.

The cans looked GREAT!

Inside the can was a paint brush and the paint sample chips.

Does this sound like a fun party or what???

Pedicures, trolley tours on the red old fashioned trolleys, ceramic painting, dinner at Red Lobster, then going out and hitting the town for dancing and fun.

After we got the cans all dolled up, Laura hot glued them inside a cardboard boxes and sent them out via Fedex.

She also emailed everyone the details as well, timing it so both arrived at the same time.

(Which was a good thing...after she sent them she realized she hadn't included a date anywhere on the paint can invitations. Oops.)

She'll be flying out to San Diego on Monday night, and meeting up with her old high school girlfriends for an all day party on Margo's big day.

Isn't that just too cool?

Boy do these girls know how to have fun!

(And the invitations were just a taste of all the stuff Laura got for fun! Flashing birthday tiara anyone?)