Gran's big party day arrived!
We were so excited to spend the day celebrating 90 years for our amazing grandmother,
Lois Elaine Sprague O'Neal Alexander Lytle!!
We sent invitations far and wide for this monumental event!
Ashley designed a fantastic invitation suite complete with invitation, response card, and customized 90th birthday card to facilitate a card shower!
It was brilliant!
We chose the strawberry theme because it seemed to be suited to her personality
as well as having been a part of her life in her china pattern, clothing, drawings, etc.
Ashley even designed a personal website for gran!
This helped in communicating with younger family/friends as well as casting the widest net for the card shower.
We did reach the 90 cards goal using these techniques!
Emily created a slideshow of photos through the years, which gran really loved!
Ashley worked on the catering with Hoosier Village.
They put together a perfect spread and it was artfully presented.
We hired Coby Palmer to do the flowers and he really captured the theme!
The printed materials were from our pin boards, etsy purchases and customized prints.
Ashley found the balloon letters and came up with the concept for how to display the cards.
Through collaborative ordering efforts, the cupcake picks, cake topper and other special touches were ordered. The cupcakes came from Beech Grove, the cake from a Zionsville bakery, and the personalized sugar cookies were made by Emily's neighbor!
Friends and family from as far as Texas and Illinois and as near as upstairs joined the party.
The turnout was great! Lois was a bit nervous she would not recognize people, but she remembered everyone and had meaningful conversations with each.
The open-house feel of the day allowed many people to stay or cycle through and so it is difficult to get a complete count of attendance.
We agreed that those who came were a blessing to gran and so the number was not as important!
We sent each guest away with a small bag of strawberry candies in fitting with the theme.
We split the effort of creating the party and it made life so much easier!
We ended up with a really special event filled with people who love and admire Gran.
Even more sent heartfelt messages and memories which Ashley curated into a book.
It was a lot of hard work, but by outsourcing a lot to professionals, we took some of the more tedious tasks off our plates-allowing us to focus on the day and Gran.
Amazing twin day full of happiness for a 90 year old woman who made us the twins we are today!
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