Tuesday, September 16, 2008

It was a Tye~Dye kinda day!

Jessica had her birthday on Saturday. Her birthday isn't until Thursday. Our friend Steven, was kind enough to help us with the party (since he had done the tye-dye thing before). Jessica invited 25? of her closest friends, however only 12 showed up (yes, I know I am insane). Steven did an fantastic job with them. He explained to them all how to make the different designs and they all went to town. (prepare for a picture overload)

Once everyone was done with their shirts, they were given instructions to wrap their shirt in newspaper, put it in a plastic bag, attach their name tag, which had instructions for parents with what to do later (keep wrapped for 24 hours, rinse out and wash in cold water), and head over so Jessica could open her birthday presents. She got a lot of great gifts. From gift cards, to mani/pedi set, to money. Can anyone guess what she spent her money on? (no fair guessing if I already told you) That will be a post for later this week!

After presents, we had cake. Normally, my sister would make the cake for their birthday, but she was out of town the week before the party, so was not able to make it. Jessica opted for an icecream cake.

Sunday afternoon, Jessica rinsed out her shirt (and I rinsed out the other 15 or so shirts that I had done for friends)



...and yes Christine, the washing machine is involved! lol

Look at all the great shirts
(these are all the ones I did for friends)

Jess and her friends all made plans to wear there shirt to school on Monday, unfortunately, Jess was sick and didn't go to school, but she did wear it today!

14 comments:

Nancy said...

Those came out GREAT!!! What a very, very cool idea :)

Deanna said...

Oh Terri...it looks like it was great fun!!
All of the shirts turned out sooo good! What a fun idea...I'm going to have to bank this one in the memory!!!


Glad she got a lot of nice gifts :)

I want to say she spent the $$ on an Ipod?

Debbie Moore said...

What fun - I LOVE it!!!

I am pretty sure I know what she spent her money on and I can not wait to hear how she is enjoying it!

debi9kids said...

OOOOH! I KNOW! I KNOW! Hope she is loving it and not forgetting what to do with it....

Those shirts looks awesome! I wonder who the lucky friends are!?! heehee

Frizzy said...

I said it before but I think this was a great idea for her party. You are such a cool mom! I can just see all those tie died shirts wandering the halls for all to see.

Jen said...

It looks like you had a wonderful party. I'll have to keep that in mind as Hannah gets older... looks like lots of fun! Glad Jess had a great party!

The Corradetti Clan said...

shirts look great what a great idea. Glad she is enjoying her gifts. Cant wait to read next week post.

Christy said...

awesome! looks like lots of fun! one of these days I will try it!

Lisa & Gerald said...

Oh that's so cool!

The Romero-Schroeder said...

Great Party so much FUN!!!!

Renata said...

I just love this idea for a party! Looks like everyone had so much fun - & they got a great shirt to take home! Happy birthday to Jess for later this week!

Cindy @ Marriedtothemilitary {dot} net said...

Those came out amazing! I need a good idea for pool party invites, got any?

Anonymous said...

I LOVE this idea! I'm not kidding about keeping it on the back burner for 12/15/17!!!!
Erin

Anonymous said...

What a great part idea!!