A Master Art Birthday Party

My mom's birthday is in June, so

we thought it would be fun to throw her an

art themed birthday because she has such a love

of art.  She is currently pursuing one her life long dreams

to be an artist, and is taking art classes at Mesa Art Studio!

Way to go mom!

Bethy was the master party planner

 behind this party, she did all the decorations and 

activities.  She began the evening by having us all

draw names out of a bowl and you got to draw a portrait 

of that family member.  We could use any medium we wanted

some used crayons, others used colored pencils, Evie used 

water colors etc.  It was such a fun activity and everyone 

did such a great job on their drawings!  It was fun to 

draw someone else but it was also really fun to see 

how the portrait of you turned out!

Here is a portrait of Andrew created by Thomas

James, drawing a portrait of Grammy

Then it was time for dinner!

Bethy decorated the table, isn't it adorable?!

After dinner we got to watch James

enjoy his smash cake!  His birthday is two days

before my mom's and he go to celebrate on a family trip to

Yellowstone but he hadn't had time for his cake.  I'm glad 

we all got to watch him go at it because he was loving it!

Then we gave Grammy her cake.

Here she is with all of her nine grandchildren!

While the adults enjoyed the cake

the kids enjoyed these adorable rice krispies paint brushes

Jenny made

Our second activity was an art themed photo booth

our family always loves a good photo booth

Then it was time for presents!

I could hardly wait for this part

my sisters, dad and I had gotten 

the perfect gift for her and I couldn't wait for 

her to open it!!

I worked with the people at the 

gallery I did my internship at, Alderwood Fine Art, 

and commissioned a painting of the house my mom's dad had 

grown up in.  She adores this house, so we thought it would be the 

perfect present!  I picked the artist, Rob Adamson, based on

some of his pieces that were in the gallery while I was working 

there.  He was so nice and painted it on location, it's located 

on Main Street right by the capital.  I was THRILLED with how

it turned out, I was basically jumping up and down when I went 

to pick it up from Alderwood!  My mom was in love with it the moment 

she saw it.  She loved every single detail and couldn't believe we had

gotten a picture done of her dad's house!  It will definitely be a memorable 

birthday!

Happy Happy birthday mom!

we all love you more then words can describe