This week was my mother-in-law’s seventieth birthday and we celebrated with a low-key dinner at a local restaurant and cake back at our home afterwards. While the plan was to keep things casual, I wanted to do something special to help honor my mother-in-law and her milestone birthday. We were on vacation this week, so it had to be relatively easy to do.

I decided to create a special birthday garland that she would see when she walked into the house and would hang by the table as we ate cake. With a little inspiration from Martha Stewart, I created this pale pink and ivory birthday garland.

birthday garland

pinking shears give the letters a festive effect

the letters are strung together with gold ribbon which provides a contrast and punch in color

The garland was easy to make by following Martha’s template and instructions. I modified the instructions by adding a square cardstock backing to the circles to make the garland a little more prominent against the backdrop I was using.

Happy Birthday, Sookie! Wishing you a wonderful year ahead!