Text inspired birthday party!

My son just turned 15 and we struggled to find a party theme that was fun and teen approved.  Finally it hit us.  What if we based the entire celebration on something every teen loves...texting! We started out by making this invite.  I wanted it to look like a text message and I also wanted to use a chalkboard background.  I love the way it turned out!

I also made a matching banner...

It was a very small gathering but I still wanted some special touches.  I bought yellow plates and with some sharpies I drew faces on them.

His cake was pretty simple but so cute.   We looked at all the different emoticons and Aaron picked his favorite.  I think it was perfect! 

The kids had fun with the plates which doubled as really cute masks.

All in all it was a simple and perfect celebration for Aaron's 15th birthday! Especially because we gave him a new phone!