Setting a birthday table for a special birthday person is a must!!!  In our house, everyone has to wear the birthday crown for at least one photograph – though I will admit to wearing mine through the grocery store one year because it was my birthday and I had to get groceries before going to church, where I wore my crown with a special young lady who shares a birthday with me (I had made her a crown, too).  We have enough numbers in our immediate family that we don’t feel the need to have big parties with our kids.  They get gifts from all over, friends and family alike.  They receive gifts of what they need and/or want and usually some money from those who love them across the miles. 

The birthday person in our house gets to choose their favorite meal to eat for supper as well as what type of cake or pie they want.  Hence, the beginning of each birthday celebration is once again around the table!

Here is a special birthday table runner that I will pull out for each birthday in our house.  Side note – none of my girls like pink, hence the more sedate pastels but this mom likes pink so the background of the blocks are a very light shade of pink:

Birthday Cake block – appliqued

Gift Package block – appliqued

Birthday Table Runner!