They say it's your birthday...

My husband recently celebrated his 31st birthday by having friends over to The Tempelhof Project for drinks and snacks.

Of course, turning 31 isn't really a big event, but I wanted to have a little bit of fun.

I pondered getting streamers, but thought it was a bit too much.  I thought about setting the snack table up with confetti and the likes, but didn't want to make things look too 'kiddie'.  I pondered balloons, but couldn't seem to find anything other than pastels (kids) or metallic (New Years Eve) colors... until I spotted these guys.

For only 2.99€ at Karstadt, here in Berlin, I found these lovely guys! They're a thick white latex with random paint (or colored latex?) painted all over.  The effect, when blown up, is a colorful marbleized look, and is great.  Each balloon is painted differently and varies in color.

I didn't buy a ton (you only got about 8 per pack), but just enough to toss them around the house and add a bit of a festive kick, and of course, the traditional banner is up and hanging. 

I think these balloons are great and totally don't mind that they're still floating around the house a week later.