I agree that is a great idea. When I had to calk around my tub and toilet after installing new vinyl, I used a trick I'd seen on QVC. I did'nt want to buy the expensive gadget they had for forming the "percect" look and I never can get the neat look using my fingers so I went to my kitchen and got the plastic "scrubbie" you use to clean the stoneware pans and practiced with all four corners till I got the "perfect" ridge I wanted and the best part is you can stop and start and you don't see any seams-just one long smooth line! And all you have to do is wash the scrubbie and back to the kitchen it goes! ... View related article.
Looking from another perspective, I think you are in shock. It's your daughters 2nd birthday and I'm sure she or the other little girl are'nt counting gifts? They probably will have fun just because it's a party? The 30 people comming-how many are kids? What ages? What types of gifts do they usually give? For years we had combinaton parties because two of my boys were born 1yr and three days apart and my sister in law had one in there too. So most Januarys we had one party for the three, sometimes her parents and relatives came and also mine. I don't recall any year that the children looked at the gifts from the "others relatives" and thought anything of it. The only thing that seemed to matter to them was to have their own cake and most of the time the only thing that mattered was THE CANDLES. We'd light them all and sing to all three. Depending on the ages-we'd get out the UNO cards, play viedos(you know how they have their favoirtes) and just have a nice time. ... View related article.