I really wanted to make something lifelike of my husband for his thirtieth birthday. I had planned a huge surprise party at our favorite restaurant and all of our friends and family were going to be there.

I was searching the internet one day for ideas, and came across a company that made personalized puzzles. I wanted this to be the largest photo puzzle that anyone had ever seen. I ordered it with the intent of embarrassing my husband beyond belief. I had used a photo of him from his college days wearing some pretty crazy clothes. It arrived and I could not believe how cool it was.

The day of the party, I had asked for an eight foot table to be set up on the side of the restaurant where all of the early guests would be arriving. It took about two hundred people to put together this personalized puzzles.

When my husband arrived, he was definitely surprised by the party. He was then surprised by the largest photo puzzle that any of us had ever seen. He of course, said that he loved the photo, and he was not embarrassed at all. I will have to make sure that all my embarrassing photos are hidden when my birthday rolls around.