It’s already been said that PlattFormers know how to throw a birthday. We’re even better at it when the birthday girl doesn’t know it’s coming.

Rebecca Streeter, one of the head honchos of the Affiliate Marketing department here at PlattForm, had her 30th birthday last Friday. She made the very big mistake of being absent from work that Thursday. That, plus a last-minute raid on the arts and crafts closet, gave us the chance to transform her desk into a work of art that any pre-schooler would marvel at.

You can’t see it in the picture, but there’s also glitter all over her desk. Nothing says “We care!” like a jar of glitter dumped all over your desk. We also managed to wrap her entire chair (with a sweater draped over the back of it) in blue streamers.

We also posted a very special birthday message from local weatherman Gary Lezak on Rebecca’s computer desktop.

Rebecca was a very good sport about the whole thing. She e-mailed the Gary Lezak picture to her husband. (That’s his body that we pasted Gary’s head onto in the picture, by the way.) She also left the streamers on her chair for the entire day. I think she lodged one of the balloons behind my computer monitor, though.

So a word of warning to all PlattForm employees: Don’t miss work the day before your birthday. Clients, if we know your birthdays, that goes for you, too!