Sunday, April 26, 2009

Theme: A Twilight Party

Hi, my name is Mara (actually it's Tamara) and I'm addicted to Twilight! Yes, my inner teen girl is in LOVE with Twilight the movie and books! Who am I kidding, my 20 something year old self is in love with Twilight! I was so excited when I saw The Hostess Blog post an article about throwing a Twilight Party! So much so, I had to share! Here it is!

twilight party ideas

This past Friday I invited my local Twilight-loving friends over to watch the new DVD that just came out… and I’ve gotta say it was a fun excuse for a party! Although my husband wasn’t really surprised that I was decorating for this get-together, he still asked, “Why all the fuss to watch a DVD?“.

The answer is simple of course: for fun! The way I see it is this: I can sit on my couch in my regular living room and watch a movie any ol’ Friday night, so when the movie lends itself to a fantasy-type theme that’s the perfect excuse for breaking out the twinkle lights and red martini’s, why the heck not? Life is too short not to mix things up when you can… and there’s no reason why we should save all the fun for just birthdays and holidays!

twilight party ideas

The main elements of this particular Twilight party were:

mood lighting created with white twinkle lights & candles
red (blood-themed) cocktails, favors, & drinks
apples & Italian food
framed quotes from the book & movie (pictured at top & below), which I dressed up a bit in photoshop, then printed out & framed. (The framed quote above is a line from the movie that Edward says when he catches an apple in a manner that mimics the book cover.)

Want to use these movie quote designs for your party? Download all of them right here: 8×10 quotes (3.1 M pdf) / 5×7 quotes (6.3 M pdf). All of the quotes included in these pdfs are listed at the bottom of this post.

twilight party ideas

I designed these downloadable blood-themed drink labels a couple weeks ago and mocked them up digitally in an earlier post, but they look way better in person when wrapped around bottles of red sodas, juices, and cocktail mixers! (Remove the original labels from the bottles first. Soaking them in hot water for 10-15 minutes first will make this task easier.)

Download these drink labels here (high res pdf format).
Label designs include: i’m thirsty, drink up, type A negative, type B positive, and type O negative

twilight party ideas

More easy party decor ideas: Fill glass vases with apples, pillar candles, floating candles, and dark red acrylic sea glass. Decorate the vases with satin ribbon, black tulle, sparkly stickers, and movie quotes.

twilight party ideas

Rhinestone appliques would be appropriate decor for the vases too… anything sparkly is actually a great reference to the “diamond” effect that sunlight creates on the vampires.

twilight party ideas

Since the changing color of Edward’s eyes are a big part of the story, I thought that would be a good thing to call out with a quote as well. (For those of you that haven’t read the story, black eyes = thirsty/hungry.)

twilight party ideas

If you’re planning to serve dinner at the party, Italian is a great choice for a couple key reasons:
Bella orders Mushroom Ravioli in the Port Angeles restaurant with Edward. (as seen in the picture in the background above, which is from the book Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion - only $9.68 at Amazon.com)
In the movie, the Cullens attempt to make Italian food for Bella when she visits their home for the first time. I framed Esme’s line: “We’re making Italiano for you.” to display on the buffet table by the food.

twilight party ideas

On the drinks table, framed signs read: “thirsty?” and “drink up.” (Both signs are included in the ” 5×7 quotes” pdf.)

twilight party ideas

Also served, but not pictured here: red wine & red Pomegranate-Cran Martinis served in martini glasses rimmed with a “hard candy blood drip“.

Last but not least are the party favors…red candy in cellophane bags make for fun, super-easy “blood bag” party favors. These bags are filled with Red Vines (which Bella is also seen eating in the movie) and aptly named Twizzler “Bites“. Both the candy and the cellophane bags are from Target, but there’s also a huge variety of red candies available online.

twilight party ideas

Another fun favor idea: sparkly red lip gloss! These red-shimmer NYC Liquid Lip Shine glosses were only $1.72 each at Target! Display them with a little sign that reads “Vampire Kisses“.

twilight party ideas

*Check out more pictures of the party details over at the Twilight Screening Party facebook album.

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MORE Twilight party ideas:

In my dreamworld – if I had the time/resources/excuse to do even more with this theme – here are some ideas that would top the list (in no particular order):

Use a fog machine and hang umbrellas to give the effect of Forks - rainy and misty.

Include a chocolate fountain in the dessert buffet - featuring white chocolate that’s been dyed red to look like blood, of course!

Serve Red Velvet Cupcakes that look like they’ve been splattered with blood… just like these fabulous creations from Retro Bakery in Las Vegas:

twilight vampire cupcakes

Create napkin rings from glow in the dark plastic fangs… and have more sets of fangs available for photo opps!

Drizzle bowls of popcorn with butter that’s been colored red.

Set up a creative, themed black & red candy buffet…mixed in with “bloody” candy accents and clever details from the movie.

Have the Twilight Movie Soundtrack playing as background music before the movie.

Play some sort of movie trivia or themed game - and give a golden onion as the prize. (This is the same thing that Bella & Edward “won” in Biology; to create: literally spray paint a store-bought onion gold!)

Make “blood drip candles” by drizzling melted was from a red candle on top of a white taper candle, then displaying them in cool candelabras - like this fabulous & elegant Red Acrylic Candelabra from Social Couture.

If this was the theme for a big-budget event, I’d love to recreate the look of the meadow by bringing in lots of foliage and covering some of the tabletops with dewy grass & purple flowers. How fun would THAT be?! And then, of course - there’s that fantastic twinkle light canopy from the prom scene at the end of the movie…sigh…like I said: dream!

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Hope you found some good inspiration here for a Twilight party of your own!


THANK YOU Hostess Blog for posting such an awesome article!!

14 comments:

Hannah said...

omg--- could you be any cooler?
Hey, why does it have to be our inner teens that are in love with the book? Most of the people in the book are over 100 years old, including Edward!!

Lovin' this party theme!! :D

GFS said...

Although this is going a bit too far for me...I do hear my inner teenager screaming out YES I LOVE IT!

Hi. I am 33 years old and I Love the Twilight Series. (that's my TA..Twilight Anonymous welcome speech).

VERY CRAFTY THOUGH. Me Likey!

Justina said...

Thats awesome! Man I wish I had more than one Twilight obsessed friend. lol

The Pissed Off Bride said...

I've never seen the movie ( I know. . .) and I want to throw a party!!! Lol, love it. Great, great, great ideas!

BTW, don't know if I've ever told you that I love your wedding dress.

Christine said...

This is such a great idea :-)
I love the details and everything...

And you aren't the only 20 something loving Twilight ;-)

A.P. said...

i wanna be there! it's all so amazing! :)

My Dream Ring said...

I LOVE it all! I am so late in the Twilight game but I watched the movie last weekend and read the book in one day Saturday, I'm so HOOKED!!! TEAM EDWARD shhhhh don't tell anyone I said that. :) hahaha

starfish said...

Thats such an awesome party theme!

That's What She Said said...

I have not read or seen the Twilight books or movie, but that party theme is sooooo adorable. Great ideas!!!

Robin said...

Thanks for pointing this out. Great ideas, wish I had them for my party. Well that means I will have to throw another one! There is always the next 2-3 movies coming out!

Event Lighting, San Francisco said...

Great theme and it seemed perfect,the setting the lighting and the snacks. I wish i was there........

Michella said...

I am 42 yrs old, and I am hooked on Twilight. I am SO hosting this party in two weeks! Thank you for the awesome ideas!!

Anonymous said...

I am a Twilight freak....but I came across your article and I just wanted to say hey to another Tamara that goes by Mara...and a Twilight fan in her 20 somethings.

Anonymous said...

Hey...i am having a twilight wedding...and your designs would be perfect but i am having trouble saving them...i would like to save them as a picture so i can get them printed at like wal-mart but it wont let me save it as a picture...any ideas?!?!?
Thanks so much!
-Andrea

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