Sunday, February 26, 2012

Hip hop 80's Party

This year, my Husband wanted to celebrate his birthday with an actual party. He was turning the big 3-8! Of course, this made me very happy inside and out! I had the opportunity to plan and execute this event from beginning to end. So, first thing was first.....we had to pick a theme, date and time.  After giving him a few options to choose from, he settled in on an 80's themed hip-hop party.  In other words, he wanted to go the RUN DMC route. :-) I knew this party would have to be totally customized because there really aren't many store-bought decorations for such a theme. In addition, the challenge for me would be making this party manly enough for a Man yet appealing enough for the ladies. 

So, here we go.....

The first thing I worked on was the invite.  Invitations are so important because they set the stage and provide the first peek into what the party will be like.  I wanted to make sure I captured the moment in the invite and here's what I came up with:


I wanted an original graffiti background and I never realized how difficult it would be to locate one. :-/ Finally, I was able to find one by a subway station and the pictures turned out just as I envisioned them!

As for the party, we decided on a black, gold and white color scheme.





Next, was the cake. Coming up with an idea for a cake proved to be a little challenging at first. I didn't want to do an ordinary cake so I figured a speciality cake that tied into the theme was in order.  What better than an Adidas Sneaker and a Kangol hat?!? I found this amazing baker that goes by the name of KaKe Queen (www.kakequeen.com) who was able to make my ideas a reality!



Here's a picture of the dessert table.  I blew up a picture of my husband in black and white, added some blinged-out cupcake toppers, a few boom-box shaped cookies from Cookies By Design (www.cookiesbydesign.com) and chocolate truffles by Deserving Chocolates.











Next......what's a party without a photo-op station?!?!?  I brought a few props to make it fun and boy did the fake money look real! It turned out to be a great addition to the collection!






And that's all folks!!!

I want to end by saying that I had a super fun time planning and executing this event. Especially so because it was for my darling husband.  He had a blast and that made all the difference.

Here, I'll leave you with a few fun pics from the party:







Till next time friends!



7 comments:

  1. hi, i love your ideas for your hubby"s 80's party! I want to throw my hubby a 80's going away party because he is getting deployed to afganistan. The cake is awesome! Any other ideas or advice you may have would be great. my email is marianbess@gmail.com. thank you so much!

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  2. Thanks for your comment Curly-n-Natural! I'm glad you liked it. It's a fun theme to plan for and dress up for too..lol Feel free to use any of the ideas as inspiration for your own 80's party. I wish you and your hubby the best during his deployment. Let me know if I can be of anymore help. Take care. :-)

    Jazmine
    Creative Girl Productions

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  3. Hey lady I'm trying to throw my hubby an 80's party as well u gave me great ideas thnks so much. I was wondering if party city is the only place i can go too get a lot of the props.

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  4. my husbands turning 40 and i luv the hiphop party thats my husband all the way and i want to know where did you the blow up boom box at

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  5. Thanks for your comment Darlethia. Glad you liked the party! I actually got the boom box from Party City. Good luck and I hope you have fun planning your party!

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  6. Hello where did you find the box with the chain and hat

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  7. Hey im trying to do the same for my Older sister. Can you tell me where did you find the decorations and stuff. My email is dtorresd93@gnail.com

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