It is finally August! Recently, I was lucky enough to celebrate another birthday. As I was planning it, one thing stayed the same. I wanted to be with my closest friends, since my family would be far away. After much thought I decided to make it about a theme close to my heart and ended up making it a Music/Music Video-themed party. So, I wanted to share with you some of the things I created for the party.
1. I dressed up as my favorite pop star, Katy Perry in Roar. I got the Rubie's Costume Co Women's Katy Perry Roar Costume online at Amazon. I waited for the price to go down and purchased it when it was in the $20's, since it can get a little pricey, up to the $60's. I added some hair-clip orchids (similar) I pre-owned to the skirt and headpiece so they would match more Katy's look in the video, since the costume's flowers are not similar at all. I had my friend draw Katy's tattoos on me with black eyeliner and strapped some craft rope to my legs, since it is part of Katy's video look, but not a part of the costume.
2. I made finger food sandwiches and arranged Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme and Hershey's Miniatures Assortment chocolates (it would not have been MY party without it) to look like a piano. I also made some mozzarella sticks, which I labeled as drumsticks to keep the whole music theme going. Of course, I served other things, but they were not so in sync with the theme.
3. I purchased some inflatable microphones (similar) and guitars (similar) at a local party shop, which my guests used as props during karaoke.
4. The most important part of a music/music video-themed party was, you guessed it, the music! As I already mentioned, we sang karaoke (you just have to type "karaoke" in YouTube) and danced. We even performed imitating the musicians we had dressed up as and made a short film!
5. I created a red carpet with red wrapping paper at the entrance so all my guests/music artists would be well received.
6. I cut out musical notes and vinyl discs from some stencils I drew on black cardboard and made the center of the discs by cutting out circles from construction paper. I tried keeping the color scheme as simple as possible, making it red, white, black, silver and gold, which were all colors that came to mind when I thought about music and celebrities.
7. I ordered a simple white cake - because I prefer a cake that tastes good rather than a cake that just looks good - and decorated it with musical note cake toppers made out of foam, which I also bought at the local party shop (similar).
I hope this post inspires you to plan out your next birthday party. It was not as time-consuming as it looks. In the end, it is all about taking some time off our busy lives to dedicate to just letting lose and having fun with our closest friends.
Katy Perry - Roar (Official)
- XO The Creative Mouse
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