New Moon Party Tips and Last Minute Ideas

We all know what today is, right?  Friday.  Right, good answer.  There's something else though.

New Moon DVD Release?!?!  Ding, ding, ding.  Tell her what she's won!

So, I thought there might be some of you out there planning a last minute New Moon shindig and that you might need some last minute ideas and tips.  I've compliled a collage from my New Moon Party that I hosted last year before the midnight premiere.  I'm going to try to link you up to some quick and easy party ideas (highlighted in RED). 

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   If you party is further down the road, like in the next couple of weeks, it's still not too late to send out some invites and set the tone for your party.  If you're wanting to do a party on the fly, then just text/e-mail some friends and tell them the when, where, what time, etc. (Links to invitation ideas - go HERE and HERE)
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   Plan your menu, even if you're just having chips and dip, you need to know what you're going to have so you can be prepared (and possibly ask your fellow twi-hards to chip in)! (Links to recipes - go HERE and HERE)
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   Plan your outfit!  That's one of the most fun parts!  Get creative, but remember that you'll want to be comfortable.
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   Create some cute and original decorations/centerpieces.  Give your guests something to talk about while they're eating their mushroom ravioli or sipping their vampire martini soda. (For ideas - click HERE or HERE)
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   Have some goodies for your friends to take home!  Everybody loves some swag! (Ideas?  Click HERE and HERE )
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   Create a Candy Bar - your guests will love it!  Plus, it goes perfectly with movie viewing...you can't have a movie party without some chocolate and candy to munch on!  (See what I put on my Candy Bar HERE)
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   Invite lots of friends!
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    Especially these guys!  (HERE is where you can order your very own Life-Size Edward and Jacob)
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    One of my favorite places to go to for printable quotes from the movie and general party planning ideas is The Hostess with the Mostess - love her!!  Click HERE for her site.
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     Play some fun games - like Pin the Kiss on Edward or Pin the Kiss on Jacob!  We had so much fun!  Just buy a large poster and print out some kissy lips on address labels.  Play like pin the tail on the donkey - blind fold guests, give them a lips sticker, spin them, and let them go!  Whoever is closest to those kissable lips wins a prize.  You HAVE to have prizes!
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    Every New Moon party needs Edward and Jacob paper plates - available right now at Wal-Mart, Target, and many many on-line shops.  Take your pick!  I bought some last weekend just for safe keeping.  You never know when you'll need them.
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    Set the mood for your party with some fun twilight-ish decorations.  Make your guests feel like they're in Forks. 
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    Lots of balloons...and red, black, and gold.
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    Don't forget to kick up your feet and enjoy!

For TONS of fabulous Twilight/NewMoon/Eclipse party ideas, go visit Tara's Twilight Party!

Hope everyone is having a great week!♥

New Moon Party Pics

My New Moon party was a HUGE success in my book! I'm just not sure how it could have been any better...unless of course Edward would have shown up in flesh and blood...er...stone cold sparkly skin.

Here's an overview of the party *warning: picture OVERLOAD*


LOTS of GREAT friends showed up...my bloggy friend Dawn and 3 of her friends came. It's so great to now know Dawn, Jen, Michelle, and Dana IRL! Thanks for coming girls!
Jacob kept staring at me the WHOLE night.

The Candy Bar

The Edward Room

The only picture I have of my outfit

OME!

I think I was biting Jacob....I really have nothing to say to this

Me and my girl, Amanda, waiting patiently for 12:01

We played Pin the Kiss on Jacob

and Edward♥

My banner that I made

Pocket Edward showing where the band-aids are in case you get a paper cut. He's so helpful like that.

My red Chuck Taylor's

Me and Amanda at the 10:15 showing this morning...yep, true fans...we've seen it twice in 10 hours.

My cousin Allison, Me, and Amanda...don't say anything about the bags under our eyes...we were working on about 3 hours of sleep and NO coffee...that's the price we were willing to pay for one more date with Edward and Jacob.

Hope everyone who went to New Moon last night had as much fun as I did!!! If you're going in the near future, you're in for a treat...it's yummy! You're going to love it! If you're not planning on going...change of plans...GO SEE IT! It was AH-MAZING!

Have a superFABULOUS weekend♥

You can find my new Eclipse Party Plans by clicking HERE!

New Moon GIVEAWAY

2 days 14 hours 24 minutes...it's almost close enough to start counting down in hours only!!


New Moon is rising and in honor of that I have a giveaway just for YOU (well, one of you...a very lucky one of you. =)


Here's what you'll get:

1. New Moon 2010 Calendar
2. Harper's Bazar December issue w/ KStew and RPattz on the cover
3. Vanity Fair December issue w/ RPattz on the cover
4. Ghiradelli Twilight Delight chocolate bar
5. sparkling red lip gloss
6. New Moon soundtrack
7. Goodie Bag from my New Moon party
8. a personalized Starbucks travel mug w/ your favorite...Jacob, Edward...you choose!

Here's how you can get an entry:

1. Leave a comment telling me who you choose...are you Team Edward, Team Jacob, or perhaps you're Team Switzerland. (This has no bearing on who will win the giveaway, just something I would like to know for the fun of it.) (1 entry)
2. Follow me, if you don't already. (1 entry) All of my current followers who comment will automatically get an additional entry.
3. Repost on Twitter or Facebook and come back and let me know. (1 entry)
4. Post about my giveaway on your own blog. (2 entries)

The giveaway will close on Friday at 12:01 am! I'll announce the winner on Monday, November 23! Good luck to everyone!

Peace, Love, and Twilight

New Moon Party Links

Here is a list I've been putting together of all of the websites I've used for inspiration, ideas, and supplies while planning my Twilight/New Moon party (click any RED for a link):

• Hostess with the Mostess - AWESOME...like the coolest FREE printables and party ideas...I mean, after all, she IS the Hostess with the Mostess!
• Maggie's Dinner Dates - great ideas for decorations, party supplies, table settings...you name it!
• Tatertots and Jello - our beloved Jen had her very own Twilight party back in March to celebrate the release of the Twilight DVD! I found lots of inspiration and ideas on her blog post!
• Tara's Twilight Party - inspiration
• Etsy - tons of Twilight/New Moon crafts, gifts, party supplies
• Twimom - printable invites and party supplies
• Buycostumes.com - New Moon party supplies
• Oriental Trading - wax vampire teeth, personalized margarita glasses, and general party supplies
• One of my fav parties I read about in blogland was from Ashli's blog. I'm going to try my hardest to replicate a City of Forks welcome sign like she did! I love that! I also really love her tissue flowers that she decorated with!

I hope these help!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

I'll be back tomorrow with more Twilight/New Moon...see ya then! 4 DAYS!!!

New Moon Party Decorations, Menu, and Candy Bar

I'm just getting soooooo excited! I can hardly stand it...I can hardly stand the excitement and the anticipation. 5 days!!!

Yesterday I said that I would show you some more of the decorations I'm using at my NEW MOON par-tay. I'm so flippin' excited. So, here are a few pics of things I will be using to decorate.

Of course these guys will be there...
I have a dozen or so quotes that I printed off of the Hostess with the Mostess blog site. (I'll give you the link tomorrow) While looking for some red accents, I found these cute little red paper lantern lights on sale at Wal-Mart. I'm also going to use a couple of strands of white Christmas lights as well as battery operated tea light candles (I'm trying to keep it fire safe, since we'll be at the hotel) I needed something to draw in the wolves, and I found this on the clearance aisle at Target the week after Halloween, along w/ some 75% off black napkins, cups, and table clothes.
I've made a couple of these paper flowers that I think I'll hang around somewhere. I found the instructions on Martha Stewart's website...leave it to Martha to think up something this cute and cheap too!
I've also got a few gold accents I'm throwing in there, along with some red and white tulle (you can't ever go wrong with tulle). I'm also using some red, gold, and either black or chocolate brown balloons. Balloons are cheap and so festive. They add a lot of ambiance to any party. I have a few other things, but I want to save some to show you after it's all put together. I hope it turns out like I want it to!

One of my fav things I've been putting together is the candy bar. I thought it was fitting since we are going to watch the movie right after the party. This way everyone can put themselves together a bag of candy to sneak in to the theater (we're rebels like that). Here is a list of candies I'm including in the candy bar:

• Hot Tamales (you know, because they're red and because Jacob is HOTT!)



• Hershey's Kisses (to represent the kiss that Jacob and Bella share and the kisses from Edward - some w/ silver wrapping and some with red wrapping)



• Jelly Belly Jelly Beans - Root Beer (brown), Cherry (red), and Banana (a golden yellow) to go along w/ the color scheme



• Twizzler BITES =)



• Twizzler (regular ones...like the one's Bella and Jacob are eating in Twilight)



• Dark Chocolate Raisinettes...because they're good =)
  
  

  
  Here's my menu for the party...

Nothing fancy, but it should be yummy!

Tomorrow I'm going to have a comprehensive list of all the helpful and fun websites and blogs I've found while searching for New Moon party ideas. It may save some of you time when/if you decide to throw your very own Twilight/New Moon party.


I hope everyone is having a super Saturday!! 5 DAYS!!!

Peace, Love, and Twilight

New Moon Party Centerpieces and Goodie Bags

This week has been crazy. I was out of the office yesterday due to Isaiah being sick. I had to take him to the doctor. I've been spending all of my spare time working on party stuff. Even though I started so early, I feel like it's coming down to the wire and I'm scrambling to get everything finished. Part of the reason is that I have too many ideas floating around in my head, and not enough time to finish all of them. I keep reminding myself that there are two more movies to premier, so I can always save things for an Eclipse Party or Breaking Dawn Party (can't wait for that one!!!). Every day this week, I had things I wanted to post, but here we are...it's FRIDAY! (way way early Friday for me...so pardon any grammatical errors) AND it's 6...six...SIX days away from New Moon!!! Woot!

I finally downloaded some pics of a few things I've been working on.

Like these fork arrangements...

I know they're a little different, but I really love the forks! What do you think? These were super easy and way cheap. I just bought some clay pots ($0.50/each), foam oasis ($1.50/each), gold forks ($1.99/24), and moss ($5.00/bag). Then I gathered some twigs to give the pots the "Forks" effect.

I just used my handy dandy hot glue gun and started putting the twigs around the pot, pushed the forks into place (after writing "I ♥ Forks" on them), and added some moss. In retrospect, I should have added the moss first. It was a little difficult getting it down in between the forks.

I'm also making these cute little pocket-size tissues for my goodie bags.

I just measured the tissues (8"x4 1/2" - in case you were wondering) and cut a piece of card stock that would wrap all the way around it. I then made creases at the folds, put a little dab of glue where the card stock meets, and embellished them with ribbon and some New Moon phrases/terminology. TA-DA!

One last thing I wanted to show you guys today...

Bookmarks. These were so easy. I went into Microsoft Publisher and used the bookmark template. I just started changing out the pictures and inserting text...and filling in the background (on some)...until I came up with a few I was pleased with. I think they turned out pretty cute. I was going to laminate them, but haven't...yet. I'll show you the final product, if I end up finding the time to laminate.

My goodie bags are going to include, but not limited to:

• Pocket Tissues (because, let's face it, we're all gonna cry when Edward leaves)


• New Moon Bookmarks


• plastic vampire fangs


• mini vampire teeth soaps


• pocket hand warmers (to represent Jacob's constant 108.6 degrees...He's HOT...literally)


• Ghiradelli's Twilight Delight chocolate squares


• New Moon chocolates

Tomorrow, I'll show you some of my other decorations, the menu, and what I've picked out for the candy bar. 6 DAYS!!!!


Hope everyone is having a FABULOUS Friday!!

New Moon Party Invites and New Moon Party Banner

I have a few more pics of my New Moon Party invites and the banner that I made. I wanted to share them with you guys, just in case any of you are looking for New Moon party ideas. I know I've been scouring the Internet looking for ideas and inspiration! So, I thought I'd pass on what links I have and show pics of what I've done so far. I can't believe the party and movie premier are in LESS THAN 2 weeks! WOOT!

Here's another look at my invites. I purchased a pdf file from Twimom on Etsy (click on her name to see her Etsy page). I bought the whole pdf download for $8! I could print off as many invites as I wanted and it came with 3 Twilight/New Moon games and lots of clip-art and graphics, even some fun bottle labels that I'm going to use at the party. Great deal! She has lots of other printables in her Etsy shop.

I bought some brown and gray card stock at Michael's, along with some embellishments and went to work. I think they turned out pretty cute and they're original.

Here's a look at the banner that I made...I can't wait to find a place for it at my party!!

This weekend I'm going to work on a few centerpieces made out of forks! I'll show you pics as soon as I get them all put together! I'm also working on my "swag bags" and a few other things. Lots more New Moon party planning pics next week! =)

Peace, Love, & Twilight

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Tuesday Twilight Saga Update

I've been so busy with New Moon party stuff. It's kind of consuming. I just have so many ideas running through my head...and only 18 days left!!! Can you believe it??! 18 days! Two weeks from this Thursday. So, the countdown is really on now (although it's been on at this blog for quite some time). I think the first time I downloaded a countdown widget there was more than 200 days...now only 18! I'm also marking off my party checklist. All of the invitations are made and ready to mail. I have my New Moon outfit put together and finalized. Wanna see?

What do you think?

I've purchased all of the party favors and game prizes. The decorations are all accounted for (Edward and Jacob are still in my office...waiting patiently). The hotel rooms are booked. I'm still working on my New Moon banner and the centerpieces I'm making. I didn't get much done over the weekend with all of the Halloween festivities. I'll have to show you guys some pictures from all THREE parties I helped throw. I've been way busy.

Have you all seen the New Moon commercials on TV? LOVE IT!

Something else I love is this new Anya Marina video for Satellite Heart (from the New Moon soundtrack). Enjoy!


'Satellite Heart' Anya Marina

Anya Marina MySpace Video

Hope everyone is having a terrific Tuesday!

New Moon Party - Invites and Tableware

I thought I would give you guys a sneak peek at what I've got so far for the party!

We all know that the mood for any party is set with the invitations. I'm still trying to perfect my invitations and the exact mood I want to set for this party, but here is what I have so far.

(The pic was taken with my iPhone, so sorry for the fuzziness)

What do you think?

Here is what I have so far for the tableware:

I found these yummy plates at buycostumes.com

I also bought some napkins with the picture of Edward, Bella, and Jacob on them. They had other plates and cups, but I didn't want to get too "matchy". So, to go along with these, I purchased chocolate brown dinner plates, clear cups, and these...

I bought these margarita glasses at orientaltrading.com

I had them personalized with the "Fangs and Fur Party - November, 19 2009"! ($14.95/12)

I think our pomegranate margaritas will be tasty in these! What do you think?

I've got an idea for these...

Hopefully, I'll finish my project and be able to show you guys next week!

I'm going to leave you with this wolf pack video. It's hot!

Hope everyone has a great day!♥

Tuesday Twilight Saga Update

I am up to my ears and eyeballs in New Moon party stuff. I'm pretty sure I'm driving everyone around me CA-RAZY with all of it. I just can't help myself. You see all of that "stuff" in the box...well, it started out as a small collection of things for my New Moon party and it's turned into a HEAPING pile in a matter of weeks. I've got plans for making invitations, a banner, center pieces, goody bags (aka swag bags)...then there is the decor, the food, and the fun (of course)...which require lots and lots of planning. I'm no longer hosting the party at someone's house, but at the hotel, and that has brought on a whole new set of obstacles. However, everything will be done by November 19th! It will...it has to...my Twilight happiness depends on it. I don't want to have any regrets of things I wish I had done. I realize there is always Eclipse, but who wants to wait until June 2010? Not me. In the next few weeks, I'll be posting pics of finished projects, so check back if you're interested in witnessing some Twilight craziness. I should be committed. Truly.

I wanted to give a few shout-outs to some Etsy sellers. Thanks to them I have found some fabulous and fun items that will be going in my "swag bags":

• Shabby Sneakers - cute iron-on transfers w/ Twilight sayings ($7) and a New Moon domino necklace ($10-12) - these are actually not going in the swag bags, just a little something for me. :)
• ElectrikPinkPirate's Curios from California - super cool vampire bite mark temporary tattoos ($1.50/4 sets)
• AJ Sweet Soap - adorable mini vampire teeth soaps ($6.00/20). She also has a "Jacob" soap, wolf howling at the moon...that may be my next purchase!
• Twimom - you can get your very own pdf file full of New Moon party planning including games, invites, and tons of extras! ($8)

I've also found some wax vamp teeth at Oriental Trading and of course New Moon Candy at Walgreen's. Another fun item I picked up at Walgreen's were these warewolf gloves...thought they would make a cute game prize...especially for a Team Jacob person!

Hopefully tomorrow or Thursday I'll be able to show you the New Moon banner I've been working on!

Hope everyone is having a great week so far!♥