Tuesday, February 25, 2014

End of the Roaring 20s: 1920s Speakeasy Birthday Party

This past weekend we celebrated the End of the Roaring 20s for my hubs and I, with a 1920s Speakeasy Birthday Party. My hubs turns 29 in March and I turn 28 tomorrow, so we thought it would be a fitting theme.

End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party
The party was surprisingly easy to plan, even if it had me stumped at first. We lit candles all over the house and changed some of the lights to red party light bulbs. This set the mood perfectly.

End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor

End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor
We started a facebook group inviting friends, where we told guests the secret knock and password they had to say before they entered the speakeasy. We also shared some 1920s slang words, songs, and other fun stuff to prep out guests before the big party.

End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party- 1920s slang

At the entrance to our house we put boxes with "imported gin" "whiskey" and other crates, with a sign I made for the house to be closed for prohibition violations (my friends loved this).
End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor

Once inside, we had wanted posters of my hubs and I that I created with a wanted poster generator.
End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor

I also made round printable banners I hung around the house in classic Gatsby-era style, along with other printables (cupcake toppers, drink labels, etc- all of which you can download in an upcoming post.)

End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor and food
Can you catch my typo on my chalkboard wall? lol.
End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor

We put all the beverages in paper bags (with "medical use" tags added to all of them, with what drinks they were).
End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor

Because this speakeasy has plenty of underground criminals (haha) we made a photobooth-esque wall that was a prison lineup (along with a printable I made for the lineup sign- using the date and our location). I made the lineup wall from a white shower curtain and black electrical tape (because we are classy like that, haha). My friends had plenty of fun taking their 1920s prison photos. ;)

End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party photo booth
Hubs and I take a very "bonnie & clyde-esque" photo

End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party photo booth

End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party photo booth

The food was pretty straight forward- lots of finger foods, such as deviled eggs, mini sandwiches, cheese/meats/crackers, and these super easy pecan+cream cheese+dried apricot things that my friend's sister-in-law made for her bridal shower and I just had to try making them. SOOOO easy!

End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor and food
Our menu
End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor and food
the food setup (in all my typo glory)
End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor and food
left side of food setup
End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor and food
right side of food setup
End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor and food
We setup a rack that helped save space elsewhere- candle lighting (top), jello shots (second shelf) taffy and take-home treat bags of taffy (middle shelf) cups/plates/bowls/napkins/utensils (second from bottom) and more decor (bottom).
End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor and food
Drunk fruit
End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor and food
Taffy treats and take home bags of taffy (got these cute little bags at the dollar store-10 for $1!)
End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor and food
Pecan/cream cheese/dried apricot things!
I also picked up some cute cupcakes from our local Giant Supermarket (normally we'd make our own, but our day was pretty packed beforehand, so we didn't have the time).
 The hubs also made some Spike-Your-Juice homebrewed juices, which we put in these brown beer bottles with little tags I made for them.

End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor and food


We setup our round dining room table up for poker...

End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor

and put on some 1920s tunes (found some a cool playlist here).

End of the Roaring 20s Speakeasy Birthday Party decor with cat
Wendy wants to play poker!
We had a marvelous time! It was a blast, and my friends all commented how much fun they had. You too can have a Speakeasy party- it isn't that hard!
You can download the printables I made for the 1920s party here!
Have a great day!
-M

8 comments:

  1. I love your themed parties. My husband and I have thrown quite a few and at first friends think we are crazy but what fun when they walk away raving about how much fun they had. Always makes it worth the effort. Happy Birthday. The 30s aren't too bad!
    ~Tami @ Curb Alert!

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    1. I've always loved themed parties, so I refuse to stop as an adult. lol. Its all fun!

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  2. What an awesome theme! I love it!

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  3. Wow, it looks like you put a ton of work into this party! I wish I had friends that were cool enough to let their hair down and actually dress up for a party :)

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    1. It was a lot of fun- actually didn't take THAT long to put together. I just did a little bit each night after work leading up to the party. I think cleaning the house was the most time consuming part of setup for the party. haha.

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  4. This is super cute - love the speakeasy theme! (We have a snazzy speakeasy in Orlando that I've been dying to go to! It masquerades as a shoe repair, and you have to call/text for the password.) I'd love the excuse to dress up in 20s style!

    Happy Birthday, btw!

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    1. thanks for stopping by! It was a fun time to be had- the Orlando one you have sounds so fun!

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