Invite: I created a little rhyme for the invitation wording and bought assorted shades of grey card stock to create my invitation. I also bought sunglasses from the Dollar Tree to wrap around the invitation for some added fun. I asked guests to wear shades of grey to the party and bring a "toy" for an exchange.
Entry: You can't have a Fifty Shades party without a contract can you? I modeled the wording of my contract off the contract in the book referring to myself as "The Hostess" and my guests as "The Diners". I tried to stick to the formal language of the contract and included sensual words for added fun. I wrote it all on foam board and hung it from my entry door. Guests signed it before entering!
Decor: When I think of Christian Grey, I think sophisticated as well as a bit naughty. I wanted my decor to reflect this without being over-the-top sexual. I set my table with a black tablecloth and tea lights (some elevated) running down the center. Along the center of the table I also had handcuffs (thanks to the law and legal teacher at my work), a copy of the novel, a whip (from my brother's Indiana Jones Halloween costume), and a grey tie (thanks hubby).
As a place card, I got paint sample cards from Home Depot each with three shades of grey. I used my Cricut to cut out the name of each guest and glued it to the bottom. The grey napkins were tied with zip ties for another Christian Grey reference!
I used my Cricut again to cut out handcuffs to use as wine charms. I cut them out in various shades of grey.
On the dessert table I created two candy jars with red candy (inspired by the Red Room of Pain). I labeled the red cinnamon candies "Hard Limits" and the red licorice straws "Soft Limits" to again play up the contract wording.
I also designed wine labels to go around the wine bottles. The first bottle we opened for the evening was labeled "Sexy" and each bottle following got a little darker word! If you would like the template for these labels, comment below and I will send it. It isn't anything fancy, but it added some humor to the party.
Activity: Besides the gift exchange, I also had guest's share a fun story. I called them Sexual Deviance cards just for fun, but the story did not have to be sexual. We had fun guessing the writer later in the party!
Menu: I created my menu around some of the language used in the book. I displayed the names of each menu item as if it was an email from Anastasia to Christian or vice versa following the format in the book. Both of these characters have Subject lines that are clever as well, so I tried to do that. Again, if you would like copies of these, I can email you the template.
I started with SUBmissive Sandwiches. These were easy to make Philly Cheese steak sandwiches. The meat and buns were from Trader Joes. The rest of the sandwich was Provolone cheese slices and sliced red and green peppers.
Bow TIED-UP Pasta Salad was next. You can put anything in pasta salad, but I chose to include tomatoes, green and orange peppers, black olives, and kidney beans. I used 1 1/2 boxes of 16 ounce bow pie pasta. Here is the recipe for the Italian Dressing I made to use:
1 large clove garlic, finely chopped
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons fresh basil or 1 tablespoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon oregano leaves, crushed
freshly ground black pepper
Process all ingredients in a food processor or blender until thoroughly combined. Then add this to the pasta salad mixture an allow it to marinate.
I also served a fruit salad I called Forbidden Fruit. These three entrees really filled us up so I was glad I did not try to serve more. Plus two of them can be made ahead of time, so that was nice in terms of the hostess part.
For dessert, I served two cupcakes. The first was Vanilla Cupcakes with "Whipped" Cream Icing and Strawberries in honor of Anastasia and the constant reference to "vanilla" in the book. I found the cute grey cupcake wrappers at Michaels.
In honor of Christian Grey and the red velvet bedding in the Red Room of Pain, I served red velvet cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting. I also added a chocolate handcuff to the top. To make the handcuffs I melted chocolate chips, put the melted chocolate in a zip lock with the corner cut, and then pipe/draw the handcuffs onto wax paper. I put the paper in the refrigerator to harden. Then just peeled off and placed on the cupcake before serving.
Red Velvet Cupcakes
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
1 (1ounce) bottle McCormick Red Food Color
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting
1 (8ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Set aside. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix in sour cream, milk, food coloring, and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until just blended. Do not overbeat. Spoon batter into 30 paper-lined muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full. Bake 20 to 25 minutes until toothpick inserted into cupcake comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire rack 5 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely. Frost with icing.
To make the icing: Beat cream cheese, softened butter, sour cream and vanilla extract in large bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Pipe onto cupcakes.
Favor: I made cake pop Ben Wa balls for my favor since they are a fairly significant part of the book. I used the same vanilla cupcake batter I used for the cupcakes to make cake balls. I then melted white chocolate to dip them in and to hold the black licorice in place. After this set, I used Wilton's Silver Spray to give them the metallic look. I placed these in a favor bag with a tag playing up the "inner goddess" reference from the book. Again, if you want to host this party and want this template, just email me/comment below!
We had so much fun at this party just laughing and chatting about the book. It was definitely a fun party to host and the girls had a great time!
Thanks again for checking out my blog...
Laters Baby!
110 comments:
Carole- You outdid yourself here. This was so creative and so incredible. I am so in awe! Very, very fun and adventurous. I bet the girls had a great time!
SOOOO ADORBS!!! I love the Hard and Soft Candy Limits, and the Ben Wa Ball favors and the shades of grey paint sample cards AND I especially liked your menu--my favorite menu so far. Totally inspired to do the same for my bunch of girls!
Love it! So clever and spot on!
Bad Ass. Every detail is amazing.
What a great party! I would love it if you would please email me the templates. akjml@hotmail.com
Thank you!
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This is awesome! Could you kindly email me the templates? Very excited about my upcoming party!
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OMG this is the cutest party ever...you are so creative with this stuff!!! I may seriously need to steal this idea from you. WOW
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Love this!! Could you email me the templates as well. Definitely going to do this party in December!!
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You made ME want to do MY OWN 50 party!
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Sorry you need an email duh!!!
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Can you please send me the templates for this theme!? Amazing!
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Awesome! I really thought you NAILED this one! Pls email me the templates. Thanks so much! pazquina@yahoo.com
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Thanks and again! WOW!!!
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is it possible for you to email me invitation templates?
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Hi,
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Hi there - I am doing my Bday party - can I get your templates? thank you so much!!
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You did an outstanding job with this party, very creative! I was thinking of having a similar themed party and would be so appreciative if you could send me the templates!! angelact_124@yahoo.com
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Hello! I am doing a bachelorette party for a friend and would LOVE your templates! You did a fabulous job! Thanks so much!! littleonesteacher@yahoo.com
As I type this I am in completely in awe of how your mind works, you are so creative.
I can't wait to show this to my friends.
Wow! This is all so great! I am having a Shades of Grey Bachelorette party next month and those wine labels would be awesome to have! Can you please send them to me! christinadeleo@ymail.com
Thank you so much!
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OMG please send me the template my friend is getting married this year her last name is Gray so we were going to play on words and do 50 shades of "Gray" so happy I googled this.
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This is too perfect for my sister's 50th birthday party! Could you email me the template? mump5@msn.com
Thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas!
I really love all that you did!! Making a 50 Shades party and would love the templates. Thank You so much for the ideas!!
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Haha....I've done the EXACT same thing! Loving all these ideas!
I love these ideas! They are so cute! Please, please send me the templates, I would be so grateful!
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Totally wonderful!
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Hi I was wondering if you could send me your templates jacklyn.ulmer@comcast.net thank you
Hi,I love your creativity . Truly amazing!!!please send me the templates. Thanks
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Thank you so much for sharing.
this is amazing! i would love the templates if possible so i can start preparing for a bachelorette party. my email is aguarnera85@yahoo.com. thank you!
wow loved the ideas. would love the templates to this. Birthday is coming up soon and the theme is 50 shades of grey. My email is rayshonda_singh@yahoo.com
could you please send me your templates for your " FIFTY SHADES OF FUN " party.. they are so amazing.. the invitation's, wine labels, sexual deviance cards, candy label's, and the favor label's.. it would be nice to have all your pintable's they are so awesome. I have a woman's card party every month and the pintable's would be wonderful because I run out off ideas.. thank- you ever so much..:) my e-mail is redsunset103@aol.com Later's
Amazing party!! Could you please email me your templates? I'm hosting a bachelorette party and I think these would make a great addition! My email is kmichael05@hotmail.com thank you!
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Hi! I also am hosting a party like this and would love the templates! Please email me at qtamr@mac.com. Thank you!
WOW....I am planning a stagette for this weekend and the bride came up with a 50 shades of grey theme today :) Lucky me!!! Seeing that you would share your templates seems too good to be true!!! If you don't mind sharing your hard work and creativity I would very much appreciate it. Your ideas are by far the best on the internet.... :) e-mail is millicenthicks@hotmail.com . Again, VERY much appreciate any help!
Hey I'm planning a lingerie shower for my friend and this would be perfect cause she loves the books! If you would email me the templates that would be awesome!!! rbox@crimson.ua.edu
Thanks so much! This all looks perfect :)
Hi - Wow this is great and you are so creative, please share the email templates with me also. You've done an awesome job - thanks for sharing. My email address is cmclarty4345@sbcglobal.net
Thanks again.:-)
Hi! i'm so impressed! Very creative! Could you please email the templates-ara.labiran@gmail.com. Thanks again!
templates would be great please - Natasha@workmail.co.za ! thank you
all sounds fabulous!!! would love to have the templates.. hope my party is as great as yours!!!
Hi! I am doing my sister's bridal shower and would love all of your templates. This is the best 50 shades theme I have seen on pintrest.
Thank you!
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Can you please email me the templates??? I absolutely love every detail and this would be perfect for the bachelorette party I am planning! Thank you!
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WOW what party that must have been. Excellent. Can yu please email me the templates to swileman@herom.co.za so i can use for party i am planning.
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My dad is going to turn 50 next month I'd like some ideas for invitation as well as some nice 50th birthday invitation wording. Thanks for sharing ideas!
Cheers xxxx
Alice
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or you can send them to azgilberts@qmail.com
Thanks,
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Did you ever get the templates? I love this idea and she is probably swamped with requests. Can you email me the templates at azgilberts@q.com
Thanks,
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Hello,
This looks like you all had a great time. You did an excellent job. Can you please send me these templates at tharris729@gmail.com I am hosting a anniversary dinner for myself this weekend and I plan to use this theme...
Thanks again! KUDOs very well done.
I think you have done a wonderful job with all the elements you put in this party. I too would love to have these templates so that I can create an awesome party experience for my hostesses. I have Romance business I am interested in adding some spice to their parties they book with me. Thank you in advance and if anyone would like to check out my company follow the following link. www.mypurepleasure.com/1150 or www.marcialively.com
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I loved the book Fifty Shades Of Grey. I am so glad i enjoyed Christian and Ana's story. I like Christian Grey
Wow you are so creative.Your ideas are brilliant. Planning a bridal shower I most definitely will use your ideas. Please email me the templates at simigovender@gmail.com
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This is so clever. I loved it! i would love to have a copy of the templates. My email address is Hrpatel001@gmail.com. Thanks for the great ideas!
Wow, would love the wine labels. Great party!Thanks
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Hi, would love the wine labels. Great party btw.
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Fantastic ideas. Im having a girlie party next Saturday Please send me your templates for the 50 shades of grey party. My e -mail is sharonhunter@excite.com
I love your blog Thanks
Kind regards
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What what??!!??!!!! amazing! I would love a copy of the templates! thank you!!
Fabulous.so creative. Could you please send me the templates,thinking of doing this for my 40th birthday. My email is michele@hatfieldvw.co.za
Wow great job, i am having my book discussion Oct. 4 can u please send me your templates to zenobia.puckett@simsmm.com please.
Thank You!
You did a wonderful job! I guess I'm a little late, but if you still get this I would love if you would send me the templates for everything! Thank you in advance! andreajyon@gmail.com
I would LOVE any of the stuff you used for this that you can share, like the wine bottle labels....this would be so cute for my upcoming bachelorette party
Awesome party! You have done an amazing job. I would love to use your templates for my bday party.
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So fun. I am throwing my friend a 40th birthday party and would love to use your templates. Thank you. kerkeslagerc@gmail.com
I am having a 50 shdaes of grey bacherolotte party and would love to have your templates. My email address is bethany.advisor@gmail.com
I would love to have your templates for a party I am having soon! Such an awesome idea!
Great ideas. I'm having a "theme" party for my wife and would love the templates.
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THANK YOU.
I love your ideas! Could you please send me your templates? natwashington@verizon.net
Can't wait for my upcoming party!
This is one of the best ideas I've seen so far. I'm planning Bridal Lingerie party for my sister. Can you please share the templates with me. My email is monique.malone@me.com. Thank you! Love it!!!
I love love love your party!! Can you please share your templates with me?
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You did an AWESOME job! I would also like the templates sent to me; 50shadesplanner@gmail.com. THX!
This is fabulous!! My girlfriends and I are in love with this series! Could youbsend me the templates so that I may begin planning a party of my own? kmcargill1218@gmail.com. Thanks!
Hi Carole I love the 50 shade every year a do a girls night at my home and it always is something that they talk about all year, and they look forward to it, would love to do this next can you please e-mail me the templates would appreciate it thank you
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Love the Ben Wa party favors can you email me the template please Nov27Rain@hotmail.com
Oh me oh my,!! Simply divine and I would love to attempt to recreate your party here in the UK, I'd be honoured if you could send the templates for your 50 shades party. Thank you in advance.
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So amazing! Came across your blog via Pinterest. I am planning a 50 shades party in January just before the movie comes out. I would love to use the printable you created! Can you pass them along to me please? Thanks so much your so creative I love it! ((Hugs))~Cristle in NM
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Very nice! Your attention to detail was amazing.
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