To pick up from where we left off in the last post, an amazing invitation is a party project where you
can really give your creativity full rein. If you’re planning a Gilligan’s
Island, castaway-type theme – a ragged scrap of stained paper with your message
(aka invitation) sealed in a bottle is again an excellent choice. For fun you
could even add a tiny quantity of sand and a few small shells to each bottle
for atmosphere – and so a little beach ends up wherever your guests happen to
open them, be it the front seat of their car, or living room.
Or, for a secret agent party, what
could be better than a large manila envelope stamped TOP SECRET containing an
invitation made out to look like a mission assignment? Perhaps the “mission”
will be to infiltrate a villains’ soiree held in some evil scientist’s secret
lair, aka your home. Secret Decoder ring optional.
If your inclinations are towards
something with a bit darker theme, you could make and send out voodoo dolls
with your guest’s names on them – as well as the salient details for your
event. A memorable, if creepy, way to grab your guests’ attention, that
would be the perfect introduction to a New Orleans-themed, October dinner party
or a summertime Caribbean-themed blowout involving multiple punchbowls of
Zombies! Lord knows we got some entertaining calls after guests actually read the note and concluded that someone wasn't actually gunning for them ...
The final benefit of sending out 3D
invitations is this: Many of us have way too much paper in our homes – junk
mail, neighborhood flyers, what have you. When your invitation of choice is a
real, hand-crafted object, it will not easily be lost in the normal,
helter-skelter of your guests’ lives. It will be memorable. It will be exciting. It will stand out!
Below: The text of an online invitation we used as a detailed follow-up to our initial hand-delivered, shock-value voodoo doll invites:
House of
Voodoo
Where: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX,
Seattle , WA
When:
August 5: Pig prep night
August 6, 5:00 PM – main event!
August 7 -- recovery
Contact: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Calling
all party houngans and mambos, it's time to come on down to the shadowman's hut
and get your movementation on for an evening of crazy voodoo antics!
... of course, anything resembling an actual voodoo ceremony would make our chickens nervous; so this party is a mere flight of fancy through the backwaters of Haiti and New Orleans. Our secret midnight rite: To have fun!
Attire: Theme-appropriate costume strongly encouraged, but not required. Costume prizes for the female and male guests who's costume/persona proves most popular, based on the subjective vote of your peers. The host and hostess (Marie Laveau) are not eligible for costume votes.
Entertainment: Vie with other Bokor to gather components for your spells! (Details in a follow-on email) Also, we suggest you work on your wukking and whining, to better grind the night away at our Zombie Jamboree.
Food and Drink:
ACaribbean feast featuring a whole roast pig
and some Haitian staples like red beans and rice and plantains. From the Voodoo
Bar, a Zombie Apocalypse!
If you would like to contribute to the food,Caribbean
appetizers or tropical fruit would be ideal; please contact us to coordinate.
Or, if you want to bring something for the bar, please use the attached 'Bring
Something' list in this Evite to see what's needed to complete the exotic
potions brewing at our magic hut.
If you enjoy grilling and can show up early to help with the pig cookout, please drop us a line - we could really use the help, both the day before and the day of the party -- 2-3 extra sets of hands, minimum, starting early Friday and right on into partytime Saturday.
If during the party you would like to help in the kitchen or with bartending, it would be much appreciated - let us know and we'll work out the details; both are needed.
The Walking Dead: Zombies are powerful juju, and not to be trifled with ("Come and get it! Its a running buffet!") If you think your brain might be devoured by zombies, please plan on spending the night unless you have a driver who has not been infected with the zombie virus. We have good accomodations for sleepovers, and the hostess makes a post-party breakfast you won't want to miss.
Young Ones: With open flames, grisly relics, spirits, and crazyCaribbean
dancing, this will not be a safe place for kids! Please find alternatives for
them.
RSVP: A lot of effort goes into making an event on this scale go smoothly. Please get back to us promptly so we have enough wanga for everyone - and hey, we know where your voodoo doll is.
We look forward to seeing you for a little ... Voodoo!
... of course, anything resembling an actual voodoo ceremony would make our chickens nervous; so this party is a mere flight of fancy through the backwaters of Haiti and New Orleans. Our secret midnight rite: To have fun!
Attire: Theme-appropriate costume strongly encouraged, but not required. Costume prizes for the female and male guests who's costume/persona proves most popular, based on the subjective vote of your peers. The host and hostess (Marie Laveau) are not eligible for costume votes.
Entertainment: Vie with other Bokor to gather components for your spells! (Details in a follow-on email) Also, we suggest you work on your wukking and whining, to better grind the night away at our Zombie Jamboree.
Food and Drink:
A
If you would like to contribute to the food,
If you enjoy grilling and can show up early to help with the pig cookout, please drop us a line - we could really use the help, both the day before and the day of the party -- 2-3 extra sets of hands, minimum, starting early Friday and right on into partytime Saturday.
If during the party you would like to help in the kitchen or with bartending, it would be much appreciated - let us know and we'll work out the details; both are needed.
The Walking Dead: Zombies are powerful juju, and not to be trifled with ("Come and get it! Its a running buffet!") If you think your brain might be devoured by zombies, please plan on spending the night unless you have a driver who has not been infected with the zombie virus. We have good accomodations for sleepovers, and the hostess makes a post-party breakfast you won't want to miss.
Young Ones: With open flames, grisly relics, spirits, and crazy
RSVP: A lot of effort goes into making an event on this scale go smoothly. Please get back to us promptly so we have enough wanga for everyone - and hey, we know where your voodoo doll is.
We look forward to seeing you for a little ... Voodoo!
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