I threw a travel themed party last weekend… being in Hong Kong we all travel so much so it was a fun theme to run with. Minted invites by Sheila Sunaryo.
I ordered the luggage tag fabric from Spoonflower and my friend’s helper nicely sewed them right up! The design is from Surly Bird Studios.
I had a lot of fun looking up all these flags on the iPad while frosting away.
I used white frosting at got the color from sprinkles so I had to be very strategic as to what color went first and in what direction I shook the excess.
Besides Mitra’s sugar cookies, I also made Alexandra’s chocolate chip cookies (which rely on overnight refrigeration AND measuring each cookie on a scale… totally worth the extra trouble) and peanut butter cookies. I think the cookies were a huge hit judging on the fact that just a couple were left at 3:30am when the party finally wrapped up! The girls decided to descend upon them all at once in a giant wave… you know how girls like to travel in packs?
Sticking with the travel theme, I served up plane food: chicken and rice and fish and peas and carrots in little mini-airplane trays.
Some of the trays I even ordered off of EBay so they were vintage china from first class cabins back in the good old days!
Besides the plane food, I did a bunch of other dishes from countries around the world PLUS homemade honey roasted peanuts.
I tried to recreate the silverware pack you get on planes and tied them up with airmail twine.
I put old maps from the States (not much use for them here!) on the bar and on our front door to let guests know they were in the right place!
I ordered these map pendants on etsy.
My friend Mitra brought her !!!two-week!!! old baby and the whole family dressed up as Disneyland tourists. I was very impressed to see her out and about!
My nine-month pregnant friend dressed her tummy up as a globe… how clever is that?!
And the Mr. and his two visiting brothers went as the three amigos… hats indicate birth order.
Love this post especially since I heard about this party from Jojo and Nick. Awesome decorations, food, etc. You’re the hostess with the mostest. The cookies are so creative.
Wow, N – you never cease to amaze me with your awesome hostess-ing abilities and creativity. What a creative and fun party!
What a fun party idea! You put so much thought into the decorations–they are great! So what are the plans for your newly acquired vintage dishes??
Thanks!! I am thinking of keeping some for tv dinners and for other parties–the size is quite nice as you can eat a full meal while standing! I might re-sell a few on EBay, too!
Love the travel-tag fabric! Cute! And the dishes — don’t you find that those little dishes really are appealing?
Lots of fun!
Such a creative idea! Loved seeing how you put this together.
Over the top!
Tash. You need to do this for a living. ASAP. Too much talent and brilliant ideas and energy here, I can’t even get over it. I wish I had 1/10 of your creative dedication.