A Twentysomething Test Dummies Oscar Party
March 13th, 2011The following is a guest post by Robin Chung, who throws some of the most amazing parties we’ve ever seen. Thanks so much for featuring Foiled Cupcakes at your event!
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Anyone who knows me would know that the Oscars ranks up there as one of my favorite holidays – or at least tied for Thanksgiving. It’s one of the few times you can embrace cringe-worthy “bad puns,” and is an appropriate time to whole heartedly embrace an authentic theme party without fear for someone wanting to slap you. And while the Oscars were a total snoozefest this year despite all the hype around a younger, fresher show with Anne Hathaway and James Franco as hosts, Foiled Cupcakes were my party’s show stoppers!
My Oscar invitations always include a blank Oscar ballot, as the annual show can only be made better with some good old-fashioned gambling. This year, I tied the ballot (a free printable designed by Twig & Thistle) to custom printed movie tickets with red and white striped twine.
My favorite part about my annual Oscar party is of course, coming up with a menu and spread that embraces the year’s Oscar nominees in some way. After weeks of debating my menu, I decided on the below:
- Blue Valentine: Foiled Cupcakes with custom cupcake toppers featuring romantical messages like “U + me = us”, “Be Mine” and “Facebook Me” printed in blue! The cupcakes were gorgeous, and tasted just as good as they looked with the coffee cupcakes as my guests’ favorite! Bonus: cupcakes are perfect for parties – so easy for guests to grab and eat!
- 127 Hours: trail mix and Mountain Dew
- True Grit: cheddar and bacon cornbread and whiskey cocktails
- Black Swan: black and white pasta salad
- Social Network: open Facebook-ed sandwiches
- King’s Speech: tea sandwiches
- The Fighter: Champion’s Punch and Dicky’s sticky popcorn (caramel corn)
- The Kids Are Alright: The Curds are Alright (cheese curds)
- Harry Potter: butter beer
- Toy Story 3: Cheese Mini Macs
- Inception: dreamy layered dip
In addition to all the eating, drinking, and fashion gawking, I also printed out Oscar Bingo cards (via How About Orange) as another means to win a prize – an AMC gift certificate. This was the first year that I did this and everyone loved it – though it got competitive really fast. Each card is different and customized to the year: “Anne Hathaway sings” or “Winner says they don’t have a speech prepared.”
Huge thanks to Foiled Cupcakes for the generous cupcake donation for my Oscar Party! As an obsessive party host, they made my life so much easier: gorgeous to look at, better to eat, and one less thing I have to make so I can enjoy myself with my friends too!
xo,
Robin – Twentysomething Test Dummies
As a guest of this Oscar party – the cupcakes were AMAZING! Even people who “don’t like sweets” were obsessed!
Sooooo… I was at this party [above described oscar party], and I gotta say that all of the food was great, as I expected. However, I am not much for sweets. I never order dessert. I always try to sub in a cheese plate of fruit or something like that. Anyway, I was coaxed into trying one of the coffee cupcakes and it blew my mind. The frosting was incredible it had the cream cheese base frosting sharpness, and a really gentle subtle coffee flavor. The cupcake itself was as moist as [insert dirty joke] … in other words really moist. The little bean on the top was a great touch. I ate 3 of the coffee cupcakes, and still can’t believe how much I liked the dessert.
Wow! Glad we were able to convert even the strongest of nonbelievers. Glad you had a good time, Mike! Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for stopping by, Stephanie! Glad you had fun at the par-tay!