Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I need inspiration! One of my friends (whom I work with) is getting married in a few weeks to a guy with the surname Smith. Since I'm her bridesmaid and was feeling energetic at the time, I put my hand up to organise her work celebration. I got as far as deciding the theme would be "Mr and Mrs Smith" (as in the movie), and decided I would organise the rest later. Well, now it's later and I'm really no further. It's going to be a cocktail party. I've created the invitations - a Mr and Mrs Smith movie poster with the bride and groom's faces on Angelina and Brad's bodies. I'll also be creating a wall-sized movie poster with their faces on it. After that, I'm kind of out of ideas, not helped by the fact that I haven't actually seen the movie since it was at the cinemas and I know I won't have time to watch it before I need to plan! So, are there any expert party planners out there with great ideas for me? The main area I'm having trouble with is decorations, although if there's any particular ideas for food, games or anything else, that would be great! I've been teasing my friend about the "mystery theme" for a couple of months now, so I sort of feel like I should maybe have more theme-related stuff than just the invitations and posters... Oh, and even if it's not Mr and Mrs Smith themed specifically and just generally movie-themed, that would be fine too, I think! I don't know if anyone will be able to help, but if you can I'll be eternally grateful!
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Oh... AND if you're a Facebook friend, please don't mention this on there.
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne Given it's the night before my last exam.. I am clearly procrastinating like crazy and googling ideas for someone elses wedding do seems more fun than another article on the Vietnam War... So I typed 'Mr and Mrs Smith Theme Party' into google... a few link for parties that are not at all work appropriate came up! But sadly not a lot of great ideas.. I haven't watched the movie in a few months but all I remember is a lot of typical spy movie cliches... formal attire, silver guns and large explosions (also some pretty violent intimate moments, but again, not work appropriate) So I am thinking perhaps, black and white colour scheme.. black table clothes, white plates, black napkins... black and white balloons (try get the classier pearly ones) etc.. you're not in Victoria so you don't need to worry about it looking like a Collingwood party.... I know those items are all generic to any theme but at least a colour scheme is a good start.. Plus no matter what I google, I can't find any better ideas.. If you have a Lombards nearby I know they recently hard large cardboard cut out guns.. I think they were meant for a James Bond style party but they could work? Actually, I believe spotlight had them too. If you have a Spotlight with a party store you should just go there and I am sure you will find something. Their stock is unbelievable..
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne Oh but if just movie theme is ok as well you can get cardboard 'clapper boards' at most party stores... <a href="http://www.lombard.com.au/store/viewItem.asp?idCategory=209&idProduct=481" target="_blank">http://www.lombard.com.au/stor...duct=481</a>
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne oh and check out <a href="http://www.thepartypeople.com.au/products/themed-products" target="_blank">http://www.thepartypeople.com....products</a> We ordered a lot of stuff from them for my Dad's Independence Day themed 50th last year.. I think they ship from Sydney but a lot cheaper than most party stores and the stuff arrived pretty quickly.. I hope some of this has been even a little useful..
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Thanks EmmaJayne, you're a star!!! We don't have Lombards, but will definitely try Spotlight, which I never would have thought of! Yeah I tried googling too and came up with similarly little. >>(also some pretty violent intimate moments, but again, not work appropriate)<< You don't think the nun I work with would like that? Hehe! Yeah, I don't think we'll be taking the theme that far. We'll be doing a "wedding dance" though and I definitely remember a dancing scene in the movie, although again, maybe a little more risque than we'll be getting with our male co-workers...
Originally Posted By u k fan Sorry, I haven't seen the movie so I can't offer much help specifically, but I think a general spy theme might be good. If you need a game to get things going you could try the old favorite of putting names on people's backs (with the theme of movie couples) and have them have to work out who they are, but with the added twist that once they know who they are they have to find their Husband or Wife. So Morticia Addams would be looking for Gomez, Cinderella is looking for Prince Charming etc. That might help to set the tone, even if other areas are a little more generic!!!
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub will you be serving cake or cupcakes? Maybe you could find some of those black&white wedding couples figurines at a flea market or maybe at the party stores. Or if they are just cheap plastic ones you could spray paint them black or white. I like the fun theming famous couples idea. If you don't want to match them on peoples backs maybe clue cards that people need to match at each table or names on the balloons. Famous couples to love idea.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I think the clue cards should be heart shaped too...still thinkin Your theme is great! Very creative and perfect
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I do the little brides and grooms but a splattering of blood on them and the cupcakes would be funny. Well, funny to me. If going to play games, maybe play poisonious darts with their faces as the bullseye. You could um, well, have crime scenes body sketches that are of mating positions. Serve drinks with titles and in cups that look like little grenades or pill bottles - the wedding bomb, prescription for love, etc. I'll think of more...
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb In the movie, Mrs. Smith had a purse with a handle that expands quite a lot to help her escape a building. Think silver bungie cord, she hooks one end to a solid object outside the building holds the other end and jumps, near the ground she slows down lands and walks away. So maybe, you can decorate with a curled silver ribbon, cord or even crepe paper with larger silver circles on the ends. I hope I described correctly.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA BYOG -- 'Bring Your Own Glock' (Glock being a popular brand of automatic weapon)
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan On each table, place a toy handgun into a container of vegetable oil. Smith & Wesson.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Invite Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to make an appearance at the party.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Shows you what I know. This is what I thought of immediately: <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sah3hpMel3U/Tb69YabdvOI/AAAAAAAAAqM/x0Cy7ry-TT0/s1600/mr-et-mme-smith-austral-1sh.jpg" target="_blank">http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sah3...-1sh.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By DlandDug You could do little Brides and Grooms dressed like this: <a href="http://blog.reelloop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/mr-and-mrs-smith-4.jpg" target="_blank">http://blog.reelloop.com/wp-co...th-4.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Dug, those are perfect! Liberty Belle, Ima hafta go all "real" on your *** here... It would take you all of an hour-and-a-half to watch the movie! So just watch it already! Oh, wait. If YOU haven't seen it, chances are that many or most of the guests haven't seen it, either. So it may not be worth that 90-minute investment of time. In fact, you might want to plan the invites / announcements / decor / activities in such a way that folks who are completely unfamiliar with the film don't go all "Huh?!" when they walk into the shower. Maybe send them a link to a "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" YouTube movie trailer as part of a reminder message for the party.
Originally Posted By bloona good luck with it hunny. sorry Ive not seen the film either :/ sure it will be great tho
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Thank you for all the input, you're all awesome! Love the game ideas. I looked around for a bride and groom cake topper figure today and couldn't find one, but will keep looking - I like the blood idea! (Am I sick?) And seriously, you know that party confetti you put on tables? They had princesses, pirates, unicorns, but not a single gun anywhere! What's wrong with this world? Anyway, I decided to go with a black and silver theme. >>It would take you all of an hour-and-a-half to watch the movie! So just watch it already! Oh, wait. If YOU haven't seen it, chances are that many or most of the guests haven't seen it, either. So it may not be worth that 90-minute investment of time.<< Haha! I know you're right, but honestly at this point in time, an hour and a half is pretty valuable! And I have seen it, just not for years. At this stage the theme's pretty non-specific, so I don't think it's going to confuse anyone who hasn't seen the movie. (Well, we sent out the invitations today and it DID confuse a few people who didn't know the groom's surname was Smith...)
