Theme: Southfork Style... a Dallas themed 30th
Party Ideas
Colors: yellow, white & red with brown accents
Setting: a backyard pool and patio with areas for cocktails, food and dancing
Decorations: Cover tables with yellow & white striped cloths and wildflowers in mason jars or painted tin cans. Consider covered hay bales as seating and toss a few pillows for comfort and color. Hang lanterns and/or string lights around the pool area for evening lighting.
Food: A BBQ buffet with all the fixins. Fill galvanized buckets with cold beer and jars of Texas 'spiked' lemonade to drink. For dessert, consider a pie buffet instead of traditional cake.
Special Extras: The ultimate added extra? A mechanical bull! Believe it or not they do have them available to rent for parties. Or more traditionally, go with a live country band. Of course encourage costumes... so maybe even have a photo booth at the party with Dallas inspired props (ie: cowboy hats, mustaches, big wigs etc).

Row 1: southfork ranch via hooked on houses; cast of dallas; bullride via snippet & ink; bbq via good old days
Row 2: lanterns via pottery barn; packaging via miss pickles press; table setting via the knot
Row 3: invite via lolliblog; small plates via rebecca thuss; pies via wedding advice; hay benches via once wed
Row 4: lemonade via far flung; utensils n/a; buffet via rebecca thuss; string lights via b wedding mag
Love it..JR would be proud!
ReplyDeleteI grew up watching Dallas with my Grandmother! This is AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME board!!! I've added you to my blog's "link love"! Hope it increases your traffic! ;-) (HUG)
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I will be sure to snap some "real life" pics at the party. It is going to be a blast...and your ideas were ah-mazing. DYING re: mechanical bull!!
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After I read your ideas I literally could not sleep. I am so excited! I can't thank you enough and now, thanks to you, I can't wait to turn 30! As promised by Jessie, we will send pictures.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow! I am turning 30 at the end of July and have already sent the save the dates to my "cupcakes and cowboy boots" bash...I'm not sure how I happened upon your site tonight (on my iphone while laying with my kids) but thanks for the great ideas!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a good inspiration board for me! (And thanks for featuring our STD in the board too!).
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