Planning a Party with Paperless Post

We LOVE Planning Parties. From the invites

all the way down to the decorating, we love

everything about it. This month, every Wednesday

we are going to be sharing the process of our

party planning for an event we have coming up

in September.

So where do we start?

 The invites of course!

Some people can find invitations to be a hassle.

 But honestly who can blame them? Finding the perfect one,

or having to design one cause you can't find one.

Then having to get them printed, stuff envelopes,

stamp and mail them. We get it. 

Personally, we LOVE designing invitations.

We always do our own, but not having to

get them printed and address every envelope,

then the risk of one getting lost in the mail?

That's why we always use Paperless Post.

It's ECO-Friendly (huge bonus!),

completely customizable, offering your invitations

a super personal and unique look,

and you don't have to worry about 

getting out your black book to hand-write

all the addresses. And huge bonus,

you can do it ALL from your desk, with coffee!

No post office lines (yay!)

Design, upload, send!

We love using Illustrator to creat

fun invitations for our events and parties!

I mean seriously, sprinkle lined envelopes?!

Be sure to check out Paperless Post for your

next big party, and stay tuned each Wednesday

for the progress of our planning!

Happy Planning!

fox + gypsy

bright young things

The Bright Young Things, or Bright Young People, was a nickname given by the London tabloids in the 1920's to a group of young bohemian socialites . These Bright Young Things threw elaborate and fancy parties, went on elaborate treasure hunts through nighttime London, and drank heavily. They inspired a number of writers, including F. Scott Fitzgerald.  A title most fitting for the way our modern generation now lives.

Decidedly so, we were most definitely born in the completely wrong decade. How can we not feel that way with all the inspiring aspects of the roaring 20's?  The distinctive culture, Bright Young Things, art-deco era, and most importantly the fashion. We love it all.

"The Great Gatsby" is one of our favorite stories from this time. It's truly timeless. We were inspired to use the elements of this time period and the whimsy and romance of  "The Great Gatsby" for our themed birthday bash. We had been pulling images weeks before the party that captured the time period at its best: hair, dress, Art-Deco inspired jewelry, carefree attitudes and we tied these pieces into an homage to this prohibition period. With the upcoming movie we were also inspired to use modern elements as an unique and whimsical update to the everlasting classic.  Who says you can't repeat the past?  We do it every day <3

 “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” 

fox + gypsy

all images c/o tumlr.com and google+ image

Speakeasy style

To capture the era of the twenties we knew we'd have to go all out with the decor. The party took place in two main rooms: our garage and our living room. The living room was decorated like a swanky lounge, complete with busts, champagne glasses galore, homemade poms and garlands and lush curtains. The garage was decorated with the men in mind: a cigar parlor with bourbon, whiskey and lots of gambling. We decorated the parlor with lots if canvas, rustic lace for garlands and vintage bottles.  Overall, it was a fantastic party with great friends.

fox + gypsy