I love getting together with family and friends. I also enjoy movies and hosting parties. Recently I had the fun opportunity to host a Bridesmaids Movie Night for a few friends and family members. I had never seen the movie before but a few people I invited over to my place did. I asked them not to make any comments about the movie until everyone had a chance to see it.
I thought it would be fun to make the movie viewing party more like a make believe bridal shower party. I made up invitations that I sent out to a few people, and handed in person to others. I used an image from the movie so that the invitation went with the Bridesmaids movie theme.
Next up I needed to come up with some fun party favors. After all, you can’t come home from a bridal shower without some cool favors.
I used to make party favors. I had a home business for just over 7 years making personalized candy bar wrappers, buttons, magnets, key chains and more. In honor of the movie I made up a Bridesmaids personalized Hershey bar wrapper (I wrapped the bar in specialty foil that I have to give it that classic Hershey bar too). I also made up some bridal theme magnets and a bridal theme key chain.
I found some candy tins in the favor section of the store. I purchased some mints and created a Bridesmaids theme label for the candy tins. I also lucked out and found some Tic Tacs in Pink Grapefruit and some matching pink organza drawstring bags.
Inside the bags I also included a fun party theme pen to be used for the party games I had planned.
Now that I had the favors all ready to go I had to create some fun party games. I Googled bridal shower games and was amazed at just how many games there are to play at a bridal shower. It makes me wonder why people tend to play the same games over and over again.
I made up a word scramble page which turned out pretty good. I also made a Bridesmaids Bingo game and game cards. Unbeknown to me at the time I used the word “ring” twice on EVERY game card. Ugh!!! So everyone got another freebie because I goofed up. I guess it was because I had a hard time coming up with so many wedding theme words. I should have made the cards smaller with less words.
I had a couple of other games I wanted to play which didn’t involve cards. One of them was to watch the movie then tell the group which character in the film was most like us and why?
Now that the favors and games were squared away it was time to figure out what to serve. Since this was a middle-of-the-week party (it was the only time I could arrange it since I’ll be gone all this coming weekend) I didn’t want to go too crazy. I had the usual chips and drips set up. I also picked up a coffee cake and some Munchin donuts from Dunkin Donuts. I put some candy on the three tiered candy dish that I had including Hershey’s Air Delight Kisses, After Eight Mints and a variety of chocolate candies I picked up the store (one of those jumbo Halloween variety packs). After all, most women love chocolate so I figured having chocolate on hand would be nice. 🙂
To drink I had some sparkling rose wine from [Yellow Tail], coffee, tea and hot apple cider.
There was a tasty cocktail I wanted to try using the [Yellow Tail], the only problem is that I didn’t have the peach vodka it called for. I do have blueberry vodka which I was going to substitute, but I wasn’t sure if that was going to change the taste of the cocktail. Here is the original recipe.
2 ounces of [Yellow Tail] Sparking Rose’ Wine
1 ounce of Peach Vodka
1 ounce of Cranberry Juice
1 ounce of Lychee Syrup (or puree)
Strawberry to granish
Add ice to a cocktail shaker and add in all the ingredients EXCEPT the wine. Strain into a glass then top off slowly with the [Yellow Tail] wine. Garnish with a strawberry.
I think the blueberry Vodka could have worked, but I didn’t want to waste the ingredients in case it didn’t.
I loved the [Yellow Tail] Sparkling Rose Wine. I prefer rose wines over reds because I think they are less “meaty” (for lack of a better description). I tend to prefer white wines but rose’ wines are a very close second. I tend to like wines that are light, yet flavorful. They don’t have to “pack a punch” like some red wines do.
The bubbles (sparkling) effect made the wine so much more enjoyable. It made the wine more fun. It’s a party wine more so then a wine you’d serve at a fancy dinner. This is the perfect wine to have when you are getting together with the girls. I’ve reviewed other [Yellow Tail] wines before and this one is my current favorite.
FYI… I have A LOT of chocolate left over. If anyone wants some stop by. Ha Ha. No biggy, I’ll just save it for Halloween, if it makes it that long.
The last thing I had to do was decorate for the party. Lesson learned – cats and paper streamers don’t mix. I had pink and black streamers set up around the dining room and some in the living room where we watched the movie. No sooner did I put it up the cats found a way to pull it back down. I have four adult cats and a very active kitten. Needless to say it was hard to keep up with them tearing it back down so I just had to remove it all. I didn’t want to but I felt I had no choice. I would have spent the entire time chasing the cats away instead of enjoying myself.
My friends are not keen on having their pictures seen on my blog, sad to say (frankly I’m not one to show pictures of myself on my blog either). I also didn’t have as much time as I’d like to because it was a weekday night. If it was the weekend maybe people would have been more relax and more open to the idea. 🙁
As for the movie Bridesmaids I loved it! It was hysterical. I heard it was funny but I had to see for myself.
Many people told me it was like the female version of the Hangover. I can see why people would compare the two. In a way it could be seen as that, but over all it’s a different movie.
I was also forewarned that it had a lot of raunchy humor. That it did (just like in the Hangover). Some of it was funny, other times I think they went a bit too far. You can be funny without crossing boundaries.
Melissa McCarthy’s (Mike & Molly) character Megan stole the show. She was hysterical! I love how sassy she was. I’m going on an airplane this weekend (to/from California). I hope I don’t get seated next to her. Ha Ha.
I love how all the characters in the movie each had their own distinct personalities. Yet they complimented each other very well.
Here is a special peek at the movie.
Even my husband enjoyed the movie. He laughed at it too. He said he liked it MORE then the Hangover (and this is coming from a guy).
My teen daughter really wants to watch the movie but it’s certainly NOT for young teens. It’s too crude.
If you haven’t seen the movie yet and are looking for a fun movie to watch this weekend pick up a copy of Bridesmaids, now available on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download.
I also have a giveaway where three lucky readers will win a copy of the movie. The giveaway ends on September 27, 2011. Here is the link, https://www.shescribes.com/2011/09/one-of-the-years-funniest-movies-coming-to-dvd-bridesmaids-giveaway.html.
For more information visit www.BridesmaidstheMovie.com. You can also follow the movie on Facebook, www.Facebook.com/Bridesmaids.
Kimberly
*This is a sponsored post. The opinions expressed are entirely my own.
The Sleepy dreamer says
I have been waiting to see this until it came out on DVD. Can not wait, hope it lives up to all the praise it has recieved
Kristy H says
I love the party favors, very cute! This movie was great! Even Hubby keeps talking about it, and he wasn’t sure he was going to like it, but we LOVED it!!!
Ros says
Sounded like a fun party. Great ideas too.
Jessica Hugh says
Kimberly,
Your PARTY sounds amazing!!!
I am hosting a Viewing Party for this Movie Oct. 7th, however, I do not have the time to look into all these finer details, due to the overwhelming schedule that I have!
I would so love, if you may send over some of your CREATIVE GENIUS, such as the Favors, Games and Foodie items!
Many Thanks!
Jessica