Thread: When do you release your theme?

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Those are great ideas for invitations, ChrisW! Love that!

A few years ago had a Devil's Night theme. I had so much fun making the invites! I had drawn a devil peeking out from the flames on the front of the card and it read "You can go straight to" then inside "the McB------ Halloween Party!" etc., etc.

I've never thought about keeping the theme secret.
Funny, but just last night at work I was talking with some coworkers about doing the party the night before Halloween (kinda want to use the devil's night card design again! LOL) or do it the week before and go with the Vampire theme that I had been planning. The second got the vote! I did a vampire theme in '08 and had so many more ideas for decorating that I wanted to do it again!

I work with a lot of 20somethings and they are really into the vampire books out right now. So with that going for me I hope to have a much better turn out than the last two.

Also, I encourage everyone to come dressed as the theme. I think it makes it fun. But for the most part, I am just happy if they dress up!
My ultimate dream is to have EVERYONE come dressed up as witches for a witch theme party (even the guys, but warlocks and wizards would be okay) and have a full out witch's gathering! What a blast that would be with everyone in the backyard in long gowns and pointy hats!
LOL

IshWitch - I like your grabber of an invite for the devil party.
I can't say we actually kept the theme secret - I'd talk about it with a few friends at work beforehand, but it always seems to add an air of anticip........(SAY IT!) -ation!

I've told the people who've asked in the past month or so, and since I'm writing a craft blog now I definitely want to be able to feature my projects, so this will be a trial run of a very early theme release. So far people haven't been as excited about the Voodo on the Bayou/Romp in the Swamp theme as they were about Alice, but I think it'll grow on them. I'm planning on doing several different Louisiana rooms - mardi gras, a voodo shop, swamp & alligators, and vampires/True Blood theme in the lower level. I think that gives people a lot of ways to go with costumes if they want to coordinate with the theme.

We don't tell til they get our invitations. With the exception of a few close friends who help with the set up and what not. That way if our theme gets changed it's not big deal and we haven't put anyone out.