Theme

I strongly advice anyone doing a party of any kind to have a theme. Nothing super elaborate but to the point. It's a great help when deciding on food, colours, décor and anything else party related you can think of. It's not meant to be like a theatre or a masquerade and you can make it very subtle. Having a Star Wars theme don't have to mean you've got storm troopers and Darth Vader invited, but you can choose subtle details. The nerds will know and the rest will just have a great time.

Of course we have a theme. This party will be in the Swedish equivalent to the hilly American south and because I'm the DIY queen who is keeping a lock on the wallet, the obvious choice was to steal ideas from the American poor south. The hillbillies. But since it's me I won't be able to not style things (once a designer - always a designer), so it will, whether I like it or not, lean heavily towards vintage. Those two are actually closer than people think. Vintage is the romantic notion of life on the countryside, so it's just a bit more arranged than real life. And the car wrecks are stowed away.