batwit: 90's Dance Party Birthday

A few months back, I threw a 90's themed dance party for my 26th birthday. I really really love to throw an elaborate party and a theme just makes it that much more fun. I get stupid excited planning a theme, coming up with atmospheric ideas, and making decorations and favors and playlists and, obviously, working out my outfit. This party turned out so good, you guys. Seriously. No fooling.

Photo by Clair Drake

I made a bunch of fringed crepe paper streamers and garlands of paper daisies using these instructions. I also printed out a lot of pictures of 90's superstars, dreamboats, and personal heroes and pasted them on neon heart cut-outs. I put together neon favor bags too. And, as if anyone would doubt it for a second, everything was covered in Lisa Frank stickers. The bags were filled with Lisa Frank stickers, candy; (Pixie Sticks, Pop Rocks, Warheads, Ring Pops, and Gushers), novelty light-up jewelry, sticky hands, slap bracelets, heart and rainbow shaped erasers, and more Lisa Frank stickers, you know, some really high class goods.

Photo by Clair Drake

Photo by Clair Drake

Photo by Clair Drake

The venue we had it at, the K.R. Trigger Building, is amazing. It's this great loft space, tons of windows, in a renovated warehouse full of antique neon signs. If you're looking to throw a small party in Seattle on the cheap, this place is perfect!

Photo by Clair Drake

Fabio was just hanging out. Real casual. With a chain.

Photos by Clair Drake

My friends and I covered the floor in neon balloons. I am actually a little frightened of balloons but I love a completely preposterous amount of balloons at a party anyway. We had sequined tiaras and holographic crowns and laser beam rings and glow bracelets. We ate pizza and cupcakes from my two favorite places in town and drank St. Germain cocktails out of neon yellow cups with plastic mermaid drink markers. My husband and I put together the most incredible 90's dance music playlist ever to exist. I think it ended up being about 9 hours long.

Veraci Pizza - Photos by Clair Drake

Yellow Leaf Cupcakes - Photo by Clair Drake

A snippet of our playlist

I was thinking a lot of The Craft, Hackers, and Clarissa Darling when I was getting my outfit together. I found a black lace dress and a vinyl vest(very AcidBurn), at a thrift store, and added a sleeveless see-through black button-up top, some thrifted boots, my lucite ankh necklace and some tie-dyed We Love Colors tights.