Starting on the decor

Another thing I love about parties are decorations! I have the tendency to go overboard with decorations and my Twilight themed party will be no exception! What I love about the Twilight theme is that it has standard, easy to match colors: black, red and white.

I took advantage of the after-Christmas sales and was able to snag great deals on some decorations for the party.


The big clear and red jewels were on sale for $1.50 per pack. I ended up buying two since they were such a great deal. The other bag with the small gems were not on sale and are $4. I bought these all from Michael's. These gems will go great with the candy buffet as well as the table with the favors.

I walked around the store and found the clearance section at the end of the aisles. Amazingly they still had great stuff for me to use!



I found this white gem garland on sale for $3! I thought it would be a perfect addition to the decor since the Cullens sparkle when under the sun in Twilight. I also bought a red beaded garland (not pictured) for the same price. Amazing what you can find at the clearance section!

Since Twilight is basically a love story, I thought it would be great to add in some hearts or some romance related items for the decor.


I bought this box of sparkled hearts at Target for $5. I love the detail on the hearts because they're decorated with white frost. They're so adorable and I'm glad I got them when I did because now I can't find them at my local Target.

I must admit finding individual chess pieces is HARD. It took 3 days of research and comparing prices for the white queen and red pawn pieces. Most of the places I found sold individual pieces for the queens and kings, but not the other pieces. I also must add that a lot of stores were selling individual wood pieces, not plastic.

I was able to contact a company who sold the plastic white queen for a reasonable price. They also sold the red chess set but I didn't want to buy the entire set just to get the red pawn. I called the store to see if they would be willing to sell me these 2 pieces and they were! I was able to get these pieces for about $7. Luckily I was able to get it for this price, as I saw someone selling the exact same pieces on Ebay for $15.

Well I got these pieces because they will be a part of the cake! My baker highly suggested that I get real chess pieces. Not only to save her time and save me money, but it'll look much better on the cake.

I have more decor to post, but I don't want to spoil the whole event with all the things I have. But I couldn't help but allow a quick sneek peek :)