Stacy's Swell Speakeasy Party

Stacy's Decorations Were the Bee's Knees

Stacy says: "When guests walked down the sidewalk to the door, I had the protest signs attached to poles and stuck in the ground along the sidewalk.

We also had a secret word and guests were not allowed in without the secret password!

When guests came inside, the first thing they saw was the dead body outline!"

Stacy made very elegant use of the gold and black color scheme associated with the 1920s:

This color scheme was continued with the black and gold tablescape. This cleverly mixed the elegance of the feather centerpiece with a shot roulette wheel and gambling "money".

Even the moonshine crates had an elegant gold and black backdrop:

We Love the Swell 1920s Costumes

All the guests dressed up 1920s-style. The ladies playing flappers opted for elegant flapper costumes with headdresses and pearls. Thsoe playing male characters opted for false mustaches and Trilby hats.

Food and Drink

Drink

We had three large juice dispensers of drinks. They included

• 1) The Mary Pickford: rum, pineapple juice and a bit of grenadine.
• 2) Gin Ricky: 4 parts gin to 1 part roses lime juice (or fresh lime juice) and guests added their own club soda
• 3) a holiday punch: 12 oz orange juice, 12 oz limeade, 4 cups cranberry juice, 12'oz vodka, 2 liters 7up and cranberries to garnish.

I had signs hanging in each dispenser with list of ingredients.

Food

• Meatballs
• Veges and veges dip
• Bread and olive oil
• Deviled eggs
• Sauerkraut balls
• Crab dip with cheeses and pepperoni and salami