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With the release of the film adaptation of “New Moon” coming out this November, Twilight mania is finding new life this fall. If you are a devoted fan of the series, take advantage of this time to plan your own themed party based on your favorite series. If you are a newbie and are just looking for the next hot things for parties this fall, here is some background info. Twilight is a book series by Stephenie Meyer, that is about the romance between a teenager and vampire who goes to her school. The couple has to struggle with their own insecurities and the strength of their feelings while also dealing with the consequences of a mortal being privy to the secret world of the supernatural. Whether you are a fan or newcomer, here are some great party tips to help you get started.

Use the book covers of the series as inspiration for your decoration colors. If you look at the official covers for the Twilight series, the colors used are white, black, and red. Use these colors in all your party decorations from balloons and streamers to centerpieces and wall decorations. To take it a step further, get blown up posters of the covers and use them as wall decorations.

The next place to draw inspiration from is the Movie adaptation of Twilight. The movie did a great job picking the cast to best embody the characters in the book. A great idea is to use movie posters with images of the characters also as decorations. You take it up a notch with life sized cut-out of the characters. This way you can have your guests take photos with them. Another innovative idea is to take promotional pictures from the film and photo shop yourself in with your favorite characters. These will be certain to impress your guests, especially if they are fans.

Another decoration idea is to use the shapes from the book covers to guide your decorations. A great example I saw was a centerpiece that used Tulips and stemmed apples on a red and white chess board set. These are three of the main images on the book covers. You can also take it a step further with apple shaped candles. Your guests will feel like they stepped into the book covers.

Another design idea comes straight from the first book, Twilight. At the end of the first book Bella and Edward go to prom. So try thinking about copying the prom look from the movie and as describe in the book to add extra glitz to your event. You will need more floral arrangements formed in arches and scattered around the party area. You will need twinkle lights to add to the atmosphere.

Music in itself can be a decoration adding to the mood of the event. A great place to start is to go the Stephenie Meyer website. She has playlists of all the songs that she used inspire her as she wrote the books. You can also use the movie soundtrack. Don?t stop there. Also add tracks of your favorite songs that you wished were part of the soundtrack. A personal favorite I think would be appropriate is Evanescence. You can also borrow from the sound tracks of other shows like Moonlight. This show while it was cancelled has one of the best TV soundtracks I?ve ever come across.

Weddings are about the happy couple. They are also about family and friends. That is the case through the whole processes of getting married. There is one big exception, the bridal shower. That is all about the ladies! The first thing that you might think of would be the bridal shower favors. If that is the case then you are thinking about things backwards. You first need to decide what type of shower you want to have so as to pick appropriate wedding shower favors.

For very small showers, many times it is held simply in a restaurant. These types of showers have some advantages of other types in that they don?t require much planning or effort to organizing and it gives good friends a chance to chat and hang out. The types of wedding favors for something like this become merely a choice of preference.

If you are looking for something more formal and proper then maybe a tea party or garden party theme would work for you. It?s sweet and takes you back to childhood a bit, when you played with plastic tea cups and poured imaginary tea. It has a very ?Alice in Wonderland? type of feel to it and you can use it lighten the mood and spirit but beware of the looking glass!

Now we arrive at the fun bridal shower. It held in a home and based abound a theme. Caribbean themes and Hawaiian themes are very popular especially if the couple will be honeymooning there but even if the bride just likes it. You could serve food along the theme (jerk chicken skewers, for example). Then is the fun part, the games. There is an endless list of them.

An easy one to start with that requires no skill is ?The Purse Game?. Before the shower make up a list of items that might be found in a purse and award each item a point value based on the obscurity of the time. High score wins! Another easy one to play is ?Famous Couples?. Make a list of famous couples, real and imaginary. Call them out while the guests write down the other half. As always, high score wins. Another one requires two sheets of poster board. On one, write English words, on the other write the British equivalent. Match the most and win. A real fun one is ?Herbs and Spice?. You just take ten paper cups and fill them with ten spices. Number each cup and make a key. Pass the cups around, have the guests write down their guess and see who does best (it might be good to avoid chili powder or crushed red pepper here). This is a great game if your shower has a kitchen theme. A fun, very domestic game to play is ?The Household Price is Right?. Gather together 10 or more household items of varying prices. Have your ?Bob Barker? set up sets of between two and four items. Go around and have the guests take guesses at the total price (remember the closest without going over). Award the points to the winner and go to the next round. The same item can show up in more than one round. Other rules you can just make up.

Showers like that give you have plenty of options on favors too. Stay in the theme and you will be ok.

This fall many brides are searching for great wedding favors to give their guest. Wedding favors are items that the bride gives to guests to thank them for coming to her wedding. They are often tied in with the theme of the ceremony and serve as souvenirs of the happy event. One of the ways that a bride tries to set her wedding apart from all the rest is by having one of a kind favors. If you are such a bride, here are some great suggestions to help you get started.

A great gift is a fall leaf bottle stopper these are not only useful but will be great decorations for your wine bottles while you are using them. A great idea is to match them in a kit with a similar themed bottle opener. Wine kits are very popular with older guests and they will be great conversation starters whenever company comes over. It will be amazing to think that friends will relate the story of your wedding each time they use them.

Another great option is shot glasses. These are great because the can be customized with any fall motif you want. They are also great for guests who collect unique shot glasses. You can not only have autumn themed images on them, you can also have the date of your wedding inscribed on them. They are another example of a useful item that can either be displayed or used by your guests when they have people coming to visit.

Another great item is a fall leaf bookmark they have understated elegance and at the same time, will help you keep your page in a favorite book. This is definitely an item that fall under the everyday use category. Also make sure to pair with something else such as a book light. You can also pair it with stationary such as fall themed notebook and pen. Give your guests something to record their own thoughts and impressions with that will include memories of your nuptials.

An interesting autumn favor is the plantable place cards. They function as part of your reception d?cor helping guest find the way to their tables. When the reception is over the can take them home and plant them in their garden. They are a great item for the bride seeking to promote nature in their fall themed nuptials. If this is your focus you can give them out in tandem with a call for donations to your favorite environmental charity or organization. This way you not only have a unique gift item, you also have a way to share your values.

A traditional autumn favor is candles. They have practical uses as emergency lighting, or simply a mood enhancer for a special occasion. There are also numerous options to choose from. If you are looking for something that will add to the look of a home, you can go for beautiful votive candles. You can find varieties with scenes of fall and the harvest season that will be sure to add to the look of any room in your guests? homes. If your guests are fans of aromatherapy a great option is scented candles. Try getting them in popular autumn scents such as cider, fall leaves, or pine. If you want to find the best scents, do some researching before you purchase them.

The cooling temperatures of autumn have helped Mother Nature provide you with a wonderful palate of color. You have the pastels of the leaves reminding you of the gentle spring coming together with the bolder, more regal colors of winter. It is always a time of celebration as we rejoice the kisses of sun that Mother Nature sent in summer. The fall wedding favors even reflect the feeling of celebration. Whether you want an outdoors wedding with the rustic feel of autumn or a more traditional wedding in a church, you will be able to find autumn wedding favors that fit your style.

It is surprising that more people don’t think of fall as a great wedding season as it has so many wonderful attributes. To start, it is great wedding weather. Although fall weddings are more formal than summer weddings, it can still be warm enough to pass on the tuxedo and go with a suit for the groom and a strapless dress for the bride. Deeper into the season the bride will need sleeves and the tuxedo much more fitting. Also, because of the changing leaves you have your color palate picked by nature. It is very similar to spring but with earth tones like tan added where you had greens in the spring. For your metals you are best with bronze, brass, or gold to blend with the changing leaves.

Your decorations will really set the tone on how formal or informal you want to make things, especially at the reception. Before you wait for a list of hard and fast rules, remember that there not any. You can have a very ridged and formal ceremony at the church then shift gears to a laid back reception. Most people like keeping in the mood of the season so let your hair down a bit at the reception. You’re married now, have fun! Use the decorations of the season well and you can really pull off a magical little reception.

Don’t be afraid of bales of hay (just not near candles) and corn stalks. Have pumpkins and squashes (yes that is correct if it means different types of squash) and Indian corn. In fact, if there will be a number of children there and it is near Halloween give them each a small pumpkin and washable markers and let them draw faces on them. As with any reception, the more you plan ahead for children the better. The kids are fine if they have something to do and play with. This gives the poor parents that always have to be the first to leave a chance to stay longer and enjoy. If you live in the country you might even be able to get away with hay rides. Those are fun for kids and adults alike!

Again, fall is a festive season. There needs to be a certain amount of formality with the ceremony, it needs its dignity. The reception is up to you. Keeping it more formal is certainly fine but relaxing the mood a bit is a lot of fun and makes for some great candid pictures if you decided to put disposable digital cameras on the table. The rules are out the window, it’s your day.With the sweltering heat of the summer behind you, it is time to get married. The cooling temperatures of autumn have helped Mother Nature provide you with a wonderful palate of color. You have the pastels of the leaves reminding you of the gentle spring coming together with the bolder, more regal colors of winter. It is always a time of celebration as we rejoice the kisses of sun that Mother Nature sent in summer. The fall wedding favors even reflect the feeling of celebration. Whether you want an outdoors wedding with the rustic feel of autumn or a more traditional wedding in a church, you will be able to find autumn wedding favors that fit your style.

It is surprising that more people don’t think of fall as a great wedding season as it has so many wonderful attributes. To start, it is great wedding weather. Although fall weddings are more formal than summer weddings, it can still be warm enough to pass on the tuxedo and go with a suit for the groom and a strapless dress for the bride. Deeper into the season the bride will need sleeves and the tuxedo much more fitting. Also, because of the changing leaves you have your color palate picked by nature. It is very similar to spring but with earth tones like tan added where you had greens in the spring. For your metals you are best with bronze, brass, or gold to blend with the changing leaves.

Your decorations will really set the tone on how formal or informal you want to make things, especially at the reception. Before you wait for a list of hard and fast rules, remember that there not any. You can have a very ridged and formal ceremony at the church then shift gears to a laid back reception. Most people like keeping in the mood of the season so let your hair down a bit at the reception. You’re married now, have fun! Use the decorations of the season well and you can really pull off a magical little reception.

Don’t be afraid of bales of hay (just not near candles) and corn stalks. Have pumpkins and squashes (yes that is correct if it means different types of squash) and Indian corn. In fact, if there will be a number of children there and it is near Halloween give them each a small pumpkin and washable markers and let them draw faces on them. As with any reception, the more you plan ahead for children the better. The kids are fine if they have something to do and play with. This gives the poor parents that always have to be the first to leave a chance to stay longer and enjoy. If you live in the country you might even be able to get away with hay rides. Those are fun for kids and adults alike!

Again, fall is a festive season. There needs to be a certain amount of formality with the ceremony, it needs its dignity. The reception is up to you. Keeping it more formal is certainly fine but relaxing the mood a bit is a lot of fun and makes for some great candid pictures if you decided to put disposable digital cameras on the table. The rules are out the window, it’s your day.