I am so excited to finally share all the picture from my Mad Men birthday party with you! I hope you’re ready to look at lots and lots of pictures! Let’s start with the basics. When you’re planning a Mad Men themed party there are certain things you will need…
#1: Great Invitations When it comes to needing amazing invitations there’s only one person to go to and that’s my friend Tracie of Tiny Oak Studio. Check out these fantastic invitations she made for me! (I’ve received lots of emails asking where these can be purchased, they can be customized and purchased by clicking HERE).
#2: Great props In every Mad Men picture you see online the characters are sitting around a desk with drinks in their hands. My party was in our backyard so I set up an “office” for the photo booth along with a few different seating areas with food, and of course a smoking lounge. What’s a Mad Men party without people smoking? Of course there are people like me that don’t smoke so I also purchased a huge pack of candy cigarettes. If you grew up in the 50/60’s you might recognize them.
I also printed out some 1960’s advertisements to set the scene. I loved this Disneyland ad… and of course more candy cigarettes!
Then I got real “fancy” and purchased some cigars for the men and cloves for the girls that really do like to smoke. Both were a huge hit and really made the night.
Do you like my candy cigarette prop with the ashes from our fire pit? 🙂
#3: Great drinks The next thing a Mad Men party needs is great drinks! I did my research and found a few really yummy drinks form the Mad Men time period, among my favorites were the French 75 and the Old Fashioned. I also hired a bartender {for the first time ever} that was awesome and mixed the drinks perfectly all night long.
#4: Pictures Last but not least there must be lots and lots of pictures! There’s no point in throwing a great party if you don’t take lots of fun pictures to remember the night!!!
These next pictures are awesome but I want to make sure and point out that my pregnant friend was not drinking or smoking. She did a great job playing the roll of a woman that was pregnant in the 60’s but she was definitley sipping on sparkling water and puffing on candy cigarettes all night!
I love my friends! They are fabulous!!!
I asked my friend Melissa to make my cake {so that I didn’t have to make my own} and she went above and beyond! She researched what the popular cake was back in the 50/60s and ended up making me a mouth watering, most delicious cake ever lemon chiffon cake. It was to die for and it looked incredible too!!!
As you can see from the pictures it was a super fun party! Thank you to all my fabulous friends for showing up and making it a great night!
Here are a couple websites that I used to get ideas from: Cocktail Guide and How to Have a Mad Men Party.
Other themed parties I’ve thrown
- 1920’s themed Birthday Party
- Amazing Race Birthday Party
- Publisher’s Clearing House Birthday Party
- Celebrity Couple Party
very fun & hip! great photos!
Haha, thanks! 🙂
You do know how to throw a great party! Love it!
Well I enjoy a good party so why not be the one to throw it. 🙂
Looks like so much fun!!!!!!!! Great pictures Anna! Wish i was there. 🙂
I know! I wish you had been there too. 🙁
What fun – Anna you look adorable. I remember candy cigarette from way back when – I am surprised they even make them anymore!
I know, I was super excited to find them on Amazon. 🙂
Anna
What a blast this looked like! You seriously know how to throw a party!! I bet your friends were loving it~
Thank you. It was a super fun party, I wish I could afford to throw parties like this more than once a year! 🙂
Anna
Anna!!! Such a fun party!! You always throw good ones, and thank you for pointing out that I was not smoking and drinking while prego. 😉 Love you friend!!
Thanks! And of course, I had to add the “disclosure” because I didn’t want to get a bunch of angry comments. 🙂
Anna
Anna,
I love this…..you have such a group of amazing friends! Don Draper eat your heart out!
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Haha, I love it! Miss you friend. 🙂
Anna
Looks like an absolutely fabulous party! Great theme and everyone seems like they had a blast!
Thank you Rachel! It was a lot of fun, I already have requests coming in for next years theme. 🙂
Anna
Nathan cracks me up in these pics!!!
It looked like so much fun!! Everyone looked so great! 🙂
I think he surprised us all a little. 🙂
Anna
The invite is divine! You did such an amazing job with everything and how great did everyone look? So great I bet it was hard to come back to the present. Speaking of presents, I hope you got plenty – I consider finding your blog a sweet little gift on this “Inspiring’ Friday.
Thank you so much for your sweet comment. It was a really fun party, everyone had a blast! 🙂
Anna
I love this, i am a huge Mad Men fan and this looks like such fun! Great idea!
Thank you! It was a super fun party. 🙂
Anna
Hi Anna,
I love your invites and would like to purchase some. Who do I contact?
Hi Rocio,
This is Monique, Anna’s Assistant. For her Mad Men birthday party, Anna got her invitations from her friend Tracie of Tiny Oak Studio. You can find her website here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/tinyoakstudio?ref=shop_sugg. Hope you find something you like!