Hubby’s 30th Birthday Mustache Bash

2011 is a big year in the Beantown Baker household. Both Hubby and I turn 30 this year. That means that this year we’ll also celebrate our tenth year together. How crazy is that?!? I know I usually stick to just recipes and steer clear of the personal stuff on this blog, but I wanted to share some of the details of his party because it was such a blast.

A couple months ago, I saw this blog post about a 30th birthday party a fellow blogger threw for her Hubby. I loved the randomness of having a mustache party and knew our friends would embrace the theme. Once I chose the date, I needed to find a place to hold this party. Luckily another friend had done some research for another 30th birthday party recently so she sent along the information she had.

I had the party at Lir because it’s close to the T and they didn’t require a room fee, or a minimum for beer/food consumption. They were very easy to work with and after just one phone call, I had the basement bar area reserved. We decided to just order some appetizers off their menu when we got there and it worked out just fine.

I went online and ordered a bunch of fake mustaches from Amazon. I got a couple varieties, including the pink ladies mustaches, a set of pencil thin mustaches, a large quantity of bushy mustaches, and this big guy for the birthday boy.

I also ordered these mustache lollipop molds. I had high hopes of tempering chocolate and making them myself, but things got crazy leading up to the party. My friend Shannon, who works well with chocolate ended up making them for me and they were amazing. She used Trader Joe’s dark chocolate to make them. I made the little stickers to put on the back of the baggies.

I also made some cupcakes for the party. Nothing fancy, just some yellow cupcakes and chocolate cupcakes. I filled both with dulce de leche and topped them with some Swiss Meringue buttercream. To tie the cupcakes in with the theme, I made some cupcake toppers. I got a picture of Hubby from when he was young, his senior picture, and a recent picture and photoshopped a mustache on each one. I had them printed up and taped them to some colored construction papaer. On the back side, they said “Happy 30th Birthday Hubby”. Everyone’s favorite was the picture of baby Hubby with the mustache.

Hubby didn’t know what the theme of the party was until the last minute. I had wanted it to be a surprise, but in the end, we couldn’t keep it from him. It worked out well and he was able to shave his winter beard into a creepy mustache.

As I had suspected, our friends embraced the theme with great vigor. Some of the guys grew real mustaches and everyone else was sporting a fake one all night. The bartenders even wore mustaches while they served us our drinks! Thanks everyone who came out to wish Hubby a happy birthday!

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12 Responses to “Not-So-Newlywed Map”

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    bcallegra — April 28, 2010 at 12:11 pm

    Very neat idea! I may have to try this out, since our house is filled with empty walls at the moment.

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    We Are Not Martha — April 28, 2010 at 12:37 pm

    Aww this is such a cute idea! I’m not married yet, but when I am, I might consider it… It’s so classy-looking too 🙂

    Sues

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    paulak01 — April 28, 2010 at 12:48 pm

    Love the idea and had to send it to my husband. You are so creative – what an excellent job putting it together! Thank you for posting.

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    bonappetitbeantown — April 28, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    What a great idea! Such a fun experience for you both to share! I’ve always wanted to make a map like this and you just gave me the motivation to do it 🙂 I love the map you used!

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    ashley — April 28, 2010 at 1:34 pm

    i made one of these for hubby for our first Christmas together. unfortunately we haven’t had as many opportunities as we hoped to travel so ours looks sad with the lackage of pins 🙂

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    The DIY Show Off — April 28, 2010 at 2:07 pm

    I love this idea and it’s something we want to do too. Thanks for the motivation! Oh and we’ve been married 5 years so ours will be a not-so-newlywed map too. 😉

    R

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    holly2460 — April 28, 2010 at 2:52 pm

    Love this idea! Thanks for sharing, I really want to do this!

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    Cupcake Activist — April 28, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    That’s so crazy…I was just thinking about doing something like this the other day. I guess that means that I need to get on it. Thanks for the idea!

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    Jes — April 28, 2010 at 5:41 pm

    LOVE THIS! Ordering my map NOW!

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    Memória — April 28, 2010 at 7:25 pm

    Is this map only for heterosexual couples? haha j/k. You just wrote hubby (I guess you’re assuming all of your readers are females and are straight), and I was taken aback. This would be great for whenever my future wife and I get married. Thanks for sharing! It really is a cool idea!

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    Jen — April 28, 2010 at 8:00 pm

    Memória – I hope I didn’t offend you. I wasn’t making any assumptions about my readers. I was just speaking the way I talk. This map could be perfect for anyone or any group of people.

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    yumventures — April 28, 2010 at 11:25 pm

    I looove this idea! I’m going to do it, even though I’m not married 🙂

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