Wedding Wednesdays: Get Retro with Your Wedding Party this New Year's Eve

80's babies getting married next year, we've got the perfect pre-wedding party for you. Not to be confused with a bachelor or bachelorette party—this outing is for both the bridesmaids and groomsmen. Break up the monotonous planning process and break out the fanny packs! Cask 'n Flagon is bringing the 80's back this New Year's Eve.

Grab your entire wedding party and head to Fenway to celebrate the loudest and proudest decade that is never to be forgotten. On December 31, grab your leg warmers and scrunchies, peg those pantlegs, and pile on the hairspray as you party like it’s 1989 at this landmark Boston bar. The totally ‘80s-themed affair will have DJ Carney Lansford blaring the best of Prince, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran and more as revelers are treated to a midnight champagne toast, party favors and a few special prizes like tickets to sporting events and brewery tours.

The world famous Cask 'n Flagon began as a small neighborhood bar known as Oliver’s in 1969. What was once known as the little bar on the corner of Brookline Avenue and Lansdowne Street is now a landmark location for diehard Red Sox fans, sports enthusiast, college students, locals and tourists. Many have said that the Cask 'n Flagon is as synonymous to Fenway Park as the infamous Green Monster and Citgo sign.

With the Rubiks cube being the toy of the decade, the '80s will always be popular and fondly remembered. But if you're a '90s baby like us that wants to attend, you may need some guidance traveling back in time to prepare for this party. We're here to help! Here's a synopsis of this decade to get you "retro"-fitted for New Years.

More than anything else in the eighties, music was heavily produced. Everyone knows the classic sounds: huge reverby snare drums, lots of delay on the vocals, electronic rhythms and synthesizers. But did you know, the music industry in the 1980s was driven mostly by the success of a wildly popular new music cable channel called MTV? For the first time in history, image was just as important as the music. A good music video could instantly catapult a new act to stardom. Consider dressing as one of the '80s lead vocalists for this occasion!

By the mid-80s, bright colored accessories like sunglasses, bangles and hoop earrings were a necessity. Teased hair, loud makeup and neon were an important part of this style. But that didn’t mean all women dressed this way. In fact, it was an exceptionally flexible time when a woman could wear skin-tight cotton stirrup pants with leggings and a giant turtleneck sweater one day — and parachute pants with a small v-neck top and a high-waist belt the next. Trends always come back in style, right?! Can't go wrong with any of these ensembles!

There's nothing like a good 80's theme to take you into 2018. Get the band back together and devour the details of a retro New Years Eve at Boston's very own Cask 'n Flagon!

4 Gorgeous DIY Holiday Wreaths

One of our favorite things about the holidays is how inspired we become to DIY holiday décor. We love browsing cute holiday home décor in stores this time of year, but also enjoy crafting special pieces to display. We're not talking about faux greenery wreaths intended to last the whole month long—but instead, beautiful creations that use fresh flowers and will add a special touch to your home décor.

The greenery used for these wreaths included two different types of eucalyptus, three different kinds of pine and fresh, blooming rosemary. First you'll want to add enough greenery to the wire base until you can no longer see the frame. You can make your DIY wreath as full or as simple as you’d like.

You can use the same method to attach the flowers as you did for the greenery on the wreath base: Simply work the stems of your flowers into the greenery and tie down with small pieces of floral wire (or floral tape). Some of the flowers used, like the garden roses and peonies, didn’t have strong enough stems to tie down with wire. So, for these, try a glue gun.

When you’ve completed your wreath, be sure to spritz it with fresh water, and give it one more spray an hour before having people over for the holidays.

There are so many different ways to customize your wreath to make it special so that it fits in with your home décor. They also make great gifts. Join us as we devour the details of these perfect holiday displays and stay happy crafting!

Monday Mashups: The Frontier is Female with Netflix's Godless

With a stacked roster of new and returning original series this year, Netflix has regularly tapped into experiential marketing as a way to promote hits such as Stranger Things and Santa Clarita Diet (two of our favorite shows). For its latest series, Godless—a limited series set in the American Old West that revolves around a mining town governed by gun-slinging women (which we also plan to binge)—the streaming service took inspiration from its female-driven plot to host a pop-up that offered arts and crafts demos and products for sale from New York-based female creators.

Netflix partnered with agency LeadDog Marketing Group to produce the Godless General Store, which was open to the public from November 17 to 19 at the 107 Grand space in Soho. Designed to resemble an American Western saloon from the 1880s—specifically inspired by the show's setting of La Belle, New Mexico—the pop-up featured stations with products from six local artisans, a photo booth with Western costume props, and a step-and-repeat with the slogan “The Frontier is Female.”

Participating creators at the store included photographer Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studios, who photographed cast members in Western garb at a V.I.P. reception on November 16; Stacey Dugliss-Wesselman of Cold Spring Apothecary, who led workshops on how to create a scented reed diffuser; Sara Harari-Buchnea of Squar’d Away, who led bandana-tying and -styling tutorials; Layce Heaton of Cates Custom Hat Company, who provided custom hats for guests to take home; Miranda Hope of Miranda Hope Jewelry, who worked with guests to help them create a stamped medallion necklace; and Fabiana Scott of floral decor company Florescer NY, who taught guests how to make custom terrariums. After reading about each of these women, we couldn't agree more with the show's slogan. The frontier is most definitely female! You go girls.

The store section of the pop-up also led guests to a back room, the “Godless Saloon,” which featured Western-theme furniture, branded displays that included props and artwork depicting the show’s characters, and a bar where whiskey sommelier Heather Greene served cocktails and led a whiskey tasting. The best part? Godless is available now to binge on Netflix! So grab your best girlfriends and get ready to devour the details of the frontier like the rest of these bad ass females!