Nirvana Party

This year for PB's birthday I decided to go with the theme of the band Nirvana.
He has been really getting into music lately and I am pleased he prefers mine and Mr. Husband's kind of jams, 80's - 90's alternative stuff.

I went with the idea of what walls at punk houses and clubs, along with what my walls looked like as a teenager, but with the emphasis on just one band.
Here is the top of the sideboard in the dining room along with the focal wall.  I found scans of vintage Nirvana band posters (before they hit mainstream too hard.  Oh my gosh! 4 dollar shows!!!) on the nets.  I then printed them out on the large format printer at our library.

To have true punk/grunge decor there must be at least one "stolen" milk crate used as either a shelf, a drawer, a seat, or a table.  I bought this one at a thrift store so that's still ok with the punk rockers.  We used ours to hold vintage alterna records.

For christmas last year PB got a guitar similar to one Kurt Cobain played so I used it as part of the decor.

On top of the china cabinet is a small vignette featuring a t-shirt PB made when he was in first grade.  He has been a fan for a long time.  I also thought it was an appropriate thing to have as decor since Kurt Cobain was known for drawing and making his own white tees into fashion statements. Such as his infamous "Corporate Magazines Still Suck" tee he made to wear on the cover of Rolling Stone circa 1992:

I went with that idea for the birthday cake!



I tried very hard to make the cake it's self look bakery perfect but the lettering be grudge style. I just can't do "perfect".

Other bits of decor I included were christmas lights, ratted out flannel (I mean duh!  flannel= grudge!) fabric scraps, candles, and Mr. Husband's old combat boots.  I thought it really turned out looking right.  Part of this style is the idea of anti-style.  Another theme within it is anti-mainstream and being different but not wanting to be noticed as different.  It's complex, but since this bipolar mind set has been a part of my own life for so long I feel I did this theme justice but also anti-justice...If that makes sense?


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Anywho, here is PB wearing his full on Nirvana look:

In a grudge alterna- mom way I say:
happy birthday to my sweetest pea...or what ever dude.