No no no. A 70s guest will know what Cella Lambrusco is. Not to mention “Renu-it.”
A fondue pot is optional, but if you’re using a patio, there must be tiki torches. Go-go boots are really from the 60s. Platform heels go with a wrap dress, if that’s what you’re going for. Men’s shoes should be high-tongues loafers with a small heel.
What about an inflatable pineapple tree?
Probably not enough time to bang up some paneling.
Early 70s or Late 70s?? Anyway, incense…lots of incense.
Seems like crochet/knits were pretty big, loose with great big holes. Could be anything from a shawl to a hat.
From Foxy40’s link:
"Caftan or Kaftan
The Hippies of the sixties had brought with them clothes from other ethnic groupings which had often never even been seen before. Nehru jackets and loose flowing robes from hot countries made their way to world cities and permeated down to mainstream fashion, helped of course by designers like Yves St Laurent.
From the mid to late 70s, caftans, kaftans, kimonos, muumuus, djellaba (a Moroccan robe with a pointed hood) or jalabiya (a loose eastern robe) and other styles from every part of the Indian sub continent and Africa were translated into at home style robes and comfort wear. They were worked in every fabric imaginable, but were especially suited as glamour dressing when worked in exotic fabrics and edged in silver or metallic trims."
Which reminded me of my mom’s fabulous homesewn brown housedress with an orange and yellow god’s eye and pointed sleeves.
You must get that poster of Farrah.
I recently found in my mother’s house some old iron-on transfers of “Flick My Bic” and “Keep On Trucking”.
How about John Denver, Jackson 5, Osmonds and Shaun Cassidy.
Great link, thanks.
Guess what! It IS paneling downstairs. Hence the ‘pre-renovation party’ remark up there. We also have this very awesome fireplace. It is orange and red, and inside are some very fake looking logs. Behind the fake logs is some sort of light that rotates, creating this very peaceful fire light effect. 
The Farrah Fawcett poster would be required of any house with a male. She would be required to have a Shawn Cassidy poster. Black lights in the basement and flouresent posters on the walls. Mirror tiles were in, wood paneling, and orange accents.
Every crafty house had a latch hook wall hanging, the plants were in macrame hangers, and string art pictures on the wall. There were a lot of these wide eyed owls all over too.
I did buy a black light or two. Will find Farrah Fawcett!
The basement decor is orange and brown carpet and dark wood paneling. The bedroom has that awful green carpet.
Avacodo green or Harvest gold refrigerator for the beer.
Owls
http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/vintage-string-art-owl--handmade
http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/owl-cookie-jar
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/hsh/424105376.html
Beer hats for the retired snowbirds, made in Florida mostly and brought home.
Amateurs. WE had a macramed owl wall-hanging! With great big wooden beads for eyeballs. His rope feet wrapped around a real stick with the bark still on it.
We also had a kitchen wallpapered in orange and yellow plaid, with three bright orange 18" plastic molded butterflies hanging (in a vertical orientation) on a 24" bit of wall. My mother was always into the subtle motifs of the era.
If there’s a bedroom down there as well, you really ought to throw some bean bags in there, put a beaded curtain in the doorway and play Barry White albums from that room. Underwear on the doorknob is optional, but it has to be tighty-whities. I don’t think they had invented boxers yet. 
I was going to mention beer can hats.
Coors and Bud were the beers I remember from the '70’s.
Don’t forget the big fishbowl for everyone’s keys…
The bean bag chair was what I forgot to type in.
Drip candles were popular. For fire safety don’t light them at a crowded party.
http://www.craftedcandles.com/tapers/drip_taper.html
http://store.candlestock.com/dripbox5pack.html
You might find a few bent pop bottles won from the fair.
Sometimes the bottles were melted on their side and used as an ash tray.
You may have found drinking glasses mad by cutting off the bottle neck and sanding the rim.
This link shows all that, and has how to make them for ambitious people.
A 6’ tab of LSD.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html
Any one of these would do (and would probably be more than enough!)
Do you have a turntable? Find as much music on vinyl as you can - I guess garage sale season is basically over, but you might find some at a used cd/music shop.
Too bad you’re in Calgary… I’d want to invite myself over and join you guys, it sounds like a fun party! My friend’s parents have a great 70s basement that we used to hang out and party in, but we never went all-out with a theme like that. I kind of wish we had!
Especially if you can find that portable eight track player shaped like a dynamite plunger
We had one of those too!
Creeped me out it did… I think Mom kept it in a box when I was a kid. I don’t know why she kept it at all…
So can I come over EmAnJ?
