Archive for the ‘Event Ideas’ Category

Tablescapes: Q&A One

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Serpentine wedding buffet table with color-coded drinksQ: What are some sources for inspiration?

A: Professional wedding photos are amazingly useful. You can see all the elements come together, which is something that many people have trouble visualizing in their heads.

You can find photo galleries on our site, on blogs like Style Me Pretty or on professional photographers’ sites, and presumably on your friends’ Facebook pages as well.

But be forewarned: The breathtaking weddings you’ll come across online can give you a budget-threatening case of envy. Seriously.

Below are some of our favorite sources of inspiration. Now make yourself a bookmark folder and start e-clipping.

One of the benefits of working online is that you can easily share your favorite images with your event rental company, caterer, photographer and event planner.

Resources

Start your search with these sites:

See more photos from the wedding pictured above. The couple built a tantalizing buffet with serpentine tables, table skirts and color-coded food and drink. The interest comes from the colors, of course, as well as the variety of sizes — short and wide ice bins and tall, delicate apothecary jars.

Tablescapes: Four common questions

Friday, July 1st, 2011

Next week we’ll post a series of tips for designing tabletops for weddings and other events. Check back each day next week (after the holiday Monday) for a new question and answer.

In the meantime, browse these sections to see some of the products we’ll discuss:

Or check out our photo galleries.

P.S. – A special thank you goes out to the photographers who so generously allowed us to share their photos with you. Keep an eye out for work by Evantide Photography, Suzanne Fogarty and Kayla Lynn Photography in next week’s blog posts.

Trend: Ottomans and lounge seating

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

lounge-ottoman-willowHere’s a trend we’re loving: Create a lounge area with oversized ottomans for your guests to sit back on and chat.

› Browse rental ottomans and lounge furniture

Use lounge seating to create a cool L.A. vibe or to provide a space for guests between the ceremony and reception (like if they have to wait for chairs to be moved or bride-groom photos to be taken).

More: {Trend Alert} Lounge Furniture For Your Wedding Guests at Wedshare Daily.

New wedding gallery

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

new-years-eve-weddingIt’s New Year’s Eve in May!

(It seems someone — that’d be me — failed to post a wedding gallery back in January. So here it is now, captured expertly by Suzanne Fogarty Photography.)

View New Year’s Eve Wedding gallery.

Bride and wedding designer Claire Wilbur created a dramatic wedding space with pipe & drape, creating a ceremony backdrop, a buffet and pool-table area and a coat “room.” A large black and white dance floor was the centerpiece of the event for the dance-loving couple and their friends, who filled the floor well past midnight.

You’re gonna LIKE this, I’m sure!

Bellingham event rental store celebrates grand opening

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

Bellingham-rental-store-grand-openingClients past and present joined our team Thursday night to celebrate the opening of our Bellingham rental store.

Visitors entered through the elegant showroom, collected a drink from the bar and proceeded into the warehouse. There guests clustered around cocktail tables and gathered on a four-leaf clover of ottomans. Haggen Market Street Catering brought several spreads — bread and dips, cookies and bars, pulled pork, beans and salads — and a professional, accommodating team to serve it all.

Greg Greenfield, owner and president of Pacific Party Canopies, cut the ceremonial red ribbon with the biggest pair of scissors you’ve ever seen (thanks to the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber). Everyone had a blast.

Thank you to all who helped us celebrate our new store!