Upcycled Spring Showroom at Affairs to Remember

The Showroom re-design at Affairs to Remember is especially exciting this time around, because of the local flavor we added to the mix. Beginning with re-purposed, adding a dash of upcycled, and mixing in a cup of vintage modern, we transformed the vault space at the Atlanta catering company into a high-style recycle center.

The spool table sits front and center an industrial piece of art. Recently crafted from an actual wire spool found here in West Midtown, these tables are the perfect piece for your next party. Even better, top the tables with these rustic wood risers made from actual shipping pallets. This look represents a current trend which incorporates industrial pieces into an elegant motif. We’ve also featured Dwayne Bass’ Rubblox furniture, a line of upcycled, shredded rubber molded into cylinders, cubes and benches. And let’s not forget the GIANT wooden frame which we’ve decorated here with ribbon in a geometric pattern, but could easily house your step and repeat or chalk drawing. Of course, all of these statement pieces are available from our friends at Peachtree Tents and Events.

Beyond the big pieces in the room, we’ve added a few vintage finds from around town to spice up the scenery. Porcelain birds painted white, antique Atlanta-themed bar wear, lamp shade skeletons, and milk glass vases all add that touch of whimsy to a fun, eclectic room. Let us know if WM Events can help you design your next function.

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Suited For Swim – Top 5 Trending Bathing Suits

Here in Georgia, we’re already enduring the high 80′s and the sweltering humidity. But if there’s one thing we know, it’s that nothing beats the heat like a good swim. But whether the water is salt or fresh, blue or green, you’re going to want to take these hip swim suits with you. Here is the WM Events top 5 list of new and fresh gear to get wet in. Let us know in the comments below which is your favorite! Or have you just bought an amazing piece we should know about? Tell us!

 

1. Nerdy Chic -$90 via Blackmilk

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2. Geometric Daze – $105 via REISS

 

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3. YSL Splendid Sailor – $525 via Neiman Marcus

 

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4. All A-Board! – $295 via SAKS

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5. Super Slim – $188 via Spanx

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Getting HANDS ON With Local Volunteers!

Ever wish you could attend some of the spectacular parties that we plan? Well now you can!!! We’re throwing an exciting “Experience the Westside” themed party at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. Live Auction. Food trucks. Local Restaurants. Live Band. Sounds great, right!?!

Celebrating it’s 10th anniversary, A Taste For Volunteering is an annual fundraiser for Hands on Atlanta, a local not-for-profit the helps facilitate volunteerism. Over the past 22 years, Hands On Atlanta has mobilized volunteers to contribute more than 6.2 million hours of service. Now over 42,000 volunteers strong, Hands On Atlanta mobilizes community members to address critical needs in 12 metro Atlanta counties.

Let’s show our support for this wonderful organization by purchasing a ticket for the event on June 1st! Or, if you’d like to help them even more, perhaps you or your company should become a sponsor of the event!

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Savannah’s Satchel is a Superb Shop!

Imagine if Designing Women (minus the shoulder pads and big hair) moved to Savannah and updated to a fresh look in 2012, and that’s the world of Satchel- a boutique leather goods store in the heart of Downtown. SCAD alumnae, Elizabeth, Char, Mahala, and Lexi, have been hand-crafting beautiful bags, amazing accessories, and lovely luggage sets for 5+ years. Whether you have an old piece that you’d like to re-create, or the perfect idea for clutch, Satchel is the place to go. The touches of hand weaving, braiding, and branding add so much interest to the designs, and truly make each piece special. When they’re not helping customers, these ladies are sewing away on the in-house machines (in view behind the counter) to create the latest and greatest. Oh, and did we mention horn handles from South America?

This unique store is filled with adorable stories of bags with even more adorable names. One of their top sellers, the “Dad’s Jacket” was originally designed using a reconstructed Pilot Jacket. And most of the products are named after friends and family. Pick from a variety of quality, leather samples and hardware to create your own version of a bag, or just buy one right off the shelf. If you’re looking to create a bag from scratch, the entire process will take about 4-5 weeks and will run you anywhere from $80 to upwards of $1000 for large garment bags. But at the end of the day, you have a one-of-a-kind bag from a one-of-a-kind store. At least, it’s the only place we know of that sells leather beer koozies!

We can’t imagine a cooler birthday present or corporate gift for your next event. (Can we say branded, leather iPad cases?) So call them up or walk into their splendidly styled showroom for a little leather loving.

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Let’s Lunch for Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital!

Tomorrow from 11:30-1:30 pm, WM Events will be lunching at the Sweet Auburn Curb Market in support of Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital! “Let’s Lunch for Hughes  is an event which I have spear headed as a community board member for this awesome institution. I urge you all come out and support us for this fun event.

 

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WM Events Helps Engineers STAY WITH IT at GA Tech

Last year the New York Times reported that roughly 40% of students planning of engineering and science majors end up switching to other subjects or failing to get any degree. That staggering statistic is exactly why President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness- with the help of Intel, hosted a Day of Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Stay With It was a chance for students to rub elbows with some of the most accomplished engineers in their fields.

For this event, we partnered with Peachtree Tents and Events to create crowd-catching experiences at the Kessler Campanile and the Ferst Center. These lucky engineering students took a break from their grueling schedules to grab Stay With It water bottles and laptop decals and to win various prizes- including a new Ultrabook computer! We designed lounge areas for students to mingle with the VIP’s, including Intel President, Paul Otellini and NASA Administrator and former Astronaut, Charles Bolden. The GA Tech Pep Band, an exciting DJ, and interactive jugglers helped animate this encouraging event.

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When the event at the Kessler Campanile ended, students were ushered into the Ferst Center for the Performing Arts to hear Maria Teresa Kumar host a panel discussion on the importance and versatility of engineering in today’s world. With a video introduction by President Obama, this element of the event was broadcast to multiple campuses across the country using Facebook LIVE . The panelists answered questions posted to the Stay With It Twitter and Facebook pages in real time. After the panel was over, students were treated to chicken sandwiches and popcorn. WM Events helped out by decorating the stage set you see below as well as amping up the greenroom of the Ferst Center.

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Thanks again to all our partners who helped us make this happen, and to Patrick Williams for the stupendous images! If you’re dying to see more, check out the Facebook Album!

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WM Events

X-Ray Vision for Floral Design

We all know that flowers are beautiful. But, it turns out, the inside of a flower is equally as beautiful! Singapore based photographer, Brendan Fitzpatrick had a brilliant idea for a subject. He took these colorful floral x-rays at a radiography lab, followed by a few rounds of image editing and color correction in Photoshop to reach the final results you see here. You can head over to Society6 to pick up a few prints of your own. It makes me wonder what else would look this wonderful through an x-ray.

 

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Ask the Experts: Event Lighting

We gave you a vocabulary lesson about gels and gobos last week with our Lighting Your Event post. This week, we’re turning our eyes and ears to a couple amazing lighting designers for some great advice. Todd Finch is the President of MAGNUM, a production company based in Atlanta, and Julian Bradley is the Owner of ESP Lighting, a company that specializes in LED lights in the Denver area.

WM EVENTS: What is the most common misconception about event lighting?
TODD FINCH: That it is expensive. Just like anything, it can be expensive, but you can also use it in subtle ways that don’t cost a fortune. Simple uplights of color add a big effect, which is not expensive. It more like an accessory.
JULIAN BRADLEY: That it’s too expensive. Even some basic well positioned light fixtures can add a huge amount of excitement and energy to an event.

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WM: How can people get the biggest bang for their buck when it comes to lighting?
TF: Color. Uplights add nice splashes of color that linen or chairs or other things just can’t do. It really takes the otherwise ‘neutral’ space and brands it with the event colors. Similarly, gobo/pattern with color and texture can do the same. Many of the event spaces are neutral for a reason. If you want it yours, add color. (The pink at the High Museum was a great example of this!)
JB: Plan as far ahead as possible or be prepared to pay more for “last minute”. A creative, well thought out lighting design that fits within your budget will take time to create. MORE TIME = BETTER DESIGN.

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WM: What is your biggest frustration as a lighting designer?
TF: The ‘budget question’. Anytime a ‘design’ comes into play, a budget matters… large or small, it is a perimeter that must be taken into consideration. I think we are so conditioned in other areas of our life to shop price, negotiate down, don’t show all your cards, etc., but when it comes to ‘designing’, designers are really on your side- building a vision of what you want, what you envision and what you can afford.
JB: Champagne dreams with only beer budgets to pay for them.

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WM: What is the biggest help you can get from a client about their event?
TF: Know as many of the outside perimeters as you can- time frames, logistics with other vendors, other design elements. Tahe more information the better. Designers can always throw out the information that is not relative, but having more can bring to light a key piece that helps lead you to the end result.
JB: Great question! I would say prior to consulting with any designer, start by writing down some basic details or ideas about your event and then work up from there. Put in as much thought as possible into the type of event you want to have or what kind of event is it. A serious corporate meeting that requires the speakers on stage evenly lit in white light?  OR  A celebration that needs a more creative approach? Have the venue and the event date been confirmed yet? Do you have any favorite colors that you would like to see used at your event? Will there be dancing? Or a performance that will need to be lit?  The more details a client can provide earlier on – the more realistic I can be with creative suggestions, price quotes, etc.

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We hope that helps you prepare for the lighting portion of your next party or wedding. Let us know if we can answer any questions for you. Don’t hesitate to call us, using the number on the contact page, or leave a comment section below.

 

-William Fogler
WM Events

WM Events LOVES Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!! We hope you and your sweetheart are having a fantastic February 14th. Flowers, cards, chocolates, candles- even the Google Doodle for today is love themed. We can’t help but remember that wonderfully heart-felt occasion we planned a few years ago. What are you doing tonight on this day that celebrates all things love? Leave your comments in the section below.

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How To: Lighting Your Event

Let’s face it. It’s a lot more fun to visit your Caterer or Cake Designer for an afternoon tasting than to visit some hidden warehouse to talk about gel colors, gobos, and  fresnels. What are those things anyways? We can complain about cold chicken any day of the week, but developing a lighting design is a complex, multi-dimensional, exercise that takes talent, skill, and a discerning eye. Yet, despite these intricacies and mood-altering affects, any event’s lighting budget is usually the last to add on and the first to slash.

Sometimes breaking the vocabulary wall in the lighting world can do wonders in the eventual success of an event. So, let’s put the spotlight on some commonly used terms.

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1. Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight (Leko & Source Four)

These fixed lighting instruments collect and direct light through a barrel that contains a lens. ERS instruments come in all shapes and sizes. While each particular model of ERS has its own set of characteristics, every one contains a) an adjustable lens that can change the focus (softness or hardness) of the beam of light projected by the unit, b) a set of brackets on the end of the lens tube for the insertion of gel frames, c) a series of four shutters that allow for precise shaping and sizing of the unit’s beam as lines, and d) a slot for the insertion of metal gobos.

2. Gel

Lighting gel is a transparent thin sheet of polycarbonate or polyester that is placed at the end of a lighting fixture in order to color the light. There are a few different companies that manufacture gel, each using a different code to signify the color profile of each piece (like Rosco 39 and GAM 841. Swatch books (as seen above) give lighting designers a better idea of the end result, just like interior designers use paint color pallets. Also similar to painting, it is best to use smaller combination of colors or stay in a color family when lighting your event. Too many oranges, blues, purples, and yellows, and your lighting concept will appear muddled and fight with your decor.

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3.Gobo

Derived from the phrase “Go between”, a gobo is a thin, round piece of metal with patterned holes placed in front of a light source that controls the shape of the light. The gobo stops some light from passing through, while letting the cut out pattern continue for an interesting effect. Situated at the instrument’s point of focus in a holder (as seen above), the gobo can be crisply focused for logos and details, or softened for patterned breakups or geometric designs. Perhaps you might want to add stars to your venue’s ceiling, or a tree pattern (with green gel) for your jungle themed party. Brides, corporations, and guests of honor can all benefit from having a customized gobo cut for around $100.

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4. LED Lights

The items detailed above have been around for a long time, but developing technology seems to be focused in the world of LED lighting instruments (mainly because they have high light output with lower power consumption). LED instruments can contain a number of different colored LEDs, often Red, Green and Blue, and different light output colors can be achieved by adjusting the intensity of each LED color group. LED instruments have a long life relative to other options, without the expense of color gel or replacement lamps. The three types of LEDs are a) Round PAR cans that house a round circuit board of light, b) Strip lights that use a long, narrow source of LEDs, and c) Intelligent LED lights that can move positions around an axis.

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Check in for our next blog post with lighting experts, Todd Finch and Julian Bradley.

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WM Events

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