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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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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Rennie Moran Celebrates 70 Years of Being Amazing!

If anyone deserves a fabulous birthday party, it’s Rennie Moran. She’s the most vivacious 70 year old you’ve EVER met, and we were absolutely honored to help plan and design her birthday at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. Thanks so much to our friends at Newberry’s for the beautiful flowers placed in vintage silver vessels. Take a look at the photographs below (more on our Facebook Page) to get the full picture of this celebration. And oh, by the way, that’s HER art on the walls!

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Busy Busy Busy

Phew…. This month has been intense- and we’re only half way done with our events for March. You’ve probably seen some interesting photos on our Facebook and Twitter pages about all the WM Events adventures lately. Last week, we produced an event at GA Tech Engineering students with the help of Intel and the White House. It was such a blast! Then, this past Sunday night we threw a 70th Birthday Party for Mrs. Rennie at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. We’re not slowing down any time soon, that’s for sure. Be sure to keep following as we finish out March with a bang!

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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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WM Find: Custom Boutonnieres

We originally fell in love with the Etsy shop, frittsrosenow, when we first saw their Does Not Compute Boutonniere a while back.  Tim and Erin create custom boutonnieres and corsages for their clients. They’re super nice to work with and are willing to brainstorm with you on creating the perfect accent to your stylish event. Here at WM Events, we are always looking for a way to make every part and piece special, and these boutonnieres are perfect for just that.

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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.

-William Fogler
WM Events

Corporate Event at Ritz Carlton Reynolds Plantation

Busy doesn’t even begin to describe the month of January for WM Events. We’ve been going full steam ahead since the first of the year, and there’s no sign of stopping. Our favorite event so far is, without a doubt, a corporate awards dinner we designed for a global manufacturing company at the Ritz Carlton Reynolds Plantation. We’d like to thank everyone that was a part of this party: Davis Production Group, Darryl Wiseman Flowers, Plant Peddler, Peachtree Tents and Events, Party Tables, Lounge Art Rentals, BBJ Linens, Event Drapery, Monte Carlo Productions, and Atlanta Soul Band.

Check out the amazing photographs below and on the Corporate Page by Jill Harrelson, and leave comments in the section below to tell us what you think of the party!

 

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