Last Minute New Years... Your Friends will Never know!

With so many holidays back to back it is nearly impossible to avoid a melt-down from the stress of shopping, cooking and eating. Its impossible to plan another social evening to ring in the new year. Or is it???

We brainstormed some simply ideas to make your New Years Eve something special without the stress that months of prior planning brings.

Since resolutions are right around the corner why not create a "Guilty Pleasures" buffet. Friends will truly enjoy the spread of Chinese take out, White Trash Dip, Pizza, Chips of all shapes and flavors with the really fattening sour cream dips like french onion and garlic garlic. Pigs in a blanket, and cheese fondue also make great quick aps that guests can enjoy. For Dessert you can display hostess cupcakes and Twinkies on fancy cake plates, alongside ho hos, ding dogs and devil dogs, or create a speciality cake out of them - who could resist.

So as not to spend your entire budget for 2010, why not ask your guests to each bring a bottle of champagne since it is the drink of choice for revelers worldwide. You can also buy some inexpensive bubbly to mix up into champagne cocktails such as the popular mimosa which is 5 ounces of sparkling wine with 1 ounce of orange juice. For a little variation use a mandarin orange as the garnish. For another option try the Poinsetta, which starts with the same 5 ounces of sparkling wine, 1/2 ounce of cranberry juice, 1/4 ounce of Triple sec and a twist of lime.

With the drinks and food taken care of you have to have something that will keep New Years Eve from feeling like every other saturday night at home. Balloons and Streamers make quick easy and inexpensive decorations, combined with hats, blowers and noise makers - your guests will certainly feel the tradition that is the holiday. Make sure that you have plenty of music planned for the night - one idea for doing this to create play lists from each decade 60's, 70's 80's etc. Find out where the New year is turning from the start of your party until midnight here in the states, each time a new country rings in the new year switch the music to a new decade.

Make sure you have plenty of TV's and clocks around so Guests can follow New Years all over the world and won't miss the clock striking Midnight.

Lastly, if you want to give out party favors that your guests will use and are not likely to forget, consider morning after packages - cellophane bags filled with a teaspoon of confetti, ibuprofen packets, vitamin c powder, stomach soothing ginger tea bags and a bottle of water tied off with a brightly colored bow.

We'd Love to hear your thoughts about planning a last minute New Year's Eve - what have you done????

Wedding Favors - Yay or Neah???

Your wedding day is the one you have dreamed about since you were a little girl, and it is a day that you are not likely to soon forget. With all of the planing, time and money spent, you dream day can also be a nightmare and a stressful time as well.

Although this is your special day your Guests play a really big role in your memories - in the long run they are the ones that will make your day the memory you want it to be. Because they are such a special part of a wedding couples typically give out favors as something to remember the wedding by.

The problem, as I see it, with favors, is that they often can be one of the most costly small items on the wedding budget. If you are like most people, your wedding is already being done on a dime and you want to cut costs as much as you can. Often the Favors are the first to go.

Consider this however, what if you can fit the favor into the cost of the wedding without changing anything? We thing that Couples should consider using favors as part of the decor so that you aren't spending extra money on items that you and your Guests will never use. The result of this practice still gives your Guest something useful to take home as a memory, and helps to make your wedding tables as beautiful as you dreamed they would be.

A great examples are picture frames that hold the escort cards for your guests. This has a two fold benefit, aside from a great useful gift, they also help to keep that card table neat an organized.

Another option is to incorporate a votive candle holder into the tabletop, you can include a great smelling candle, and each Guest will be able to take one home after the reception. Again, this is a two fold option, not only do they get a very unique candle holder for their home, the scented candles will allow you to create a great environment for your reception.


If being creative with you budget isn't necessary there are a whole slew of wedding related items that are cute, from custom labeled bottles of wine and champagne, to salt an pepper shakers with "two peas in a pod".

To answer the question, we say favors are a most definite YAY! but, whatever the favor is - the trend is usefulness, if you, or your Guests can't use it at the wedding reception, make sure that your Guests can use it when they get home.

Robin Brockelsby of Creative Coverings - Perfect Productions Pal Newest Pal of the Week!

So its that time of the week again and I am happy to announce that the Newest Pal is Robin Brockelsby from Creative Coverings in Reno, NV.

Brian and I had the pleasure of meeting Robin during breakfast on the very last day of The Special Event Show last year in San Diego. Three weeks later we had the ability to spend some more time with her in Las Vegas at the Event Solutions/Catersource Show, where she sponsored the wedding event.

After returning from the trade show circuit a client of ours requested a table linen that we could not find anywhere - and of course the event was last minute - I asked him to call Robin to see if she had any suggestions.



The Result was amazing - She and her Team at Creative Coverings, researched the fabric, ordered it, made them and shipped them to us, all on a very tight time schedule. Our client couldn't have been happier, and the photos from the original event, have brought us several more people who asked for the same cloths, or a variation on the design.

Without at doubt the service and products that Robin and her team provide are second to none. They have an outstanding website www.creativecoverings.com that showcases each of their products in true to color photos, it also has a gallery space that has photos of previous events. Plus if you are not sure what to order for your needs, their order information page includes an easy to read grid that you can use to figure it out exactly.

When people ask me where to go for linens - Creative Coverings is definitely the first place that pops into my mind. To read Robin's responses to our questions please click on the photo below, and to place an order with Creative Coverings visit their website or call them at 877-410-6367!!!

Brian Medbury Announced as Finalist for 2010 Event Solutions Spotlight Award

Event Solutions, Vice President Caroline Baragona made the announcement today that Brian Medbury, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Perfect Productions had advanced into the finals of the Event Solutions Spotlight Award Process in the category of Rising Star - Male.

The Event Solutions Spotlight Awards are the event industry's premier, most comprehensive awards. They Acknowledge the finalists' and recipients' body of work. The Rising Star Award is presented to one male and one female Event Industry Professional who has been in the industry five years or less. Rising Stars show great promise of becoming an industry leader or major player in the years to come.

Finalist profile will be displayed on-line beginning on December 11th when voting begins and the awards will be given out at the closing Gala for the 2010 Event Solutions/Catersource Conference in Las Vegas, NV.

On behalf of the Staff at Perfect Productions, we would like to congratulate Brain as well as our other industry partners Robin Brokelsby and the Staff at Creative Coverings for their nomination as Rental Company of the Year, and Christine Brower of C. Brower Events for her nomination as Designer of the Year!

Now get on and Vote (will post instructions when we have them)

Good Luck to Everyone and we'll see you in Vegas!!!!

Perfect Productions Pal of the Week!!!

Perfect Productions has so many great vendors that we get to work with, it is nearly impossible to recognize them all, so as a Team we decided that every Friday we would dedicate our blog to an outstanding industry leader, our Pal of the Week!

We are really excited to kick this program off by speaking with Debra Roth from Pink Inc. As a Team we have worked with Deb on quite a few great events. She has so many creative ideas and her Team is so much fun to plan with! If you are looking for a unique twist for your next function - this is definitely the place to start!

Her Website says that Pink Inc. is "where Tension Fabric Meets Design to Stretch your imagination" and we agree -the imagination in their building is incredible! They even have huge Butterfly wings that they can fit to an aerialist and suspend from the ceiling!!! It is truly something to see!

Click on the document below to see what Deb had to say when we asked her our Fun and Fabulous questions.

Definitely be sure to check out www.pinkincdesign.com and follow Deb and her Team on Twitter @Pinkincdesign. If you are interested in speaking with Deb or a member of here Team to help you with you tension structure design needs you can visit them in their offices at 150 E. 23rd Street, New York, NYcontact them by calling 866-PINK-INC. They also have a great form to request information at http://www.pinkincdesign.com/contact-us/default.aspx!!!



Anyone who knows Deb, or has used Pink Inc. at one of their Events, please post your comments, testimonials and photos we would love to see them!