Special Events

Precious Metals: The Wedding Lunch 2011 is "In Love with Metallics"

Chaired by Heather Crabtree and Jennifer Thinnes of Outstanding Occasions, Phoenix, the Wedding Lunch at The Special Event 2011 is a shining example of great event design. Photos by Melissa Jill Photography....

New Die-cut AlphaVite Invitations, Essex Line from CORT Debuts, Fifty Flowers Offers Floral Pins

By Special Events Staff

The new AlphaVites—recently highlighted at The Special Event in the "Michael Cerbelli's Hot Event and Entertainment Ideas 2011" session--are custom die-cut invitations....

An A-Door-able Wedding: Events of Distinction Holds the Key to Charm

San Francisco-based Events of Distinction creates an "a-door-able" outdoor wedding for a couple charmed by Old Word doorways; this event has been nominated for a Gala Award. Photos by Catherine Hall Studios....

Chocolate Medallions, Vintage Furniture, Flocked Taffeta Linen

By Special Events Staff

Chocolate Graphics creates chocolate dessert medallions with a name, logo, photo or graphic embossed in chocolate....

Enchanted Evening: Merryl Brown Events Dreams Up an Eco-chic Gala

Merryl Brown, head of Merryl Brown Events of Santa Barbara, Calif., shows her green thumb for growing eco-chic events with the Santa Barbara Community Environmental Council's 40th anniversary "Green Gala" fundraiser—a pretty party with a whopping 97 percent waste-diversion rate. Photos by Erin Feinblatt....

Romance Rocks: Affair with Flair Puts Some Surprises into an Utterly Elegant Wedding

How do you rock romance? Guests enjoyed elements of surprise throughout this Gala Award-nominated white-and-silver theme wedding from Affair with Flair of Cherry Hills Village, Colo. The event mixed a cool, elegant look with lighthearted touches, including dueling DJs and a grooving bride and groom. Photos by Eric Stephenson Photography....

French Dressing: Someone's in the Kitchen Puts a Sexy Spin on the Foreign Language Film Oscars

The Oscar ceremonies extend far beyond the night most people watch on TV. Here, Someone's in the Kitchen, based in Tarzana, Calif., fêtes guests at the 82nd annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Foreign Language Film Awards, a glamorous event nominated for a Gala Award. Photos by Sean Twomey....

Cardboard People Offers Celebrity Stand-ups

By Susan Cuadrado

Layton, Utah-based Cardboard People offers life-size, heavy cardboard stand-ups....

Divine Decor: Standout Centerpieces

By Natasha Garber

Front and center, the top trends in centerpieces....

Some Enchanted Evening: Merry Brown Creates a Green Gala

By Susan Cuadrado

Same time, same place, same theme The hallmarks of an annual event present challenges namely, exceeding what was done the year before. This was the case...