Inexpensive Yet Creative Wall Art – a New Twist in Decor
Looking for an innovative way to set the scene, make a BIG impact and not blow the budget? Let us introduce you to Wordans Wall Art. It is so easy to apply a child can do it, it's super cost effective, make a huge statement and it is fully customizable. You can create any look you want, replicating scenes from just about anywhere. Pop a rhinoceros on the wall, bring the beetles to life, create a gardens scape or bring Paris to your dinner and let your guests dine under the lights of the Eiffel Tower… for around 50$ each. Add lighting and you have instant decor.
Great for birthday's bar/bat mitzvahs and social events on a tight budget.
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5 Ideas for Using Pinterest in Your Business
Pinterest is a free website and application that allows you to bookmark images you find on the web and put them in your “pin boards”. You can follow other users, comment on their pins and repin their images to your boards. Like any social network, Pinterest does require an investment in time. When I first joined Pinterest, I wanted to look for and share wedding inspiration with my clients. I am still surprised at how much it has helped with other things in my life such as fashion boards (which have inspired more than a few new outfits), simple cooking techniques, home décor ideas, exercise tips, craft ideas and entertaining inspiration for the holidays.
Here are 5 ways Pinterest can help your business:
1. Client inspiration boards. You can create a different pin board for each of your clients to pin inspiration photos and ideas for their wedding or event. This is a really easy way to create inspiration boards online that you can share with the bride, the floral designer, cake designer and other wedding professionals who are working with you on the wedding or event. You can also encourage your clients to create their own inspiration boards on Pinterest.
2. Business branding ideas. You can save patterns, photos, websites, logos and icons that inspire you. Even if you aren’t looking to re-brand your business anytime soon, it is really helpful to save these for future reference.
3. Increase your current business brand. Pin photos of your office and your team to increase brand exposure. To get more visitors to your Pinterest page, use your Facebook page and Twitter to promote your design ideas and inspiration boards that are on Pinterest.
4. Pin your own work. Just like Twitter and Facebook, you will get the most benefit when you interact with other users and pin from other sites. You don’t want to use Pinterest solely for self promotion however it’s perfectly fine to occasionally pin content from your own wedding and blog. I am surprised at the amount of website traffic we get from people who have pinned photos from our event planning website and blog.
5. Office inspiration and organization. Event planners are such creative professionals. The environment we work in influences our design, our style and our productivity. Use Pinterest for inspiration ideas to create a clean, creative, organized and inspiring work environment. You may be surprised at how much better you work.
article courtesy of plannerslounge.com
Sweet Gift Ideas
Ninutik provides distinctive gifts for a variety of corporate functions including conferences, seminars, meetings, business trips, receptions, openings and award galas. Whenever your organization requires an iconic Canadian gift or treat that blends the sweetness of maple with striking design.
Chefs and event planners rely on Ninutik for tasteful melt-in-your-mouth single-serving maple sugar confections. Our award-winning products have been enjoyed at many prestigious events and venues
Pure maple taffy on snow! Sweeten your events with a Canadian Springtime tradition prepared on-site by Ninutik. Expertly made and elegantly presented, maple taffy on snow is a gastronomic experience. Native to our local soil, perfect for 100 mile events, available year round. Stop by the CSE EXPO12 Trendspotting session on March 29th for an opportunity to experience this sweet product and enjoy a live demo!
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“Magic wand” for the Magnificent events
Eco Friendly Paper Customized for Event Applications
TerraSkin is a combination of large amounts of mineral powder (>75%) with a small quantity (<25%) of non-toxic resin combined to create an environmentally friendly paper. TerraSkin has very similar characteristics to traditional paper with a tensile and tearing strength ratio of 1:1 – 2:1. It also has many eco-friendly characteristics.
First, the production of TerraSkin requires no water, so the TerraSkin papermaking process incurs no water pollutants.
Second, as TerraSkin contains high proportions of inorganic mineral powder, when the end user is done with the TerraSkin product, the used paper start to will degrade back into mineral powder in 90-120 days when put in an environment of heat, moisture and UV light. If preferred, used papers can also be incinerated safely as non-toxic resins will not emit smoke or poisonous gas by-products. On the production front, residues of inorganic mineral powder can be either reused or safely returned to nature.
Most importantly, in producing TerraSkin, the harvesting of trees is unnecessary, thereby safeguarding the natural environment’s beauty and biodiversity for all living beings.
Along with all of these sustainable advantages, TerraSkin also has beautiful printing capabilities and a unique texture and feel. Because the paper is fiberless, it does not absorb ink like regular paper and also uses 20-30% less ink than regular paper. Images stay much crisper and cleaner because the ink doesn't bleed. TerraSkin is water- resistant and inherently strong and durable.
Water Bottles Re Emerge as Cool Gift
Look out bottled water, you have some serious competition. If the folks at Vapur have a say, the days of branded bottled water at your events is almost history.Vapur flexible bottles ship flat so they take nearly 90% less space and use less fuel to transport than rigid water bottles. The packaging is printed using wind power on 100% post-consumer paper and the makers support water related environmental causes through participation in 1% for the Planet.
Ask your local gift supplier for rates on branded Vapur bottles and help make the mountain of plastic bottles left behind at events a memory.
Stacy Wyatt, Managing Editor, canadianspecialevents.com
Contemporary Furniture POPs With Cocktail Seating
Toronto's successful and cutting edge furniture rental firm Contemporary Furniture Rentals brings in a super chic and fun line of cocktail loungers including this fun and flirty Martini Stool. Its 161/2 inches high and comes in four cool colors including green, metallic silver, and orange.
Also new in Contemporary's inventory are the Cindy Lamp in pink, gunmetal, blue, green and more delicious hues; the Provence day bed and the fabulous patent button tufted borne in orange, white, black and silver. For more from Contemporary visit their site at http://www.cfrentals.com/
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Hot Color!
“The More than lights online store offers clear paraffin oil as well as a variety of colored oils designed for burning in clear glass containers, enhancing the natural beauty of the oil lamp and adding additional color to the lamp and room.
colored oils add a unique designer touch to every occasion and as simple as they, have huge impact in any size room.
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This site’s free, monthly Trend Briefings are not to be missed if you want to see the forest for the trees, showing the larger trends underlying diverse examples from around the world. A recent briefing cited corporate bloggers and tweeters, a San Francisco-based chocolatier that produces “beta editions” of its chocolates, and Google’s Latitude (which lets you see where people are geographically) as part of its “Foreverism” trend on how consumers and businesses are embracing conversations, relationships and products that are never done. For spot-on analysis, global perspective and big-picture context, this is your go-to resource.
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Branding on a Bean?
The Nature's Greeting is the New Generation of Branding
Looking for a new way to add green to your events? This creative magic bean provides all kinds of options for special events. From bridal gifts to corporate branding opportunities, this little bean is a BIG hit with planners everywhere. This unique gift idea is designed and guaranteed to surprise, excite, and amaze! The Natures Bean is a rare bread of bean. In Each can, one bean is pre planted in a special soil. Each tree can grow to 25-30 cm. You can give them as gifts and have guests grow them at home, watching the message develop or pre plant them and give them fully grown to guests at their tables or as parting gifts. They are all natural and may be kept as a keepsake or planted. They are non toxic and easy to use. Its a green gift idea sure to be a big hit at your next event.
