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Thank you for helping with the Tornado Rebuild Fund

Carrie Ferguson — Sun, 06 May 2012 14:27:13 +0000

To support the Tornado Rebuild Fund we put on an event called Raise of Hope, a party with a purpose. We were able to raise about $5,000 to add to the Fund! A special "Thank You" to all the event professionals that helped up put on this event and to all those that attended. Every single item for the event was donated so that every dollar we raised went to the Tornado Rebuild Fund. I am so proud to be part of a group that can make that happen.

Venue: Headley Whitney Museum www.headley-whitney.org

Rebuild Fund: Blue Grass community Foundation www.bgcf.org

Rentals: Events with Design www.eventswithdesign.com
               Special Events www.specialeventsky.com
               Bryant's Rentall www.bryantsrentall.com
               Porta Kleen 606-622-6896

Food: SouthVan Catering www.southvanevents.com
           Catering By Donna www.donnapottercatering.com
           Sisters & Friends www.sandfcatering.com
           DaRae & Friends www.daraeandfriends.com

Deserts: Martines Pastries www.martinespastries.com
Tinkers Cake Shop www.tinkerscakeshop.com
Caramonda's Bake Shoppe www.caramandas.com

Ice Sculpture: Mike Stoddart - Seasons Ice www.seasonsice.com

Table Centerpieces: Doug Smith Design www.dougsmithdesign.com
                                 Crist Creona Design www.cristcreonadesigns.com
                                Fine Flowers and Events www.fineflowers-events.com
                                Curtis Grace 859-252-0047

Staff and support: Michele Landers www.weddingsbymichele.net
                              Always Planned www.alwaysplanned.com
                              Great Expectations www.greatexpectationsky.com
                              Style 360 -Melissa Smith www.style360ky.com
                              Rickerson Photography www.rickersonphotography.com
                              Event Tenders www.eventtenders.com
                              Nick Blevins @ Bryant's Rentall
                              Adrienne Clark

Music and Entertainment: Jeff Gibson - Sound Travels   www.soundtravelsjd.com
                                         Phoenix Entertainment www.clydegilpin.com
                                        Kings Ransom Band - Jeff Carter

Slide show: Amber Schmidt - Schmidt Studio www.kentuckystudio.com
Projection Screen: Eric DeBussechere - Fresh Beats www.freshbeats.com

Graphics Design for logo and posters: Kim Alsabrook

Printing: Del-Ray Printing www.delrayprinting.com

Photography: Neil Sulier www.neilsulier.com

Advertising: Tops in Lex   www.topsinlex.com
                    Insight Cable www.insightcable.com
                    WLEX TV         www.wlex.com
                    WKYT TV    www.wkyt.com
                    Merlene Davis - Herald Leader www.kentucky.com

Silent Auction Items:   Events with Design,
Melissa Compton- www.etsy.com/shop/fatcakefibers
Griffin Gate Marriott Hotel www.marriott.com
Embassy Suites www.embassy-suites.com/es/lexington
Neil Sulier www.neilsulier.com
Talon Winery www.talonwine.com
Headley Whitney Museum www.headley-whitney.org
Isabel Sam Photography www.isabelsam.com
360 Limousine www.360limo.com
Schmidt Studio www.kentuckystudio.com
Deanna Dillender www.greatexpectationsky.com
Azur Restaurant   www.azurrestaurant.com
Jason Chadwell Engraved papers
Rick Rickerson www.rickersonphotography.com
House by JSD www.housebyjds.com
Euphoria Salon www.euphoriasalon-ky.com
Holiday Inn Express
Vincent Fister Moving & Storage www.vincentfister.com
Premiere Jewelry -Regina Schmutte
Special Events www.specialeventsky.com
Equipment Sales & Rental
Whitaker Bank
Crist Creona www.cristcreonadesign.com
Adrienne Clark

There are so many to thank, I hope that I did not forget anyone. If I did, please let me know so that I can add you to the list! We all really appreciate all the help and support for this event.

Remember you can still make donations to the fund by link on our site.

Raise of Hope - Party with a Purpose

Carrie Ferguson — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:51:09 +0000

We all know the storms that tore across Kentucky on Friday March 2nd devastated many parts of Eastern Kentucky. Shannon's family is all from Morgan county and one of his brothers lost his house in the tornado that took out the majority of Main Street. Our friend Nick Blevins that works at Bryant's Rentall also has family in West Liberty. We consoled each other that Friday night while awaiting news of the aftermath.

We needed to find a way to help and knowing that it would take a lot of time and money to rebuild, we decided to put our talents to work and raise some much needed funds. We contacted our Friend Michele Landers from Wedding by Michele and got started planning a party with a real purpose.

We are happy to report that Lexington and Area Event professionals are Sponsoring

Raise of Hope - Party with a Purpose on March 17th at the Headley-Whitney Museum to benefit the Victims of Tornado Ravished South Eastern KY. Replacing devastation with Raise of Hope and Community Support.

We have establised the Raise for Hope Fund at Blue Grass Community Foundation which will help support the rebuilding effort in West Liberty and Morgan County.

Tickets are $40 each and can be purchase on-line at https://bgcf.guidestargiving.org/raise or by calling 859-225-3343 to purchase tickets by phone. All proceeds will go directly into the Raise for Hope Fund for The Tornado Rebuilding Fund.

The Fundraiser will be held at the Headley-Whitney Museaum on Old Frankfort Pike at 7pm till midnight, Saturday March 17th. Food, Music, cash bar and silent auction. We are also planning to have a lounge where the NCAA game can be watched, But the details of that arrangement still need to be worked out.

Any questions can be directed to our contact us form.

Decorating with lanterns

Carrie Ferguson — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:23:49 +0000

This past weekend we had the honor of hanging lanterns for a bride in the large tent at the Marriott Griffin Gate. At our first meeting the bride brought me some pictures she found of a wedding with a large number of lanterns clustered over the dance floor. We planned to do a grid of lanterns over the dance floor with lights in some of the lanterns and fill in the remaining space with just unlit lanterns. We ended up using about 105 lanterns over a 20x20 dance floor.

Paper lantern ceiling over dance floor

Paper lanterns can really make a statement in both large and small rooms. We recommend using larger lanterns to fill a larger space. This location is a private horse farm in Lexington, KY, the space is a large horse arena. We only used 6 lanterns over the dance floor, but they are each 4 feet round.

48" super large paper lanterns in a ridding arena

In this large gym we used 30" and 24" lanterns along with drape to bring the ceiling down and create a more romantic feel for a reception.

Gym ceiling drape with lanterns for wedding lighting

Even a space with a low ceiling can be decorated with lanterns. This is the Signature Club in Lexington, KY. We used 3 diffferent colors of lanterns and made a long row across the dance floor.

Lanterns over the dance floor at the Signature club

Lanterns can also be hung in a wedding tent, both with and without lights.

Wedding tent with paper lanternsMarriott Griffin Gate tent - purple lanterns hung over the dance floorWedding tent with pink lanterns

Lanterns come in all colors, a range of sizes and shapes. We would love to decorate your wedding space with lanterns!

Paper lanterns, stars and round

My projects this week

Carrie Ferguson — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:14:35 +0000

If you are reading this, then you have found my big project. For the last 2 weeks or so, I have been working on upgrading our website. It has been a lot of work, but I think it is looking good. Please feel free to comment if you find any mistakes, errors, broken links, other problems or if you just don't like something. I am still working on an inventory with photos, but I think that is going to be an ongoing project.

Project #2 - apple green pintuck table cloths. I need to get some pictures up of these table cloths! I ordered the fabric over the summer and just now finished. I need to order another roll of fabric to make more. For now I have 9 - 120" and 7 90x90" squares done. Can't wait to use these for an event!

Project #3 Burlap! I have had multiple request for burlap table cloths and runners for events this year. I have tons of burlap so I am pulling out all of the pieces getting ready to make runners and overlays. I hope to have these finished by next week. I'll keep you posted.

Remember that we make custom cloths, so if you find that special fabric you want to use let me know.

Finding us on the Web

Carrie Ferguson — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:49:26 +0000

As I am working to update our website I decided to do a search for us in the photo section. I was surprised to find one of our photos on another blog. When I clicked the blog I remember an email from the blogger last May. She was asking me about ceiling drapes and if I would write a blog about them. With it being the busy Wedding season of May, I just didn't have time. I send her some infomation and didn't think about it again until I ran across her site again today.

I was very happy to see that she quoted me along with some other decorators and gave credit to all the photos she used from flickr.

Check it out here. http://www.weddingdecoratorblog.com/2010/05/decorating-the-ceiling-with-fabric/

Billy and Robyn 11/7/10

Carrie Ferguson — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:39:00 +0000

For Billy and Robyn's reception we turned the high school cafeteria into a great reception hall. The wedding colors were white, orange and a touch of black. The ceiling was draped in orange taffeta fabric and white twinkle lights. A backdrop of white fabric and lights was put up behind the head table to block off the hall way into the school. Seating tables with white linens and black chair ties. Table center pieces of black metal lanterns with tea lights.

Shanna & Jonathan 8/14/10

Carrie Ferguson — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:07:00 +0000

I had the pleasure of helping my friend Stephanie with the reception for her daugher and new son-in-law. A barn on the family farm was cleaned and pressure washed to serve as the venue for the reception. The beams of the barn were wrapped with twinkle lights. Paper lanterns in pink, black and white were hung down the center of the barn over the head table and dance floor.

Stephanie and Shanna added lots of unexpected details to the decor. Be sure to check out our facebook page to see more of this awsome barn reception!

Janelle and Corey 8/7/10

Carrie Ferguson — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:08:00 +0000

At our first meeting I discovered that the planner for this wedding was an old friend of mine from Elementary school, Tasha Mirilovich. Tasha was a family friend of the Bride Janelle and her parents. The wedding and reception took place at the home of the bride. We worried all summer that the weather would be hot in August but the day of the wedding was the most gorgeous day! The ceremony took place on a stage with a white fabric draped canopy. The guests were seated in white wood chairs set in a circle around the stage. Despite having a broken leg operated on 3 days before the wedding, the father of the bride escorted his daughter to the stage. After the ceremony the guests enjoyed cocktails by the pool and then proceeded to the tent for dinner and dancing.

Seating under the 40x100 high peak century tent for 270 guests at round tables of ten seats each, head table squared around one end of the dance floor for 20, large 16x20 stage for the live band and a 18x24 dance floor. Two buffet lines and 2 full bars were located in two 20x20 frame tents to the back side of the large tent. Black table cloths with pops of pink and fuchsia for color. Pink and black metal luminaries lined the walkway from the pool to the tent. The tent entrance included tree branch lights and pink drapes for added affect to the bride and groom entrance.

Please check out additional photos from this wedding on our facebook page for Events with Design. Be sure to become a fan and check back often for view of our events.

Yellowbook review

Carrie Ferguson — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:41:00 +0000

We advertise in the Yellowbook directory in Lexington, as well as on yellowbook.com. From now until March 31,2010 you can do business reviews for a chance to win a $10,000 prize. So go online and let us know your opinion of our business.

Lexington Bridal Show - January 2010

Carrie Ferguson — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:10:00 +0000

We were recently a vendor at the January Lexington Bridal show along with about 90 other local vendors. It was held at the Embassy Suites on Newtown Pike. We shared a booth with Seasons Catering, so in addition to our rental items and ceiling decor we had 4 large ice sculptures from Chief Michael Stoddart. We had a chance to talk with many of the 579 Brides and their families about their upcoming wedding plans.

Visit lexingtonbridalshows.com for information on other shows this year. We are planning to be back next January.