Happy St. Patrick’s Day – Green Inspirations

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the entire EBE Team!

I always enjoy St. Patrick’s Day and this year I wanted to share some of my favourite green inspirations with you all: Martha Stewart Weddings – green and white table, Bells of Ireland flowers, Ultra chic green lounge, and my favourite green recipes…..Green Jello Ice Cream and yummy Green Velvet Cake Balls from Bakerella……Oh and of course one of my favourite event designers Elizabeth Anne Designs.

Green Jello Ice Cream:

Mix together to dissolve:
2 large packages (6 oz each) of green Jello (or any flavor)
1 packet of unflavored gelatin
4 cups boiling water
Add:
1 quart vanilla ice cream (I would use less ice cream next time)
Stir til dissolved
Pour:
9 x 13 glass dish
Refrigerate overnight, cut and serve! The ice cream will float to the top of the jello.

Recipe Featured on Food Librarian

^{Photos from BHG.com}

Holiday Table Inspirations 2010

Hey Everyone,

Its hard to believe its less than two weeks before Christmas!

The EBE Team has been creating some fabulous Holiday Events over the past few weeks and I wanted to share some fun table inspirations with you as you prepare for all of the festivities, parties and hosting you will be doing.

Red & Green is always so beautiful and festive, but look at these other wonderful and creative ideas. I always love to switch up my holiday decor my changing the colours and materials I use each year.

Enjoy!

Photos and Inspirations from Martha Stewart

Spring Table Inspirations

Wow! can you believe this weather! Wow, Wow, Wow for Winnipeg!

Spring is just around the corner (my favourite season of the year!)

Here are a couple great ideas to help you dress up your tables and upcoming spring events.

Spring Tablescape Ideas

Finding new and different ways to create tablescape and centerpieces can be a challenge, especially when you’re on a tight timeframe and budget. Here are a couple spring ideas, perfect for Easter, baby or bridal showers, weddings, or for your next dinner party.

Containers

• Baskets are perfect for spring centerpieces, adding textural interest to your tablescape.
• Small glass jars make a lovely informal votive candle holder, simply decorate the outside with some coordinating ribbon to match your color scheme.
• Stack cake stands of different sizes to create a base for flower arrangements, fresh fruit or Easter candies.
• Shallow, wide bowls are perfect to float flowers or floating candles.
• Ceramic or china egg cups are a great substitute for bud vases.
• Dig out your favorite platters or trays. Layer them with either fresh fruit or candy.
• Glass tumblers or champagne flutes can be used for small compact flower arrangements or as bud vase.

Display Ideas

• Fresh fruit such as lemons, oranges, grapes, strawberries or apples – they can serve double duty as dessert.
• Inexpensive foil wrapped candy in pastel colors is available in grocery stores this time of the year. Buy a large quantity to create an opulent display. Guests can nibble on the candy for dessert. You can even give them bags of the candy to take home.
• As an alternative to cut tulips or daffodils, potted fresh spring flowers are readily available in grocery stores.
• Trays of wheatgrass are sold in some grocery stores, at florists or garden centers. Have a couple of trays lined down the center of your table. Decorate the trays with pastel ribbons and tuck foil wrapped eggs in the wheatgrass.
• Small pots of fresh herbs make a fragrant centerpiece either set out individually at each place setting or grouped in the middle of the table. Decorate the pots with coordinating ribbon.
• Baskets of blown, dyed or artificial eggs give a festive touch to your Easter celebration.

Photos and Inspirations from Martha Stewart & Others

^{Photos from JL Designs – Couture Floral and Event Styling}

Colour Inspiration: Green

With St.Patrick’s Day just around the corner I thought some great GREEN colour inspirations for florals and centrepieces would be a great way to end the day!

JL Designs – Couture Floral and Event Stylings is always a favourite inspiration of mine and here are some of their great green inspirations! Enjoy!

Green Meaning

Green is the colour of nature, fertility, life. Grass green is the most restful colour. Green symbolizes self-respect and well being. Green is the color of balance. It also means learning, growth and harmony. Green is a safe colour, if you don’t know what colour to use anywhere use green.

Green is favored by well balanced people. Green symbolizes the master healer and the life force. It often symbolizes money. It was believed green was healing for the eyes. Egyptians wore green eyeliner. Green eyeshades are still used. You should eat raw green foods for good health. Friday is the day of green. Green jade is a sacred stone of Asia.

Green contains the powerful energies of nature, growth, desire to expand or increase. Balance and a sense of order are found in the colour green. Change and transformation is necessary for growth, and so this ability to sustain changes is also part of the energy of green.

Put some green in your life when you want:

• a new state of balance
• feel a need for change or growth
• freedom to pursue new ideas
• protection from fears and anxieties connected with the demands of others

Photos and inspirations from Sierra Floral Designs

Inspiration Friday: Purple, Green + Peacock Feathers

Wow! What a crazy week of meetings, phone calls and catching up after last weekend’s Wedding Show.

It’s been a while since I last did an Inspiration Friday and as I our team is putting together some fabulous new inspiration boards for new 2010 clients I am seeing a common colour combination choice by many of them – PURPLE, GREEN + PEACOCK FEATHERS. Definitely these colours and feathers are all trends for 2010 but I am surprised how many boards we are doing. Our design trick is to create unique events for each of these clients and utilize these colours and elements in very different and personal ways for them all.

I thought I would share a couple great ideas I’ve found to inspire you as you are perhaps working on your event.

Have a great weekend!

Photos by Wedding Paper Diva’s

HOLIDAY DECORATING INSPIRATIONS

The Events by Emma Team is busy planning and designing many holiday parties for its clients and I wanted to share a couple of my favourite sites and holiday decor inspirations that I have found in my quest for cool, festive and easy designs.

Enjoy and have a great week!

^{Photos by Jeff Leatham}

FLOWERS UNCUT – JEFF LEATHAM

I am soooo excited as one of my most favourite floral and event designers Jeff Leatham has his own show on TLC every Wednesday evening – FLOWERS UNCUT!

If you love flowers, events and need inspirations for an upcoming event, this is must see! Not to mention he has one of the funnest personalities on TV.

About the Show

Follow the amazing artistry of one of the world’s most renowned event designers: Jeff Leatham. A former male model who grew up in the States and has been dubbed "The Rock n’ Roll Florist" for his style and pizzazz, Jeff will show the audience why he has earned his reputation as "the best florist in the world" by using an empty space as his canvas, and utilizing flowers as his paint to transform the otherwise ordinary area into an extraordinary experience. Utilizing a bold and innovative vision and approach to flowers as a work of art, Jeff’s mantra consists of three things: "Keep it clean, keep it simple and keep it chic." And in doing just that, we will watch the end result: a jaw-dropping display of floral majesty that keeps his million dollar clients begging him for more. From Madonna to Mariah Carey, billionaire businessmen to snooty socialites, Bill Clinton to Eva Longoria, we get to see that Jeff is the man the elite turn to when they throw a big event and want to create an exceptional and unbelievable feel their guests will never forget.

You all know what I will be doing Wednesday nights! Enjoy!

^{Photos from Julie Mulligan’s Lifestyle Blog}

Inspiration Friday: Cool Centrepiece Ideas

Wow! Friday again ….. where do these weeks go? I just love fall … the geese…the leaves…..the flowers

As our team gets ready for two major events this weekend. I just have to take a moment and break to share these cool centrepiece ideas from Julie Mulligan’s Blog. I really love her ideas and inspirations and I thought I would share them with you to enjoy.

Have a great weekend!

^{Images from Martha Stewart.com}

Inspiration Friday: Fall Decorating Ideas

September 22nd marks the first day of Fall, my second most favorite season of all (next to spring). Fall is fast becoming the most popular season to be married in. It’s no surprise why, with Manitoba’s gorgeous fall weather, migrating geese and beautiful leaves that change about Mid-Late October.

Here is a collection of inspirational ideas for those planning details that include all things Fall: oranges, reds, yellows, pumpkins, leaves, nature… in their next event.

Have a great weekend!

^{Photos by Chameleon Chair Covers http://www.chameleonchair.com/}

Inspiration Friday: Chairs that Make An Impact

TGIF …. We’ll another busy week has gone by and amongst all the crazy wedding preparations for all of our wonderful clients I wanted to share some more inspirations with you.

This year one of the best ways we’ve helped our clients maximize their decor budgets is paying more attention to their event chairs. Chair covers are a great decor option for clients on a budget and give them the most bang for their buck. Adorned by a beautiful satin sash or rhinestone, nothing beats the versatility and time saving qualities of chair covers –— they can be turned over very quickly to completely transform a room.

The EBE Team is definitely paying more attention to chairs for all of our events –- they are a great way to put a personal stamp on an event. A chair cover is the best place to see that because at most events, there are so many of them and they make a tremendous impact!

Certainly when you have an ugly ballroom chair, the best thing to do is just cover it, but if the budget allows for a chiavari chair, ghost chair, and a tuxedo or box-pleated chair back, it’s a nice look. Designer details are also in fashion. These days I am seeing more interest in chair runners and chair ties with full-coverage embroidery, sequins and tassel trims.

While some covers completely conceal the chair underneath, adding simply a chair back or chair cap can enhance a stylish seat.

One of my favourite sites for chair inspirations is Chameleon Chair Collection and I’ve chosen some of their beautiful product and event styles to share with you today.

Enjoy and have a great weekend!