Paperless Post for your next event

I am a bit of an old fashioned girl in some ways and when it comes to correspondence, whilst I love the convenience of email, I think there is nothing nicer than receiving a beautiful invitation in the mail.  I love the feel of an envelope made of heavy card-stock and the textures and colours [...]

Social trends and design

Recently my colleague (Kylie) and I have been talking a lot about trends in both Weddings and Events.  In one of my posts I mentioned monitoring social trends in order to define trends in specialised areas such as Events and Weddings.  Analysing social trends is not an easy task and it involves a lot of [...]

The Academy goes global

The Academy of Weding and Event Planning has some exciting news – they are about to global. After receiving more and more enquiries from both the UK and the US the Academy has decided to open it’s doors to both countries by launching an office and website for both. It is the start of the [...]

Where were Weddings at The Australian Event Awards?

Last week Christine and I travelled to Sydney for the Australian Event Awards. This great initiative has been put together to benefit anyone currently in the industry, rather than just those who are members of an industry association. It was the first year for these awards so there was certainly some pressure on the organisers to [...]

Entertainment goes mobile

Earlier this week we bought you news of how to access the Pantone colour library via your iPhone and ipod; an extremely valuable tool for Event Planners on the run.  Well now the guys at Enhance Entertainment have made it possible for PCO’s and Event Planners to use their iPhone to access their complete range [...]

Event Design Trends for 2010

What’s Hot and What’s Not – Event Design in 2010 When it comes to design it is always important to stay one step ahead in terms of trends.  Whether you are a fashion designer, interior designer or event designer your clients expect you to be a leader, rather than a follower; that is what they [...]

Bridal Trends for 2010

As most of you will know we are about to enter wedding season and as such I always like to start looking to see what the new seasons trends will be. There are certainly some strong contenders and there are those that are left over from the end of last season. Below I have listed some [...]

myPantone for iPhone and iPod touch

Calling all Event Designers – this is the latest must have tool and the coolest App for the iPhone & iPod touch. Wherever you are you can now have access to a variety of Pantone colour libraries and have the ability to build colour pallettes and share them with colleagues or clients. There are many great things about [...]

Finding your Focus

With Spring well and truly upon us, now is the perfect time to get organised and over the last few weeks we have been giving you lots of tips on how to do this;  from how to organise your day with a notebook to how to organise your home office or ‘space of your own’ [...]

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