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5 Wedding Stage Design Ideas That You Will Love

Weddings stages are usually intricate and need to be thought of in advance. You need to pay attention to little details to match it with your theme. So the whole aura is created for attendees to get mesmerized. It is usually the first place that grabs attention and it remains the centre of attraction till the event lasts. Bride and Groom are seated here and most of the wedding photos have it as the backdrop. So you can say that it does not only makes your venue looks elegant but also serves as the backdrop for the whole wedding family photographs. Choosing it is not easy if you look for a classy setup. It could be lavish, sophisticated, elegant or simple but should match with the theme of the event. To help you we have shortlisted five different stage designs that can surely be adopted for your wedding.

Purple and White

Purple is a colour that provokes you to be thoughtful. It creates a mood of mystery and fantasy. We can play with different shades of purple for decorative purposes, such as Lavender (purple with a bluish tinge in it), Amethyst or Lilac (purple with pinkish hue) It is undoubtedly one of the favourite colours chosen for the wedding. You can use deep shades of it in the winter season and they work best with colours such as metallics or natural green. For the summer season, softer shades come out beautifully when paired with white, silver or ivory. While using Midnight blue and purple colour flowers you can bring about a dreamy set-up at any time of the year. 

Look at this elegant setup arranged by The Event Planet using Purple and White.

Golden and Green

Golden colour displays luxury and elegance. If you name success or achievement in colour, it would definitely be Golden. It implies quality, value, triumph and affluence. The main thing is Golden decoration is timeless and works with any colour combination. Add red with it and it’s a vintage yet royal look setup. If you add black to it and the aura completely shifts, use green with it and there is nothing more lively looking than this.  Green and Golden make a glowing statement in bouquets, centrepieces and wedding stage set up. 

Check out this luxurious yet elegant set up by The Event Planet in golden and green colours.

White and Green

White colour displays purity and peace. It represents perfection, comfort and innocence. Consider it as a canvas and paint or write with anything that you desire,  it welcomes creativity wholeheartedly. Most cultures all around the world consider it as a colour that represents a new life or a new beginning. This makes white a perfect colour for the wedding.  White and green colour has been popular for wedding decore since people became more interested in organic weddings. Its simplicity appears closer to nature and radiates romance. These are often a choice for an outdoor wedding setup.

We are sharing our take on the White and Green Wedding Stage with you so that you get inspired for your wedding.

Red and Golden with Floral Hangings

Red and golden have always been the colour of choice for wedding decor in South Asia. From a colour psychology point of view, red displays excitement, energy and passion. It carries a warm aura that gives you vibes of a retro classic, it’s a colour of love. The neutral tone of white balances the drama of Red and golden works as a jewel in whole decoration. The stage with a combination of red, golden and white will elevate your ceremony and create a royal feeling around your nuptials. 

Look at this wedding stage by The Event Planet:

Pink Rose – All Floral Design

A Floral themed stage design usually pairs well with metallic hue colours. Rose pink with silver or rose pink with Golden.  If you add a matching candle and utilize greens, it would give it a classic wedding vibe. If you do not adjust the lighting to match the rose gold floral aura, the setup can really go to waste. Pantone selected rose quartz as the Pantone colour of the year in 2016. After this Rose gold got a chance to be famous. Its delicate elegance gives quite a feminine feel to it and is perfect for weddings. It is a timeless colour and seasons do not affect it. Rose gold coloured floral decoration gives your event a bold statement.

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Planning a Successful Corporate Event Checklist

Corporate Event is always very important, be it the people who host it or the people who attend it. The event can be an anchoring point for the hosts to achieve their objective for which they arranged it all.  One step in the wrong direction and you could just hit the bottom. It does not matter if the event is planned to foster interpersonal relationships with your clients or allies, to promote your business, to boost your sales or to increase the revenue? If you want it to be successful, check off the to-dos from the Successful Corporate Event Checklist given below. We recommend you, get it printed so that you can work easily through the stressful job of planning a successful Corporate Event.

✓ Set Your Goals and Objectives

Why do you want to arrange an event? Do you want to raise awareness? Arrange a donation drive? Celebrating a milestone? Is it a product launch? Conference? or is it a networking event? Each mentioned event has its own purpose. Note down what do you want to achieve out of this. Setting goals would clear ambiguity and it will ensure a smooth-running of events attaining the desired outcome.

✓ Setup The Event Essentials

The next step to take is to establish some of the key details of your event and add it in your Corporate Event Checklist:

Date and time: 

Decide a date and time for your event that could easily be agreed on by your attendees.

Location:

Finalize a geographical location, country? city? area? The place that seems most related to the cause of your event. Research and interview the vendors of that location to decide which vendors you can rely on.

Venue:

Shortlist a number of venues that have your required capacity to comfortably accommodate the event attendees, suit your budget range and the theme of the event. 

Audience: 

What are the people who would be attending your event? They are the second important thing to focus on in setting goals. Consider that you need to meet their needs and expectations to make the event successful.

Catering:

The food offered in your event says a lot about you, decide one after going through the details of the most suitable menu provided by the catering services.

✓ Build an Event Budget

Microsoft Excel spreadsheet would be a lifesaver here. Begin from the major categories. for example rentals, decor, speaker fee and catering. Break down all the expenses according to the priority you give to each category. Also, do research on the costs of rentals, contact the vendors and get their quotes, pay deposits after negotiating for discounts.

✓ Incorporate Audience Engagement Activities

The audience must be kept engaged in the event to keep it running smoothly, no one wants bored attendees in their event. Design activities according to the type of people attending. These must be related to the industry they work in yet fun-filled. Keep some gifts for the winners to make people excited till the end. Giveaways can make people remember your event for as long as possible.

✓ Gather Paperwork

Let your budget be approved and signed by your company’s executives for the smooth flow of cash needed to be paid. Make sure you have planned to meet all the laws and codes or obtained the licence or permission for conducting the event peacefully. Assign a bookkeeper or a treasurer to manage all the payments and receipts. Create an agenda and distribute it to all the guests and attendees of the event so they know which program would be tailed after the one that ended.

✓ Tailor Your Event as a Brand

Publicize your event on your website or social media pages. Describe your event to grab people’s attention.  Make an event log and come up with a tagline to make it familiar to people in your industry. Send emails to your attendees to spark interest in them. You can write blog posts or make a promo video about your event.

✓ Things to Do in Last Week

• Confirm your schedule with all the event vendors, their arrival and setup time. 
• Finalize even script, presentation or speech, speaker introductions, thanks, closing remarks.
• Draft a program blueprint
• Send invitations and reminders
• Reach out to confirm presenters/speakers and request a copy of the presentation or speeches
• Follow up with your event sponsors, receive any promotional materials you need to share with event attendees.
• Finalize and proofread all the printed materials.

✓ Hire a Professional Event Planner

Who can do a better job than a professional? To have a successful corporate event hire a professional event planner to do the honours. They usually have the trained staff to deal with all the critical checkpoints. Though you can’t just leave everything on them and it’s your right to cross-check with them every now and then. They make your whole preparation hassle-free and keep you away from all the tension.

These are not all but the most commonly used checklist items by many famous event planners. A Corporate Event Checklist to make your event a successful one and to be remembered for months. You can call us “The Event Planet” and get it all managed by professionals. 

Tips to Pick the Best Event Planners

For a host to make sure that everything is picture-perfect can be stressful and requires hiring an event planner. The best event planners know that it takes a great deal of time and effort to organize an event and demands communication and collaboration with different teams and vendors. Following are the tips that will help you in choosing the best event planner.

Having Legitimate References

Know your occasion and the experts who manage such occasions, all occasions are not equivalent. Then you must find an event planner with an authentic professional record. First, it will help to know about their expertise and second, it will give you an idea of the quality of the events planned by them and what type of experience their customers had with them.

For example, if you want to plan a birthday event for your child but the event planner you chose is amazing at planning corporate events but has zero experience of household events then you may want to look for someone having relevant experience.

The Best Event Planners have Passion

“Do what you love and you will never have to work a single day in your life”, as put forward by someone who knew that if you enjoy your work then it enables you to cope with its stress. A true passion helps you overcome the obstacles that stand in your way and stay put when everything seems to go south. It also boosts your imagination to create beautiful things.

Passion is something that no one can teach you, either you have it inside of you or you don’t.  If you find a passionate event professional, then do not let go of him/her because passion drives the ability to deliver great events.

Social Intelligence

Successful event planners have the ability to work with all kinds of people: sponsors, suppliers, traders, volunteers etc. Good collaboration with such a wide range of people requires social intelligence. is this profession one cannot succeed on his own. Also, what’s an event planner without its team players? The collaboration and support of a team are fundamental to the event planner’s work.

Good Communication and Listening Skills

Good planners should be able to listen and understand what do their customer wants, be clear and get their point across concisely when it comes to communicating with the customer. To successfully work with a range of people, a planner needs to be able to nimbly resolve conflicts, be a confident but pleasant negotiator. Moreover, it is not just about communicating the information from person to person but also the ability to present and share their ideas.

Budget Management

It would not be wrong to say that the ability to handle budgets is the key to success. An event planner needs to define the guideline of the event and plan of actions, all under the set budget. Also, nothing could be worse than a planner suddenly springing hidden fees or policies on their client. Professional event planners are always open about fees and policies. Also, they will always ask before taking any actions that might increase the agreed-upon budget.

Availability and Flexibility

Event planning is a job that requires being on the lookout at all times. Most event planners don’t work around the traditional office hours and their availability depends upon the nature of the event. Event planners need to be flexible and adaptable as they don’t have any room for single-mindedness. They often find themselves in a situation that requires last-minute changes. Besides, no mat­ter how pre­pared they are, the unex­pect­ed hap­pens faster than one thinks.

The event plan­ner must be resource­ful and imag­i­na­tive to over­come these obsta­cles. It also applies to the new methods and innovations which continue to flow into this fast-moving industry. You could compare event planners to a chameleon, capable of adapting quickly to circumstances and its continually changing environment.

Organization and Time Management

The event industry is based around organizational skills, period. As far as traits for success are concerned, an absolute non-negotiable is the need to be organized. Now, working in the event industry requires having an overall view, while keeping an eye on a series of small details. Organization and timing are key factors and planners are required to multitask and do 100 things at a time to execute a successful event. There are a lot of tasks flying around, and everything needs to be aligned at a single point in time. The best organizers have a flawless plan of action, detailed to-do lists, and helpful technological tools.

In conclusion, event planning is a very specific job depending upon a wide range of skills and experience. Only the best event planners can take the stress and frustration of organizing an event away from you. Therefore, having an event planner is a sure-fire way to allow you to relax and enjoy the event.

How To Plan A Corporate Event?

The world of corporate event is fascinating. There is a variety of purposes, different varieties of attendees, in fact, corporate events are very diverse. These are basically business-oriented. The series of actions is just for growth purposes, better sales, and positive market positioning. The constant pursuit of serving, making a great impact and connecting different stakeholders makes the need for in-person interaction imperative. 

Here are the steps you need to consider when you are tasked with coordinating and managing a corporate event. 

Step: 01 Design The Event Project Life Cycle

Each event moves from the concept to the planning and from implementation to the results.

You should start with the idea along with its feasibility. 

You should know the event goals and objectives, what message you want to share and what type of format to employ. 

Here you also need to assemble the planning team.

Next, you need to set up the planning process. Finalize the event date along with the requirements of the event. 

Step: 02 Ensure An Efficient Work Breakdown Structure 

After you figure out the event strategy and planning stages you need to transform them into actionable tasks, which you will assign to the different team members. 

Depending on the desired goals, it would be wise to work with the corresponding teams and design a strong event strategy. This work breakdown will be very beneficial for flawless coordination and event planning.

Step: 03 Facilitate Clear Communication 

For a successful corporate event, you need to have a big team. That is why using common terminology with the different teams is a must. 

It is also very important to create an event database where you can track all the necessary information, and it must be accessible to all the team members. 

You need to establish the event’s dynamic to discuss the new challenges and to track the process. 

Step: 04 Make Use Of The Transferable Skills

You can always ask the team members who have the necessary skills to overcome the planning challenge. For example, you might find someone from the marketing team who can help you in promoting the event on social media. Or someone from HR might know how to moderate a  conference or a workshop. 

Companies run multiple events during a year, which means once you have deprived one you need to start planning the other one.

That is why you will achieve greater efficiency if you will create a clear-cut event planning methodology.

What’s a Good Budget for Your Child’s Birthday Party?

Birthday celebration is one thing on our children’s minds that they look forward to every year, from attending the most extravagant fun-filled birthday parties to wishing to celebrate their own surrounded by their loved ones. However, Child’s birthday party and budgeting are two things that may get difficult when it comes to the arrangement. It all adds up to how much would it cost to arrange your child’s birthday party as it often gets a little elaborate and pricey for the parents.

Nevertheless, there are many ways to throw a child’s birthday party on a budget without emptying your pockets completely and here are a few low-cost tricks that may help you in creating a good budget for a birthday party.

Make Your Own Budget

If you plan on arranging a birthday party without breaking the bank, then first decide how much you’re willing to spend and make a to-do list that covers your essentials and desires. Once you have made the list, start crossing out items but the key is to keep the expenses aligned with your budget, by doing so you will have a record of everything and it will also help you to be on your track.

Guest List

It may sound exciting to have your child’s friends invited; the classmates, sports team, playground buddies and same-age cousins but it’s not practical. Aim to restrict your guest list under 10-20 kids and keep in mind that there might be some parents hanging around too, which can affect your birthday budget.

Birthday Party Venue

The second tip for creating a good budget for your birthday party is to choose a free or an inexpensive birthday setting or location, renting out a restaurant or club can take a big chunk of your allotted money. You can choose from several budget-friendly options including your own house or backyard, neighbourhood park, beach or a relative’s house (if offered). Arranging things on your own may require more effort than outsourcing the venue and the services, but you will save more if you choose the prior option.

Budget-friendly Activities

Most children are fond of artsy activities, save your money by letting the kids do arts and crafts activities. There are countless ideas like making their own goody bags, decorating a picture frame or doing collage work. You can also research your options on Pinterest or Google.

Moreover, for our teenage kids or shall we say, BRATS, plan a slumber party at home with a limited number of kids and watch them having the time of their life. 

Party Food

Another tip for saving money is to host a birthday party between regular mealtimes, from 4 pm to 6 pm. This way you don’t necessarily have to serve a proper meal and even snacks can satisfy your guests’ appetite. Next, we talk about the most essential thing i.e. the birthday cake. If you’re a good baker, then baking a cake at home is a great idea but if you want to get it made then look for home-based cake bakers instead of commercial bakeries as it would cost you a little less.

Finally, comes the food. You can prepare cheese pasta or chicken spaghetti at home for the meal and set up snacks like popcorn, chips or French fries as children are fond of eating this kind of food. Also, if you simply do not want to cook or do not have time, then search for the cheapest pizza outlet and serve it with soda and you’re good to go.

Birthday Décor and Resources

Nice décor and adequate resources are necessary to execute a successful birthday bash but at the end of the day, everyone remembers the food and entertainment provided by the host. Try not to fuss over the fancy ornamentation and invest in simple décor stuff like party poppers, balloons, streamers, etc. Also, opt to serve your guests in disposable cutlery instead of fine china that will also save you the hassle of dish cleaning after the party is over. The key here is to buy your party resources in bulk so that you end up saving more money and be time-efficient amidst your party planning.

The Vibe of the Party

Vibe or the overall ambience of a birthday party is something that is not discussed too often but it can be a total game-changer for your party without costing you a dime or maybe a few if you don’t own speakers but you can always borrow them from a friend. Create a playlist of fun kids appropriate party songs or you can also search for one on YouTube and just hit the play button and let the kids groove on the beat.

Lastly, keep in your mind that there is no rulebook for throwing a party for your child. It is up to you how much you want to spend and save, and how grand or simple to make the celebration. rest assured, it is guaranteed that your child will be thrilled with any party that involves spending quality time with their favourite family and friends, which means you already have what you need to create a memorable birthday celebration without spending a cent. Remember, planning budget-friendly birthday parties for kids should be about having more fun while keeping down the stress.

How To Make An Event Memorable?

To make an event memorable you need to make the strategy and then take simple steps to execute it and make your event an outstanding one that your guest can never forget.

The following points can be helpful for an exceptionally good event.

Have a Clear Vision

One must be having a clear vision about the accomplishment of the event. You have to make sure that every individual must be having a good time, so plan accordingly.

Provide Great Food and Entertainment

Food and entertainment are the most important part of an event. Make sure that the quality of the food must be up to the standard and is available in a sufficient amount. For this purpose, the buffet system is better than any other arrangement. You can also arrange the table to allow the guest to make their cocktails providing them options of syrups and fresh fruits or assemble the burger. It will be a sort of activity for the guests. On the same hand, there must be some entertainment for the guests like music, games, etc. Choose the entertainment as per your event. It will make your event memorable.

Give Something Memorable To The Guests

Always give something to take away from the guests. It may include some keychain, mug, diary, or pen. The gift voucher can also be a good option.  In the goody bag, you can add your brochures/ offers as well so the clients can call you later. It is not necessary to add something expensive but you need to be very creative in this aspect.

Make An Attention-Grabbing Center Of Attraction

For this, you need an extravagant centrepiece. It can be a chocolate fountain, a newly designed cake, or something that is in the trend of the current time. These things can trigger your guest to speak about your event later.

Choose A Theme

Having a theme can be helpful in blending into the event. People really enjoy the theme by looking at the same shade with different designs.

The time you are planning your event does have a look at the above-mentioned tips!

To make your event more amazing in Karachi, get in touch with The Event Planet team straight away to make your event planning hassle-free and memorable.

Event Colours Trends In Summer

Summer is all about saturated colours that stimulate your senses and energizes you like a glass of lemonade. These sensational colours range from fiery red to deep blue coral pink. These shades have elements of humour, entertainment, and modernity. Choose the event colours that suit the theme.

Flame Scarlet

It is fiery red, which means it is on the warm, slightly more orange side of red. It is very confident and powerful.

Saffron

It’s a close sister colour of Mustard. It is slightly exotic, exudes positivity and boosts the people’ s energy.

Classic Blue

It is calm and deep like an evening sky or the sky at dusk

Chive

It is a healthy, restorative colour from the Green colour family inspired by our focus on the environment.

Biscay Green

It is an aqua shade connected to cleansing water. Biscay green cools and refreshes.

Faded Denim

Washed blue looks surprisingly great and bright.

Orange Peel

Orange is playful and fun. This tangerine tart is perfect for the summer.

Mosaic Blue

Mix blue and green, you will get this teal-ish shade of blue and works best with wood tone colour.

Sunlight

This light yellow is soft and saturated.

Coral Pink

It is a softer version of living coral. It is fresh, revitalizing, and feminine colour. It works alone and in combination with warm colors such as yellows

Cinnamon Stick

It is a dark, carrot orange colour with a peach undertone. It is a perfect colour for a game theme event and can be paired with other muted warm colours.

Grape Compote

It is more mellow than true purple and comes in a range of shades, from light to dark.

So, if you want to have select trending event colours, book The Event Planet and have your big day with full perfection.

5 Tips To Organize Iftar Events!

Hosting a Dawat is challenging enough. Hosting an Iftar Event is 100 times the challenge. It is not because everyone is fasting but the main target is to do all the things done before the specific time. It’s not only the Iftar event, it is iftar plus dinner. Not all people have dinner but few people like to have dinner right after the Maghrib Prayer as they have to leave for Tarawih within an hour. And then of course there are Ramadan Delicacies that every one aspect on the table. Following are a few helpful tips to organize Iftar Events.

Try To Use Multiple Options For The Cooking

If you have multiple cooking options, try to use all of them instead of just the regular stove. Make a list of the cooking options like a stove, oven, multi cooker, air fryer, etc. In this way, you can stir multiple dishes at a time.

Make A-List

After planning your menu, start making a list. One list is going to be the grocery list that includes the item you need and their quantity. Another list should also be there detailing all the work you have to do or who is going to do it.

Advance Preparation Is Very Essential

There are few items like pakoras that we can prepare just before Iftar but the preparation of some items can be done priorly. It means you can prepare and freeze them before. These are the items like samosas that just need to be fried before the time.

Go For Disposables

Keeping in view the Covid 19 scenario, it is very much better to go for the disposables. During the Iftar events, a lot of crockery is used. As everyone is thirsty there must be sufficient glasses or mugs for the juice and water. You can go for eco-friendly disposables that are good for the environment. It will make cleaning up so much easier for you. Adding this tip to your list will definitely be very helpful.

There Must Be Sufficient Place For Sitting And The Prayer

The venue must be spacious. It must have enough place for the prayer. Best to go for the floor sitting. It is very ideal for accommodating many people. Just keep a few chairs for the elders. Do the same for the prayers. Arrange Jae Namaz for a better look.

To make your event more amazing in Karachi, get in touch with The Event Planet team straight away to make your event planning hassle-free. We have all the amazing tips to organize Iftar event for you perfectly.

5 Reasons To Book Event Planners

Hiring an event planner seems to be very unnecessary and added expense but an event planner can easily save you large amounts of money according to the requirement of your event. Following are a few reasons to book event planners.

To Organize The Time

Time management is very necessary for organizing time. There must be a fixed deadline at which all the preparations must be ready before the arrival of the guests. It is very important to schedule everything related to the event i.e food, speeches, and entertainment.

Hiring a professional event planner to manage all these aspects is very much essential.

You Need To Remain Within Your Budget

Before organizing any of the events, the very important aspect is to look at your budget. We can plan our event on our own too but there is more chance of exceeding your budget. The event planner will tell you if your budget is realistic and will also suggest ways in which you can save your money.

The event planner has skilled negotiations that will help you in having the smart choice. They will also warn if you will be crossing the budget.

You Need To Unship The Stress

Organizing an event can also bring much stress to you. Managing food, guest list, decoration, supplies or venue can add much unwanted stress. Unship the stress to those professionals can be a very smart choice. They go with their frantic pace that is the actual requirement of an event. Let them have fun while you choose your outfit to wear.

You Want To Have Something Really Amazing

It’s the first thought of the host to have an amazing event. An event that everyone is remembered for all the right decisions. An event that gave an ever-lasting impression to all the attendees.

Calling professionals with years of experience can be definitely fruitful. They do have some great contacts and some organizational skills and can ensure that the guests won’t be disappointed. The event planner will guide you for all the latest trends too.

Negotiation Skills

An event planner is aware of the amount that you should spend while booking a venue. He can easily negotiate the complementary services, reduce rates of the room etc.

So, if you are organizing an event and you want it to be very successful, choosing an event planner would be a really good decision. Event planners save your time, money and stress for a long time. This investment can turn your wishes into reality. The event will be remembered in the upcoming years.