Annie Oakley's got nuthin' on me

I like to think of myself as fairly party savvy. I've done some great classic events, and also some unique and modern ones. Clients and guests often tell me that they never would have thought of something I designed or created for their party, and thank me for thinking outside of the box. I appreciate and try to learn from each piece of feedback I receive, but it turns out the joke's on me because never, not once, did I think to recommend to a client that s/he have (drum roll) ... a Machine Gun Tour and Test party. I feel like I'm saying this a lot lately but: yes, you heard me.

I heard from a gentleman this week who owns a company that teaches military and law enforcement units how to safely use the weapons they're assigned, and sometimes does similar exhibitions for members of the public. He was looking for an event planner to help him put together a big marketing event, and also wanted to let businesses like mine know that we can offer these tours as an option to clients for their parties. So if paintballing or lasertag or renting out the movie theatre to watch "Robocop" just don't satisfy your adrenaline, I'm here to tell you that now you can take 40 of your closest friends and learn to shoot machine guns instead.

I know I sound a little tongue-in-cheek here, and that's mostly because I'm still kind of in shock, but the more I'm thinking about this the more I think it might work (under totally safe, controlled, and conscientious circumstances). This business owner doesn't allow his clients to drink alcohol before taking the tour, he does a full safety demonstration on each weapon, and every test is heavily supervised. Can you imagine a more dead on (no pun intended) bachelor party? I'm not saying I'm ready to advertise this as one of my services quite yet ("Weddings, baby showers, anniversary parties, and gun shows!"), but at the very least I see the lesson here: even when you think you know it all, there's always something new to learn.

T-Shirt update

Because the first round of discussions is almost never enough, I talked to the t-shirt people again and they brought the price down! Now you can get Events Laureate t-shirts for only $18 AND you can buy them online and have them shipped directly to you. Check it out at eventslaureate.spreadshirt.com and get your shirts a-comin'. Hooray!

T-Shirts are here!

I don't have a marketing or advertising background, but I like to think that I'm no fool when it comes to promoting businesses. I know that if you're going to a meeting you take a shower first. I know that if you're giving an interview you pronounce the name of the company right. And I know that EVERYONE loves cute t-shirts. So here are the Events Laureate t-shirts for your wearing pleasure!!

We have shirts for guys and gals, and baby shirts may be on the way soon. Shirts are in both green and brown with the logo on the front and the tagline on the back (see below for an example of each), and the women's shirts are a fabulous soft jersey-type material.  Sizes S-XXL in both genders. The shirts are cute and cozy, and will entertain you for a mere $21. Email us at info@eventslaureate.com to order your own (and one for your mom and one for a friend and one as a housewarming gift and one for your sister's new baby ...). We love them and you will too!

                                                                

Party Time, Take 1

It is apparently at long, long last time for me to enter the blogosphere. What should I do to celebrate the fact that I finally made it to the first hopscotch square where all the rest of you were already well at home in the last year/decade/century/millennium? Throw a party, of course! After all, we at Events Laureate are the ultimate party people. So please consider yourselves cordially invited to this, my Welcome to the World Wide Web party (I'm registered at Manolo Blahnik in case anyone is interested).

While I don't really have a concrete plan for this blog yet (I hope you will be pleased to hear that there will be no Julie/Julia Project rendition anywhere in this blog's future), I think we'll probably talk about all manner of things related to event and wedding planning: trends, flowers, locations, party favors, food, and what to do when you kind of hate the person you're marrying. Well ... maybe we won't cover that last one. At least until I start my fifth career as a therapist. At any rate (I almost typed "at any event" - ha! party punning!), since the topics are open, if there's something you want to hear about, learn about, complain about, or crow about please let me know either here or at sarah@eventslaureate.com so I can make sure that the best party news is getting out there.

As this blog gets up and rolling you can do your part by becoming our fan on Facebook, joining our network on LinkedIn, becoming a follower of the blog, reviewing us on Yelp! (links for all of these on the left), and helping us market by sending any and everyone you know to our website. And if you happen to have a bunch of extra Events Laureate business cards on hand, you can follow one reader's suggestion and start stashing them in every book in the wedding aisle. You know, just sayin'.