Every creative person knows – God is in the details and details make all of the difference. The photos of the Concept tables from the previous posts of The Special Event 2007 Wedding Luncheon were all about the big picture to show off how grand everything was. Below are some details that give a much better idea of how creative these companies are and can be.

You can really see the Hollywood influence of set design – something that plays up to my love of theatrics and all things beautiful. Which I believe is distinctive in the Carpe Vita Photography approach to event and wedding photography. We appreciate detail – we love detail – we crave detail and we make sure the details are documented because we recognize that every little detail was probably a decision that could have be labored over or made on a whim but it truly tells the story.

I’ll be a little honest, the first concept I encountered when I walked into the ballroom was the TFS Studio design of what I am calling A Taste of Marie Antoinette in honor of the recent Sophia Coppola/Kirsten Dunst film that I have yet to find the time to see. But what I hear about the era and the film is the celebration of grandiose and these incredible details demonstrate this completely. There was so much to see at the this table scape that I spent more time here than some of the other tables.

Pyramids of Champagne glasses dripping with jewels…
Confections nestled in a precious pump…
Filtered Smokes with an antique match box…
Butts of used cigarettes stained with the royal’s lip color mingled with jewels probably cast aside as the evening wore on and the bubbly flowed…

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I would hate to presume… But I believe these concepts were by S & R Originals/SRO Events.

The following are from Luna Gardens Events and Michael Walls Florals & Events – I wish I could tell you which was which…



These last two concepts were by TFS Studio

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This year’s sold-out Wedding Luncheon at The Special Event was held at The Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Definitely a venue that would make any bride feel like a celebrity starting with being greeted by a dozen violinists to the white gloved waiters passing the champagne freely. Dramatic lighting filled the entrance of the Tiffany Ballroom and showcased unique cake designs by Layers Cake Design Studio (see design below), Cake Crumbs, The Cake Studio and Fantasy Frostings.

In the actual Tiffany Ballroom, there were eight concept tables and two concept chuppahs designed to leave spectators in awe. The two tables were designed by Eventful overseen by Linda Pittelli, who was also one of the featured speakers for the lunch.

More of the concept tables can be seen in the next blog posting. Too many amazing things for one posting…

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Passing Zone Humor Guys/Jugglers Extraordinare Jon Wee and Owen Morse brought their message of team building in an innovative highly creative manner. That’s the Search Foundation President risking his life driving a point home. It is a difficult to tell here but those plates and that three legged thing on his head that is also on fire are all also spinning! Yes, those are chainsaws and costuming borrowed from Swan Lake.

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Ignite Your Imaginaion is the theme of The Special Event 2007 being held at the Los Angeles Convention Center this week and event planners working to impress event planners attending from around the world made sure the opening ceremonies screamed that this would be one hot ticket! Each event planner found a fun glow globe toy in each of their seats which just complimented the electric atmosphere.

Fire was everywhere!
The Special Event 2007 Ambassadors are Andrea Michaels, President of Extraordinary Events and John Daly of John Daly, Inc. International . And as you can see Special Event Group Show Director Sharon Morabito is as proud as a peacock for how well everything started out.
More to come…

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