Thursday, January 30, 2014

PJ Hummel 2014 Drape Swatches

Happy Friday!
The new and improved 2014 PJ Hummel & Company drape guide is here! It will be on our website soon - but you can download it on our facebook and on our blog now!

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Trend Report: Industrial Chic

We're showcasing our Industrial Chic event decor line today. Here's a great slide to use on Pinterest!


Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Friday, January 17, 2014

New Drapery for 2014

We added two new drapery colors to our inventory recently! An opulent jewel toned Emerald Green satin, and a warm and delicate Champagne satin! See the rest of our colors here!


Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Seattle Wedding Show 2014 - Vintage Industrial Romance

For the Seattle Wedding Show 2014, our booth's theme was Vintage Industrial Romance - to showcase our new inventory for the year.

With a color pallet of blush neutrals, and mixed metalics, we used soft romantic textiles with industrial elements to create this look.

The floral was kept in a pallet of winter white, and seasonal blooms - with an emphasis on simple arrangements that showcased unique glassware and even more unusual industrial elements.

Small succulents filled large gears, industrial cocktail tables displayed soft floral, and soft grey velvet seating was accented by a wooden warehouse cart coffee table.

Monday, December 30, 2013

MPI Gala 2013 - Steam Punk at Q Nightclub

MPIWSC member gathered at a Seattle night club transformed for a night of industrial steam punk glam. Vintage Victorian-inspired elements mixed with gritty gears and romantic candlelight submerged members in the world of steam punk.

Once guests entered the main venue, they browsed silent auction tables lining both sides of the dance floor. Dressed in floor length black linens and topped with crimson red crush overlays, the auction tables made use of their position against the wall with elevated items on the back half of the table set on risers made from silver buckets. Rustic bare wood barrel bars provided space for additional auction items.



During the silent auction period, guests could enjoy drinks and catch up with fellow association members at one of six industrial steam punk cocktail tables, each paired with two matching stools. The dance floor featured small pods of grey tufted velvet furniture accented with garnet red pillows where guests could take a break from the action. Persian rugs anchored the furniture arrangements while industrial steam punk propping such as brass tripod lights added additional flair.



Existing nooks and shelves brought the industrial steam-punk decor to life!



An industrial display shelf made a perfect dessert showcase.



The back corner of the venue featured an oversized swing dressed in steam punk Victorian purple and gold brocade.



Each dining table featured centerpieces of industrial steam punk gears and other miscellany while mercury glass votives added a candlelight element of Victorian romance.

Industrial decor elements like warehouse carts and vintage-inspired lamps added to lush velvet seating areas tucked into corners of the venue.

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Out of this World!

With a two hour set-up window, we charged the Seattle Science Center and added decor to form five planet areas for an "Out of this World" event theme! Areas of the Museum were coordinated with particular planets that suited each other best, prehistoric dinosaurs for Earth, western technology for Mars, watery play areas for Neptune, etc. Five planets are showcased below.


Earth
Welcome to Earth. Inspired by early Earth and the caveman days, the tables were dressed with natural burlap linens, surrounded by bamboo folding chairs, and topped with mossy terrarium glass centerpieces in rounded slant cut bowls complete with a small plastic dinosaur figurine - rawr!

The existing benches in the area were dressed with faux animal pelt rugs and matching animal print pillows.

A "primitive" beverage station was embellished with grass thatching, rock outcroppings, and mossy greenery.



Mars
The dry red planet came to life with help from this western-themed section of the Science Center. Bare-wood barrel bars and industrial metal cocktail tables with barrel-style stools added to the existing museum decor.

Additional tables were dressed in crimson crinkle linens with Mars inspired centerpieces: a tippy vase filled with white frosted rocks and a martian looking protea bloom (air-brushed with extra metallic paint) for smaller tables. Larger variations of this centerpiece were set on the banquet bars. Red glass votive cups were also sprinkled around the space.



Neptune
Guests could swim over to the watery planet of Neptune for a drink served at an amoeba shaped glow bar lit in blue.

An intimate lounge beckoned people into the space, as it was enclosed on the front half with a glittering holographic raindrop drape that cascaded down to the floor. Inside the draping, a collection of twenty different metallic over-sized beanbags provided a comfortable and casual place to hang out. Blue & green metal side tables provided a spot to set a drink.

All of the tables were topped with Neptune inspired teal crush linens & centerpieces: a trio of clear glass aquatic vessels filled with fiddle-head ferns and blooming acacia submerged in water with alien wire curls.

A second lounge area was set under the round Planet exhibit Orb. Curvy Oasis pods of black rattan and natural white cushions, accented with teal pillows gave guests another space to kick back and relax Neptune style.



Saturn
Kickback pods in Saturn inspired formations were used in this space for a soft place to rest weary dance feet.

Saturn's tables were dressed in copper crush overlays for color with centerpieces inspired by Saturn's rings. A rounded bowl was wraped with bear grass that circleed the inside like the planet rings with orange-red and yellow martian mums set in water at the bottom.

Drawing attention to the dueling pianos, a stage proscenium was erected around the pianos. Shimmering copper iridescent drape uplit in warm orange enclosed the pianos. The draping was pulled back to show the pianos on three sides. A large disco ball was suspended from the inside created a magical lighting effect as the sun disappeared, casting little specs of light (stars!) on the draping and in the dance floor area.