Cascadia 2012 Gala

The much anticipated "Night at the Museum Gala" happened last week at Cascadia 2012, and what a magical night! You may recall this post - bonus points if you followed the Cascadia Blog & found this guest post by us as well! In planning this particular gala, PJ wanted to make it something guests had never seen or experienced before. A progressive scene-changing event was one part, entertainment was another; and when you put it all together guests will remember this night as a once in a lifetime experience!

There wasn't just one room for the gala, there were EIGHT environments guests found themselves adventuring through. Yes, it really was a museum! The fun comes from our story of why the museum was so magical:

“As the story goes, an Egyptian tomb was discovered and brought to Tacoma to showcase the curiosity of this ancient world. In doing so, the excavators and moving team have stirred up much more trouble than they had bargained for! The mummies have been disturbed, and a crate has been tipped over – unleashing a ghostly spell on the rest of the museum!”

Guests found themselves going through The Hidden Art Gallery, The Hall of Statues, The Ancient Rome Collection, The Lewis & Clark Expedition, The Wild Wild West Collection, The Hall of the Exotic Jungle, & finally ended the evening with A Naughty Night on the Nile!

Attendees came in costumes because they were part of the museum as well! Teddy Roosevelt was our official tour guide; why shouldn’t he have guided Amelia Earhart around?

To start the Gala, we produced a special program with a map and the itinerary to remind attendees to keep moving! As a progressive gala, rooms opened and closed throughout the evening.

The Hall of Statues

The Ancient Rome Collection

The Lewis & Clark Expedition

The Wild Wild West Collection

The Hall of the Exotic Jungle

A Naughty Night on the Nile!

Find more pictures on our Facebook
& on Alan Alabastro's Site

A big shout out to all other sponsors of the event - it was a great night! PSAV Presentation Services, Hotel Murano, Tacoma School of the Arts, Adam's DJ Service, Ace Of Illusions - Nate Jester, Tulalip Resort Casino, Team Casino Parties & Music, and of course the Tacoma Regional Convention + Visitor Bureau!!!

Love Struck, A Select Wedding Show

This weekend was Love Struck, A Select Wedding Show! PJ Hummel & Company took it on as the designers of the show, and the event was truly stunning! Instead of 8' tall banjo cloth stalls at normal trade shows, we made our walls 16' tall with white satin drape - and the room was filled with gorgeous canopies! Under the canopies, vendors could be found along with an attendee lounge with our kick-back line of furniture, vintage Persian rugs and rustic charm. We provided the stage treatment in our new blueberry satin drape along with black spandex chair covers with peacock ties. Out in the foyer we embellished the space with over-sized birdcages (to match the logo of the show!) and provided a "Grooms Lounge" with our brown leather furniture.

2012 ECA Award Winners!

Last night was The Emerald City Applause Awards by ISES, and what a night! We won not one but THREE awards!



•Best Event Marketing Campaign
for GOG at PAX Prime
With marketing goals such as sharing the concept of their company on a brand new platform, creating mass media attention, and cutting even with the cost of the event; GOG.com was able to exceed these goals and steal the show at the largest gaming tradeshow in the United States. This was accomplished not by the traditional gamer aesthetic of bright, large, and loud; but through two very different approaches rarely used at gamer tradeshows: scent and nostalgia. Our team played a key role in this exciting achievement.


•Best Event for a Corporation Budget $25,001-$100,000
for Night At The Museum
‘A Night at the Museum’ in the Museum of Natural Mystery was a progressive Halloween event designed for multi-age guests at the Microsoft Commons. The event started two weeks before Halloween, gradually morphing The Commons into a haunted Museum of Natural Mystery. The climax occurred on Halloween day with ‘A Night at the Museum’ inspired Haunted House built inside a four room meeting space. As attendees wandered through thematic galleries, displays came to life (with actors from Clowns Unlimited)while sensory accents created an ambience of suspense. Our goal was to create & deliver an exciting and unexpected experience following a believable yet enchanted storyline to an anticipated 15,000 guests.


• Best Industry Organization Team Effort Budget $25,001-$100,000
for Wizard of Oz
A combination of Hollywood Lighting, Blue Danube Productions, & PJ Hummel & Company transformed St. Joesph School's auditorium intro a magical Wizard of Oz Fantasy world for their annual fundraiser!
David Wentworth Photography

We would like to thank our clients & our fabulous team, & vendor partners
for making this past event year award winning!

2012 Cascadia in Tacoma!

Big news for Tacoma, the 2012 MPI Cascadia Educational Conference is coming! March 4th - 6th "The HeART Of Your Meeting" themed event will offer: 60 hours of quality education, hands-on experience with cutting edge technology, a tradeshow that combines new technology tools, a Hosted Buyer program, & the best networking of the year with over 250 meeting professionals in the Northwest area at one meeting!

Of course PJ Hummel & Company is getting in on the action by designing a one-of-a-kind spectacle ~ the "Night at the Museum Progressive Gala!" We expect attendees of the Cascadia Conference to have never attended an event this wild and intriguing as the gala develops around them from gallery to gallery ending with "A Naughty Night on the Nile!"

Here's the back story...

A Night At The Museum
A Progressive Gala Dinner

A magical exhibit from the “Museum of Natural Mystery” has just arrived! Installation of the exhibits has begun and will culminate on the night of March 5th with a special costume gala called, “A Night at the Museum.”

As the story goes, an Egyptian tomb was discovered and brought to Tacoma to showcase the curiosity of this ancient world. In doing so, the excavators and moving team have stirred up much more trouble than they had bargained for! The mummies have been disturbed, and a crate has been tipped over – unleashing a ghostly spell on the rest of the museum!

Come see The Museum & all it’s attractions: The Hall of Statues, The Ancient Rome Collection, The Hall of the Exotic Jungle, The Wild Wild West Collection, The Lewis & Clark Expedition Gallery, & The Ancient Egyptian Exhibit!



Hope to see you there!

New South Sound Wedding and Event Magazine!

Have you picked up your new copy of South Sound Wedding & Event Magazine yet?!

We have a couple cool events featured in the Spring/Summer 2012 issue, including a tour of our warehouse! Find the magazine in stores throughout the south sound now!



Also - next month we're partnering with South Sound Wedding & Event Magazine on Love Struck, A Select Wedding Show! A premier wedding show for those who are looking for exceptional inspiration for their special day. February 17th & 18th at the McGavick Center.

Museum of Flight - Around the World!

Here's a great event from the holidays at the Museum of Flight that was a Around The World theme for a multicultural audience. We took over the museum and each area became a different country. Light post directional signage was created so guests knew where to head for each theme.

Every country had a themed buffet & bar, seating area with coordinating linens, centerpieces(lots of our floral!), and vignettes from our extensive decor collection (like our 14' tall Eiffel Tower replica, a rickshaw with lanterns, Miss Liberty, our rustic wine barrel bar, our Glow Bars & so much more...!).

Here's your trip around the world PJ Hummel and Company style at the Museum of Flight!


China

France
USA
India
Italy

The Seattle Wedding Show 2012

Whew! We had an action packed weekend at our very first Seattle Wedding Show. We created an Indian inspired mandap look. One of our customers remarked, “now I know what the inside of I Dream of Genie’s bottle looks like!” We we’re expecting the show to be very white & colorless so we chose to be bold. We opted a eye-popping pallet of berry pink, shimmering tangerine orange, with metallic gold and vintage rust accents. Our choices paid off, no one else in the show was even remotely similar to our booth.

This year, we collaborated & combined booths with Art of Floral so that we could create one cohesive showcase of our specialties. AOF created elaborate tropical arrangements which crowned our “Big Mama” candelabras, as well as exotic pillar arrangements for the outside entries of the booth.

The highlight of our booth were our diamond tufted gold thrones and our new gold crochet sequin linens. Metallic’s are one of our favorite trends of the new year. We mixed the sparkly new with the vintage character of antique Persian rugs, rusted topiaries & lanterns.

Our multilayer booth consisted of a pink satin backdrops embellished with diamond beaded drapes and shimmering orange swagging. An illumines canopy of more orange sheer drape accented with golden tassels topped our opulent display and created a soothing place to rest your eyes from the expo hall’s fluorescent lighting.

We love tradeshows because they allow us to showcase our favorite new ideas and designs, and this show was no disappointment. We were overwhelmed by positive responses from friends old and new. We can hardly wait to see what new projects this opulent showcase will bring us.