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Inspirational Friday – It's All About Good Lighting

Here at Wedding and Party Network we want to give you inspiration for your wedding and party details. The details are what sets your wedding and party apart from anyone else. The colors, theme, detailing and style all creates your wedding day style and conveys your party theme. So, today's Inspirational Friday will focus on lighting.

Lighting can truly turn an event into something unforgettable. Lighting sets the mood of your event. Dim the lights for a romantic feel or you can leave the lights bright to see everything that's going on. It truly can help make or break an event.

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All About Wedding Uplighting

Uplighting truly sets the tone of special events. Lighting is everything and can really create the tone, even without the decorations. However, some may have questions on what exactly is uplighting and what it can really do for an event. Wedding and Party Network has a few tips on wedding uplighting.

First off, wedding uplighting is a series of lights that are set up around a room that are placed near the floor that lights up the walls. This lighting can definitely create a wonderful ambience around the room. Plus, the overhead lighting can be dimmed so not everyone is blinded and you loose the effect that a dim lit room can have on people and the decor.

Beautiful Lighting
The lighting should compliment the wedding venue and not distract from it. Normally, you may just have one color to achieve this or you may switch  between colors. You can even have the colors constantly change colors. Whichever style you choose, make sure and discuss what you would like with the professionals and make sure they can achieve that and you share the same vision.

Why would you want uplighting? It truly can enhance your wedding. Think about the difference between walking into a brightly lit and one that has uplighting. Can you tell the difference? How do you feel? Will it fit within my budget? The final question is, is that how you want your guests to feel? This decision ultimately comes down to you and whether you feel if it is necessary or not.

Once you decide whether or not you want uplighting, do your research on lighting professionals. Make sure they share your same vision and they can achieve the look you are going for.

Remember, uplighting can set the tone and creates a wonderful ambience for your event.

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Entertainment Inc – Lighting Up Your Event with Great Music

Music and lighting can make or break your event. Lighting hightlights special features of your special event and can create a wonderful ambience. On the other hand, music gets everyone out of their seat and lets them dance. When finding a professional, find someone who goes above and beyond. If you're looking for great music entertainment and exquisite lighting in Lubbock, TX, choose Entertainment Inc.

Bride & Groom First Dance Under Beautiful Lighting
Entertainment Inc offers several separate professional mobile sound and lighting systems which can fulfill your entertainment requirements for any size, function or venue at a reasonable cost.

Serving their clients is their number one priority. They achieve this by offering sound & lighting, searchlight and video productions. Your one stop for sound, lighting and video makes your planning less stressful. Plus, you'll always receive quality and outstanding service from this dj.

Set the Tone with Great Lighting

Lighting truly can set the tone for your party, wedding or special event. Shannon Sound & Lighting always strives to provide you with quality lighting equipment so they can set the exact tone you are wanting for your event. First, sit down with them and discuss what type of lighting you need for your event and the vision you have for it.

They can create beautiful wedding uplighting with a variety of colors or just one singular color. They can even create different shapes and designs on the wall, create lovely lighting on the tables to add to the reception centerpieces and great back lighting as well. Let them create gorgeous lighting that truly highlights your event venue and decor.

Dance the Night Away

Gorgeous Wedding Ceremony Lighting
Not only do they create wonderful lighting, they also provide great music entertainment with high sound quality equipment and skilled djs. Again, sit down with them and discuss the type of music you would like played at your event. If you're planning a wedding, discuss your ceremony songs, reception entrance song, first dance, father daughter dance, mother groom dance or fun music for your entire wedding party to dance the night away.

Great music is key to any event. Don't let your guests just sit in the corner of the rooms, Entertainment Inc will make sure they're out of their seats and dancing the night away.

When you are needing great lighting and sound in the Lubbock, Texas area, choose Entertainment Inc. With their talented staff and quality equipment, your event will definitely be one to remember with the wonderful lighting and fantastic music.

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Where Can I Find Candelabra Base Strand Lights?

Ask The Celebration Advisor: I'm looking for bulb-strand lights, with a candelabra base (similar to ones found and fairs and festivals, also on the Movie HOPE FLOATS) Anyone know where these can be rented? ~ Elly in Wichita KS

The Celebration Advisor: As luck would have it (or knowing a lot of cool lighting vendors), I do happen to know of a great place to find bulb strand lights with candelabra bases! Oogalights.com has pretty much all of the commercial and festival lights you could want. They give you several options of colors for the strand lights with candelabra bases as well. Choose from red, green and black. PartyLights.com also has strand lights with candelabra bases (view C7 Strings & Bulbs). While I'm not sure that either will rent, strand lights are a versatile purchase that can be used for other affairs or resold after the wedding.

The "Hope Floats" look is really popular for intimate outdoor weddings. In fact, we did the same thing for my friend's wedding a few years ago. Oogalights.com gives you a lot of options so that the wedding is celebrated with a bright and cheery atmosphere. I hope you find what you're looking for! Don't forget to stop back by Wedding And Party Network with photos to let us know how it went. Thanks Elly!

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Can I Get Halloween Wedding Cakes In Calgary, AB?

Ask The Celebration Advisor: I need to know who can make me a Halloween wedding cake, as well as favors and Ideas, and decoratons for my wedding. Most particularly the cake. for 200ppl? and a price in Calgary. Thank you. ~ Carmen Turning Robe, Calgary Alberta Canada

Celebration Advisor: Of course you can find all of that and other great wedding supplies in Calgary AB!

In fact, I know of a few places where you can find theme cakes, wedding cakes and (imagine this) theme wedding cakes in Calgary. For starters, try Cake Creations. They're incredible! Their wedding cakes are elegant regardless of the theme. All you have to do is ask! Theme cakes as well as wedding cakes come in all shapes and sizes so be specific about what you want. Just let your wedding cake bakery know the size, general theme, and amount of people eating the cake and you're good to go!

As far as wedding favors and ideas go, that's greatly dependent upon the type of ceremony that you are having. It sounds like you're having a really fun Halloween wedding–congrats! That sounds like so much fun! I would start by speaking with the professionals at Claudia's Mementos. Though not located in Calgary, wedding favors from here are bound to be awesome. They always do an incredible job of hooking you up with the wedding favors that YOU want.

If you want a cool idea to start with for your wedding favors, try this one that my friend is using at her Halloween wedding this year. Our wedding favors are placeholders which are going to be little skulls, monsters, and ghosts with our names written on their heads. It took her a long time to choose those over chocolate cupcakes with vanilla icing decorated like webbing and our names written in red icing over that. Somehow I knew she'd go with the haunted cemetery wedding favors instead! *grin* I'm sure these will taste great with the wedding cake. Have guests bring a sweet tooth!

Wedding decorations aren't quite as tricky. The only thing you really need to figure out is whether you want this to be more like a Halloween wedding or a Halloween party. If you're wanting the more upscale, ask a local Calgary wedding planner to help you come up with something that will celebrate the holiday and the occasion at the same time. If you want more of a party atmosphere, go all out with black tablecloths, creepy decorative lighting, blood-colored punch and other party foods, jack-o-lanterns and other spooky decorations. It just takes a little imagination! If you want some ideas, check out these great Halloween party pictures.

Together, your choices of wedding cakes, wedding favors, and wedding decorations is immense when you use the local  wedding suppliers that you have right there in Calgary!

Thanks for your question Carmen. I look forward to seeing the pictures of your wedding!

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