Project Briefs Archives

A tented event with everything but the frame

October 1, 2012 | Project Briefs, Tent Décor

Vendors transform a camp pavilion into an elegant hall, using all the elements of a tented event. Can a “tented” reception not include a tent? That was just one of the challenges for Maureen Riebel of Elegant Events, Boerne, Texas, when she was hired to plan a destination wedding at a ca…

Dome facilitates out-of-this-world projection

October 1, 2012 | Industry News, Project Briefs

Pacific Domes uses 360-degree projection to bring space down to Earth at SpaceFest. While space enthusiasts spent the summer of 2012 remembering Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon and following Curiosity’s exploration of Mars, Pacific Domes helped to bring a glimpse of space exploration c…

Enhancing an event with accessories

October 1, 2012 | Products, Project Briefs

Nature-inspired accessories enhance the natural beauty of a Midwestern wedding. Just outside of Fort Wayne, Ind., lies a private estate with expansive green pastures bordered by weathered wood fencing. Trees surround the residence while out-buildings, including stables and a mare barn, complete the …

Covering a backyard wedding

October 1, 2012 | Project Briefs

Exclusive Events draws on experience to pull off a backyard wedding with a short lead time and an expanding guest list. When Exclusive Events Inc. of St. Louis, Mo., began working with a client on a backyard wedding only one month before the date, the plan called for a simple 30-by-30-foot frame ten…

An L-shaped structure offers more than a view of golf

October 1, 2012 | Project Briefs

The site for the Wanamaker Club at the 2012 PGA Championship at the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island, S.C., didn’t require a curved tent, but it was an outstanding location for Classic Tents, a division of Classic Party Rentals, to install a custom L-shaped structure. “One section of the L …

Branded tent covers record-setting gamers

August 1, 2012 | Project Briefs

A tent installed for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif., in early June provided the space where gamers set a Guinness World Record™, and where Qualcomm, the challenge sponsor, maximized its brand with custom printing and graphics. Hollywood Tentworks of Pacoima,…

Planning a whirlwind wedding

August 1, 2012 | Project Briefs

An extraordinarily short timeframe and strong winds challenge a Wisconsin rental company to do its best work under pressure. Tented weddings are often planned over months or even more than a year. But when a regular customer of Modern Rentals Inc. of Ripon, Wis., inquired about the possibility of a …

Historic coverage: Parliamentary VIPs protected from the damp

June 1, 2012 | Industry News, Project Briefs

When Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II arrived for the State Opening of Parliament on May 9, she could put her mind at ease that the assembled VIPs waiting to gain entry for this historic occasion would be sheltered from the unseasonably wet weather under a custom entrance canopy manufactured by Cu…

A tented wedding by the sea

June 1, 2012 | Project Briefs

Sea breezes and weathered docks provide the inspiration for a Pacific Northwest destination wedding. The historic seaside village of Roche Harbor, San Juan Islands, Wash., was voted the number two place to visit in the world by The New York Times in 2011, which meant that for the July destination we…

Uninvited “guest”: hurricane crashes the party