Bride and Groom Tables

Many bride and grooms choose to sit at a "sweetheart table," which is a romantic, 2-person table generally set in the front of the reception where all can see.  It's fun to make this table more distinctive from the rest of the tables, while still tying into the overall color scheme of the wedding.  This same idea can also be applied to a head table.  Here are a few sweetheart table ideas we've put together for our clients at Party Production Rentals:

This is a more traditional look:

Overlays and table runners can dress up a simple table cover.  Chiavari chairs dressed up with a sash can also make a sweetheart table more elegant: 

Event Pictures!

One of the caterers we work with just sent over a batch of pictures she's taken from recent events we've done with her company.  Here are a few:

Max and Jake's Big Race - A Few Pics

We had our 4th Annual Max and Jake's Big Race last weekend.  And despite the storms on Saturday (we were sweating bullets), Sunday was a beautiful day to be out in Mission Trails.  Overall, it was a great day - and we raised over $25,000 for Rady Children's Hospital new heart transplant program.

As we've had in the past, our friend and photographer extraordinaire Darin Fong came out to shoot some professional pictures.  This year's aren't available yet, but you can still see last year's on his blog. In the meantime, here are a few pictures I took. The staging, P.A., canopies are all from Party Production Rentals.

Max and Jake (our son) assist in the pre-race stretching with Derek Togerson from NBC on the stage with the gals from BeFitLifeStyle.

Galaxy - a band of great sounding 6th graders - played Max and Jake's Big Race for the 2nd time, delighting the runners before and after the 5K.

It was a mud run as you can see by the backsides of some runners... and SO FUN.  The overall winner said she "felt like a kid again" tromping through the mud.

Our family - Paula and I in back with Nate on the front left and Jake on the right. 

Here's a group of us at our annual post-race cool down at the Longhorn near Mission Trails.  The Hammerstrom clan is well represented (Max's family and our co-producers of the Big Race).

New Rental Products

Paula and I just got back from the American Rental Association's Rental Show in Las Vegas.  Besides taking in some good shows and food, we purchased some new equipment for Party Production Rentals from the many vendors who show off their wares at the show. 

We frequently rent serpentine bars to clients who want to have a nice serving beverage serving station at their events.  We now have 2 additional bar solutions in the same price range (see catalog):

The 4' bar doesn't require linen and comes only in the black above, but the 6' bar with linen can come in a variety of colors depending on the feel you want for your event.

We've also been expanding our lighting options.  In addition to having the ability to design a custom lighting package from basic to elegant for all types of events, we have a new lighting option for our canopies:

This is a simple, but interesting lighting option that is cost-effective and provides a good amount of light for smaller canopies (e.g., 20x20, 20x30).

We also get frequent requests for backdrops for events - to go behind a stage, cover a wall or unseemly area, or section off a room.  As a result, we purchased our own pipe-and-drape, with both black and white draping.  The panels are 8' high and come in sections of up to 10'.  Each section rents for $55.

We also purchased a new podium to go with our growing selection of audio/visual equipment. 

There are more new products to come, so stay tuned - and feel free to give us a call if you have any questions about any of these items.