New Vendor!

We have a new vendor! They're a graphic design business out of Tremonton. Check out their website! www.landlockeddesign.com

Proud Sponsors!

We are proud to announce our first sponsorship to a well deserved cause! We have been asked to participate in a 5K memorial run/2 mile walk in memoriam of Jessica Wilson. She was killed in an auto/pedestrian accident last month and her family has had to pay for unexpected funeral costs. This is a memorial walk to help raise money for the funeral costs and to help the other victim involved who is still hospitalized with her medical expenses. We look forward to sponsoring and helping out a great family.

To learn more about how you can help and donate go to: http://raceforjess.blogspot.com/ .

"Finally pink!" Baby Shower

Behind the Bash planned my very first baby shower. It was so much fun! The theme was "finally pink" and the decorations matched the description so well! My favorite of the decorations were the little hands and feet going up and down the wall. We played some great games, too. My favorite game was the mad lib "adventures in birthing", it was so funny to see all the answers put into the story. We had cupcakes and ice cream and they were delicious. I am very pleased with how Behind the Bash handled the evening and will definitely refer everyone I know to them! Thank you, Emily!


~Anonymous

Box Elder County Fair

We had the great chance of getting our name out there a little bit more by having a booth for 4 days at the Box Elder County Fair in Tremonton, Utah. There were so many great people that came out to support us and really helped to make our booth a fun place to be. We want to thank all of you who have given us your support from the get-go. The atmosphere was so lively and we were happy to have so many people stop to ask questions and get more information about this growing business. I had so many people say "what a great idea!" and "I really need someone like you". It was a very encouraging thing to have the response that we got. We're crossing our fingers that it pays off and we get some calls coming in. Thank you, BE County Fair for a good time! Hope to see you all next year!

Tinkerbell Birthday Party

We had a great time planning a Tinkerbell themed birthday party for a little girl turning 4! We had Mermaid Lagoon made out of a waterslide, a pirate ship, a treasure chest full of party favors (the loot), a trampoline set up for "flight school" and a beautiful cake. Very pleased with how it turned out. A large inflatable waterslide became the "lagoon" with clear and light blue floating balloons placed at different heights all around to simulate "bubbles", Appliance boxes built around the playset became a "pirate ship", complete with a prate flag and a sail. The pirate ship also came equipped with black waterballoons (canon balls) that proved to be very entertaining for kids and adults alike! Then, the trampoline filled with balloons became the "Flight School" where my daughters 16 year old aunt dressed up as wendy to give "flying lessons". My daughters father and uncle dressed as Captain Hook and Peter Pan and entertained the kids with a "battle". The most impressive decoration was the "Treasure Chest" made from a styrofoam Ice Chest. It was filled with chocolate candy pirate coins, mardi gras beads, and the party favor bags for all the children. The food was an extension of the decorations with star shaped cheese and crackers, star shaped PB & J sandwiches, and chocolate covered pretzels as "Tinkerbell wands" just to name a few. Go to the website to see pictures! http://www.behindthebash-partiesandevents.webs.com/

Vistaprint "Make an Impression" Contest

Vote for Behind the Bash in the Vistaprint "Make an Impression" Contest and help us win the prize! $10,000 worth of products to help us become the best planning service in Northern Utah! Voting begins August 24! Tell your friends!


http://www.1800vistaprint.com/contest/Behind-the-Bash--Parties-and-Events

4th of July Ideas





Two for One
This simple centerpiece starts with decorating basics -- a glass hurricane and a votive candle. Fill a round glass hurricane with red vase filler (try small beads, pebbles, or sand). Place a white candle inside a smaller votive cup and nestle it in the vase filler. Embellish with a few star cutouts.

All-American Centerpiece
You can pull together this patriotic decoration in a jiff. Just fill an open chest or basket with decorative green grass, baseballs, and red and blue croquet balls. Top it off with a few tiny flags.

Babies, Babies, Babies!

We're excited to be planning two different baby showers both to be held in September, both for baby girls! One is generic all pink and the other is ladybugs! We're working hard to make them the most memorable and unique showers for those in attendance to remember for a long time to come! Thanks for choosing Behind the Bash, where the party begins!

Father's Day cake ideas

Thanks to an outside source, we have a link to some great Father's Day cakes that look both easy and fun! Check them out and maybe you can get inspired to copy one or make your own design! We'd love to see pictures! Enjoy.

http://www.tiepedia.com/tie-blog/49-crafts/155-tie-cake


(if you're interested in showing us your creation, you can email us at behindthebash.events@gmail.com
and we'll be sure to post your pictures on this blog and our website, if you'd like!)

Refer Your Friends & Get Rewards

Know of anyone who is getting married or planning a big celebration? Tell them how great Behind the Bash is and you could get gift cards to some great places when the sign on with us! Simply tell your friends, have them mention you at their FREE consultation and viola! You get the good stuff!

Memorial Day

A hero is the one who knows how to hang on one minute longer. Without heroes, we are all plain people, and don't know how far we can go. I believe it is the nature of people to be heroes, given the chance. Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves. This holiday should be a solemn day of remembrance. Unfortunately, the significance of the day is often lost under the coolers and beach blankets in the trunk of the car. Let's not forget what has been fought for. Our freedom of speech, freedom to act, freedom to question authority or freedom to live freely. This is the time to especially thank the veterans and active military in your life and to reflect upon those who served for the greater good, the greater freedom that we all enjoy today. I know I do everyday of my life.

~E

DIY Tip # 3

Set The Table:
You already know that for everyday meals, the fork goes on the left and the knife goes on the right, but at a formal dinner, lots more goes on the tables. Is it worth the trouble? Absolutely, because a nicely dressed table makes guests feel welcome. The basics: a charger (decorative plate) is centered at each person’s place setting. (A waiter will remove it just before dinner is served.)flat-ware is placed in the order it will be used, from the outside in. Put the salad fork to the left side of the dinner fork, and the soupspoon(if used) to the right of the knife. The bread-and-butter plate goes above the forks. The water goblet goes above the knife and the wineglass to the right of the goblet. Place a folded or tied napkin in the center of the charger; if you’re using place cards, position them on or near the dinner plates. You should set the tables even if you’re having a buffet, because asking guests to balance plates of hot food as well as flatware, napkins and glasses is a disaster in the making. (buffet settings can skip the chargers)

Baby Shower

We have signed papers with a client to plan a baby shower! The possible themes that we have are narrowed down to 2. Depending on the gender, Noah's Ark or Lady Bugs. We are looking forward to working on this and can't wait to see the finished product!

resume's welcome

We posted eariler that we aren't currently hiring for more help, but we'd love to receive resume's from interested parties. We will be happy to keep the resume's on file until we are hiring. You can email them to us at behindthebash.events@gmail.com or go to our website and click "contact us" at http://www.behindthebash-partiesandevents.webs.com/ . Thanks

We have been getting alot of job requests from different individuals. We wanted to post that we are currently not hiring. This doesn't rule out hiring in the future. Behind the Bash will announce if we need more help. Thanks.

DIY Event Planning Tip #2

Arrange the escort cards:
Also known as seating and table-assignment cards, these powerful pieces of paper point guests to their rightful tables. Whether you place the cards on a flat surface (traditional) of hang them from a branch (creative!), make sure people can actually reach them as soon as they enter the dining room. Warning: avoid putting them right inside the entryway or by the doors, or you’ll have a giant traffic jam to contend with.

DIY Event Planning Tip #1

Figure out the seating chart:
No one wants to see Uncle Leroy mow down Mrs. Porter in order to grab a table for all his peeps, so do everyone a favor by assigning each guest to a table. A couple of rules: put people together who have a connection- meaning all your coworkers or all your cousins at their own table. Keep feuding relatives apart and young children together. Unmarried guests without dates should sit with someone they know, not at the singles table. Put older relatives far from the band or speakers and from the kitchen. Make a chart or go low-tech with paper plates (to represent the tables) and Post-its (to represent guests)

~BtB

Get your Behind the Bash window decal!

We have 4"x6" Behind the Bash window decals for sale now! Contact us if you'd like one or two... or ten! {$5.00 each}

Bridal Show Coming Soon!

We are pleased to announce that a Bridal Show is in the making for August or September! We're working with a local florist and putting together a Bridal Show in the Tremonton area. It's sure to be packed with fun information! Keep an eye out for promotions!

The Vendors Keep Piling up!

We have added a few more Vendors to the mix! Welcome aboard: Brigham Floral and gifts, For Heaven's Cake (a cake and dessert maker), Enizio (on-site hair and make-up specialists), & Heritage Tales (making storybooks for your special occasion)! We look forward to working with all of you!

New Vendor

Crystal Limousine Service is a Limo service out of Brigham City. They've been in the business for years and have beautiful limos to choose from. Welcome aboard, Crytsal Limousine Service!

New Vendor

We have a new vendor to add to the list! A florist from Tremonton named Garden Gate Florist and Designs. They have a new, edgy and modern take on floral arrangements, and will do traditional, if needed. They specialize in showers, full weddings, funerals, etc... they do centerpieces and other arrangemetns for events. They also offer linens and tables for events. *You can save $75 and get a FREE throw bouquet when you book an entire wedding through them!* Welcome aboard, Garden Gate!

New Vendor!

We would like to announce that we have successfully added a new vendor to our preferred vendor's list! His name is Brady Mikesell and he's a DJ out of Logan, Utah. He's been in the business for 20+ years and even has a light show that goes along with the music! Check him out at www.djthundermusic.com and on his blog at http://djthundermusic.blogspot.com . Feel free to contact us with any questions! Welcome aboard, Brady!

Easter Ideas

Bringing in Nature

Celebrate Easter and spring simultaneously with this pretty table topper.

Know Your Place

Dainty beaded place cards direct your guests to their spot at the Easter dinner table.

Open for business!

We are proud to announce that all the necessary steps have been taken! We are officially a certified and licensed business in Utah! We have also sent out several letters to potential vendors and will hopefully have a few by next month that we can refer to people. We are very pleased with the way things have been coming together and are excited to get started!

St Patrick's Day

In light of Saint Patrick's Day, I have come up with a touch o' the Irish entertainment for everyone! This year, rather than shamrocks and leprechauns, get inspired by nature's spring greens which are a welcome sight come March 17. This party decor will have your guests seeing green! Enjoy!

New Updates

A lot has been happening as of late for Behind the Bash. We've set up some great fanpages on Facebook and are proud to announce that we have acquired quite a few "fans"! Check it out. We also have a new vendor to add to our list, another photographer, who is a natural light photographer and happens to be related to my mother-in-law! As always, I'm very excited to be able to promote her work. If you have any questions about her let us know! We're still looking hard for: cake bakers, venues, florists, & caterers. If you know of any let us know! our email is: behindthebash.events@gmail.com , all suggestions welcome!

vendor suggestions needed!

As always, I'm looking for new vendors to refer clients to. Event planning is always in high demand of: cake bakers (weddings or otherwise), photographers, florists, venues, caterers... if you know of any RELIABLE and EFFICIENT vendors listed around the Northern Utah area, please let Behind the Bash know. If you refer a vendor, you'll get a little bonus from us! If you have any questions, suggestions, or know of any vendors please email us at: behindthebash.events@gmail.com , leave your name and we'll get back to you.

Thanks!
~EB

Questions? Comments?

I'm always looking for ways to improve. Now's your chance to tell me what you think, and to ask me any questions that you might have. You can do so through my website, www.behindthebash-partiesandevents.webs.com or my email, behindthebash.events@gmail.com . I look forward to hearing what you have to say!

Business cards and a new vendor!

I am happy to announce that after some careful choosing (and a little help from my family) that I have officially ordered new business cards, ready for distribution in about 2 weeks! While I was finding the right look for my cards, I also found a friend who is a photographer to work with and refer clients to for their wedding and party pictures! I love her work. She is a natural light photographer and is based out of Northern Utah as well. I'm looking forward to working with her and I know that she will always deliver. If you have more questions about her and what she does, let me know and I will get you that information. I'm feeling very blessed at how well everything is working out and I look forward to the future!

preparation

I'm preparing for new buisiness cards to hand out. I'm also trying to figure out how to get my name out there for more people. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. A website will be up and running in a few months, which I'm very happy about, and hopefully by then I'll have everything squared away. I'm very excited that everything is going so well, thus far.

Baby Shower, October 2009

Alice in Wonderland theme:
I wanted to stick as close as possible to both the classic book and Disney movie. The invitaion used was a playing card with a summons from the Queen of Hearts, herself. You would attend or "off with your head!". The Queen of Hearts was dominant throughout the decorations, splashing red in several various places. Alice in Wonderland playing cards were scattered on all the tables in the room, each having a different quote and scene from the book. There were signs hung that would point you in no particular direction. I had cut-outs of the characters throughout the room and black sillouettes of rabbit tracks on the floor to
indicate that the White Rabbit had passed through. The food of choice was finger sandwiches and cupcakes, keeping with the "baby" part of the shower, I placed rubber ducks on top. There were several tags with the words "eat me" and "drink me" to go along with the various tea pots and tea cups.
Keeping in mind hat not everyone is a tea drinker, I kept the choices simple with tea, juice or water. It's not a party without a centerpiece! I had fake roses, red and white, and put them in a vase. On the tips of some of the white roses I had red accrylic paint. To further coordinate, I then placed paintbrushes in with the roses to mix it up. Lastly of course, there were several baby shower games, which included: Guess this mess (guessing melted candy bars in diapers), Blind drawing (an Alice themed drawing), The birth story (guests would fill in the blanks to make a funny story) and finally, Guess how many M&Ms in the bottle.

50th Birthday Party, April 2009

The 50th birthday celebration was kept simple. The obvious color of choice was, of course, black. I threw in a few different colors to keep with the "party" aspect of it. "over the hill" banners were hung at either end of the room to mirror oneanother. To tie the tables together, I used black plastic and had confetti on each. 50 balloons were both inflated with helium and on the floor. It was a luncheon, so there was another room off to the side with finger sandwiches, crackers and cheese, lemonade and coffee. After the guests were seated and had eaten, there was a "roast" of the birthday girl which consisted of a few close friends and family each getting up to tell an embarrassing story and to poke fun at the honorary guest, with a little love thrown in. There were 2 cakes present at the party, one especially for the birthday girl, who loves sunflowers, and another to serve to the guests. It was important to the birthday girl that there be no presents, just the presence of her friends. We had decided on 2 charities to give to, with drop boxes and both a matte to sign and black cardstock to leave a message for the birthday girl on, all located at a table by the entrance.