Calling all brides, bride-hopefuls, and bridal vendors!  What are YOU doing Sunday, September 26, 2010!!?!?!?  If your answer is “sitting on the couch,” then your answer is wrong!  If your answer is “Attending the Franklin Bridal Ball”, then your answer is CORRECT!!!!

The Franklin Bridal Ball is Williamson County’s most elite upscale bridal event. Not only is it a chance to meet the area’s finest wedding professionals face-to-face and find those that share your vision for your perfect wedding day but it’s also an opportunity to try samples, win prizes and receive budget saving discounts!

Stop by the Main Event Productions booth and allow us the honor of meeting you and introducing you to our award-winning, memorable, excellence-driven service!  You will not be sorry you did!

We are also giving away tickets to attend the ball, so email us at dawn@thebakeshoppe.com or call us at 615-321-2394 to take advantage of this free gift!

Franklin Bridal Ball

Sunday, September 26, 2010, 12 pm – 4 pm
Franklin Marriott Cool Springs
700 Cool Springs Blvd.
Franklin, TN 37067

It is that time of year again!  No, not Thanksgiving or Christmas just yet!  It’s actually voting time!

The Nashville Scene’s Best of Nashville, is an annual reader’s choice poll, in which you write in your favorites from categories such as Food & Drink, Arts & Entertainment, Media, Home, Shopping, Kids and more.  The voting layout is simple and you don’t have to sign up for anything in order for your vote to count!  You can even vote multiple times (once a day).

So, here’s what Main Event Productions is asking of our friends!   Show your love for The Bake Shoppe for best Local Cake Baker, A Catered Affair for Best Cater and Best Chef, and any other category that you see fitting!  Help us be seen in the scene!

If you have yet to experience our remarkable service, please call Kellie at 615-321-2394 or email cater@acateredaffair.net

If you missed out on this summer’s Nashville Premier Bridal Show at the Convention Center, then you missed out on one crazy fun day of brides, rings, vendors, gift bags, cake, and food!!!!!!

For all the new friends we met….WONDERFUL TO MEET YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

For all our fellow vendor friends…..WONDERFUL TO CATCH UP WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!

For all who could not make it out on Sunday, here’s a glimpse of Fantastic Flipbooks debut and The Bake Shoppe’s new cake designs for the fall 2010!

The Wedding; Premier Bridal Show August 2010

Brides, don’t forget, you must book by September 1, 2010 in order to qualify for the show special!  Please call for details!

Have you ever been at the stop light on Church Street and 15th and looked over and saw this building….

Events @1418 standing on Church Street, Nashville, TN

Did you then ask yourself what goes on in that building?!!?  Here’s just a glimpse….

Rooftop Deck with a spectacular view of Nashville's scenic downtown!

Chic hardwood floors and exposed brick!

Perfect for your wedding reception!

“…Events @1418 is a remarkable space.  Versatile for an intimate gathering of friends or a wedding banquet, with a great staff and a near-palpable sense of class from the beautiful hardwood floors all the way to the rooftop deck, this is where the refined style of classic event spaces snuggles up to the vibrance and funky energy coming off Church Street’s dance district.”-The Nashville Scene.

So, next time you’re looking for a space for your corporate meeting, holiday party, wedding reception, rehearsal dinner (the list is endless) that will give your guests the feeling of being a part of Nashville history with chic architectural updates, then Events @1418 is your place!

Fantastic Props

You can dress up, perform skits using our props...

...be silly or sweet or just flat out crazy!

in less than 2 minutes, you have a cool take-home video in a paper flipbook!

Pretty fantastic, yes?!?!

You can even add a message or graphics on a custom cover!

Inviting Fantastic Flipbooks to your event or venue is a great way to add something extra special to your party.  You supply the guests, and we’ll create the personalized pocket-sized party favors that feature them!  Not only will they take home a unique custom keepsake or promotional gift, they’ll also be entertained in the process!

Here’s how it works!  We start by taking sixty super-fast pictures of people being FABULOUS in our booth.  They can dress up, perform a skit using our props, be silly or sweet or just flat our crazy.  Then in less than two minutes, we print and assemble a cool take-home video (no batteries required) in a paper flipbook.  You can even add a message or graphics on a custom cover.

Everyone has a blast with the silliness, and those watching can’t wait to outdo everyone else.  When the party is over, they get to take home a fun gift in their pocket.  It’s guaranteed fun for all ages!

Perfect for:

• weddings
• holiday parties
• quinceaneras
• retirement parties
• fund raisers
• proms and graduations
• bar/bat mitzvahs
• sweet sixteen parties
• bridal showers
• corporate events
• high school reunions
• conventions
• trade shows and expos

For more information check out one of these resources:

• www.fantasticflipbooks.com
• 615-321-2394
• info@fantasticflipbooks.com
• Fantastic Flipbooks Facebook Fanpage

For all you Brides and soon-to-be Brides, the Nashville Premier Bridal show is a MUST!  Not only can you plan, design, and book all your wedding day details in ONE AFTERNOON, you get covered in free stuff, coupons, chances to win trips, and my favorite…all the cake your little heart desires!

For all you exhibitors, this is the perfect time to see fellow industry friends, make connections with lovely brides, reach your marketing and sales goals, and get a good work out from loading and unloading!!!!

Main Event Productions will be featuring The Bake Shoppe and…drum roll please….FANTASTIC FLIPBOOKS….at this year’s Premier Bridal Show at the Nashville Convention Center August 1, 2010.  Here’s a few pictures of previous Bridal Shows!

Make sure you also check out the Nashville Premier Bridal show website for details!

http://nashville-bridalshow.com/#content=%3Fshow.id%3D757

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Recently we have had a lot of brides choose their favorite salads for the wedding reception dinner.  Salads can be an interesting first course or a main entree.

Strawberry With Goat Cheese Medallions

Entree Salads

Mediterranean Salmon Salad with Torched Lemons

Greek-themed Salad

Some recent wedding cake designs

Woodsy Themed Wedding Cake

Tree Themed Wedding Cake

Special monogram for wedding cake

Many of our clients who opt for no alcohol at their event still want fun and festive beverages.  We played around in the kitchen last week and made some new tasty lemonades — Blood Orange Lemonade, Mint Meyer Lemonade (mentioned a couple posts back)  and Strawberry Lemonade.

Lemonade Bar

Fruit Garnish for Lemonade Bar

Our take on tastings – most anyone can cook for 2 people — most of us do this all the time.  That said, how valuable is a speculative private tasting?  Does anyone think that the caterer will not be on their best behavior, using the best of the best on that day?

We would rather invite our clients  to sample our menus during a real party — yes, we host several parties each year – for free and invite our friends, potential clients, past clients, vendor partners and even family.  Yes, we are on our best behavior, using the best of the best for that day — but if we were not experienced in producing food for larger ( larger than 2) numbers of guests – wouldn’t we be more likely ot mess up – more likely to drop the ball – and you don’t have to wait until your event to understand that concept:)

So if you are interested in learning more about our open house tasting parties — let us know call us 615.321.2394  or email us at kellie@maineventpro.com to learn more ( we are having a party this week!)

Photos from past open house parties:

Baked Brie with Smoky Pear Butter

Ahi Tuna Angel Wings - from the "Tastes like Heaven" open house

Setting up Events@1418 for open house party

using our creativity to make clouds for the Taste of Heaven open house -- can you say cotton batting!

Some additional open house party photos can be seen for more inspiration!