Main Event Productions and The Bake Shoppe are redefining the meaning of “Birthday Cakes!”  Though there is a pleasant simplicity about a standard birthday sheet cake, we are coming into contact with more and more customers who are thinking  birthday cakes out of the box! Every pun intended!  3D cakes are the way to go!  Check out a few pictures from our latest sweet 16 Birthday cake!

Perhaps some of you reading this might think we are slightly crazy for thinking that the Christmas season has already approached!  Though I will not deny nor confirm that we aren’t all a little crazy, it is never too early to at least be brainstorming some ideas on how to make this year’s Christmas party or event stand out above all the rest!

The holiday season is my favorite time of year!  When it comes to family and friend gatherings and parties there is always the process of incorporating old traditions with contemporary twists, revisiting sweet memories and creating new ones!

Main Event Productions and all of it’s family members–Events @1418, A Catered Affair, The Bake Shoppe, and Fantastic Flipbooks–excel in creating just that balance!  So, this year, instead of waiting till the last minute, plan now and have a stress-free, glamorous, magical, tasty, memorable, one-of-a-kind holiday experience for you,your family, friends, co-workers, and/or company!

Pictures provided by Dove Wedding Photography

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!

Behind every beautiful cake is a beautiful cake decorator!  Main Event Productions and The Bake Shoppe would like to introduce to you Shelly Barger Santana, cake decorator extraordinaire! Here’s only a small glimpse of some of her marvelous work!

You can’t help but adore Shelly!  If her dazzling eyes don’t captivate you, then her sweet spirit, striking smile, and spectacular cake decorating skills will astonish you!  Shelly started decorating cakes at the precious ago of 14 and it has been a part of her life ever since!  Here’s just a few facts about Shelly:

• First Wedding cake: tired, white buttercream with purple roses at the edges
• Most challenging cake: 3D standing golf bag cake
• Favorite cake flavor: The Bake Shoppe’s legendary Kahlua Chocolate..yummmmmmmmmm!
• Favorite kind of music to have in the background while decorating: romantic music!  Sending out those good thoughts and vibes to the lovely couples getting married!
• Inspiration: architecture, nature, colors, etc.
• Other hobbies: art, hiking, show coordinator for a networking artist organization called Untitled Nashville

There is no doubt that The Bake Shoppe has hit the jackpot of all jackpots with Shelly on the team.  She is a priceless asset and we’re so thankful to be working beside her!

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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On June 24, 2010 Main Event Productions introduced our newest and most exciting division called Fantastic Flipbooks.  This was launched at our Open House where all the sister divisions-The Bake Shoppe, A Catered Affair, and Events @1418-were all dressed up to help introduce this newest addition to our Nashville friends!

Here’s a look at what A Catered Affair was dishing out…

Mediterranean Pita Trio:  Mini Pita Pockets filled with guests’ choice of our signature thinly sliced pastrami and drizzled with tzatziki sauce, grilled vegetable with feta cheese or a grilled sausage with relish.

Teatime Tomatoes:  Cherry tomatoes hollowed and piped with a mild curried bean mixture and garnished with parsley while served on bed of kosher salt

Chilled Honey Cucumber Gazpacho

Seared Mahi-Mahi with wild mushroom powder and smoky salsa on flat bread toast

Mini Salad Stacks Action Station – Pre stacked mini salads that are then transferred onto a plate in which guests can drizzle with a spicy blueberry or sweet green chili vinaigrette

Your choice of Lemon, Chocolate, or Raspberry Mini Mousse Cups

Our guests also enjoyed our bar station where our latest and greatest lemonade with fresh mint was served alongside of our spiked lemonade cocktails!  Glasses of Red Cherry Lifesaver Lemonade, Lynchburg Lemonade, and Peach Margaritas finished the evening and all around delightful event!

If you’re not from the south you may be wondering what is up with the extra cake accompanying the bridal cake!  The groom’s cake made it’s theatrical appearance in Steel Magnolias in 1989, but that was not the first groom’s cake!

The history of the groom’s cake is difficult to trace.  Here are a few legends:

• some believe it was served by the groom to the bridesmaids
• others say a bride wanted a chocolate cake for her wedding without forgoing the white color scheme.
• some believe it was to be served by the groom, with a glass of wine, to the bridesmaids
• some believe it was to be saved and subsequently shared with friends after the honeymoon
• in ancient times, it was believed that if a single woman put a piece of the groom’s cake under her pillow, she would dream that night of the man she would marry.

Regardless of it’s origins,  it’s a long southern tradition with unlimited potential to reflect the groom’s interests, flavors, and themes!

Here at The Bake Shoppe our Nashville Bride and Grooms come up with some of the most creative and out of this world designs for their Groom’s cake.  Here’s just a glimpse of such cakes….

Baseball Glove Cake

Sci-fi Inspired Cake

Sports Inspired Shoebox

Golf Inspired Chocolate Cake

Cigar Box

TN Football Helmet Cake

Football Stadium Cake

Dartboard Cake

Motorcycle Themed Cake

TN Football Field Cake

Baseball Hat Cake

Drum Cake

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