Late Night Loungin'

     

Long after the bride and groom have said “I do,” the Maid of Honor has toasted the happy couple, and Donna Summer has sung The Last Dance, guests may be getting ready to go home. But, why end the night there? Instead, transform the wedding reception into the “after party", providing guests with a version of a current trend that is popping up in venues across the globe: the late-night lounge. Creating a chic space for intimate hangin’ will entice your guests to stay and play into the wee hours of the night. Sofas, ottomans, daybeds, and oversized pillows can make a magical setting for the after party. Opening a specialty bar, complete with clusters of lamps and dripping crystal strands suspended from above, will set the stage for luxury lounging. Lighting the room with a sea of candles will enhance the atmosphere and will, no doubt, ensure that the memory-making will last until dawn!

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Introducing Our New "Picture Perfect" Photo Contest!

Did you just create one of the most amazing events ever? Do your memorable designs and themes make your gatherings one of a kind? Now is the time to put your creative ideas to the test!

Party Mosaic would like to announce an incredible "Picture Perfect" photo contest! Participation is easy:

Simply become one of our Facebook fans by clicking "Like" at the top of Party Mosaic's Facebook page. Then share a photo on our Facebook wall that best represents how you use Mosaic linens to bring your festivities to life. Be sure to include your name and/or company as part of your Facebook post so that you can take all the credit for your creation that you deserve! Set the stage and let us know a little about the event as well. Tell us about your venue, your theme, and acknolwedgement of any of your event team you wish to share. We love reading your stories and getting to know our fans!

This contest will run every season. Each season our Mosaic team will select one winner from the entrants. Submission deadlines will be August 30th (summer), November 30th (Fall), February 28th (Winter) and May 30th (Spring). Winner will be announced on Facebook two weeks after the submission deadline each season. We are looking for inventive themes, evocative uses of color, and unique style, so be creative! The winner will receive $50 off of their next order of $500 or more so you can get a leg up on your next showstopping event. This prize may be redeemed anytime for up to a year after our contest closing date and can be used for any of our non-custom items.

Contest dates and conditions may change, so follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up to date on all our announcements!  

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Party Planning Tips: Color Shy?

Perhaps your event is not designed for 1,000 guests in a big tent. In fact, maybe your latest masterpiece is only a small jewel of an affair. Don't be shy... color shy, that is! If you love the idea of color, but feel your event isn't scaled for a floor-to-ceiling treatment, consider using color as a building block for only some components of your affair. Utilize a long sharing table and split the linear dimension into several sets of color so that it changes visually across the tablespan. Consider blocking tables so that all linens are one color, all napkins are a second color, and florals are third monochromatic color family. Even chairs or ottomans can add a color block to the palette. This concept works perfectly for affairs that have just handfuls of guests. The end result can create the same visual excitement for a small intimate party that a dramatic tent can create for a cast of thousands. So don't be shy. Use bursts of color in small doses to wow guests in the most intimate of affairs.

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Featured Event: Mad About Hue

It’s time to get bold, find courage and step out of the box... with color! This season, don’t be afraid to immerse yourself in fields of color. As you plan your next event, use color as a tool. Fill your space from top to bottom with bright bold hues and color block your room to create the excitement that we all aim for in event design. Take every detail and block it - from carpet and chairs, to linens, napkins and chargers, and of course florals and tent liners sweeping high in the air. Too much is never enough. This season, color never looked so inviting, so dramatic and so adventuresome. Color can be vivid, invigorating and even a little wild. So take a new look at your space with a fresh perspective. Combine the brightest of brights in big blocks of color. Consider your event to be a blank canvas waiting to be transformed into masterpiece of modern art.

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Spring to Life

On behalf of everyone who suffered through Winter’s long, dreary, freezing months, Mosaic would like to extend a warm welcome to Spring! The season’s bright, refreshing qualities are certainly in the air. With longer days, warmer temperatures and flowers poking through the soil, it is time start anew. Wardrobe changes, spring cleaning, and new workout regimes seem to inspire the mind and body. With your soul awakened and rejuvenated (and ready to break out from a long and lazy winter hibernation), now is the time to spring into action.
First order of business: the mind and body. Ready to tackle something new? Sign up for a language course, take piano lessons, or enroll in painting or photography classes. Not feeling so artsy? Try taking up pilates or hot yoga – today, these classes can be found in almost every neighborhood. Start a book club, participate in cooking classes; try something NEW to engage yourself. You’ll be surprised what it will do for your psyche.

Next step: feed your soul. Weed out things that are draining your time and energy, and focus on what counts. Spend quality time with family or loved ones. Give 100% effort at work and at play. Eat healthy, exercise, and make time for what matters to you.
Finally, give back to your community. In light of recent worldwide events, including the devastation in Japan, use some of your time or resources to make a difference. Volunteer at the local animal rescue league, help prepare food at a food bank, or help raise money for a cause near and dear to your heart. With so much need out there in the world, contributing to your community will make an impact. And you will be surprised at how good it feels to give.


Here at Mosaic, we are looking forward to a revitalizing and bountiful season. With increased efforts to recycle boxes and hangers, as well as our goal to keep our office as paperless as possible, we aim to conserve every day. To feed our souls with passion and keep our products fresh and current, we are constantly on the hunt for new trends and fabrics. Most recently, we have collected fresh ideas and plenty of new fabrics at two trade shows. With our latest finds, we have created new applications of these products for each of you to use at your next event. Whether you’re looking for table linens, ottoman covers, lampshades, or napkin rings, Mosaic has a plethora of inspiration!

Luna	Glitz
Funzy	Rabanne

Hot off the press! With our inspired minds and love for our event professionals, Mosaic has taken the lead on a nationwide calling for our industry colleagues to give back. We’ve recently developed the concept of "Operation Outreach: Event Pros in Action," which will make its debut in New Orleans this summer. Mosaic has spearheaded the effort and response has gone viral! Industry professionals from all parts of the USA will make the trip to NOLA to work on homes devastated by Hurricane Katrina 5 ½ years ago. What's more, we will be collecting donated items from the event companies (whose warehouses are full of china, glass, silver, tables, chairs, fabrics, furniture and so much more) and transporting them to NOLA to help furnish the homes of so many families in need. Stay tuned for more on Operation Outreach!

The Mosaic team is certainly springing into action - both with new products and with our efforts within the community. We aim to give 100% effort in all that we do and look forward to working with you. Together we can celebrate, inspire and share in all that life brings our way.

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Animal House to Inauguration

In our most recent blog we told you about an exciting event we were working on in Harrisburg, PA.  As promised, the photos are in and we cannot wait to share our adventure with you.  After a 4 hour journey across the state, Mosaic joined “Team Tolo” in the transformation of The Farm Show Complex & Expo Center, just wrapping up an 8-day Pennsylvanian Farm Show (consisting of 400,000 people and 6,500 farm animals), into an elegant inaugural ball setting for Governor-Elect Tom Corbett.  In the end, 5000 guests celebrated in style, sipping cocktails in chic lounge areas and kicking up their heels on the dance floor.  That’s not to say we did not encounter some not-so-sweet hurdles along the way!

The fine details of this photo will be left to the imagination. . .

At the same time we were setting up for our event, we viewed an annual Amish horse auction in action. Smell what we're stepping in?

Just days prior to the event, a prized chicken fight had taken place.  We hope the best cock won!

The Mosaic Van arrives holding (no, wait . . . busting at the seams with) hundreds of linens.  For the hundreds of cloths that could not fit in our tiny van, we called in the big rigs, courtesy of our friends Three Rivers Entertainment.

With an assortment of aromas including gasoline from the tractor pulls, sweet oil from the fried donuts, and the droppings of prized livestock still lingering in the air from the Farm Show (not to mention the piles of steaming manure out back), event planner extraordinaire Shelly Tolo had her work cut out for her. First came the VIP reception for 500 situated in a ballroom that seemed like miles away from the main reception where a guest-list of 5000 partygoers would toast to Governor Corbett later in the night. With Z-racks full of linens (we’re talking over 500 cloths!) and dozens of volunteers to help, Mosaic covered close to 500 tables over a two day period.  Elevated sky lounges complete with benches, curved high-back sofas, ottomans, and breathtaking crystal LED color-changing chandeliers added depth and dimension to an area of 174,000 square feet - aka the size of three football fields (yes, we walked every last bit of it, over and over again.) Towering in the perimeter of the venue, four 27-foot-wide projection screens were erected throughout the room where, during the previous week, slightly smaller screens showed cow-milking demonstrations.

At least we got our workout for the week . . .

Guests were treated to cocktails at thirty bars (holding 8,000 wine glasses, 6,000 martini glasses) and five food stations (each utilizing 20 tables), creatively designed by Harrisburg’s own JDK Group, incorporating signature dishes from all four corners of our state (from Philly cheese steaks to Asiago Perogies, and who could forget the sandwiches loaded with French fries –  a true Pittsburgh experience).

In light of the tragedy in Arizona of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, already high security was elevated to new levels. With bomb sniffing dogs, Federal agents complete with body scanners and wands (though her credentials were checked months before, event planner Tolo was wanded 19 times on the day of the event), guests decked in floor length gowns and Manolos could rest assured that they were well cared for during this night to remember.

When Governor Corbett, alongside wife Susan, stepped on to the dance floor for the first dance, Shelly Tolo sighed with relief and toasted the night with her team. The event was flawless.  Thousands of guests and close to 100 members of the media could feel the pride radiating from the dance floor. 

Linens featured at this event: White Black Vintage Damask; Gold Sheer Circles; Valentine Circle Taffeta; Maize Mini Pintuck; White Black Lusso; Black w/Silver Infinity; Silver Iridescent Crush; Red Satin Stripe

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Got the Winter Blues?

For those of us here in Pittsburgh and surrounding East Coast areas, I think it’s safe to say Winter has made its mark.  Though we deal with this blistery season every year, it’s inevitable we will whine about the snow and cold at least once in our day.   For those of you over shovels, rock salt, and dirty shoes (dare I say FLATS!), Mosaic’s got your cure for the winter blues…

…Just kidding!  Though that sure looks amazing right about now, doesn’t it?  Unfortunately we cannot offer the tranquil waters of the Maldives; however, we’ve put together some inspirations and ideas that will leave you thinking having the blues never felt so good! 

Recently, Pantone announced “Honeysuckle” as the 2011 Color of the Year.  And while that color will certainly be everywhere as we near Spring, there seems to be a different color on the block at the moment: Blue.

We saw it at the 2011 Golden Globes:

Home Décor:

And of course, our closets:

As you continue to plan your Winter events, why not give your tabletop the blues?  Mosaic has a large variety of blue fabrics including solids, sheers, textures and prints. Choose from soft, pastel or sky blues tones.  Punch up your palette with bold shades of turquoise or royal blues. Add a majestic touch with regal hues of navy or midnight blues; or use tones of slate and federal blue to make a statement.  Whether you're planning an over-the-top gala or just looking to spruce up a small gathering, we’ve got your blues covered.  Don't be afraid to pair it with contrasting colors like bold greens, yellows, or metallics of silver or gold. 

Linens used in this event: Cornflower Raw Silk

Linens used in this event: Royal Iridescent Crush

Linens used in this event: Sparta Blue Lamour

Linens used in this event: Turquoise Polyester

Linens used in this event: Navy Venezia

Linens used in this event: Blue w/Brown Azalea

Check out these great blue swatches

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Also, be sure to check back for a sneak peak of an exciting event we’re working on this week.  We’ve sent some Mosaic gals across the State to work their magic in transforming an authentic Farm Show venue - previously housing 6,500 farm animals, complete with their own individual, pungent aromas - to a surreal Governor’s gala celebration, including Governor-Elect Tom Corbett, close to 5,000 guests, 30 bars (not to mention over 14,000 pieces of stemware and dishes), and just under 700 tablecloths… Oh and did we mention they had 72 hours to complete this mission? Spoiler alert: The event was pulled off without a hitch thanks to our dignitary Shelly Tolo, of Seattle-based TOLO Events, who many of you may already know as Mosaic’s Westcoast rep. Our next blog will include photos of the celebration, and some behind-the-scenes footage of the intense, and often grueling, process of bringing an event of this scale (think 3 football fields) to life.  Stay tuned! 

                                                                       



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