Corporate Holiday Party at ACL Live

SPREADING HOLIDAY CHEER!
In the midst of holiday season, between Christmas shopping, family vacations and end of the year to-do’s, we can’t forget the infamous Company Holiday Party. Everyone looks forward to the time spent mingling with coworkers and maybe even having a cocktail with your boss! It’s all about enjoying a moment without work! We love helping our clients create a fun holiday gathering to celebrate their company’s success and praise the employees who make it all happen.

This year we produced a holiday party at ACL Live at the Moody Theater for one of our favorite clients, Cirrus Logic. We created a beautiful pallet with a mix of greens, blues, purples and peacock feather hues for an extra pop. The Concert Floor was turned into a lounge area with specialty lighting accompanied by illuminated tallboy tables topped with colored ornaments. One of our favorite décor pieces, hands down, is the custom created, over-sized ceiling accent ball fashioned solely of peacock feathers. Custom gobos with peacock feather designs were used to cast the patterns on the walls and floor for the final touch.

Guests not only enjoyed food and cocktails catered by the W hotel, but the one-and-only SPAZMATICS took the stage for some evening entertainment. All in all- this event was one of our favorites to put together.

“I’ve never seen ACL look more beautiful than it did that night!” said the Private Events Sales Lead at the ACL Live.

We loved putting a twist on the average holiday party and included pictures below that will hopefully give you some inspiration for your next event!

Big thanks to Illuminate Photography!


Austin Tidbits Presents: The Style Masters

Fashion. Food. Fun. Friends. Forgot to mark your calendar? We have all the highlights!

We joined our long time friends, Austin Tidbits, to create a fabulous night on the town introducing Austin to the newest looks in fashion, design and art. Guests lined up outside the doors of Malverde to see what The Style Masters had to offer. These Style Guru’s showcased a variety of products including locally made jewelry, trendy fashion tops, bottoms, handbags, home décor and unique artwork. Cocktails and passed appetizers from La Condesa started off the night while the designers and artists did the rest. To jazz up things, we had cocktail tables draped in a playful yellow, mood lighting, and a DJ to bring the party to life. We are so thankful that She-n-he Photography was able to capture memories of that night, for this was one for the books! We had a great time working with Austin Tidbits and can’t wait to work with them again!

Swanky Black Tie and Grand Finale!

For the fifth year in a row, we were honored with the opportunity to produce our client’s annual event which recognizes outstanding employees. Our Dallas client celebrates with a special awards dinner followed by a grand finale reception.

With over 5,000 in attendance, hundreds of employees were put in the spotlight during the awards celebration and we can’t help but remember the other things that shined in the ballroom that night. Gold, red and blue colors fused together created a classic look that made heads turn, people talk and camera’s flash. The beautiful centerpieces, complete with red roses, towered over each table setting up a refined look that captured everyone’s gaze. The blue uplighting throughout the ballroom added the perfect and final touch.

For the grand finale, we designed custom lounge areas with a modern feel. Although each lounge represented a different mood, we kept the flow cohesive and added specialty LED lighting to give it that extra pop! Guests were piling in to see the array of possibilities. With the live band playing, plenty of room for dancing, an assortment of foods and libations, you can imagine the excitement. What better way to celebrate the end of a long business week?









Austin’s 10 Most Eligible Bachelors of 2011

Austin Monthly-August Release Party
Presenting: Austin’s 10 Most Eligible Bachelors of 2011

Where can you find 10 eligible bachelors, an assortment of treats, snacks, complimentary cocktails, beautiful men and women, and great music all under one roof? That’s right – Austin Monthly Magazine’s Release Party. If you missed the celebration, don’t worry, just read below for all the juicy details!

With their August Bachelor Issue and the Home Issue release happening simultaneously, Austin Monthly Magazine reached out to us for some extra hands to put together an amazing event. We were thrilled to work alongside and coordinate their annual tradition. The Kennedy team collaborated with a great venue, delicious food sponsors and brought in beautiful décor pieces. The venue host for the event, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, offered a unique twist. In the space, we created a relaxed, inviting atmosphere with lounge areas for guests to sit back and enjoy the party. The lighting produced a distinct ambiance and the lone red carpet runway leading to the main stage topped it all off. We had the bachelor’s strut down the red carpet for introductions. After all- they are the most eligible guys in town-we didn’t want the ladies to miss their chance! We truly enjoyed this event and hearing all the great things these Bachelors are doing here in Austin, Texas.

Special thanks to all involved: J Black’s, Z Tejas, Kerby Lane, Tiff’s Treats, Lick it Bite it or Both Cupcakes, Catering by Rosemary’s, Bob Bullock Texas State Museum, Grey Goose, Ilios Lighting and Altared Productions.

Check out the video recap of the event below, produced by our great friends, Altared Wedding Productions.

Sweet treats we LOVE

CakeShooters are one of our more recent discoveries and the lovely people at Sprinkles were kind enough to let us sample them. Let’s just say they were amazing! So cute in their push-pop containers and delicious too! What a great mess-free way to serve cake at weddings and events.
www.cakeshooters.com

Another sweet treat that we just LOVE is pie. That is why we love TinyPies; they’re pies and they’re tiny, what’s not to love? They have all of the best pie flavors including Sweet Texas Pecan, Fresh Texas Peach, Dutchy’s Apple and more. Their tiny pies also come in small 3 ½ pint mason jars perfect for service to guests as a midnight treat or, hey, if you don’t really like cake, just serve some tiny pies!

www.TinyPies.com

For a really nontraditional sweet treat, why not do a S’mores bar? To spice it up even more you can add different flavors of chocolate bars and graham crackers. It’s a great new twist on the traditional S’mores around a campfire and will guarantee to bring a smile to everyone’s face! Hyatt Regency Lost Pines has many fire places all around it’s property—a perfect place for a S’mores bar and they even make their own marshmallows!!


www.lostpines.hyatt.com

The President’s Visit to Austin

The Democratic National Convention brought our very own President Obama to the lovely city of Austin. The event took place at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater with over 500 in attendance. Kennedy Creative was called in to provide the décor which included our light-up highboys and of course, patriotic theme colors. We love the way our country’s flag was showcased in every photo shot and camera angle. It was a pleasure and honor working on this important event.

On the Road Again…. To the Dell Campuses

We recently had the opportunity to not only help one of our clients, but also challenge ourselves and our talents.  Our client wanted to host an expo that granted their partners, who sold products that made working remotely possible, the opportunity to market their products and services to more than 1,100 of Dell’s small and medium business sales reps at the three major Dell campuses: Round Rock, Nashville and Oklahoma City.  So, in order for us to make the expo happen, we had to hit the road.    

We loaded up our 24-foot truck with décor and supplies and headed out on our cross country trek that included back-to-back events in three cities over the course of a week.    

When we reached our first destination, the fun began!  We were tasked with creating environments in which mobility was essential:  a home office and a café, and an environment that enables mobility:  a corporate data center.  We got to work creating the scenarios on each campus.  The overall décor included spandex circular panels in Dell blue with hints of orange and white.  To create the “home office”, office furniture was used to create work spaces for sales representatives and their sales materials.  To outfit the “corporate center”, 1,200-pound server racks were brought in and linens made of spandex completed the overall look and feel. The “café” featured a bar branded with partner logos, authentic menu boards, lounge furniture and café tables with “flower” arrangements made entirely of server cables.  And, because a café isn’t a café without delicious smells and tastes, gourmet soups and sandwiches were available courtesy of Panera Bread.

 Mother Nature provided a little bit of excitement while we were in Nashville.  At the insistence of our client, the event was cut short so we could get on the road and make it safely back to Austin before the snowstorm moved into the area.  And for that, we thank them!

Part 2: The Grand Finale

At the end of the much anticipated yearly employee event, our client tops it all off with a premier Grand Finale that leaves people energized and excited for the year to come. In our fourth year working together on the event, our teams really outdid themselves for the final soiree.

Taking place at the Hilton Anatole hotel in Dallas, the Grand Finale for 2500 attendees was held in the grand ballroom. Leveraging Kennedy Creative’s exclusive line of rental furniture, the ballroom was given a modern club feel with a mix of chic lounge furniture and glowing cocktail tables, complete with VIP areas roped off in black velvet for the Black Tie dinner attendees. Simple, sleek centerpieces featuring modern vases and tropical leaves topped the dining tables and tall boys and lighting by Illios cast vibrant colors and patterns to add to the hip atmosphere. A custom backdrop was designed specifically for the event and provided an impressive accent to Dallas’s own Inside Out, who kept people entertained and dancing throughout the evening.

It was the perfect ending to an exciting yearly event and it left everyone wondering how we would top this one next year!

Part One: Black Tie Dinner

Each year a large corporate client of ours holds a company-wide event for recognizing employees and sharing business direction for the upcoming year. The event is applauded for showing employees appreciation and generating excitement about the road ahead. This year the highly anticipated event was held at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, and Kennedy Creative was brought in for the fourth year in a row to produce both the Black Tie Dinner and the event’s premier Grand Finale event.

The Black Tie Dinner is held each year to honor the top sales people within the company. For this year’s elegant affair we chose a combination of rich colors including peacock teal, chocolate brown and gold. Gorgeous floral arrangements by Freesia incorporated real peacock feathers and provided pops of white throughout the space. As guests sat down to dine at tables draped in lavish teal silk, they found a special treat from Bedazzle my Bon Bons; two edible glittered Bon Bons! Guests were entertained by JJ Plasencio and his jazz ensemble throughout the evening.

After the well deserved special recognition dinner, the guests moved on to join the rest of the company at the Grand Finale, which we’ll let you in on in our next post!

A Pink Tie Affair

Kennedy Creative recently teamed up with Scott and White Hospital for their first Pink Tie Gala, benefiting the Breast Cancer Resource Center. Held at the Round Rock hospital location, the Kennedy Creative team transformed the hospital’s cafeteria and Healing Garden into an elegant pink oasis. Gorgeous blush florals were provided from Jennifer’s Gardens and lighting from Ilios highlighted the interior of the building with a soft pink glow. The exterior also basked in rose light, including the impressive outdoor fountain. Tasteful light pink ribbon draped the trees in the garden as well as the surrounding parking lot. Scott & White’s own staff chef provided a delicious meal served at dining tables decked out in luscious flamingo taffeta linens while the guests enjoyed bidding on items in a generous silent auction to help raise money for the cause.