Out of the Event

Creativity and Imagination- the key to great events

Sucre December 24, 2009

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Did I just stumble on a gem of a place: Sucre in New Orleans.

If you are lucky enough to live in New Orleans, you no doubt have stopped by Sucre for one of their many fantastic looking artisanal desserts/pastries/chocolates.  This place truly looks like a one stop shop for all your sweet tooth entertaining needs.  If you live in the US you at least can access their products via shipping.  If you are like me and live in Canada, you can only drool from the border :( like I am.

view from the exterior

view from the inside

via the cobbled path

 

Sevva Hong Kong August 23, 2009

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Look at this beautiful cake store in Hong Kong!  Only in Hong Kong can you find a dessert store so over the top in decor and design.  I am off to Hong Kong this week and have been doing a bit of research into spots I want to visit and this is one is high up on the list.

The shop that caught my attention is called Ms. B’s Sweets and it is part of Sevva (pronounced Savour)  the 13,000 sq ft space restaurant/club, located on the 25-floor penthouse of the Prince Building in Central in Hong Kong.  Sevva is divided into four areas including the  Bank Side, Harbour Side, Taste Bar and the Terrace and Ms. B is part of the complex.   

The picture below is the home of Ms. B’s Sweets where confections are decoratively displayed in glass display cases.  The most stunning part of the store is the huge chandelier, originally designed for the British embassy in Rome in the 1950s illuminates the chamber.

Ms. B’s owner, and the creator of Sevva, is  Bonnie Gokson.   If you are not familiar with this name, look her up.  Her CV boasts a long line of successful creative endeavours in the fashion and luxury goods industry including a stint as Chanel Asia Pacific’s former communications director which has certainly helped Sevva gain lots of attention not to mention her sister is Hong Kong fashion guru Joyce Ma, who brought European style to Asia when she founded the upmarket Joyce Boutiques in the 1970s.

via the cool hunter

via the cool hunter

 

Soolip Wedding Event July 14, 2009

Filed under: Food — sarah @ 12:48 pm
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Soolipis a company out of LA that hosts events for soon to be bride’s and grooms who are looking for inspiration, vendors and a creative cross section of what LA has to offer those in the planning stages. 

I came across this photo on the green wedding shoes blog and had to post it.

Just look at the tired dessert on the right side of the photo!

photo via green wedding shoes blog

photo via green wedding shoes blog

 

Dessert Tables December 30, 2008

Filed under: Creative Event Ideas, Food — sarah @ 11:01 pm
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There is nothing I enjoy more at an event than a creative dessert table.  Often times, people elect to have dessert passed out by servers or use a banal, unimaginative arrangement to display sweets.  Instead, up your ‘end of evening’ entertainment to the next level by incorporating your colour or event theme into the dessert course and it will tempt your guests to indulge.   Take a look at some of my favourite selections below. 

 

Chic white dessert table

Chic white dessert tableMulti-level/texture outdoor tableBlue and chocolate brown themed table