Super Bowl XLVIII Comes to NJ/NY: Club Primesport's VIP New York Pre-Game Experience • Moonachie, New Jersey

Eggsotic Events was chosen to provide event design, lighting and decor services for one of the hottest events surrounding Super Bowl XLVII, a VIP pre-game party with over 1100 guests.

Club Primesport's New York Pre-Game Experience was hosted by Tiki Barber, Jerry Rice, Eli Manning, and Bonnie Bernstein. 

Eggsotic Events provided lighting, props, custom artwork, custom draping, comprehensive CAD site plans, and full installation and takedown services.

Primesport and Eggsotic Events teamed up to completely transform The Graycliff in Moonachie, New Jersey into a series of unique event spaces. Each room within the party had its own theme, unified by the New York experience overall theme. 

Here is a gallery of photos from the event:

Venue and Catering: The Graycliff, Moonachie NJ

Photography: Russ DeSantis Photography & Video

Event Planner: PrimeSport

Event Decor and Lighting: Eggsotic Events

Great Gatsby Office Transformation • Union County, New Jersey

We love the recent Great Gatsby theme decor trend, and we have a large collection of props and decor elements that are perfect for a Great Gatsby, art deco, 1920s, or speakeasy theme party.

Here is a recent transformation of an under-construction raw office space:

Before:

Before: Unappealing lighting, a large window wall with an undesirable view, a concrete floor, and an unfinished ceiling.

After:

After: Blackout draping to hide the window wall, metallic gold draping as an accent wall, a champagne tower with pin spotting, LED colored downlighting, gold lame linens, and majesty palm trees.

We combined art deco decor elements with modern lighting technologies to transform this drab office into a Great Gatsby era experience.

Creative use of downlighting draws attention away from the unfinished ceiling, while draping and art deco decor elements create new focal points.

Acrylic crystal chandeliers act as room decor and floating centerpieces. LED uplighting in fuchsia and green added bold color to plain white walls. 

Metallic fringe draping, shown here in gold, is also available in many other colors and heights. It's perfect for a photo backdrop. It is displayed using our freestanding support hardware, so nothing is attached to the venue's walls or ceilings.

Putting the food station in the center of the room creates a gorgeous focal point. It also encourages guest flow throughout the space, making it perfect for a cocktail format party.

Our art deco beehive urns with gold lion's paw pedestals, paired with fresh majesty palm fronds

Event Credits:

Venue: Private Office Space in Union County, New Jersey

Catering: Country Picnic in Bedminster, NJ

Design, Lighting and Decor: Eggsotic Events

Michener Art Museum's Grace Kelly Beyond the Icon Gala

In October 2013, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco and the Princess Grace Foundation-USA partnered with the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA to host an exhibit titled From Philadelphia to Monaco: Grace Kelly Beyond the Icon.

Photography by John Armich • Floral Design by Rusty Thomas Event Designs • Lighting by Eggsotic Events

A gala was held to honor the opening of the Grace Kelly Beyond the Icon exhibit, and was attended by Prince Albert II of Monaco, Grace Kelly's son.

The wonderful Rusty Thomas of Rusty Thomas Event Designs partnered with the museum's team to plan and design an elegant, sophisticated reception space at the museum.

Rusty and his team created beautiful centerpieces with yellow roses and ivy. He invited the Eggsotic Events team to provide lighting, custom red carpet, chandelier installation, and audio engineering services.

The gala also featured a performance by Leslie Odom, Jr., an actor from the show Smash. Eggsotic Events provided audio engineering for this performance and others throughout the event.

Here is a gallery of event photos from the gala. A very big thanks to John Armich for sharing his beautiful photos of the evening.

Birch Wedding at The Bernards Inn • Bernardsville, New Jersey

For many events, we collaborate with several other companies to create the completed design. Sometimes, we provide centerpieces while an AV company sets up lights. Other times, we provide lighting and room decor while a florist does centerpieces. We love working with others, but sometimes an event comes along where we are chosen as the full service event design company from start to finish. We act as the lighting, floral, installation and fabrication company for all of the event's decor needs.

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When we book these projects, we spend months planning, designing, building and preparing a complete decor and lighting package. There are few things more satisfying than seeing countless hours of hard work come together in one beautiful room.

For this wedding, we were chosen by Diane Carr and Jeffrey Haines of the Bernards Inn. We have worked with them in past years with excellent results, and they knew that we were the right team to bring their concept to life on time and on budget.

After the design phase was complete, we set to work on finding resources for each element. We went to floral markets to find out what would be in season in October. We found the best local resource for live trees that are over 10' tall. We found a man in Michigan who collects birch bark from naturally downed trees in the woods near his home.

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We built, painted and applied birch bark to an 8' x 8' freestanding wall. We found just the right lengths of birch trunks to create a chuppah entirely out of wood. We sewed fabric, made birch candle holders, and chose new lighting fixtures to get just the right amount of light throughout the room.  We also built four birch arches, customized planters, and selected floral accents.

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Our floral centerpieces featured hydrangea, orchids, roses, lilies, cabbage, and several other accent flowers. Our staff florist even waxed leaves individually by hand to make perfect decorative accents for each place setting. 

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When the big day came, the room was absolutely spectacular. It had a feeling of warmth and romance to it that can't be fully captured in photographs. It delighted us, the venue staff, and of course the bride and groom. 

Here is a full list of the items and services we provided:

Design sketches and CAD drawings
Custom wrinkle-free drape
Custom birch wall backdrop
Custom birch arches with grapevine and floral accents
Live birch and ficus trees
Floral centerpieces
Birch candle holders with eco-friendly soy tea lights
Bridal and bridesmaids' bouquets
Boutonnieres
Perimeter uplighting
Pin spotting
 

This wedding was recently featured in New Jersey Bride magazine, and on their website. Click here to read the story. Our favorite quote comes from the bride, who said, "At the last arch, I had that moment of realizing, ‘Wow, I’m getting married. The next chapter is beginning.'"

Our deepest thanks to Andres Valenzuela Photography for sharing his beautiful photos of the day.

Venue: The Bernards Inn, Bernardsville, New Jersey

Event Design Manager: Jeffrey Haines, Butler's of Far Hills

Lighting, Floral Design, Chuppah, Custom Decor: Eggsotic Events

Event Photography: Andres Valenzuela Photography

Additional Photography: Eggsotic Events and Frank Peluso

Venue Feature: Grounds for Sculpture, Trenton / Hamilton Twp, NJ

Here at Eggsotic, we love things that are out of the ordinary. One-of-a-kind props, avant garde centerpiece designs, and new, artistic interpretations of classic concepts. 

That's why we love Grounds for Sculpture. When it comes to New Jersey banquet venues, most places tend to feel lacking in creativity and unique style. Grounds for Sculpture, based in Trenton/Hamilton Township, NJ, is a breath of fresh air. 

Before you arrive, you'll see sculptures as you drive toward the venue, hinting at what's to come. Some will even catch you off guard, like this one: 

Photo by MK Photography

Grounds for Sculpture features 42 acres of gardens and sculptures, perfect for a day of walking through the scenic landscapes and finding the funny, clever, thought-provoking, and often tongue-in-cheek works of art. Many permanent sculptures are by the founder, Seward Johnson. The collection also features works by many local and world-renowned artists.

What we love the most about Grounds for Sculpture is that it's the perfect place to host events for weddings, galas, fundraisers, anniversary parties, and any other special event that you may otherwise host at a banquet hall.

Photo by MK Photography

Their event space is a blank canvas, decorated only by a few sculptures and hung artwork. It allows their clients to create their own perfect look for their event by implementing lighting, ceiling treatments, floral designs, props, and custom decor. 

We love the facilities and staff at Grounds for Sculpture, and truly enjoy designing events there that enhance the event spaces and bring another touch of art to an already beautiful location. 

Weddings

Photo by MK Photography

Our most recent event at Grounds for Sculpture was a wedding for a wonderful client, the Rainwater family. The couple got engaged in Tucson, AZ, and came back to the bride's home state to get married. They had a vision of simple, understated elegance throughout the ceremony and reception.

Photo by MK Photography

We provided bouquets, boutonnieres and corsages, then designed floral centerpieces to coordinate perfectly with the wearable floral. 

Photo by MK Photography

We also hung illuminated sphere lanterns to make the space more intimate and add softness to the very high industrial-style ceiling. 

Photo by MK Photography

We provided mini chalkboard escort cards as well. We love that the family decided to use first names (and initials as needed), rather than standard full names. It adds a sense of familiarity and connection with their guests.

Finally, amber uplighting in the reception space and chartreuse and yellow glowing elements in the cocktail hour highlighted the couple's chosen wedding colors. 

We love the results of this wedding and look forward to helping many more couples design their dream reception space at Grounds for Sculpture. 

Thank you so much to Mike and Jana of MK Photography for sharing their gorgeous photos of the day. 

Event Info: 
Venue: Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Roxanne Klett, Corporate and Private Events Manager

Floral Design, Lighting, Glowing Lounge Furniture, Lanterns, and Escort Cards: Eggsotic Events
Catering: Main Street Fine Catering, Princeton, New Jersey

Photography: MK Photography, West Chester, Pennsylvania

Fundraisers

Photo by Egils Matiss

Photo by Egils Matiss

The Pennington School chose Grounds for Sculpture as the venue for their April in Paris themed fundraising gala. They wanted to highlight different elements of French culture, including nightlife, vineyards, and the iconic Eiffel Tower.

We provided old world street lamps, a black and white checkered dance floor, ferris wheel gobo projection, auction lighting, perimeter uplighting, oak barrels, tapestries, and of course our 14'+ tall Giant Eiffel Tower. 

Photo by Egils Matiss

We even custom-constructed a last-minute addition: an extra support piece inside the Eiffel Tower to accommodate a video projector. The projection was integral to the school's auction process and the room layout required the video to project "through" the tower. 

We encourage you to visit Grounds for Sculpture whether or not you're planning an event. It's a beautiful and inspiring way to spend a day, and an equally beautiful place for a wedding or gala. 

Announcing our Newest Lighting System: LED 3D Light Display with Pixel Map Programming

Our newest event lighting innovation is one that has until now only been found in high end night clubs around the world, and even then, only as a permanent installation. 

We have taken this amazing technology and adapted it to event installations. In one day, we can bring the system in, run it for the night, and take it away without leaving a trace. 

Picture this: Guests enter at the beginning of the night and see 80 light tubes suspended over the dance floor, glowing in your event decor color. They ooh and ahh and go to their seats. Within minutes, the tubes start slowly, subtly color-changing through the entire color spectrum . Vibrant reds, cool modern blues, warm ambers, bright purple. Guests take notice and start keeping an eye on this focal point. 

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Fast forward to the start of the dancing. The light tubes take off, projecting dazzling, colorful effects over the dance floor. Explosions of color, patterned movement that is synced flawlessly to the song that's playing, and wild dynamic shapes and visuals fly through every pixel of every tube. Your guests have never seen anything quite like this, and it adds an electric energy to the entire room. This normal event space has transformed into an ultra-modern night club and the dance floor stays packed all night.

Does this sound like what you're looking for at your next event? Call us ASAP. Event dates are booking fast and we can't wait to make this system the most popular new lighting display for 2013 and beyond. 

After months of system design and planning, we are ready to bring this system anywhere.  Our 3D LED Light Display with Pixel Map Programming is available for nightclubs, weddings, birthday parties, sweet sixteens, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, fundraisers, art exhibits, tented events, or any party looking for an amazing light show.

We can also combine this system with our other lighting options, including:

• Color-changing room perimeter uplighting

• Laser star pattern effect lights in several colors

• Elegant pinspotting to illuminate centerpieces and other tabletop focal points

• Gobo projections of textures, patterns and color

• Custom monogram gobos displaying the honoree's name or couple's names, logo, event date, or graphic of your choice

Please contact us by phone or email to discuss this system further and find out about pricing, availability, and how we can take your event decor and lighting to a never-before-seen level.

Our office phone number is (908) 735-9870 and our email is egg@eggsoticevents.com. 

NYC Theme Bar Mitzvah at Brooklake Country Club

For our first bar mitzvah of 2013, we were asked to create centerpieces based on New York City's cultural landmarks. The mitzvah honoree is very involved in the arts, so we emphasized art culture throughout the decor.

We featured iconic films such as King Kong, famous places such as The High Line and Broadway, and classic events such as Tribeca Film Festival.

Every centerpiece was completely unique in style and composition. The eclectic mix created a sense of an art gallery displayed throughout the 22 tables.

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​A King Kong centerpiece includes an Empire State Building statue, mirror cube, King Kong images, and an army of toy soldiers.

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​Our Statue of Liberty bust statue is always a hit.

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​A gorgeous carousel horse statue represented the iconic Central Park Carousel.

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​Our client wanted street food to be represented in one of the tables. We used our giant hamburger, along with images of street food carts and fresh food accents.

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These famous coffee cups are all but extinct now in NYC, but we found them and built a tower of them. We also illuminated one of our cube foundations with blue LEDs and added images.

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​For our Little Italy centerpiece, we featured carved wood candle holders, an assortment of preserved and prop foods, fresh pasta, and images of Little Italy. We even included Egil's favorite: lots of fresh garlic.

Contact us to see more of our one of a kind centerpiece designs.​

​Venue: Brooklake Country Club, Florham Park NJ
​Planners: Linda Binder and Terri Roth
​Centerpieces: Eggsotic Events

Summer Wedding at Greenacres Country Club

Eggsotic Events collaborated with a talented team of artists to create a beautiful, chic wedding reception at the Greenacres Country Club in Lawrence Township, NJ.

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We surrounded the ballroom from floor to ceiling with lush white sheer drape. Bold, elegant LED uplighting added gorgeous purple tones throughout the room. 

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Vanessa Joy Photography, one of New Jersey's top wedding photographers, captured beautiful decor photos of the lighting, drape and floral design. She also does amazing portraits that really capture the bride and groom's personalities.

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The floral centerpieces were created by Jardiniere of Princeton, NJ, another great team with whom we always love to work side by side. The floral decor included white cymbidium orchids, white hydrangea, and a variety of roses.

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All photographs courtesy of Vanessa Joy Photography.

Photography: Vanessa Joy Photography
Florist: Jardiniere Florals
Venue: Greenacres Country Club
Lighting and Drape: Eggsotic Events

We've arrived!

We've been looking forward to doing a blog site for so long. We have SO much to show you!​

Stay tuned for posts about event elements, new changes and progress, custom projects, and of course lots of gorgeous decor photos.​

​Weather-resistant lanterns in a tree at sunset. Beautiful, practical and colorful.