Rustic Camp Themed Bar Mitzvah - Princeton, NJ

We brought all of the warmth and magic of the great outdoors inside for this elegant and rustic tented event.

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Farm tables were transformed into detailed tablescapes with custom built birch arbors, willow branch sculptures, mixed foliage centerpieces, and whimsical candlelight.

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Features of the night included a campfire surround for young guests, a bespoke rustic bar for adults, birch wood backdrops and archways, as well as custom props and pillows and a dramatic lighting installation above the dance floor.

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Event Planner : Kraft Event Management

A/V Design : Power Posse Productions

Photography : Andre Maier

Image Theft in the Event Industry

Event design is, by nature, a collaborative art. If you read through this blog, you'll notice that we often share the task of creating a great event design with florists, DJs, caterers, and entertainment companies. 

We want to share our work with our readers, so we credit the other vendors involved with links, credits and thank yous. Even though the primary goal of this site is to share our own work, we're also happy to share the work of the vendors with whom we collaborate, and promote them in the process. We deeply appreciate when other vendors do the same.

The only times that we truly take offense to the sharing of our images is when other companies use our photos in their own marketing materials when they had nothing to do with the event. 

Here is a photo of our work that we've loved and shared for several years:

Fire and Ice decor and lighting by Eggsotic Events • Crystal Plaza, Livingston NJ  • Photography by Egil Matiss

This photo was taken by Egil, the owner of Eggsotic Events, at a bat mitzvah at the Crystal Plaza in Livingston, New Jersey. Eggsotic Events designed and produced the event. Our services for this event include:

• Planning and Consultation
• Floral centerpieces
• Table linen rentals
• Lounge furniture rentals
• Glowing furniture rentals
• Bar stool rentals
• Crystal columns with LED uplights
• Truss columns with realistic artificial flames
• LED uplighting around the room perimeter
• Flame lighting projections on ceiling
• Laser projection throughout room

Also, we set up this room in a very short period of time. There was an afternoon event before this evening event, so we had approximately one hour to make the room look the way you see it above. We worked very hard to create this event design, so it was very frustrating to find so many companies claiming this event as their own.

We found out that a company was using this photo in their marketing materials, and taking credit for it as their work. That led to us exploring further and finding several other companies using it as well.

Elite Entertainment - San Jose, California

This company took the theft of our image the farthest. Not only is it prominently featured on their website; it's also used on third-party sites where they have vendor listings.

Dragon Talent Agency and Event Studios - Las Vegas, Nevada

San Jose AV Rentals

CRE8AD8 (Create A Date) - San Antonio, Texas

EMO Ltd - Bristol & London, UK

Sound Stage and Lighting Hire - South Africa

How to Find Out if Your Images Have Been Stolen

All of these sites were found quite easily, and they are all from just one of our images. To see if other vendors have stolen your photos for their own marketing use, do a reverse image search through Google.

• Go to google.com, click Images in the top right corner, then click the camera icon in the search bar.
• Paste a URL of the photo, or drag and drop the photo onto the search area.
• Google will automatically find sites that use that image. If you have the image shared on Pinterest, then Pinterest will come up many times in the listings. 

We are sending cease and desist letters to all of the companies shown above and their sites will be removed from this post once they comply.

Thank you for reading and we hope that this helps other hard-working companies protect their work online.

Elegant Autumn Bat Mitzvah Lighting and Decor • The Stone House at Stirling Ridge • Warren, New Jersey

Photo by Ira Casel. Birch wall, ceremony lighting, and mason jar installation by Eggsotic Events

In our last post, we mentioned that many of our bar and bat mitzvahs have a "Favorite Things" theme. We love designing parties that convey the celebrant's favorite hobbies, colors, and more.

This bat mitzvah, held in October at The Stone House at Stirling Ridge, had an eclectic mix of design inspirations: 
• Amethyst: the gemstone and the color as well
• Nature, especially trees and moss
• Preservation: eco-friendly materials and reusable, recyclable elements
• Art, especially painting

We've worked extensively with Lori, Jillian's mom, who has planned fundraising galas for several years. She's done a wonderful job creating memorable, elegant events in the past, so of course Jilly's bat mitzvah was no exception.

We partnered with Laura of Laura Clare Designs and Carissa and her team at Stone House to create a one-of-a-kind celebration of all of Jilly's favorite things.

The Ceremony

For the ceremony, Jilly wanted a sophisticated outdoor setting that reflected her love of nature. We used our handmade birch wall backdrop and created a custom birch torah table, which at 5' x 5' makes a beautiful focal point in front of the birch wall.

We lined the aisle with our pewter lanterns, which held our handmade birch wood candle holders. Simple touches, like reusable natural candle holders and eco-friendly soy tealights, added to the environmental preservation theme. We also hung mason jar candle lanterns from the tree and used our battery-powered LED uplights to illuminate the trees in the ceremony area.

Here's a mini-gallery of ceremony photos:

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The Cocktail Hour

The cocktail hour was held in the tent adjacent to the ceremony area. Since the guests would only be in the tent for a little while, we kept the lighting design simple. Amethyst purple uplighting and pin spots for the food stations made the cocktail tent look cohesive with the rest of the event. Laura Clare's tabletop lanterns completed the look.

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The Reception

The reception lighting was bold and elegant, with purple and green uplighting and pin spotting for the centerpieces.

We used live trees and ferns to create an organic feel. We framed the kids' lounge area using ivory drape and portraits of Jilly. It was accented by Jilly's name in moss, provided by the client. 

For entertainment, the family selected a photo booth, silhouette artist, and lots of games. We commissioned an interactive portrait artist to do live interactive painting. Jilly selected an inspiration image, our artist Marcelo created a foundation for the painting, and guests joined in throughout the party to add to the canvas. It turned out absolutely beautiful and makes a great keepsake for many years to come.

Laura Clare created gorgeous centerpieces and selected linens that tied the tabletops into the room decor perfectly.

Here's a gallery of images from the reception:

The planning for this mitzvah came together in a very short time, and the results were spectacular. Thank you to Lori, Jillian and family for including us in your special day! Read Lori's note from the next day below:

“I cannot express my gratitude enough for assuring that our vision for Jillian’s special day was carried out throughout the event. In fact you managed to exceed our vision! It truly was so beautiful and magical. Jillian was so so pleased with how everything looked.

With much appreciation and respect for your artistry :)

Warmly,
Lori”

Huge thanks to Ira Casel for sharing such beautiful photos of the day!

Photographer: Ira Casel Photography
Location: The Stone House at Stirling Ridge • Warren, NJ
Floral Decor: Laura Clare Designs
Calligraphy and Handwritten Signage: Belles Lettres Calligraphy • Mendham, NJ
Lighting, Trees, Interactive Painting, and Room Decor: Eggsotic Events

Modern Candy Theme Sweet Sixteen at Vegas NJ • Randolph, NJ

A few years ago, we transformed the ballroom at Dolce Basking Ridge into a Four Seasons themed cocktail party, complete with draping, lighting, and ceiling decor for Maddie's Sweet Sixteen. This year, Maddie's younger sister Sophie turned sixteen, so it was time for another gorgeous room transformation.

Sophie and her family selected Vegas NJ, a new venue in Randolph that features modern lighting and lounge furniture. Eggsotic Events created the room layout, and added beautiful lighting, custom decor, and glowing furniture to create a night club feel with a candy theme throughout. We also created two custom sculptures of giant lollipops to act as bar decor.

Our custom canvas wraps with pin spotting created large artwork features throughout the room, and our glowing acrylic tables and pedestals reinforced the party's color scheme.

We were also joined by Hollywood Candy Girls, who created candy centerpieces and a custom candy buffet, and by Carlo's Bake Shop, who created a tiered candy-themed cake.

Here's a gallery of photos with more on the way:

Venue: Vegas NJ • Randolph NJ

Glowing Furniture, Design, Additional Lighting and Custom Decor: Eggsotic Events

Event Planner and Favors: Tina Noll, Leave it to T

Candy Centerpieces and Buffet: Hollywood Candy Girls

Photos: Eggsotic Events

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.