Sindy-rella comes to The Great Big Event Co.

Here at the Great Big Event Company we have years of experience at birthday, anniversary, Halloween parties and have helped plan a succession of beautiful weddings. We have had occasion to organise some fabulous children's parties but now we have our very own dedicated kids party planner - Sindy Hammond.

Sindy or Sindy-rella as we like to call her can organise your children's party whatever your needs, allowing you relax and enjoy your children's party for a change.

Sindy is a dab hand at:

Entertainers and themes

Food and drinks
Birthday cake

Party bags

Ballons
Cup cakes and Cake pops

Sweetie tablel and Ice cream cones

Invitations

Venue hire

Some of our most popular themes this year are: 

Princess Tea Parties

Pirate Parties
Football Parties 
Swimming Pool and Tennis Parties

We also have an amazing children's DJ for the ultimate disco party, Dynamo the magician, Tinkerbell and friends. Whatever your child loves, we can build  theme to suit.

Our latest party was a Football party for 16 very energetic 7 year old boys, here is what his Mum had to say: 

Sindy was a delight to work with, if work is really the correct word to use.  We shared possible ideas and decided upon the football party theme.  Sindy then got back to me with suggested activities, venues, and menus: everything we could possibly need.  We bounced back all variations and, very easily, came up with the plan. 

The children had a fabulous time at the party, about 16 very energetic 7year olds.  Sindy and Mel ran all of the games, provided the equipment necessary and ensured that every child had fun.  They were fabulous with the children, keeping them busy and happy, lots of short activities to keep their attention – it was exhausting to watch!

Lots of Mums have told me how much fun their children had and how much they loved their party bags.  I could take no credit!

I would not hesitate for a second in recommending them to any one.  The planning process was simple and flexible and the day was fabulous.

So if you are planning a children's party, then please do give Sindy a call she is happy to help with all or part of your kids party needs.

Best wishes,

Gilly, Romilly, Sindy and the team

w: www.thegreatbigevent.com

e: info@thegreatbigevent.com

Showcase weekend with JF Marquees

We know the sun hasn't exactly been sun shining much recently but JF Marquees brought alittle bit of sunshine to the Medicine Gardens in Cobham on the weekend of 28th/29th April.

The viewing weekend was a fantastic opportunity to come see a marquee set up and envisage your event along side the finer details. The Great Big Event Co. and Vintage Days came along to theme an area of the marquee and showcase our Vintage Day theming service along a small sample of our very large vintage crockery and glassware collection which is available to hire for weddings, parties, afternoon teas and more. 

There were also a large selection of sweets available to launch our all new children's party service, although we believe the sweets didn't service the whole weekend?!

We hope you like the photo's courtesy of our friends at JF Marquees and if you have any events coming up this summer please do give us a ring to see how we can help your event be even more unique.

Best wishes,

Gilly, Romilly, Sindy and the team

w: www.thegreatbigevent.com

e: info@thegreatbigevent.com

WIN A SPA DAY FOR YOU AND A FRIEND AT GRAYSHOTT SPA...

De-stress from wedding worries and treat yourself to the pampering you deserve with a day out at the award winning Grayshott Spa. All you need to do is answer the questions below for your chance to win...

Your day will included a delicious 3 course buffet lunch, use of all the spa facilities including the swimming pool, hydrotherapy pool, relaxation, sauna and steam rooms, tennis courts, gym and exercise classes.  For more information about Grayshott Spa visit www.grayshottspa.com

How to enter:

For your chance to win a day for two at Grayshott Spa just answer these two simple questions:

1. How many years does the Queen celebrate on the throne this year, the year of her Diamond Jubilee?

1. Which gorgeous heritage property, and wedding venue, was used as the setting for the period drama Downton Abbey?

Email your answers to: info@thegreatbigevent.com with ‘Competition’ in the subject line. Closing date 28th April 2012. 

For full details of our wedding services please visit www.thegreatbigevent.com

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:  The winner will be the first correct entry drawn on 30^th April 2012.  Entrants must be 18 or over.  The prize is a mid-week Grayshott a La Carte Day for two people to be used Monday-Friday.  The winner will be notified by email.  The prize must be accepted as offered and is non-transferable, non-redeemable and cannot be used in conjunction with any other.  There can be no alternative award, cash or other.  One entry per household.  By entering this competition you are agreeing to the terms and conditions and your email address may be used for further promotional mailings from The Great Big Event Co and Grayshott Spa.  The organisers' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The promotion will be governed by English Law.

Engagement photo shoots.

With Spring officially started, the wedding season will be kicking into action very soon. This week we wanted to focus on an increasing trend we are seeing in our weddings and that is our newly engaged couples are marking the occasion with an photo shoot.

All this beautiful weather provides photographers with fantastic light and spring flowers to make the shoot even more spectular. We caught up with Greg from Just Imagine Photography for his expert experience as to the benefits of an engagement shoot...

"An engagement shoot is a win win situation.  Whether you feel comfortable in front of the camera or not, you will get something out of it.  For those who are nervous about being the focus of attention it is an assurance that it is not as frightening or awkward as they thought it would be and for everyone else it's still a good opportunity to get to know your photographer a bit more.  Explore ideas with him/her in an environment which is safe and friendly and not time restricted.   There is no better way to help make you feel more comfortable with and engaged in your wedding photography and it will help you to relax on your wedding day ensuring you get the most out of the experience." Greg - Just Imagine Photography

If you are interested in a engagement shoot we're sure Greg at Just Imagine Photography would be happy to discuss your requirements further.

Also if you are in the throws of organising your wedding and need alittle help then please do take a look at our wedding planning packages. Our dedicated wedding planning team will be more than happy to discuss how we can help.

Best wishes,

Gilly, Romilly, Sindy and the team

w: www.thegreatbigevent.com

e: info@thegreatbigevent.com

t: 0845 459 9812/4

2012 Party Season Kicks Off

Saturday saw our first big party for 2012 and it was an amazing night. The party was to celebrate a family 50th.

Our DJ was Bill Sood, had everyone dancing...so much so, that the dance floor was not big enough for our hearty 90 guests.  We hear that the last guest departed at 05.00am!  The best thing about Bill is that he really did make the party swing. He had a playlist and he ‘read’ the crowd so well! 

The food was a selection of canapes served with prosecco by our team to a hungry group of party goers followed by a wonderful 3 choice hot bowl food menu.

The menu was cooked by Alexander our wonderful chef who produced the most amazing sea bass dish amongst melting lamb and Singapore noodles!

Dessert – homemade miniature doughnuts with dipping chocolate sauce & Chocolate tiramisu cups! Yummy.

From invitation to dismantle – the whole party was Glitzy – All the ladies dressed in the most amazing glitzy party frocks and one gentleman was all silver glittery suit with a silver glittery hat!!

Gilly and the team really enjoyed this family 50^th party...

Best wishes,

Gilly, Romilly, Sindy and the team

w: www.thegreatbigevent.com

e: info@thegreatbigevent.com

t: 0845 459 9812/4

How to plan a wedding...

So our last blog was on the subject of how to ask the big question, now assuming the proposal has been asked and the answer was 'YES" then the next logical question is "how to start planning a wedding"?

Now, that is something we are very good at here at The Great Big Event Co. We just love a good wedding and with our team of wedding planners, caterer and exclusive venues we can help we all or part of your wedding planning.

I caught up with our top wedding planner and founder of the The Great Big Event Company Gilly Botte last week and asked her top tips for successfully planning your wedding:

• Savour the moment and enjoy the time of being ‘newly engaged’
• Definitely buy out the magazine racks for the most up to date ideas and happenings – brides, weddings
• Relax whilst you browse the mags (with a coffee or a glass of wine, at home in your favourite armchair). 

Make notes such as:

• What do I want for my wedding?
• Where?
• Who?
• How much?

Then share these thoughts and wishes with your other half before you invite the world to make comment on how you should do it.

Create your joint priority list.

THEN...

My next bit of advice is to really fully establish what sort of money you have to spend on the day and from there, get help with your budget planning. You will have to be prepared to compromise on all sorts of ways, but remember, the ‘priority list’ and work with that as much as possible.

That should set you up for a great wedding which you have control over and which you can get excited by.

If it all seems alittle over whelming then please download our wedding planning guide here.

Of course if you would like to speak to Gilly without commitment then please do call on 0845 459 9812 or email.

The beautiful engagement photographs in this blog are courtesy of Just Imagine Photography who we have had the pleasure of working with during 2011. Our next blog will focus on the growing popularity of engagement shoots and will feature more of Just Imagine fantastic work, in the meantime  please do take a look at their website: www.justimaginephotography.co.uk

Best wishes,

Laura, Gilly, Romilly & the team.

w: www.thegreatbigevent.com
e: info@thegreatbigevent.com
t: 0845 459 9812/4

The big question...

With Valentines day fast approaching there will be some of us expecting, hoping or longing for a marriage proposal! That got us thinking about the whole proposal issue, it must be a terrifying event to plan, where, when & how to proposal are all crucial to the moment because lets face it, if your proposal is success you could me re telling that moment for years to come - no pressure then!

But the thing is it really doesn't have to cost a fortune often the most imaginative or creative proposals that work the best. Last year we loved the You Tube sensation of Adam King proposing to his girlfriend on a London commuter train, with the help of his friends in a choir.

OK we don't all have the friends in a choir that are willing to sing on a packed commuter train, but the idea of doing something personal and unique will bring some very special memories.

For those not expecting a proposal we hope you have a lovely Valentines.

Best wishes,

Gilly & the team

www.thegreatbigevent.com