Encore Creative Wins Award from Arizona Bride

Encore Creative Wins Award From Arizona Bride Magazine

Arizona Bride Magazine recently honored Encore Creative with an award in their annual ‘Best of ‘ list. The List is a who’s who of Arizona wedding planners and specialists, and is worth a look; whether you’re a prospective client, or an industry professional.

This award, in the category of Best Talent Agency, comes as a great honor, and spotlights an area of expertise that some of our clients didn’t know we were involved in. We are, in fact, involved in so many aspects of Wedding and Special Event Planning, that it can be a surprise to those who don’t know us, but with 30 years in the business, and so many talented people on staff, we take a lot of pride in being able to tell our clients that “we’ll handle it all.”

Encore Creative Wins Best Talent Agency Award

Best Talent Agency The finalists are: Encore! Creative, Krigsten Agency, and SRO Entertainment and Productions Ltd. The winner is: Encore! Creative Tempe & Tucson | 480.736.2800 | encorecreative.com
“Encore provided us with the help we needed to make our venue warm and welcoming. They handled everything from the basic tent structure to providing us with very useful ideas regarding decorations, lighting, etc. They also have a wonderful floral department [staff] who outdid themselves. We only have one daughter so this was our only opportunity to plan a wedding, and it truly turned out to be a great evening, helped in no small part by Encore.” - Beth Dorweiler, Scottsdale, mother of Lauren Dorweiler, married Nov. 14, 2009

Encore Creative Wins Best Talent Agency Award

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Encore at the Zonies

The 4th Annual Zonies (Arizona Event Industry Awards) took place on May 14th, 2010, with Encore Creative selected as a finalist in the categories of Best Entertainment and Best Decor. Encore staffers, Michelle Magana and David Kellett, who put together the company's entries, were on hand for the awards dinner, which was held at Chase Field's Suite Lounge.

The evening's events commenced with a Networking/Cocktail Reception, during which time, guests were able to review all of the finalist's entries. Dinner was served during the awards ceremony, with a break at the mid-point for for some live entertainment from the local dance troupe Foot Klan. A highlight of the evening was when guest were taken on a guided tour, down through the stadium's corridors, past the dugouts, and right onto the grass of Chase field!

Encore Creative congratulates all those who took home a Zonie award!

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Custom Design and Details take Special Events to the Next Level.

With a number of our bigger shows in the spotlight lately, I wanted to point out one of the key components to making these productions successful; the minutiae, and I don't just mean nice napkin rings, but awesome details. Here are a few examples:

Rubik's Cubes

When we were asked to plan a 80's Themed Special Event, our creative staff came up with the idea for these bright, glowing 2' Rubik's Cubes. These were designed and constructed by our own talented people, and required over one hundred individual stick-on pieces per cube, all of which were placed by hand.

Mad Hatter Hats

A local resort nightclub celebrated its second anniversary with an Alice in Wonderland themed party. Our decor included oversized playing cards, flowers and mushrooms, as well as a new items custom made for this event; including a clockface entry arch, a 5' birthday cake prop, and these hats, styled after The Mad Hatter. Our seamstress made several hats in a variety of colors, right here in our own sewing shop!

Tiffany Wedding

There's no mistaking the special color of blue that's synomymous with the elegance, taste and style of Tiffany & Co. Our designers came up with this stunning blue and white motif for a wedding in the Scottsdale community of Silverleaf, where we matched the table linens and chair covers of Tiffany's trademark blue, with centerpieces, florals and ceiling swags. Sparkling crystal tableware and shimmering gemstone accents pulled together all the elements of this lavish look.

At Encore Creative, we have a warehouse filled to the rafters with Props, Sets, Stages, Furniture, Lighting, Linens and Tableware. We have Treatments for Ceilings, Floors and Walls, as well as Furnishings for intimate settings or large scale events. Our event planners, along with on-staff florists, printers, fabricators and creative personnel, all strive to bring something fresh to every show. We'll wow you and your guests with something special that you haven't seen before, and may never see again.

Give us a call today at 480-736-2800, or come on down to our Tempe warehouse for a tour.

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Harry Potter-Style Event for AZA Events/Honeywell

Every now and then we get awfully lucky and one of our great clients calls upon us to help create an event that's fun, interesting, challenging and makes it all worthwhile (albeit a bit on the nervewracking side). At Encore Creative, any time a client needs a custom solution for a fun event, and is willing to let our team loose to find the answers to make an event a great one, the excitement starts to build. Everyone from our CAD designers to our fabricators, seamstresses and our tech team is challenged to come up with something that is "out of the box" and really fun despite all of the challenges. AZA Events is one of those clients….and their client, Honeywell is always up for something that involves their associates and families in an interactive and fun way. Below are a collection of videos (more to come, along with some great still photos) that just start to scratch the surface of the final phase of an event….the installation. Anyone in the industry, especially in Arizona knows that this is where the rubber meets the road. There is often a limited amount of time to achieve all of the "looks" and "effects", blistering daytime heat, absolutely NO rehearsal time (it has to be perfect the first time every time) and a host of unforeseen challenges. This is why Encore takes such great pride in its team members, from the salespeople (in this case Gary Walton) to the Operations Department (headed by Michael Saam), the Ops Manager (Georgia Varela-the best in the business) and the great crew…headed up by Todd Niklas and Chad Holland with a lot of help from seamstress Kirsten Gilbert, lighting tech, Skip Carbis and about 20 of Phoenix's best install team. Check out the videos…they're in no particular order and we'll bring you a slicker package in just a few more days