FOOD ON POINT: DYNAMIC FOOD DISPLAYS

Parties are great. There’s music, dancing, drinks, great ambience and hopefully great company. Then there’s what I believe to be the most important component to any event - food.

Food display is a crucial element to your event. It should be easily accessible, clean, organized and inviting. Your food display should also have some continuity for guests to avoid food line traffic jams, overcrowding at the buffet or confusion over what the offerings are.

Consider the following 3 elements when displaying your food offerings at your next event.

DISPLAY

Your food display should be visually appealing and welcoming to your guests. Step it up a notch with LED glow tables and stands. Aura Effect’s LED tables can switch between 16 different colour options to match your decor theme.

The illumination from the glowing tables will draw your guests attention toward the food display and add a touch of elegance. Guests will be clamouring to view the tasty treats.

OPTIONS FOR ALL

Your menu should consist of options for every type of eater; meat, vegetarian and vegan. Your food offerings should be clearly labeled to inform guests of the dish and its ingredients. If a dish contains any type of nut it’s imperative to inform your guests due to the possibility of an allergic reaction.&

Typically, unless it’s a sit-down 3 course dinner your portion sizes should be appetizer like and easy to consume in a cocktail setting. Finger food or boxed foods work best. For example, mini poutines or mini fish and chips inside chinese takeout boxes served with a wooden fork. Mini portions is a great way to feed your guests. The mini offerings will decrease food waste and are super creative and tasty. 

THE GRAND DESSERT

Although you may have noticed the typical ‘wedding cake’ has decreased slightly in popularity as new and inventive grand dessert displays are being made to celebrate a newlyweds sweet union - it still tops the list for many couples.

Aura Effect suggests displaying your desserts or cake atop one of our closed glow cubes. Personalize your display by creating an image or text vinyl to be applied to the glowing display cube. Guests attention will immediately be focused on the sweetest part of the night - the dessert table.

Whether they eat it or not remains to be unseen. FYI, chocolate is always a fan favourite.

That’s all for now. Stay tuned for more blogs on everything to do with  parties.

Party on Toronto!

Special Events Journalist

Danielle Wilfong

CONSTANTLY CREATING: NEW PRODUCTS & IDEA'S FROM AURA EFFECT

We're on the cusp of the the biggest country wide celebration Canada has ever seen with #Canada150 events happening all over this grand land for Canada Day. Now, you probably have your long weekend plans sorted out but as always Aura Effect is here to help you step it up a notch for any upcoming events and inform you of some new idea's our creative development team has been working on.

CUSTOM VINYLS 

You already know Aura Effect is the go to place for creative, unique and one of a kind custom vinyls for advertising, brand launching and celebration purposes. 

Today we are pleased to announce we have some new vinyl selections to choose from; basketballs, soccerballs and baseballs to be exact - an absolute dream for childrens birthday parties, sports team celebrations and fundraisers. 

There's nothing we enjoy more than creating so if you have an idea of a vinyl but aren't sure how it might work or look contact us for help - it's what we love to do!

#HASHTAGYOURCUBE

Planning an event is a tedious and intricate process. You invest time and money in the hopes that your event will be well received and will leave positive, lasting memeories for all those involved. Today we're encouraging you to take charge in making sure those memories are preserved by hashtagging your cube. 

STEP 1: Create a catchy and relatable hashtag for your event

STEP 2: Allow us to create a custom vinyl with your hashtag to display on our closed or open faced cubes to grab guests attention. 

STEP 3: Have your guests tag any and all pictures of the event with your hashtag and watch as your memories are preserved forever all because you decided to #hashtagyourcube.

This is the best and most inclusive way to allow every guest to feel like they are helping to make memories. This form of image gathering is perfect for weddings, corprate functions, new product advertisements and public initiatives like fundraising or issue awareness. 

Get creative and talk to us about how you can #hashtagyourcube.

From our Aura Effect family to yours - stay safe and party responsibly! 

Happy Canada Day! 

CANADA DAY PRIDE & GLOW PARTIES

Show your Canadian pride, shout it loud and proud from all the scenic cliffs, the lighthouses and the C.N Tower! Or have the most talked about Canada Day party to come for the next decade and beyond. Considering the monumentuos birthday Canada is having this year the pressure’s on pretty heavy to give the young girl a party that’s worth her wonderfulness.

Canada Day glow party idea’s below courtesy of your friends at Aura Effect.

SAY IT WITH AN IMAGE
Canadian imagery is recognizable around the world and often unmistakable. Create a Canadians heaven of beavers, moose, maple leafs, igloo’s, the one cent penny, the epic outlines of our great cities and provinces, and of course everything to do with hockey.
Simple or detailed images are both possible on all surfaces of our LED furniture and décor and a detailed and unique way to enforce your events theme. Plus the photo ops for social media are pretty wicked.

RED AND WHITE ALL DAY
Although our LED furniture and décor does come equipped with 16 different colour options for Canada Day you may only need two. Choose your desired colour and setting including strobe, flash and fade with a pocket sized remote. Batteries last for 12 hours and are easily rechargeable for multiple day events.
The LED lights will keep your guests’ energy high and allow the party to flow seamlessly from dawn till dusk without having to worry about candles, lamps or extension cords for extra light.

GAMES
Play traditional games from your Canadian childhood such as tag, water balloon fights or relay races but this time do  it with some glow! Our glowing accent pillars, balls and orbs are the perfect addition to any backyard or open space and can easily be incorporated into the days festivities.

However you're spending Canada's 150th, please do so resposnsibly. Arrange for a designated driver, taxi or Uber home from your events. Happy Birthday Canada!