Mardi Gras Party

This past weekend, PTPR, along with some fabulous vendors, pulled together to put on an extraordinary Mardi Gras Event that was held at the always impressive Taj Ma Garaj.  Purple, greens and yellows were incorporated throughout then entire facility to coordinate this themed birthday party!

Kohler Catering provided delicious food offerings that followed a Cajun theme. From a Seafood Delight station and Jambalaya Cakes, to Crawfish Tartlets and Vegetable Gumbo, the tastes of New Orleans were definitely covered!

Our White Lounge Furniture looked awesome in the facility and gave guests a comfortable space to relax!

 
Music was provided by an awesome band called the Blue Vipers of Brooklyn who flew into Dayton from NY for this special event! Prime Time provided the staging and Entertainment Unlimited provided all of the Mardi Gras spandex and decor.

The tables were decorated with our Nova Swirl linens and satin linens in festive colors. The feather centerpieces were also done by Entertainment Unlimited and the floral centerpieces were provided by The Flower Shoppe.

    

The sweets and treats were provided by two of our favorite bakeries! The Cakery provided an out of this world Mardi Gras cake and Ele Cake Company provided mini cupcakes and brownies 🙂

Check out our NEW black and red circle lounge furniture in action!

Again, a HUGE thank you goes out to all of the vendors that worked with Prime Time Party Rental in order to make this event a huge success!

Taj Ma Garaj

Kohler Catering

Entertainment Unlimited

Four Snaps Photo Booth

The Flower Shoppe

Ice Sculptures by Ramone

The Cakery

Ele Cake Company

Monika’s Sound System Rentals

New Tent Lighting!

We have recently added another option for lighting our tents! In addition to our lanterns, chandeliers and globe lighting, we are now offering C7 lighting.  This type of lighting is similar to those big Christmas bulbs that you see around the holidays, but they only come in white 🙂

This is a tent job at Benham’s Grove where the client chose to string the lights from the center poles of this 40×80 tent.

You can also chose to run the lights solely around the perimeter of the tent or you can get a bit crazy and do both the perimeter AND the center poles.  These lights can also be connected to a dimmer which will allow you to control the amount of light they give off.

We offer the c7 lighting in 3 different sizes. We have 25′ strands which rent for $15.00 each, 50′ strands which are $30.00 each and 100′ strands which are $60.00 each.  Be sure to add them to your tent order today! 🙂

Linens From Coast to Coast!

This past week, our Prime Time staff has been on the move! Our mission? To bring back unique, one-of-a-kind linens that you will only be able to find here at PTPR! Bart and Jeff’s first stop was the Downtown Fashion District in Los Angeles, where they were overwhelmed by linen after linen, shop after shop…the possibilities were endless! This district spans an immense 100 blocks. The “Textiles and Notions” area of the district offers over 200 shops where you can find fabric of every color, every style, anything that you could possibly imagine! Bart was like a kid in a candy store!

   
Bart and Jeff roamed the streets of LA for a couple of days and then attended the Los Angeles International Textile Show at the California Market District on Monday. The show featured fabric collections and premier textiles from all over the world. If the guys weren’t overwhelmed before, they certainly were when they attended this show! While in LA, Bart and Jeff had purchased small test sample linens as well as larger yardage of some good stuff that we will manufacture here!

Another little gem that Bart and Jeff discovered was the El Big Happy food cart which featured bacon wrapped hot dogs. With the food truck craze, I wouldn’t be surprised if Bart purchased one for us to rent…I kid, I kid 😉

From there, the guys boarded a cross country flight to meet Christina, Jackie and Anna in the Big Apple! Upon arrival, the gang got straight to work and visited the Garment District in Manhattan. Again, the offerings of linens and fabrics were endless! Wall to wall fabric! You could barely turn around in some of the aisles!

They must have spotted a pattern they liked, all at the same time 😉

Peek-A-Bo!

Overall, both trips turned out to be a huge success! We came away with a ton of knowledge regarding the linen industry and are excited to bring it all back to Dayton! It has definitely been neat comparing the LA linens to the NYC linens and seeing the variations between the two. You MUST stop into our showroom to see the different swatches and samples that we are thinking about offering. Your input and feedback is ALWAYS needed and appreciated!

We already have some fabrics in-house that we will be starting to manufacture and have ready for the holiday season. We cannot tell you how incredibly excited we are to share these all with you! Keep checking our facebook page as well as the blog for more information!

Holiday Parties and Events

Now that October is upon us, it’s time to start planning those holiday festivities! Whether it is a Corporate Christmas Party or a Halloween get-together, we have all you need to pull off a an event that will have family members and friends raving into the new year!

Tables and chairs are two rental items that go very quickly this time of year, so to prevent Grandma from sitting on the floor at Thanksgiving dinner, make sure you get your order in early! We offer banquet tables, round tables, and a variety of chairs to assist with your seating needs once all of those relatives get into town. Unsure of how may tables you will be able to fit in your living room? Check out our spacing guidelines to make sure you have enough room.  This was a beautiful banquet table that Missy & Christina designed for our showroom last year!

Linens are always a fun and easy way to add that “wow-factor” to your event! We have some awesome fall colors that are sure to spruce up your Thanksgiving dinner.

Reds & Greens are always a hit! Add some fun with bubble bowl full of candy!

Ring in the New Year with our Metallic Scroll linen! It also comes in White/Silver and Blue/Silver.

As you read this, Bart and Jeff are on the hunt for even more linen fabrics in Los Angeles! Later this week, they will be traveling to New York to continue their search for unique, top of the line linens that will be exclusive to PTPR  Stay tuned to our next post for more samples and details!

Newport Aquarium Bridal Show

Join us this Thursday, October 6th at the Newport Aquarium Bridal Show! Check out this unique wedding facility while also browsing a variety of wedding vendors that can help with your special day! We always LOVE this show because of the awesome venue and the different possibilities that it can provide for our brides.  The show runs from 7:00pm until 10:00pm at One Aquarium Way, Newport, Kentucky 41071.

As Bridal Show season nears, we get excited to be able to exhibit all of the new and exciting linens and inventory that we have to offer. PTPR participates in 20+ bridal shows each year, so be sure to look for us!

Newport Aquarium’s Riverside Room

Top of the Market Wedding

We LOVE being able to photograph our inventory in action! J. Darnell, our resident photo taker has captured some awesome images from a wedding this past weekend at Top of the Market. This is such a cool venue, and the bride managed to make it even more spectacular! She hung photos of her and her hubby from the high ceilings and incorporated our linens to create an elegant yet rustic look for her wedding! She had a ton of unique ideas and pulled off a great event!

LOVE the unique way that she tied her bistro sashes!

Hand-dipped candy apple favors!

Aren’t those hanging photos a neat idea?!

Gorgeous head table!

Matte satin camel runners as well as brown pintuck linens were used on the guest tables.

From the looks of it, we are sure that this was a fabulous wedding reception! We wish the new couple much happiness for the future!

Help! What Size Linen Do I Need?

A common question that we get here at PTPR is the age-old, what size linen do I need for my table??  Now this can be answered in a variety of ways and it all depends on what size table you have and what look you are trying to achieve! Here is a handy dandy chart that explains linen/table compatibility.

Linen & Table Layout

This will help you out when choosing that specific linen for that certain table. Here is a quick breakdown!

48″ Round Table:

Floor length – 108″ Round Linen

A tad bit longer than lap length – 90″ Round Linen

60″ Round Table:

Floor length – 120″ Round Linen

Ankle length – 108″ Round Linen

Lap length – 90″ Round Linen

72″ Round Table:

Floor length – 132″ Round Linen

Ankle length – 120″ Round Linen

Lap length – 108″ Round Linen

And now for the banquet tables!

4′ Banquet Table:

Floor length – 90″x108″ Banquet Linen

Lap length – 54″x120″ Banquet Linen (will be a tad bit long on the ends)

6′ Banquet Table:

Floor length – 90″x132″ Banquet Linen

Lap length – 54″x120″ Banquet Linen (will be a tad bit long on the ends)

8′ Banquet Table:

Floor length – 90″x156″ Banquet Linen

Lap length – 54″x120″ Banquet Linen

As for bistro tables set at 42″ high, we would suggest a 120″, but be aware of the diameter of the table top because that will determine how far the linen will fall!

A 120″ round linen is our most common size, so you are looking at a wider variety of design options when choosing this linen!

When in doubt…you can always follow this simple formula:

(size of linen in inches) – (diameter, or length of table in inches)/2 = how far linen will drop to the floor

ex. (120″-60″)/2 = 30″ to the floor (which is normal table height)

If you are still unsure as to what size you need, you can always contact us and we can help you out!

Need Ideas for Your Event? Try an Inspiration Board!

Planning any type of event, whether it is a wedding, birthday party or just a family get-together, can really allow you to bring out your inner creativity. Sometimes though, we get stuck. We want to throw a fabulous event, but where do we start? We have found that Inspiration Boards can be the answer! These boards are all the rage in the party planning community and especially lend well to weddings! An Inspiration Board is a collection of photos that you use to gather your thoughts and ideas all into one place.  It helps you to pick out the best ideas from across the web in order to create your own, unique vision. Whether it is a color palette you are experimenting with or a collection of tablescapes you are exploring, these boards can really allow you to think outside the box!

You can build an Inspiration Board of your own with magazine cut-outs, fabric swatches, and photographs, or you can go the online route and surf the web for your favorite ideas. A fabulous website that we have just discovered is called Pinterest. Pinterest allows you to create online boards and as you browse different wedding websites, you can “pin” different photos that you like and add them to a variety of boards that you can create! There is no limit to the amount of “pins” that you can do, so the inspiration is endless!

Another awesome site for creating Inspiration Boards is called Big Huge Boards. Check out this Fall Wedding Inspiration Board that we created in just minutes!

Pretty cool, huh? Another great feature that this website offers is the ability to create a color palette based on a photo.  This is a color scheme we generated from a set of fabulous wedding photos done by Mark Garber Photography.

Not only does the generator bring in the purple tones, but it also pulls in other colors that complement the shade as well. You can print the palette off, bring it into Prime Time and we can help you to achieve your perfect color scheme with the numerous shades we offer!

Do you have an Inspiration Board that you would like to share? Send it to us and we will post it on our Facebook & Twitter and maybe you will inspire as well!

Rental Basics 101

We here at PTPR get many FAQ’s about the rental process. This especially holds true when it comes to brides who have never planned a large scale event before.  Within this post, we hope to answer some of those burning questions when it comes to the rental process.

• What do you rent?

I guess the better question is…What don’t we rent?  🙂  We basically have all the supplies that you would need to throw a fabulous event.  From tents, tables, chairs, specialty linens, china,  and flatware, to concession equipment, dunk tanks, inflatables, and red carpets, we have all you need when it comes to planning a party. We have an extensive website where you can find all of our inventory as well as pricing. We also have a little search box, so if there’s something specific you’re looking for, type it in and see if it pops up! Prefer a hard copy of inventory? Stop into our showroom and pick up a price book!

• How much advance notice do you need in order for me to place a reservation?

We rent on a first come, first serve basis, so technically, you can place your order for your toucan print linens and pick them up the same day…but not everyone is that lucky. We tend to book up on items rather quickly, so the smart thing to do would be to place your order well in advance of your event.

• Do you require a deposit in order to reserve items?

Yes, we do. We require a 50% deposit of your rental order amount to secure the items for you. Your balance is due approximately 14 days prior to your event.

• But I don’t know how many people will show up to my event! How will I know what quantities to order?!

Rule of thumb is to book high. For example, if you are inviting 200 guests to your wedding, book those napkins based on 200. Chances are, your entire guest list will not attend. Luckily, we give you until 14 days before your event to submit your final numbers. You must call in to us to give us those final counts! At that point, you can reduce your numbers to your final guest list amount. If you book too low, we may not have the items for you, so stick on the higher side.

• How do I get these items? Do you deliver? Do I pick up?

Well, we can do both! You can pick up your items here at our location or you can have the items delivered for a delivery fee based on your zip code.

• What is your cancellation policy?

If you cancel your entire order more than 2 weeks prior to your event, you will receive a refund of 1/2 the deposit that you paid.  If you cancel within two weeks of your event, you forfeit any money paid.

That’s it when it comes to the basics, but there are many more questions that I’m sure have been left unanswered. Check out our Facebook Page for even more info on the rental process. If you have more specific questions, please call us and we will be more than happy to help you out!!

With a New Logo…Comes a New Blog!

There have been changes abound over here at Prime Time, and we are more than excited to share them with everyone! What better way to do that than start a blog, filled with all of the new happenings here at Prime Time, as well as commonly asked questions, party planning how-to’s and up-and-coming trends in the party rental business!

To start off, Prime Time has adopted a new logo which has already gotten rave reviews by our customers. While it was an incredibly scary decision to go forth with something new, we felt as though it was the right move given our constant change and growth within the industry. We wanted something more modern and sleek and think that our new face definitely  lends well to that goal!  We still have our signature tent peaks and flags and have stuck with our basic colors, but now we look a bit more sleek 😉 Here it is! What do you all think?

The inspiration for our new blog actually came on a trip to Las Vegas. You may be thinking, “Vegas & Blogging…what in the world do those 2 things have in common?!” Well, let me elaborate. This week, Bart, Anna, Nick and I (Amy), traveled to Las Vegas to attend the Wedding MBA, a wedding convention geared towards people in the industry. We attended many seminars that gave us insight into what our customers were wanting and craved. One common theme seemed to be social networking. Now we do have Facebook and of course Twitter, but one thing we were lacking was a consistently updated blog to provide that info that our customers were craving! So here it is! Like I said, we hope to keep it up to date and filled with as much info as possible for our loyal customers! Feel free to contact us with any thoughts or questions you would like to see blogged and we will do our best to oblige!