The Mad
Bash BLOG
Stay up to date with Mad Bash work, trends, and expert advice here. We aim to share bi-monthly to shed light on our amazing clients and inspire you with newsworthy event design!
FIGS X TORONTO
Healthcare apparel brand FIGS had big dreams for their summer event at Toronto’s Boxcar Social Harbourfront. With a desire to create an upbeat, affirming, and supportive party that gave their guests in the healthcare a big dose of dopamine, we designed and fabricated vibrant and compelling activations, backdrops, and games, all while staying in budget and on time.
COSSETTE SUMMER PARTY
Cossette, a marketing and communications agency, wanted to throw a super creative summer party for their staff at local Toronto hotspot Bandit Brewery. With Cossette’s bold and playful brand guidelines to inspire our event design, we used their black and white brand colours, metallic design elements and brand iconography, to style a party that reflects their workplace culture.
SLATE HOLIDAY PARTY 2023
We’ve been blessed with planning Slate Asset Management’s holiday party annually since 2017, and always look forward to closing out the year with a festive do for our trusted longtime clients. Taking place at the St. Regis Astor Ballroom in Toronto, the theme was a super chic Fire and Ice cocktail party with lots of steamy hot entertainment and cool decor!
LANCÔME TEINT IDOLE ULTRA WEAR
Timeless French aesthetic and a luxurious neutral colour palette inspired by skin tones? Yes please! With the event’s creative design rooted in a luxurious French aesthetic, and coloured by a wide spectrum of nude shades, all aesthetic details of the event, from the food, florals, furnishings, and experiences, were selected from a skin tone colour palette of browns, tans, and creams.
MONDAY GIRL SUMMIT 2023
Monday Girl, the professional networking community for women, held its annual summit at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. We were brought on board in an Event Production capacity to oversee the many components of the day including the expert panels, sponsor exhibits, registration, volunteer and stage management.
Real wedding: Jennifer and Josh
As art lovers, Jennifer and Josh decided to get married at the Art Gallery of Ontario in the evening after the gallery closed to the public. Walking through the serene rooms with friends and family, being married beneath the famous spiral staircase, and having drinks in the iconic Galleria Italia was a wonderfully elevated experience.
MAGDA & HODGEE: TELLING YOUR LOVE STORY THROUGH DESIGN
Magda and Brent’s wedding was an ultra-funky weekend extravaganza at the cool and quirky Algonquin motel the Northridge Inn. Wanting a camp weekend with all their friends and family, this weekend was a stand out of the summer for everyone on the guest list.
WEDDING TREND PREDICTIONS FOR 2024-2025
Wedding trend predictions! Our most favourite topic. If you’re like us, we’re constantly on Instagram and Pinterest looking for inspo, and it’s very exciting when you start noticing a new idea pop up over and over again. Trend alert!
SEPHORA HOLIDAY MEDIA PREVIEW 2023
It’s that time of year again! As the days grow longer and colder, we begin preparing for Sephora’s Holiday Media Preview, an event we look forward to producing for Middle Child PR every year. This year, the event was an elevated, chic dinner party at the King West restaurant Vela.
JOHNNIE WALKER BLUE LABEL: LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
At this Lunar New Year party, we celebrated the release of the limited edition Johnnie Walker Blue Label Year of the Rabbit alongside some of Toronto’s hottest influencers. Inspired by the colourful worlds of fashion designer Angel Chen, who designed the bottle art, we immersed guests in a highly stylized celebration that engaged all the senses and was rich with shareable moments.
Our Favourite Tablescapes
At the heart of every remarkable event lies a beautifully curated tablescape. Of the hundreds of tables that we at Mad Bash have set, many of them still make our hearts sigh, and we are going to share them with you today, along with the stories behind them.
Glenfiddich Time Reimagined launch
Against a background of glittering night lights at Toronto’s St. Regis Hotel was the launch of Glenfiddich’s Time Reimagined - an exclusive collection of Single Malt Whiskies. With Food & Beverage connoisseurs, aficinados, and tastemakers in attendance, Glenfiddich wanted to dazzle their guests with an event that looked as timeless as their scotches taste.
A Planner's Top Tips for Creating a Seamless Flow of Music at Your Event
Today on the blog we are sharing our expert tips on how to seamlessly work music into your event timeline. Weddings in particular are unique in their longer timeframes and diverse tapestry of emotions and music. So if you are relying on your playlist to define your day, read on for our valuable logistical knowledge!
How Wedding Planners and Photographers Can Best Work Together
In this blog post, we’ll explore how wedding planners and photographers can work together effectively with seven actionable tips. Our planners know from experience the importance of collaborating with photographers and how this affects the success of the wedding day- if we aren’t in sync, the timeline can fall apart.
REAL WEDDING: Carly and Matthew
Carly and Matthew tied the knot on a hilltop in Collingwood on a private property overlooking lush forests and autumn leaves. For anyone who has ever imagined getting married in a field full of wildflowers, it was a dream wedding.
VALENTINO BORN IN ROSSO
Valentino’s Born in Rosso Vancouver event was a modern, glamorous marketing event intended to introduce influencers to Valentino Beauty’s newly released lipstick line. Under the direction of Middle Child PR we ideated, designed and produced this event to create an immersive, surreal experience cool enough for the most fabulous influencers to share!
The Most Important Signs at Your Wedding
Planning and ordering the signs for your wedding may not seem as exciting as dress shopping or cake tasting, but they are an important logistical detail in service of your guests, providing important information. Having clear and visible signs can help prevent confusion and ensure that the wedding runs smoothly.
REAL WEDDING: MEMPHIS AND BRAD
Memphis emailed us with one of the most unique requests we’ve ever received: She asked for a "dead" wedding. Given her and Brad’s personal style, she wanted to surprise their families who she assumed would expect them to go black in colour scheme. Instead, she wanted to shock everyone with an all white wedding, but still goth, "dead" in theme, and on the floral front, swamp inspired.
Which Tablescape Are You?
Not sure where to start when designing the tablescape for your next event? Take this quiz to discover your style! The event designers at Mad Bash have created different looks made entirely from our favourite tableware rentals at Table Tales, with help from the incredible photographers at Mango Studios, and the magical florists at The Flower 597. So read on, invoke your inner teenager, and be inspired!
Ten Amazing Wedding Cakes
Of all the wedding customs and traditions, the wedding cake is definitely one of the most fun, and delicious!