Category Archives: Red Carpet Events

A step and repeat backdrop is the perfect addition to your corporate event.

How to Boost Brand Awareness at Corporate Events

If you’re organizing a corporate event, you want to make sure it looks polished and professional. Not only that, but you want to take this opportunity to promote your brand. Step and repeats are ideal for these types of events, because they’re customizable and they give every gathering a red carpet atmosphere.

Brand awareness
Whatever type of event you’re holding, putting your company’s logo on the banner will make it visible to everyone who attends and views the photographs. The repeating wall of logos ensures that your company’s image will be seen in every picture.

Sponsorship

In addition to promoting your own brand, you can also use the backdrop to promote the logos of your partners and sponsors. This can be a great way to generate fundraising revenue or to advertise your partner organizations. The banner can include just one repeating logo, or many different logos identifying different brands or partners.

Professional atmosphere
A quality made backdrop just screams “red carpet event,” adding a great deal of class and sophistication to any event. Show clients, colleagues and members of the media that your company means business.

To explore the many available options, visit Sign Art Etc. You can choose from one of our many pre-designed templates, or for something a little different our design team will help you create the design just for you.

A vintage wedding celebrates classic styles.

Giving your wedding a vintage twist

Many engaged couples want to embrace the style of a bygone era, so they op to go for a vintage theme. It’s a fun way to harken back to the old days, and celebrate classic styles. These tips can help you make your vintage wedding a classic.

Lovely in lace
Incorporating lace into the wedding gown makes for a great classic look. In addition to the wedding dress, you can use lace in the decorations, such as the table cloths.

Cutting the cake
Extend the theme to food as well. An ornately-decorated multi-layer cake is a perfect fit for a vintage wedding. You can include an old-fashioned cake topper as well.

Classic cocktails
Have the bartenders dust off the old cocktail guide so they can serve drinks of yesteryear such as the Sidecar, Tom Collins and the Manhattan. Delish has a slideshow of classic cocktails for you peruse.

‘Just married’
An old tradition that most people only recognize from the movies involved tying empty tin cans to the couple’s back bumper with a “Just married” sign. This would be a nice touch for a wedding that embraces classic traditions, and it’d make for a fun scene.

A backdrop from Sign Art Etc customized to suit your wedding theme can provide the perfect scene for photos – from formal poses to fun group pictures. You can design your own from our selection of templates, or the Sign Art team can help you create a banner using any images you’d like, such as your names and the date, or something more creative. For more information, visit Sign Art Etc.

Planning a summer wedding? Follow these tips from Sign Art Etc.

Summer wedding ideas

The summertime is wedding season! If you’re planning a summer wedding, Sign Art Etc has helpful tips.

Make it colorful 
Monochrome is out. Combining multiple colors is in. The Knot has some great ideas for color combinations you may never have considered. Some of the best for summer weddings include:

  • Aqua, cherry red and khaki.
  • Navy blue, yellow and light blue.
  • Chartreuse, powder blue and cornflower blue.

Make it fun
Summer is all about kicking back and relaxing. If you remember that a wedding is a celebration and should be fun, your guests will appreciate it and so will you. Here are some ideas on how to make the reception more fun for everyone:

  • Table games: No matter what, guests are going to be killing time at their tables between events. Help them loosen up by adding games like Jenga and Mad Libs to every table.
  • Yard games: For an outdoor reception, set up games like Cornhole, Ladder Ball or Kan Jam. You can even organize group games like flip cup for beer pong.
  • Tasting stations: In addition to the regular bar, a wine, beer or whiskey tasting station provides a fun, interactive experience for guests who are 21 and older. You can hire an expert to talk about each drink, and suggest the best appetizers to pair with them.
  • Kids’ table: If you have children at the wedding, seat them together at a designated spot, or in a separate room with supervision, toys and activities. Kids and their parents will have a blast!

Make it memorable 
A backdrop can be the perfect opportunity for you and your guests to cut loose and pose for pictures. Whether it’s romantic poses for couples or goofy group pics with props, let your guests enjoy posing for the camera. The best part is that everyone will have beautiful, quality photos to remember the event.

Step and repeat backdrops can be hard boards or more traditional banners.

Boards versus banners: Which is right for your event?

When it comes to designing and ordering a backdrop for your upcoming event, you have a great deal of options. These products are customizable, so you can make a lot of changes to the design and the structure to make sure they work for you.

One question that we get quite a bit is whether a simple banner is good enough, or if it’s worth investing in a board as well. The board refers to a hard, plastic foam-core backdrop, as opposed to the softer vinyl or fabric banner that most step and repeats are made from.

Boards
For a more “permanent” setup, you can order a hard board that can be attached to a wall. The images are printed on vinyl sheets, which are then hand-laid onto the hard backdrop. This is ideal for press conferences and other events where you need an absolutely perfect wall for your pictures. It’s also great if you have regular red carpet events at the location. These boards start out at 5 feet wide and 8 feet tall, but they can be made over 100 feet wide if needed.

Step and repeat backdrops are available as banners or as stiff boards. Backdrops are available as banners or as stiff boards.

Banners
A traditional vinyl or fabric banner is the most popular option, since it’s so versatile. These banners are equal to the boards in terms of print quality, but because they aren’t attached to a hard surface there’s the possibility for some wrinkling. However, they come with a system that keeps them tight, so wrinkles are kept to a minimum. These banners are great for “pop-up” events where set up is for a limited time.

Whether you’re looking for a board or a banner, Sign Art Etc has got it covered! We ship backdrops anywhere in the U.S., and our dedicated team is ready and waiting to help you design the perfect solution for your event. Contact us today to get started.

A step and repeat backdrop can help establish your brand at your product launch.

Preparing your product for launch

Whatever type of business you’re in, a product launch is an exciting event that lets you stir up interest in a new item. It’s all about marketing, and getting the word out. No matter how great your product is, a good launch is critical to get people onboard.

Types of product launch events
For many companies, a product launch is a red carpet event. The press is there, there are presentations, and people pose in front of a photo backdrop with the company logo on it. Depending on your industry and the nature of your product, the launch could take on a few different forms:

  • Press conference or media event: You can organize a media-facing event and focus on the members of the press who are invited. This can also accompany a press conference.
  • Trade show: For a business-to-business product, it might make more sense to hold the launch at a trade show, where members of your target industry will be meeting and networking.
  • Gala or fundraising event: If you’re a nonprofit or you cater to nonprofits, you could launch your product at a charity event.
  • Consumer event: If your product is more consumer-focused, you could hold your launch at a public place, such as a sporting event, festival or concert.

Your presentation can vary depending on these types of events. What you don’t want to do is hold one product launch that is supposed to meet all of these target groups. Your presentation needs to focus on the audience, so if you’re holding launches at different types of events, make sure to adapt your approach to suit each one.

Custom photo backdrops
One thing that does not change, however, is the importance of customized signage for your photo opportunities. The step and repeat is a mainstay for product launches because it provides a strong branding presence. You and your team can use the banner for photo opportunities, letting partners, consumers and colleagues pose in front of it. Since the banner features your logo, it will help to generate awareness when the image shows up in photos.

This makes the presentations stand out, so consumers at a public event or professionals at an industry gathering will see your logo from a distance. Think of it as a beacon to draw attention to your brand. In addition to bringing people closer, a well-made backdrop gives your product launch a professional look. Whether it’s at a red carpet event or an industry show, your product will look impressive.

For more information on creating your own unique backdrop, contact Sign Art Etc. Our team can help you create a beautiful banner to launch your next product.