Purple is in for 2009; in case you haven’t heard…

If you haven’t had a chance to pick up a magazine in the past month, let me summarize what many of the fashion, home decor and interior design magazines are publishing for 2009 colour trends:  Purple is in. Period. 

I couldn’t be happier.  It is one of my favourite colours and it gives me pleasure to think that event decor this year will be influenced by this passionate, cool colour on the colour spectrum. 

To do my part in the event blogging sphere, I have selected a couple different images to get the creative wheels turning in your brain for all your fabulous event planning in 2009.

My ode to purple:

Lavender Champagne (from Martha Stewart Weddings)

Purple Trend Board

Purple and green place setting

Fun with chocolate

Chocolate. What event is not complete with out it?

Be it a dark bar of chocolate, a thick, rich drink, a creamy cake or sugary candy, chocolate always finds to sneak itself into a party array. 

I have been collecting different event ideas on how to incorporate this heavenly treat and I wanted to comment on a few of the ideas below. 

First off, the chocolate dessert table.  Aesthetically it is beautiful due to the range of brown tones you have to work with (white chocolate, milk, dark etc).  Not only can you play with different types of chocolate, you also can play with different textures by mixing cakes, cookies and candies in your arrangement.  Certainly a sweet and rich way to end an evening or act as the centerpiece for a dessert focused party.

Next, the chocolate gift.  Some people like giving their guests something to remember at the end of an evening.  While this tends to be a common practice in weddings, there is no reason why you can’t reward your friends after you throw a cool dinner party or afternoon tea.  Giving truffles are simple but where the creativity comes in is making your own boxes with a message under each ball.  Look at this example used for a wedding:

Lastly, who would not enjoy looking at the beauty of technological advances in the chocolate industry that has allowed chocolatiers to create works of art with chocolate?  Think: Voges Chocolate, Noka Chocolate, Joseph Schmidt, Max Brenner, Soma Chocolate and Coca Bella

Dessert Tables

There is nothing I enjoy more at an event than a creative dessert table.  Often times, people elect to have dessert passed out by servers or use a banal, unimaginative arrangement to display sweets.  Instead, up your ‘end of evening’ entertainment to the next level by incorporating your colour or event theme into the dessert course and it will tempt your guests to indulge.   Take a look at some of my favourite selections below. 

Chic white dessert tableMulti-level/texture outdoor tableBlue and chocolate brown themed table