FTK~KONNECT EVENTS

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Demo's 50th Birthday Bash

Last year on March 28th, FTK~Konnect Events had the pleasure of planning a birthday party for Mr. Demola Adesida. Demola or "Demo" for short, turned 50 years old, but we are still in denial because he doesn't look a day over 30!

To celebrate his 50th, Demo wanted to throw an upscale cocktail birthday party and made sure to let FTK know that "Chelsea Soccer Team & Ferrari" were his favorite things and as such blue emerged as the theme for his event. Demo's blue birthday bash included a classy blue backdrop highlighting his fave things and his very own red carpet for guests to pose on as well.

Demo and a few of his guests posing in front of his fabulous blue backdrop.

When guests entered the room, you could definitely see that the color blue was the center of attention, aside from Demo of course! Blue and white candles, tablecloths, and spotlights lined the reception hall.

Guests wore varying shades or hint of blue to go with the theme and the guests definitely loved posing on the red carpet. See some of the glamour shots below!

After all of the guests made their red carpet debut, it was time to whip out the drinks and appetizers and really get the party started. The drinks there were two of Demo's favorites: appletinis and mimosas!

There was a gorgeous fruit platter display where "Demo is Fifty" was written out on a sign and the number 50 was tastefully made out of a few bunches of grapes.

Guests were able to enjoy their fruits and drinks and head out to the dance floor and take even more pictures!

After cutting it up on the dance floor, it was time to enjoy Demo's delicious cake. The cake table was set with a blue tablecloth, white candles around the edge of the table, and not just 1, but 2 cakes sat atop the table!

A simple cake, stating "Happy 50th Birthday Demo" and "#Demo@50" and a more upscale cake lined with blue details and decorations and a golden 50 sitting on top.

Demo cut the cake with his family beside him and it was a perfect way to wrap up his *bbb* blue birthday bash! Below is the dream team that made this event a success!

Looking for someone to plan your next birthday or a big milestone birthday, look no further because FTK~Konnect will help you out!!
Photography: S67 Studios
Fruit Display: Nini's Fruit Design

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

The Big Fake Wedding Baltimore 2016 features FTK~Konnect Events!

This past Thursday, FTK~Konnect Events had the chance to participate in The Big Fake Wedding Baltimore!

The event was held at The Grand and included numerous vendors such as ourselves, who own and operate photography, florist, and wedding and event planning companies.

Above is a sign leading guests and vendors to The Tunnel of Love and the reception space and beautiful artwork on display at the event.

What is The Big Fake Wedding?

“The Big Fake Wedding is a bridal show alternative complete with an emotional vow renewal ceremony, light bites and a dance-party reception. "Wedding guests" are brides- and grooms-to-be who get to truly experience the wedding vendors in action.” http://thebigfakewedding.com/events/the-big-fake-wedding-baltimore/

The bride and groom for The Big Fake Wedding was Liz and Ryan! It was a pleasure to partake in their big day. They were a young, upbeat, and high energy couple which made the night even more enjoyable. FTK was able to be apart of the wedding ceremony by providing beautiful bouquets for the couple and wedding party.

It was also our job at FTK~Konnect to design a table for The Tunnel of Love and 3 tables where guests would sit in the reception space after the wedding ceremony took place.

Thanks to The Tunnel of Love, we were able to network and chat with over 100 guests and potential clients. Most of the guests were engaged couples or engaged women who were super excited to share with us details about their relationship, engagement, and future wedding plans.

Here you can see a few of the guests who stopped to pose with our FTK Instagram board and our delicious cupcakes of course!

Yummy cupcakes on display on our FTK table in The Tunnel of Love.

The Tunnel of Love table was guests’ first look at FTK~Konnect Events and where we were able to captivate the guests with photos of some of our previous work, advertise our brand, wedding services to the lovely couples, and offer them free cupcakes!

Now below is a look at our reception hall decor!

In the reception hall, we kept it simple and stuck with our gorgeous purple theme and accented the reception tables with purple rosette table cloths. We put 2 glasses per setting on the table along with a silver fork and knife pairing and a silver glitter plate as well. The napkins were tri-folded and placed delicately on the plates.

The reception hall was full of vendors and guests who were ready to eat, mingle, and have an awesome time on the dance floor. Above you can see the bride and groom and a few members of the bridal party dancing the night away and you can also see guests enjoying their meals at our lovely reception tables

We also got to partake in cake eating (which was delicious!) and a glamorous mini photo-shoot in front of a gorgeous flower wall pictured above. Below are some of our flower wall photo booth pics!

And we can't forget about FTK's glamour shot with the stunning bride wearing her gorgeous lacy wedding dress.

Overall, it was a fun and exciting event and it was great to show off what we do at FTK~Konnect Events ! It was even better to network with so many happy and excited couples and engaged women eager and ready to plan their wedding!

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Monday, March 21, 2016

Weddings, Events & Beyond…Webisode 1

Weddings, Events & Beyond…

WEB by FTK

WEDDINGS, EVENTS & BEYOND or simply put WEB by FTK is a sub channel within FTK~Konnect Event Planning, Management & Consulting. It is a web series focused on highlighting all types of African Events & Wedding planning in the western world and sometimes in Africa. The series will give viewers insight into some of the things that go on behind the scenes while planning weddings, birthday parties, and social events and lots more from an event’s planner point of view! Our short term goal is to spark a conversation about the Events Management Industry in Africa and or for Africans in the diaspora.

The first episode is solely focused on getting to know the CEO of FTK~Konnects EventsLLC; Feyikemi Kukoyi aka FTK. Viewers will get a glimpse into her life as a wife, mother and the boss lady. There are many components or in this case various dots that come together to get an event fully produced. This episode and subsequent ones will give you full access to see what it takes to connect the dots of different events they plan, design and coordinate at FTK~Konnect events. Grab your drink & cookies, sit back relax and enjoy our bi-weekly web-series.