Inspired Event Management

05/01/2025

WEDDING PLANNING: Congratulations if you’ve recently got engaged! Such exciting times, but they can be stressful too with a wedding on the horizon to plan.

Have you considered engaging a wedding planner to guide and assist you over the coming months, also to oversee the set up and manage the day? I have over 25 years of experience of planning bespoke, tailor-made weddings, mostly in tents and marquees, for discerning clients.

We do not take commission from suppliers, but charge a fee for professional services. I will advise you and lead you through all the steps of planning, from booking tent structures (and there’s quite a choice these days), to finding caterers, choosing cutlery, glassware, linen etc. Plus booking generators, loos, creating an accommodation list and organising transport. There is a lot of detail planning required if the event is to be a success!

We offer full planning, partial planning from a few weeks before the big day, and if our calendar permits we occasionally take on On the Day Management.

Call or email now to chat further. We are always happy to schedule calls outside of normal working hours, such as in the evenings or at weekends, if preferred.

01/12/2024

FINDING YOUR WEDDING PLANNING A STRESSFUL EXPERIENCE? Why not reach out for some professional help?!

At most weddings and parties we organise we offer a full planning service, liaising with our clients over many months, overseeing the set up and managing the day itself.

However, if you are already underway, lacking inspiration, feeling overwhelmed or generally not enjoying the planning process - we will be delighted to come on board!

We charge a fee for our professional services - generally a fixed fee but it can be hourly and we do not take any commission from our suppliers as we are always working to get the best arrangements in place both financially and practically.

We look forward to your call!

Jenny Loyd, owner of Inspired Event Management, has been planning high-end parties and weddings for almost 30 years. With her vast experience of working with the finest suppliers both nationwide and in East Anglia she will ensure that you have an event to remember for all the right reasons!

15/11/2024

MACARONS GALORE for a 21st birthday party, expertly managed by the experienced (I was on holiday!)!!!

WHAT A PARTY!!! Rio carnival theme with detailed planning from the birthday girl’s party-loving mother!!!

Epic photo by the talented

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30/10/2024

WEDDING LIGHTING: working with experienced suppliers to create the ‘spectacular’, not just inside, but outside too! Wow wow wow!!!

If you’re planning a celebration in 2025 or 2026, please do get in touch! You won’t regret employing the services of an experienced planner! Jenny, founder of Inspired Event Management (est 1998), has been organising high-end events for over 25 years, the majority in tent structures, so we have a huge amount of experience to share with you over the months of planning your special occasion be it a party or wedding!

Photo from a September wedding for nearly 200 guests where we offered On The Day Management services.

29/10/2024

EXQUISITE COUNTRY WEDDING with style….

A huge amount of meticulous planning went into creating this incredible wedding reception at the bride’s parent’s house.

The garden was measured out to the nearest few centimetres and the square tent was erected centrally. The pure linen cloths were brought up from a London supplier, we had meetings with hire companies to play around with table settings, meetings with the florist to fine tune the exact shades of flowers and candles. A tasting with the caterers helped to firm up the menu, and this was just for the dinner part of the celebrations.

The nightclub tent was built on top of their swimming pool which also required some fastidious planning!

Why use the services of a wedding planner? Because they take care of so much of the detail, and you only get involved with the pleasurable decisions to be made! Wedding planners who have many years experience of working at the quality end of the industry, such as myself with over 30 years under my belt, can guide you and remove so much stress.

If you’re planning your wedding for 2025 or 2026, and floundering, please call us now. We charge a fee for our services and do not take commission from any suppliers as we are working on your behalf to get all the best arrangements in place from both a financial and practical viewpoint.

11/10/2024

BEST OF BRITISH PARTY: And so this incredible choreographed party continued what with exciting modes of British transport for guests to arrive in, a British Brass Band, and, much to my surprise, I was asked to source a Dalek (an Inspired Event Management ‘first’) to schmooze with the guests during their bowl food supper (fish & chips, bangers & mash, Asparagus Pea & Parmesan Risotto)!

Initially I got a quote from an agency for a Dalek and despite my client confirming by return that she wished to go ahead, the Dalek was then not available. Never one to give up, I began researching Daleks in the vicinity of the party! Before I knew it I was part of a Facebook Dalek building group - which led to me finding the most obliging Dalek guru who brought his pride and joy RAD along to the party! I feel honoured to have now been made a member of The Norfolk & Suffolk Dalek Society!!!

The party continued inside and out with the swimming pool covered with red, white and blue helium balloons at different heights above the water, Shepherd Hut loos, British puds including Spotted Dick, Eton Mess & Lemon Meringue Pie.

The most brilliant Britpop band got the whole crowd dancing - even Bojo and Mrs T let their hair down on the dancefloor!

The party continued the following day with a Landrover Defender arriving to serve coffees and pastries.

A hog roast and salads etc fuelled the guests before some very competitive ferret racing rounded the weekend off! It was a very close race between Bad Boy Bubba and Sexy Beast!

Thankyou to my client for allowing me to share some images of this INCREDIBLE weekend, whilst keeping guest identities under wraps.

It was a pleasure to organise these celebrations - as you can see Inspired Event Management will always give 110% to try to ensure that we achieve all you ask of us!

10/10/2024

BEST OF BRITISH PARTY: Continuing from previous post….some guests arrived in Del Boy’s Reliant Robin - it was hilarious every time this well-loved old car drove into the party!

Meanwhile, a 25 piece brass band played during reception drinks - British music of course including the National Anthem!

No detail is too extreme for us to organise to make your celebration personal to you, and hopefully to exceed your expectations too!

Our client asked that no guests take photos at the party, nor post anything on social media - so we are grateful to be able to post just a few photos of select moments from this epic party, whilst keeping guest’s identities hidden.

09/10/2024

CONSIDERING BOOKING A WEDDING OR PARTY PLANNER? Let me assure you that it’s highly unlikely that you will regret this decision! Especially a company such as Inspired Event Management led by Jenny Loyd who has over 30 years experience of working at the quality end of the industry.

We will guide you over the months of planning your celebration, we do not ‘take over’, we obtain quotes on your behalf from appropriate suppliers - often reputable companies whom we have worked with before.

We throw inspiring ideas into the pot, and we also guide you based on our experience of knowing what works ‘best’!

We do not take any commission from suppliers - we work on your behalf to get the best arrangements in place from both a practical and financial viewpoint. We charge a fee for our services which includes all anticipated travel costs as well as miscellaneous sundries, so there are no surprises!

Why post a picture of Uncle Bulgaria you may wonder? Well this is just one example of how far we will go to meet our clients dreams and wishes.

It was a pleasure to organise this Best of British summer family party, where guests arrived dressed in a multitude of outfits from The Spice Girls, to Mrs Thatcher, Bojo and Ali G! A lot of guests stayed in a hotel nearby and we organised a vintage 1949 bus to pick them up early evening and bring them to the party. The driver in those days sat in his own secluded compartment away from the passengers, so we needed to find a ‘conductor’ to welcome the guests onboard. My client asked me to make sure it was a Womble - just to really get the party theme going!

No detail is too small for us!!!

More amusing photos to follow….!

PS We have many years experience of planning Corporate Events too ranging from Family Fun Days for large crowds, retirement dinners, awards ceremonies and Out of the Office bonding glamping Festivals!

We also have organised many large Celebration Life gatherings offering sensitive support throughout planning and on the day.

04/10/2024

04/10/2024

40th BIRTHDAY PARTY BY A RESERVOIR: Now that the summer season has come to an end, one of the most enjoyable Autumnal jobs is to go through all the photos from every summer event - which occasionally results in me seeing details which I didn’t even know had happened on the actual day! It’s also a wonderful way to relive every celebration without walking another 25,000+ steps!!!

On this occasion, my client brought me on board having booked her tent and caterer but with lack of precious time she needed assistance with co-ordinating all suppliers, managing the finer details of her birthday party which always elevate any event, such as having more than enough candles, some effective lighting inside and out, hiring in trees and shrubs to decorate the interior, getting personalised t-shirts printed up for all catering and bar staff, menus, enough casual seating (which she created from pallets), wraps/throws for warmth to name but a few items.

Additionally, with the tipis on her land being set very close to their reservoir, she was keen to ensure that that was a spectacle rather than a dark mass of water!

After much research and presenting various options (including the idea of a tethered lit up hot-air balloon being suspended above the water), we had an eye-catching illuminated display of laser lights and different styles of fireworks at intermittent intervals over the water throughout the evening!

The whole party, with 150 guests, had a supercool vibe! Luscious amounts of oysters were served alongside canapés followed by a range of curries. A wide range of cocktails were served, many in mirrored discoball cups!! The sun came out which was a total thrill after an appallingly windy and wet set up - and meant that all guests could enjoy a truly amazing sunset in a very special corner of Suffolk!

13/02/2024

Honoured to have been invited to chat with Jenna Ackerley today on her lunchtime show on Suffolk Sound radio about my career in the hospitality industry! Topics covered included working at Buckingham Palace, my cabin boy looking after me on HMYB(!) and working for top class caterers in London who underlined the tablecloths AND ironed them too on the tables before laying up! No wonder I’m into attention to detail at all the events we plan nowadays! I’m on from 66 minutes! Listen again for 7 days!

07/01/2024

YOU RAISE ME UP, so I can stand on mountains,
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas,
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up to more than I can be….

Josh Groban

Thanks to Jess & Rob for collaborating on this feature - for whom I provided full wedding planning and built their celebration from the ground up catapulting them into married life!

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06/01/2024

Throwback to a gloriously sunny and happy day when I provided On the Day Co-ordination for Rosie of Weddings By Rosie Ltd at her own wedding! Added to which I met the talented and charming Stephen Walker Photography!