We took it back to the era of disco and flower power at the Yelp Time Travellers’ Ball, held at the London Marriott hotel in Grosvenor Square last week.
This was a massive event (more than 700 visitors including press and social media influencers) to celebrate the best of London in 2013 and predict 2014’s top spots.
Mothers & Shakers was one of 35 creative businesses invited to run a booth and offer Londoners a free taste of our services.
We were in fine company, amongst hot brands like Big Apple Hot Dogs, Harry Brompton, The Yummy Yank, Alfie the Black Cab Booth, Roti Chai, Pop-Up Ping Pong, Betty Blythe and Kankun Sauces.
School Daze
In keeping with our brand and the time-travelling theme, we decided to put on a ‘vintage school fete’.
Laura and I worked the ‘70s look.
We decorated our table with retro sweets and toys, and ran two mini promotions: Guess How Many Sweeties in the Jar and a Twitter Photo contest (guests posed with props from our dress-up box).
We set up a mock teddy bear raffle using soft toys kindly donated by Laura’s kids — a risky move as some stranger almost ran off with a beloved cuddly!
And for a fun, more grown-up twist, we had home-brewed Skittles vodka shots on offer.
They went down a storm.
Moving & Shaking
It was a fantastic night filled with fabulous costumes, free food and drink and a DJ throwing down old-school tunes.
We loved having the opportunity to chat with such a cool and quirky mix of people and to introduce them to what we do.
It’s always rewarding to see faces light up when we talk about our bespoke services for bloggers, creative entrepreneurs and family-friendly businesses.
Two of the best-dressed punters (the cowboys on horses below) dubbed us the most entertaining stall of the night!
Thanks guys, we thought you #Mashed it too.
Enjoy more photos from the event:
Thanks to Alex from Yelp (aka Dr Who) for inviting MaSh to be part of such a wild and wonderful event and we look forward to more future (or retro) collaborations!
Read all the reviews on Yelp at http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/yelp-presents-the-time-travellers-ball-london
See more classic #MaSh shots from the event on our Mothers & Shakers Facebook page
Honest Mum says
What a brilliant night and well done on the fab reviews, love seeing two of the Mothers & Shakers shaking it!
Uju says
Thanks Vicki, it was so much fun, looking forward to more collaborations like that!