Creative and Crafty

1. In September, the shuttle Endeavour landed at Los Angeles International Airport while a live band performed patriotic music.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

2. For the cover of our November/December issue, we used our own Instagram photos from various events. Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

3. Diane von Furstenberg hosted a beachside luncheon for the launch of her Evian bottle at Miami's Soho Beach House this month.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

4. At the November Wish Upon a Wedding event in Chicago, roses and stones served as a centerpiece.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

5. The Whitney Museum of American Art used black painter's tape to decorate the walls for its gala in New York on December 11.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

6. At the Los Angeles International Airport viewing event in September, the Endeavour flew low over guests.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

7. In October, Martha Stewart's American Made fair and awards in New York's Grand Central Terminal included a map of the U.S. constructed from state-shaped cast iron skillets.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

8. At HBO's Emmy party in Los Angeles in September, spheres of gerbera daisies hung over Wolfgang Puck's buffet tables.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

9. A chandelier crafted from candy hung from the ceiling at the Joffrey Ballet's Nutcracker Family Dinner in Chicago this month.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

10. For the September debut of its shoppable film in Los Angeles, Target hosted an intimate dinner at the SLS Beverly Hills.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

11. The 25th anniversary party for Discovery's Shark Week in August projected moving sharks onto the Beverly Hilton pool.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

12. At the November run of the Chicago Chocolate Show, American Cake Decorating displayed a confection decorated with fall leaves.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

13. On election night in November, NBC's Democracy Plaza event illuminated Rockefeller Center with red, white, and blue projections.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

14. A gold color scheme decorated the tent for HBO's September Emmy party in Los Angeles.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

15. Chicago's Glazed and Infused treated BizBash editors to a doughnut bar in November.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

16. In November, the Pop Carts launch at the Grove in Los Angeles featured a colorful candy bar.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

17. Popular Mechanics projected live Instagram images onto the interior walls of the Hearst Tower's atrium for its Breakthrough Awards in New York in October.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

18. An exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry inspired the Charlie Brown cheesecake pops displayed at the BizBash IdeaFest in Chicago in November.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

19. Kanye West performed at the New York launch for Samsung's Galaxy Note II device in October.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

20. Belvedere hosted an outdoor concert in November and flooded New York's meatpacking district with red projections.Click to Like, Comment, or Follow Us on Instagram

Vanity Fair returned to the scene with its party at the Sunset Tower Hotel. The event included a green and white arrivals carpet, a live feed from which was carried on one of the hotels' walls; screens showing the feed served as panes making up an imitation bay window. Cameras shot guests from behind so that the view from the window included the mob of photographers recording each guest's appearance.

Juicy Couture added its touches to the event with custom decor elements that included white furniture and pink and white beach balls in the hotel's pool, inspired by the brand's spring 2013 campaign.

The custom slide led guests down Venue One's parking ramp and into the building's lower level. Event Creative's crew built the slide the night before the iBall, and then took it apart and rebuilt it on the day of the event.

As a fun way to incorporate color, and to serve as a step-and-repeat, organizers built a wall-like structure which displayed the World's Best Award winners.

CasaBubble rents inflatable, modular spheres for events. Envisioned by French designers Frédéric Richard and Pierre-Stéphane Dumas, the transparent, pressurized bubbles can be used as V.I.P. areas, pop-up shops, dining spaces, and more in outdoor environments. There are five different models and the structures come with a wooden floor. Solar cells and battery equipment are also available.

Launched in the fall, No Parachute Theatre is an aerialist and dance company headed by Katelyn McCullouch. The ensemble consists of three female performers, and the troupe is available as event entertainment.

HariKaraoke Band, a live four-piece band that backs amateur singers, can play for corporate groups in the Washington area and offers a catalog of more than 300 songs that guests can sing along to on stage via an iPad displaying lyrics. And if a performance is truly painful, guests can bang on a gong à la The Gong Show—all in good fun, of course. Pricing starts at $1,050 for two-hour events.

San Francisco street-art gallery 1:AM hosts graffiti-themed teambuilding activities for groups of 15 to 25. Most teams opt for the three-hour “whole works” workshop, which includes an introduction to the history of graffiti, a mural walk tour, and hands-on T-shirt stenciling and mural production sessions. Activities can be customized, and prices range from $80 to $200 per person. If the workshop takes place during regular gallery hours, a $300 closure fee applies.

Painting & Vino offers groups the chance to learn painting skills while sipping wine. The company provides the paint, brushes, aprons, canvases, and an art instructor who guides guests as they paint a selected work of art during the two- to three-hour class. The cost starts at $45 per person, not including food and beverages, with a 15-person minimum.

Street art tourism company Graff Tours offers tours and learning experiences that explore graffiti culture in Center City and South Philadelphia. Teambuilding activities include 90-minute lessons led by professional graffiti artists and construction of a collaborative mural. Ninety-minute tours start at $15 per person, and workshops start at $45 per person.

Drip combines live music and dancers who utilize elements such as sand, paint, and water in an up-close, sexy performance before an audience that stands for the duration of the show. The production opened in November 2012 in a new 5,100-square-foot venue on International Drive. Groups can book a private performance for 300 people. The venue is also available for concerts, art shows, and other purposes.

Available for bookings in New York through Elan Artists, Earth Harp Entertainment is a collective of musicians led by artist William Close, who was featured on America’s Got Talent. The Earth Harp is a string instrument that is rigged to the surrounding architecture and environment with strings that can extend to as many as 1,000 feet. The performer plays the musical instrument-installation combination by running his or her hands along the strings to create cello-like tones. Accompanied by percussion and other instruments, performances can range from ambient and trance-like to theatrical and energetic.

Add an educational element to an event’s liquor offerings with a tasting bar and a spirits sommelier. “Alcohol professor” Adam Levy from All Spirits Events can gear tastings towards topics like Whiskies from Around the World or Craft Spirits From New York State.” Because the company is not tied to specific brands, it can provide a variety of liquors.

NY1 morning news anchor Pat Kiernan has joined forces with trivia event production company TrivWorks to host live trivia entertainment and teambuilding activities for corporate groups. Kiernan-hosted events typically start around $10,000 and include pre-event planning assistance, 40 custom trivia questions (with Kiernan’s personal counsel), plus an iPod round and picture round, one-on-one mini games between each round, a high-stakes showdown finale between the top two teams, a staff of runners to collect score sheets, audiovisual equipment, and prizes. The company has produced events for as many as 300 people.

With three F.I.F.A.-regulated outdoor fields, Soccer Town opened in March 2012. They can be combined into one large field for teambuilding events, parties, and coaching sessions. The fields are lit for night play.

Erin Una Chainani offers live portrait sketching throughout South Florida. Drawings typically feature fluorescent colors, but she can sketch in any requested color combination. The cost averages around $150 per hour, with reduced rates for charity events.

The Discovery Miami Beach Audio Tour is a 90-minute audio presentation that delves into the South Beach area’s architecture, celebrity culture, and hotel landmarks; the tours are available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. For groups of at least 10, the program can be combined with bus passes, bike rentals, or a luxury tour bus.

Fragrance company Ka-Mil-Yin can arrange perfume-making parties for a girlie group. Event packages include a display of glass cork-topped perfume bottles with 20 different oils to choose from and a fragrance mixologist to assist guests in creating their signature scents. Custom labels, which can include logos, are available for a $65 fee.

Companies such as Google and Disney have booked North Hollywood-based iLuminate. The performance troupe combines art and technology to create illusions and choreography in the dark for a buzzworthy effect. Dancers wear bodysuits outfitted with wirelessly controlled lights that coordinate with the dancers’ movements. Performances by iLuminate start at $6,000.

For an outdoor adventure, Sun Buggy Fun Rentals now offers daylong group tours of the Amargosa Big Dunes. After staffers show the group how to operate the buggies and navigate over the sand dunes, participants are free to explore on their own, though special teambuilding events like time trials can also be arranged. The package includes a round-trip two-hour shuttle ride to and from the Strip, lunch, and bottled water. A single-seat buggy is about $514, and a two-seat buggy is about $720, with a four-vehicle minimum to book. Discounted corporate rates kick in at around 25 vehicles or more. Sun Buggy can accommodate groups of as many as 500.

The Rat Pack Tribute is an homage to ’60s-era Vegas. Spot-on Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dean Martin impersonators sing their respective hits and banter with one another in character. The Las Vegas-based act can be performed as a 90-minute theater-style show with a visit from a faux Marilyn Monroe or as a shorter opening-act style bit.

The Go Game provides technology-driven teambuilding events, including a smartphone scavenger hunt through downtown Dallas’s historic west end area. Groups from five to 10,000 follow custom routes that can include location-based puzzles or company-specific trivia. Costs vary; contact for price quotes.

The Pedal Pub puts a bar crawl on wheels. The driver takes groups of 16 through neighborhoods such as Ukrainian Village and the West Loop. Guests cannot drink while the vehicle is in motion, but hosts can supply food and beverages to be consumed while it’s parked on private property. Available April through October, fees range from $160 to $190 per hour.

The Great Divide is a Chicago-based soul-and-blues rock band that is available for corporate events. The group has played at festivals like South by Southwest and has also entertained crowds at events for brands like Timberland.

Gin C Productions provides airbrush face painting and tattoos, living art statues, and body painting for corporate and nonprofit events. As roving entertainment, the company can body paint models or waitstaff with custom stencils, and jewelry embellishments and custom headpieces are also available.

Chef Ken Oringer’s adjoining restaurants Clio and Uni, inside the Back Bay’s Eliot Hotel, underwent renovations in February 2012. They now host two-hour cocktail classes for 20, headed by respected mixologist Todd Maul. Maul’s unusual techniques include smoking glassware, ice garnishes, and citrus painting.

With experience spinning at weddings, clubs, universities, and nonprofit and corporate events, DJ Addam Bombb uses Denon CD turntables—no iPods, preplanned sets, or sync-button mixing allowed. The remix producer customizes sets based on clients’ musical preferences. His typical rates for nonprofit and corporate events range from $1,400 to $2,200. Preferred dates are best secured nine to 15 months prior to an event.

Photographers Chris and Yvonne Johnson of Austin Imagery Photography have converted a vintage 1967 Airstream trailer into a mobile photo booth that event guests can climb aboard for impromptu photo shoots. The Airstream Photo Booth, which has instant Facebook uploading capabilities, offers packages from $1,150 that include as many as three hours of on-site photos and USB digital image delivery.

The Tropicana Casino and Resort’s new Imax 3D Theatre, on the third floor of the Quarter, is the only movie theater in Atlantic City. The 55-foot-tall screen is available for private screenings for groups of 50 to as many as 280; rental prices vary.