If you want them to talk, give them a story.
If you want them to talk, give them a story.
The best part of any event is the stories that come out of it. But the best events begin with one. Summer cookouts, birthday parties, holiday parties, Bravo watch parties, neighborhood watch parties — if you're going to tell a story, why not commit to it?
Here's a few of the worlds I've built.
Some people like ghosts and goblins. Others like skeletons and graveyards. For this client, I built a crime scene — the story of two sisters on a camping trip, neither of whom ever came back.
Front yard installation
Search & Rescue placard — front door
Missing poster — posted around the house
Reminder email — sent as an incident report
Menu — Prepared Rations
Journal entry — Posted in host's bathroom
"There's a black sheep in every family. We're serving lamb."
Flesh & Blood
Halloween Dinner Party
A couple in Chicago wanted a party with a hot dog bar. I gave it a name, a cast of characters, and a whole lot of swag.
Branded hot dog boat
Beer can koozie
Branded cup
Sundae bar table tent
"Get that dog in you."
Sun's Out Buns Out
Chicago Summer Cookout
A wild man was turning two. He eats everything. Pounds drinks like he's shotgunning beers. He also happens to be Greek-American.
GEN ALPHA ΓΕΝΑ — house banner
Rush Week koozie
Gen Alpha — Pledge Class 2025 tee
"It's his world. They're just feeding it."
Greek Life
Toddler Birthday Party
"The only thing better than a tackle is a tickle."
Chicago's Own Gary Bears
(AKA The Gare Bears)
What's Included
The Complete Collection
The Full Story, By Chapter
The full world, start to finish.
The Full Story
Four Chapters
The core of the world, built well.
By the Chapter
One Piece at a Time
For when you know exactly what you need.
About
The plan was Portugal. Then it wasn't. We got married in a friend's backyard instead — and somewhere in the scramble, an idea took over: what if the wedding was still Portugal, just relocated? So I built Portichigan. A whole invented nation, population: the guest list. It had a crest, a census, national foods (Portuguese, obviously), and its own signature cocktail — a Port and tonic. The other option at the bar was an old fashioned with smoked cherry bitters, a nod to the actual state we were standing in. The invitations went out in blue and white, patterned after Portuguese azulejo tiles. I built a full tourism website for it — hotels, restaurants, things to do, directions to the "capital." People used it to plan their trip to my wedding.
That's the instinct behind everything here. Not a theme slapped onto a party, but a whole world built underneath it — one with its own facts, its own food, its own rules — so that showing up feels like visiting somewhere real.
By day, I'm a Creative Director and copywriter with over a decade of telling stories for some of the world's biggest brands. I'm also a published short story writer. Storied Events brings together my love of storytelling, celebrations, and making shared history.
Let's make some history together.
To get started, email thestoriedevents@gmail.com
