Harper & James

On Friday we helped a client launch a new business location and it was WILD 🐆🌴 🐾 We loved working with so many talented vendors to transform a dental office space into a neon jungle for an evening. Special thanks to ICON Event Group and Quixotic Entertainment LLC for making magic happen! Harper & James

The Biggest Pickleball Party ever is in the books and the biggest week for our brand JustPaddles wrapped up yesterday! What a week for our team and everyone in the pickleball world! Kansas City showed out and proved yet again that it's a great place to host large sports events! It'll be cool to look back and say we hosted the first pickleball match inside the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts! Big shoutout to Harper & James for planning the party and exceeding even the "biggest" of expectations we put on them! Thank you to the pro players who took an evening where they could've been resting before their tournament to entertain the crowd. Thank you to all the pickleball fans who attended the party. We've been talking around our company about how great of a week this was for our brand and how great it was to get together as a team for a night of fun! This week is going down in the Pro Athlete record books for sure! Thank you to everyone who made it possible!

When your company sells sporting goods online, but you have this crazy-big vision of hosting the BIGGEST PICKLEBALL PARTY EVER for PickleCon in Kansas City, you might need to bring in the experts. Our team at Pro Athlete did just that when we hired Sara Prochaska and Kristi Scott of Harper & James! For months, they've been organizing our event and handling all the important details. I can't imagine what it feels like to be given the goal of the biggest party ever from a company you've never worked with before. On top of how professional and organized they've been, they've taken our vision of blowing our vendors' minds at the party to a whole new level. I would've never imagined that we would be hosting our party at the iconic Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Kansas City! I can't say for sure, but guessing we are going to be the first to have a pickleball court inside of the Kauffman Center! That's pretty freakin' cool! Thank you to Sara and Kristi for dreaming alongside us even though I'm sure there were times it was hard. If you're looking for an awesome company to help plan your next event, the team at Harper & James should be at the top of the list!

WOMEN-OWNED/LED BUSINESS SHOUT-OUT: EDITION 80 Harper & James is named after two influential people in the founder’s lives: Harper for Sara Prochaska’s father and James for Kristi Scott’s grandfather, both entrepreneurs whose bar was set at perfection. Founded in 2023, Harper & James is an event planning and design studio obsessed with creating exceptional experiences. They curate high-end, luxury events, focusing on corporate celebrations—but they are not your average event planners. Their unique approach will surely intrigue you. They partner with companies to understand their business goals and objectives, creating exceptional experiences that deepen their relationships with clients, customers, employees, and key constituents. They believe in the beauty of every detail and take a full-scope approach to planning, from theme design to execution and everything in between. Their services range from planning + production, activations + experiences, and creative design + rentals. Sara and Kristi have 25 years of combined experience designing, creating, and executing corporate, non-profit, and personal events. They can help you create life-changing (yes, life-changing) experiences. Whether it be a multi-day conference or an intimate VIP event, you can trust the team at Harper & James to tell your story from creation to completion. I have included the Harper & James website in the comments to help you learn more. Next Up:  BLAQUE KC led by Cokethea Hill, PhD