Blue Water Party Rentals

Conveniently located in Burlingame to service the greater Bay Area, our 540 square foot showroom features our entire product offering on display, a private 550 square foot mock table-setting area and a professional grade kitchen for your private tastings. The showroom is open from 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday, by appointment only.

Our Commitment to Service and Healthy Practices

If you are planning a seated dinner for 2000, a wedding for 200 or intimate dinner party for 20, we pride ourselves on being able to deliver the highest quality rentals that meet health department guidelines, with accuracy time and again. We guarantee you will be delighted with our industry-leading offerings and unparalleled customer service. Our rentals are cleaned and sanitized, to meet health department guidelines. We wrap and seal all plates, glassware, and flatware, so it goes right to your table, no wiping necessary.

Corporate Functions

Blue Water Party Rentals has a long history of partnering with organizations ranging from startups to the Fortune 500, from non-profits to corporate functions of any size or scope. Our team can provide the expertise you need while planning your next Gala, fundraiser, sales meeting, convention, or trade show.

Our Commitment to a Green Practice

As indicated in our name, Blue Water Party Rental’s has a deep love of the ocean. Our goal is to always be as eco-friendly as possible. From the time we opened our doors, we started with green practices and implement new strategies regularly. All of our paper, cardboard, hangers, bags, garbage and scrap metals are recycled. We incorporate sustainable laundry practices for our dish and laundry departments, using bio soaps and also we reclaim our rinse water. Our plastic linen covers and bags are made from 100% recycled materials and are 100% biodegradable.

Weddings

Blue Water Party Rentals carries a wide array of rental items to help you create the perfect atmosphere for your wedding reception. We have every aspect covered from reception tables and seating to venue lighting and floral design. Our extensive linen selection compliments and enhances any wedding theme and our full line of tabletop items, including dinnerware, glassware and flatware, ensures that your wedding guests will be dining in style. Having an outdoor wedding? We offer full tenting services and a wide selection of catering and serving equipment.

Create the perfect environment for tying the knot with wedding ceremony rentals from Blue Water Party Rentals. Our wedding rental experts can help you find the right wedding aisle treatments, seating options and altar elements to make your wedding ceremony venue your own. We even offer complete wedding tent rentals to fit any ceremony location. Please inquire.

Arches/Chuppahs

The focal point of your wedding ceremony is when you exchange vows with your spouse. Make that moment stand out with an decorative arch or chuppah from Blue Water Party Rentals.. Contact our wedding specialists to find out more.

Ceremony/Reception Seating

From intimate weddings to large ceremonies, Blue Water Party Rentals can help you with your wedding ceremony seating needs. Seat your wedding guests in comfort and style in elegant Chiavari chairs (many colors to choose from), classic wood folding chairs, or Casper chairs. Your ceremony seating can stand out with coordinated cushions, chair covers, or sashes.

Receptions

Blue Water Party Rentals carries a wide array of rental items to help you create the perfect atmosphere for your wedding reception. Our extensive linen selection compliments and enhances any wedding theme and our full line of tabletop items, including dinnerware, glassware and flatware, ensures that your wedding guests will be dining in style. Having an outdoor wedding? We offer full tenting services, along with portable kitchens, dance floors, and a wide selection of catering and serving equipment.

Karen Gitter - Founder & Managing Director

karen@bluewaterpartyrentals.com

Karen Gitter founded Blue Water Party Rentals in 2004.  She brought over 20 years of restaurant, catering and event planning experience “to the table” when she opened the doors.

Karen’s entrepreneurial spirit started with KLG Catering and Events, which successfully managed catered events from 10 to 10,000 guests. KLG was a preferred caterer to venues like Alcatraz Island, SF MOMA, the Golden Gate Club, to name a few.  Karen realized there was tremendous niche for a party rental company who could service the needs of Catering companies, Brides, and the Corporate client, while not sacrificing quality.  

Karen had a specific vision for Blue Water Party Rentals.  Her goals were simple; Excellent service, superior quality rentals that meet health department guidelines and to be ecologically friendly.

Alexis Johnson Barr, Sales Manager
Alexis has been involved in the hospitality business since 1999, working “front of the house” in restaurants and country clubs throughout college. It was through these experiences that she earned the position of Director of Catering for San Francisco's world renowned Harding Park Golf Course. She then decided to take on the challenge of the Bay Area hotel industry, working as a Catering Sales Manager and then as a Group Sales Manager in San Francisco and Pleasanton. Alexis currently serves as a 2011 Board Member for the San Francisco Chapter of the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE). She is passionate about creating memorable events, impeccable customer service, and expanding our business into the eastern reaches of the Bay Area.

David Sheridan, Business Development Manager
David started in the service industry straight out of UC Berkeley were he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History degree. 

In 1999, David's first venture was as Event Planner/Director of Operations for Shaw Management based in Sausalito.  His responsibilities included every aspect of the event business.  He was responsible for programs for Fortune 500 companies, DMC clients, and tour and travel groups.  This included everything from transportation, décor, audio/visual installations, food and beverage needs, and hotel rooms.  David also trained and supervised the Event Security Devision of Shaw Management.

In 2007, David along with partners opened BIN 38, a neighborhood wine bar and restaurant in the Marina District in San Francisco.  With David as General Manager, BIN 38 earned #1 Wine Bar title in 2 straight San Francisco Magazine Reader Polls.

In 2010, David and his partners opened The Republic,one of San Francisco's premier sports bars.

David has championed community outreach programs by creating an in-house event format allowing charities to utilize event space at BIN 38 free of charge.  He is very active in organizations to raise funds to fight childhood hunger.

Jennifer C. Jenkins, Social Media Queen
Jennifer graduated San Jose State University in 2009, with a Bachelor of Science – Advertising degree.

Blue Water is right up Jennifer's alley.  From 2004 to 2010, Jennifer was a Lifeguard for the City of Antioch, and a Swim Instructor at the Carson Swim School in Brentwood. 

When she arrived at SJSU, she became instrumental in her sorority as the Vice President of Public Relations and Committee Chair to increase awareness through leadership, and fund raise for Child Quest International, Prevent Child Abuse America, and the Up 'till Dawn Executive Board that raises money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Jennifer also worked as an Advertising Account Executive at the Spartan Daily Newspaper, and as Public Relations & Communications Intern for Breathe California of the Bay Area.  Her last Intern position was with Every Elegant Detail, a wedding planning company in Walnut Creek.

Kelly Riddles, Customer Service Manager
Kelly came to us from American Event Rentals in Stockton, CA.  In her position as Assistant Manager, her responsibilities included sales, accounting, inventory control, customer service, employee scheduling, and warehouse supervision. 

While at American, Kelly also designed the look for a wedding, and was on site to manage the design aspect and event delivery.  With her creative eye, she also taught wedding design seminars for brides in Stockton.

Kelly also began working with the Stockton Association of Wedding Professionals in 2009, where she gained even more experience in the events industry as the organization's Secretary.

Her other previous positions allowed Kelly to perfect her customer service skills, and it was while she worked at Michael's Arts and Crafts, that she discovered her creative ability, and her outstanding customer service qualities.