Prime Time Party Rental Bridal House

This Saturday, March 24th from 9am to 2pm join us and many other great wedding vendors at Prime Time Party Rental's Bridal Open House! Prime Time will even be offering discounts on rental orders...leaving you more room in your budget to spend on photography ;) Anyway, don't miss out! Click on the link to RSVP.

Dayton Wedding Vendors...Thank You!

Some of you may already know that we have a wedding in our family this month. Mark's son Joshua is marrying Kristen in Florida later this month. Since they are doing a destination wedding, they wanted to have a 'Send Off Reception' for those guests who would not be traveling to the wedding.

We helped the soon-to-be-newlyweds plan this event and had lots of fun in the process. The kids wanted their party to be nontraditional, non-cookie cutter and above all super fun! With that in mind we booked the Taj Ma Garaj to hold the event. With it's nontraditional decor and game room, we knew it would be a memorable venue for guests.

We started with forgoing a sit down dinner. The whole evening was designed to be one big cocktail hour. Guests were free to mingle, eat, drink, play games in the arcade, dance, whatever they wished, whenever they wished.

Guests could sample food from the four different food stations (Asian, American, Carving Station, fine cheeses and fruits). Servers also passed beautiful trays of yummy finger foods as well. The bar offered a full line of wines, beers and a 'Signature Drink' of frozen Margaritas. The cookie and candy bar was meant to be enjoyed all night so guests were able to sample the sweets during the party as well as take some home.

In keeping with the kids desire to not be 'too stuffy or conforming,' linens and centerpieces were all different, but were in keeping with the red and black color palette. Four different types of tablecloths were used and combined with different textured overlays. There were also six different centerpieces ranging from all floral to all candles with mixtures of both in between. We also mixed the table sizes and heights. We opted for smaller tables holding between 4 to 8 chairs max making for more intimate conversation spots.

We wanted to give a very special thank you to the Dayton wedding vendors who helped make Joshua and Kristen's party so wonderful. There are many fabulous vendors in town and it was hard to pick just a few to use. Thank you for making our party such a success! We couldn't have done it without you!

The Taj Ma Garaj

Primetime Party Rental

Berstein's Fine Catering

Furst Florist

Ice Sculptures by Ramon

Square One Salon

Nicholas Viltrakis Photography

The DJ Company, Jim Manley

Stay tuned for the next round of Garber party images coming from the rehearsal dinner at the BeachHouse and the wedding at the Crosley Estate.

Abby & Matt's Highlight Reel

Abby and Matt Highlights from Dan Choi on Vimeo.

We don't normally get to see what videographers produce for our clients, but videographer Dan Choi sent us the link to Abby & Matt's highlight reel. Abby & Matt found Dan on Craig's List...or I should say Dan found them...Abby & Matt had put an add on Craig's List looking for a videographer. I don't recommend that people do that, but fortunately for Abby & Matt they found someone who did a good job for them. Thanks for sharing Dan!

The Jack Garrett Band

We're trying to get caught up on blog posts this week...it's that time of year again when everything gets a little crazy and backed up! The flu that keeps cycling through the studio isn't helping either :(

We've worked with the Jack Garrett Band quite a few times recently and met up with them to do some updated publicity shots. The guys in the band probably thought we were nuts a few times, but the shots turned out great. Be sure to check out their web site. They do a great job and can do anything from trios to 24 pieces...talk about making a statement!

I-do Boutique Grand Opening!

We are extremely excited and privileged to be apart of the I-do Bridal Boutique in Cincinnati. Created by widely known and accredited bridal consultant Brigid Horne-Nestor of I-do Weddings, the Bridal Boutique is a one-stop resource of Cincinnati's top vendors.

Located in prestigious O'Bryonville (right near Walnut Hills & Hyde Park), the Bridal Boutique is the perfect place for brides who want easy, carefree planning without having to drive all over town trying to find vendors. The Bridal Boutique represents over 30 companies from catering, florists, entertainment and much more. Each vendor has display material as well as a detailed binder of information covering their services. Because the Boutique is staffed with friendly knowledgeable staff, you can get answers and guidance on questions that you may have about vendors.

The I-do Boutique is also home of the Wedding Day Divas, who can provide great wedding planning services to any bride on a budget. Select from a menu of individual services or go for the big planning package. You can also purchase many cute and unique table favors and wedding gifts at the Boutique.

There is plenty of comfortable browsing and meeting space so we will now be able to meet with brides directly in Cincinnati as this will be a satellite office for us. Join us for the Grand Opening on September 30th!

Style Me Pretty!

What an awesome resource for brides! Style Me Pretty is an amazing blog by wedding blogger extradonaire Abby Larson from Boston. Abby is known for her attention to detail and upscale chic. She has been on Martha Stewart and contributes regularly to Martha Stewart Weddings, which is also a great planning resource.

We were very excited to be invited to be a VIP Vendor in Abby's Little Black Book of Vendors. I love all the ideas and planning help. The message boards and 'Ask Abby' are great reads too. With all the great planning help on-line, I would have a hard time narrowing down what I would want as a bride...there are just too many cool things to choose from! It makes me want to get married all over again...to Mark of course ;)

Southwest Ohio Magazine

We are proud to have several stock images in Southwest Ohio Magazine. You can pick up a copy at most book stores, grocery stores or at the many fine vendors featured within the magazine. There are lots of great ideas in the magazine and on-line! Happy Planning!

Check us out on The Knot!

One of all our all time favorite bridal couples and families, the Westendorfs, has their wedding featured on The Knot as a Real Wedding slide show. We had a stupendous time with everyone and hated to have the wedding come to an end!

Brooke and Michael had such a great wedding down to the very smallest of details. They also had the best wedding band, we have EVER heard! The Libido Funk Circus band from Chicago was the only wedding band that I have ever heard play top 40 hits...and played them very well! We still get to see Brooke and her family when we do family portraits for them. Congrats on being selected for The Knot!

Participating Vendors:

Furst Florist

Finch Rental

Classic Confection Cakes

Country Club of the North

Best Bouquets...and then some!

Congrats to LoAnn at Furst Florist who won the Best Bouquets category in Florist's Review with a wedding at the Schuster Center (one of our favorite venues) that we did together. Seeing what other florists submitted, the competition was definitely tough!

Mark and I always love it when we work with our Vendor Dream Team because we know everything will run extra smooth and that every detail is taken care of. Stress free event planning is all about putting yourself in the right people's hands and letting them do all the work and thinking for you ;)

Congrats again! We always knew you guys rocked!