2012 in Review: Year of the Involved Groom

We are already 12 hours into 2013 and  I am feeling super good about the year.  Not to say that the year 2012 wasn't a great one for The Blissful Bride Weddings and Events...  it was a year of not only fabulous weddings with incredible couples, but one of new affiliations, new team members, new brides for the future and a new look for BBW&E.

We began our year becoming one of the affiliated partners at The Douglaston Manor and were apart of four bridal showcases in which we were able to interact with future couples and taste the fantastic food Douglaston offers. For myself personally, it was great to be in the same place I had gotten married myself 5 years before. They have done some great work to the Manor and it is such a stunning place to get married. (www.thedouglastonmanor.com)

In the midst of preparing for our showcase, we were getting ready for our first wedding of the year. Katisha and Chris were married at Manhattan Penthouse (www.greenmansionscatering.com)  in a wonderful wedding. I met this fabulous couple back in August of 2011 (Katisha was on crutches when I met them), and we planned their wedding together in under 6 months. Katisha and I braved The Great Bridal Expo together (we ditched the crutches and had her sit in a wheelchair) and had a great time talking about the plans in the aftermath of the events. 

Our May wedding for Clarissa and Mike, was held at Fox Hollow (www.thefoxhollow).  I met Clarissa a long time ago in High School and we had gotten reacquainted on Facebook. It was an honor to be asked by both Clarissa and Mike to be their day of coordinator.  Clarissa and Mike had meticulously planned their event for well over a year and it was flawless.

The month of August marked change for The Blissful Bride. We began thinking of re branding and changing our website. It also gave us 2 wonderful new brides in the form of Katherine and Tom and Anjali and Antoine, two 2014 brides who wanted to be ahead in their planning. We are looking forward to 2013 as we will be assisting them throughout the year in preparation.

At the end of August, we added our team member, Elisabeth, who is such a wonderful addition. We're looking forward to working with her on weddings in 2013 and beyond.

Madelyn and Mark's wedding at The Montauk Club of Brooklyn (www.montaukclub.com) was our long awaited wedding of the year. I met Madelyn and her mom back in July of 2011 and we were the second vendor she booked after the venue.  Like her fellow 2012 BBW&E brides, she was meticulously with her wedding planning and like Chris and Mike before him, Mark was an involved groom. It was an intimate affair filled with great music, great food and lots of dancing!

To close out our year, we re branded in time for our Douglaston Showcase and our showcase with A Bridal Affair to Remember.  Our Bliss Bags made it debut and lucky brides got to walk away with one. We also gave away a Free Day of Coordination to October bride, Jane Blankson, as well. We look forward to meeting her this month and beginning working with her.

In addition, we are now apart of the NYCityWeddings.com (LIWeddings.com) Family!

A special thanks to all the vendors we worked with and met along the way in 2012. We look forward to working with you in 2013 and beyond!

Now that we've looked back, we're excited at what lay ahead of us for 2013!!

Congratulations to all the couples who got engaged recently over the holiday season!  Happy New Year!!

xo <3 p="p">The Blissful Bride
 

Clarissa and Mike's Wedding- Saturday, May 19th, 2012- Fox Hollow

Clarissa and I go way back to High School. We met when I decided to join the yearbook staff for her graduating class. Fast forward about ten years or so, thanks to a wonderful thing called social media we reconnected. After connecting with Clarissa to discuss her wedding, shortly before the new year, the first thing I thought was..this is the most put together bride I've ever met..
I met the dynamic duo together for the first time in the late winter and upon walking through the door, I couldn't help but feel the incredible love between these two and think to myself, these two are meant to be together.

Yesterday at about 12:30pm or so, that became a reality.

I dubbed Clarissa, the Pink Princess, and in true princess fashion, she lost her shoe while heading down the steps (in true Cinderella fashion) wearing the most spectacular, sparkly gown ever.Her prince awaited her and they said I do, bubbles being blown during and after the ceremony. The reception was beyond spectacular, featuring great music that everyone wanted to get up and dance to, including this one little boy who was up on that dance floor up until the party was over.

I have to say, while each wedding and each couple are near and dear in my heart, Clarissa and Mike hold an even more special place. 

I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again, on behalf of Sue and myself, thank you for letting us be apart of your special day.

The wonderful group of vendors that took part in Clarissa and Mike's day were:

Venue: Fox Hollow
Cake: Little Miss Cake Company
Photography: Brian @ Sherwood Triart Photography
Videography: New York Video
Makeup and Hair: Essa Salon and Spa
Flowers: PWP Floral
Music: Keith @ Classie Sounds Entertainment

And as always, a shout out to my assistant, Sue, who joined me for another wedding...

2011 Year in Review

It has been quite a year at The Blissful Bride Weddings and Events. While the year got off to a slow start, it picked up in March with our first wedding scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend. That wedding was to be followed by a late June wedding in Tarrytown and our very first full coordination meeting for an August 2012 bride (which eventually was bumped up for this December 2011) .

But everything has its ups and downs and unfortunately due to unforseen and unfortunate circumstances, the Memorial Day wedding was cancelled indefinetly, as was our December Full Coordination. It saddened us because of the circumstances, but I always say its better to know before than during the actual wedding. Nevertheless, BBW&E trucked through and landed  at Tarrytown House Estate for Sachiko and Ryan's wedding. It was a lavish affair full of flowers and a custom built arch (made of vine and flowers) created by Diane Gould, a stunning cake by Sweet Lisa's , music by the Hank Lane Band and photography by Gulnara Studio. The beautiful weather was the icing on the cake.

Shortly after the wedding, we began booking our 2012 calendar. Things were looking up and things were great.  Despite being a little slower than our innaugural year, we remainded positive that things would pick up and we would have a prosperous 2012.

Our positivity and patience bestowed on us a gift...that gift came to us in the form of a bride, who was at her wits end with decor for her 11/12 wedding. That bride's name was Amnel.  Together we created her vision of a rustic fall motif for her special day at the Hudson River Cafe. The end result for pure beauty and bliss!

As the time gets closer to 2012, we have a lot to be thankful for and a lot to look forward to in the coming year. We are currently hitting the ground running preparing for the February 3rd wedding of Katisha and Chris. They are just the first couple of the year!

We look forward to sharing these fabulous weddings with you!

Have a Blissful Holiday!
xo
The Blissful Bride

Happy New Year!!!-Year in Review

In our innaugural first year at The Blissful Bride Weddings & Events, we worked with 3 different styles of weddings.
Our first wedding as BBW&E was of Gayle and Aakif. It was the perfect intimate affair catered to out of town guests, that not only celebrated the high school sweethearts but the fabulous New York City as well.  A three act event that began with the ceremony at Central Park's Conservatory Gardens, and carried to the Villages own Havana Alma de Cuba and ended on the Yacht, Manhattan. The weather couldn't have been more perfect, the setting earthy and fun.
Our second wedding, Hazel and Kenny, had a more traditional feel that had a church ceremony followed by a candlelit reception in Greenpoint. The setting a bit more formal than the last, and about 90 guests who munched on a three course dinner followed by a mini Vienese Table and Wedding Cake.
The final wedding of our innaugural year, Samantha and Barry was in my favorite month (call me bias because I'm an October Bride myself) and was modeled a little like my own, with the exception being vibrant orchids, purple floralytes immersed in waterbeads. The ceremony took place in the outdoor area at Nicotra's Ballroom in Staten Island and followed to the Tea Garden Room which contained glass walls that overlooked the night sky and illuminated the room as the night went on. The guests partied at the reception to their hearts content with wonderful music. It was also my first time as emcee.
I want to thank my couples for letting me be apart of their special day and we look forward to 2011 and our new brides.

Check out our pictures under the Portfolio tab on our website http://www.blissfulbridenyc.com/

Stay blissful!
Yvonne
 

The Blissful Bride New and Improved Webpage

We have a new webpage!

It is a new and improved site that better represents what The Blissful Bride is. Along with the improved site, is our Menu of Services, which now only carry two packages, our Wedded Bliss Package for Day of Coordination and our Blissfully Yours Full Service Package. We still have our wonderful a la carte options and the option to add one of those services to your day of packages, to use alone or better yet create your own package (using the day of package as the starting point).
We have also now introduced special event planning to our page, creating each package to our client's individual needs whether it be venue selection, event design, favor creation, set up and breakdown of the day of event.
Please take a look at http://www.blissfulbridenyc.com/ and let us know your thoughts. If you are interested in receiving more information about one of our packages for a wedding/special event, or schedule a preliminary consultation, please email us at info@blissfulbridenyc.com.