Real Wedding: Blake & Gregg

Blake + Gregg from Senderey Video on Vimeo.

Beautiful wedding at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach to kick off 2011.  Thank you to the fabulous vendors - Kym Bichon - Associate Director of Catering at The Breakers, Richard Grille - Breakers Design Studio, Donna Newman Photography, Senderey Video, Marianne Bennet Band.  You guys rocked!

Our Grand Finale

Here at Posh Parties we plan some very interesting events.  We plan weddings that are lavish, sophisticated, traditional and fresh.  We have amazing clients and we love every one of them.  The best part about our job is meeting so many people and adapting to each clients personalities - its a fun job and we always have something exciting going on!

Three months a ago, I got a call to interview to be the wedding planner for actress JoAnna Garcia and Yankee baseball player Nick Swisher.  As a die-hard Yankees fan, I was jumping for joy inside.  I went to the meeting and we hit it off!  Of course we have planned weddings and events before for professional athletes, local celebrities and socialites, but this one was different.  It's not often that a Hollywood couple gets married in Palm Beach....and I was the lucky one to have this amazing experience.

Funny enough, planning their wedding was just like planning everyone elses.  We triple checked the guests list, chose amazing invitations, selected music for the evening, and added personalized touches.  We dotted all of our i's and crossed all of our t's - multiple times.

We had our all-star team lined up - photographer Anthony Vazquez, cinematographer Francesco Spezia, music by Alan James of the Powerhouse Group, decor by Kim Votaw of the Breakers Design Studio and catering manager Kym Bichon of the Breakers.

The wedding week arrived and we delivered 200 gift bags to the hotel.  Thursday evening kicked-off the festivities with a Welcome Party.  Friday was the bridesmaid lunch and the rehearsal dinner under the stars.  Saturday was wedding day - the ceremony could not have been more beautiful and the reception was spectacular.  Guests were dancing the night away, having a blast.  Sunday, the weekend ended with a delicious brunch over looking the ocean.  The weekend could not have been more perfect - perfect weather and one flawless event after another for this perfect couple!

The bride looked amazing and you can see her wedding weekend wardrobe that was featured on instyle.com:

http://www.instyle.com/instyle/package/general/photos/0,,20352342_20449043_20888504,00.html

We couldn't have asked for a better event to end our year.  We are thankful for our success in 2010 and looking forward to an even bigger and better 2011!

Happy Holidays!!

Engage 10: The Breakers

I spent the early part of last week immersed in a wedding industry conference that left me motivated and inspired.  I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to be amongst the best of the best in the industry - from Mindy Weiss and David Beahm to Michelle Rago, Darcy Miller, Lara Casey, Abby Larson, Donna Newman, Bryan Rafanelli, Amy Atlas and so many more.  We were wowed by the delectable food presentations from the Breakers and even more amazed by the Design Studios visionary creations at every event.  Not one detail was left unnoticed.

What really came out of it for me was to keep doing what you are doing, hold your head up and keep pushing forward.  You can do anything you want to do if you put your mind to it and make it happen.  What a great way to kick off an extremely busy season.  My team and I are ready to embrace it!!

Here are some of the fabulous photos from the event.....I cannot wait to go to the next one.

All photos: Mel Barlow Photography and Allan Zepeda