Green Acres 12.12.12 Party

Every year for the past 12 years my sister and her husband put on a party.  They do it "just because". They love to entertain and it is fun to get together with family and friends. The parties started in 01.01.01 and continued over the next couple years as cocktail parties, where their friends would come over, sit around, eat and share stories.  Then she got me involved and the parties began to take on a whole new twist.  They had themes, great food, decorations and some sort of live entertainment.  We took picture give-aways at all of them and once the guests realized we meant "dress up" as a character, the parties went to another level.  People looked forward to their parties.  Some of the themes were Blue, Disco, Hawaiian Luau, Murder Mystery, and this last one, 12.12.12, was Green Acres.  see video
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11.11.11

                                     

 09.09.09

This picture was prior to cutting out the faces so the guests could insert their face, so we could take a picture

    
We made home made apple, blueberry, peach and berry pies in the glass jars that were fabulous!
Plenty of food for everyone.  Upscale cocktail hour and then down on the farm home cookin for dinner.

D'Amato Wedding 12.1.12

Michelle and David got married on December 1, 2012.  They were lucky because there was no snow and 95% of their guests were from out of town.  National trails was the bus of choice that moved guests from three hotels to the wedding to the reception. Steve Kaufman was the photographer and the parents were VERY happy. (These pictures are from my camera not Steves!)

                          

Is this not the cutest shirt the bride bought for her mom and one for each of her bridesmaids personalized with their names on it?

                        

Michelle bought her dress at Roma Sposa in Birmingham.  Michelle loves lace and found just the perfect gown with a lot of details.  Her 5 bridesmaids looked beautiful in black.





                      Note the details of her dress.
 

 At her home they had the Christmas decorations up which made for a beautiful back drop for pictures and for the brunch the next day at her parents home.

Michelle used Millennium Limousines which is a fabulous, clean, reasonably priced and wonderful limousine service I refer in Farmington Hills, MI. (check them out at limogiant.com)

                                       

The wedding took place at the Stone Chapel at St. Hugo in Bloomfield Hills.   What a beautiful chapel and the Monsignor performed a  wonderful ceremony

 Menu cards were made and tucked beautifully in the pocket of the napkins.  Linens and napkins, chargers and chavari chairs were all from An Affair to remember.  If you want clean, wrinkle free linens and THE BEST chavari chairs , I highly recommend An Affair to Remember in Commerce.

                                                              Cute little signs on the chairs.

Tables were beautiful and flowers were by Breath of Spring..  Michelle and David liked the antique look and the use of all different kinds and sizes of vases.  White was her color of choice for flowers.  The reception was held at the Reserve in Birmingham.  Diane the brides mom said working with the reserve was wonderful.  They have a lot of things you have to otherwise pay for like lighting.

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 The Band was skyline and the Back Street Horns.  They have a great horn section and kept everyone on the dance floor.  Again I love it when the band involves teh groom and or the bride. Watch this cute video of the groom serenading his bride!

Dear Andrea,
Thank you so much for helping coordinate our wedding.  The day turned out perfectly and we know that much of that is because of all of your hard work.  You made the entire planning process so much fun and you kept me and my mom sane and in each others good graces :) We really appreciate everything you did.  You are an incredible party planner!  We hope you have a great holiday season.  We looking forward to seeing you at my sisters wedding in June.
Thanks again...
Love,
Michelle and David

Stern Wedding

 When guests arrived at Adat Shalom Synagogue they were greeted by a beautiful place card table. The bride made the envelope holder which consisted of 3 nice size boxes wrapped in a beautiful paper. The beautiful linen were from An Affair to Remember in Commerce.

 

The tables were beautifully set and the flowers were from Breath of Spring Florist in Bloomfield Hills. Breath of Spring also draped the entire room and added the up lighting.  My new passion is lighting.  It really makes a room.  Candles, white flowers, gold chargers and gold chavari chairs made this room look exquisite.

Their cake had a beautiful design and was placed on the sweet table after they cut it.

One cute idea they had was a s'more bar.  There were tons of marshmallows, small heaters to toast your marshmallow, melted chocolate to drizzle on your graham crackers and all kinds of toppings.  No one is to old to enjoy a s'more!

 A very cute sign was made for the two ring bearers to hold ....as the ring bearers were walking down the aisle before the bride the sign read  "Uncle Sethy, here comes the bride"  and when they were leaving the ring bearers turned the sign around and it said ...."and they lived happily ever after"

The Simone Vitale Band was great.  He kept the crowd on the dance floor all night and had the Groom sing to the bride "My Girl".  I always love when the groom partakes some how in the evening.  It just personalizes it for the two of them.....even if they cannot sign or dance.

At the end of the evening, a lot of sore faces, from smiling so hard, sore feet from dancing so long, sore arms from hugging so many people...but it is nice to see us still standing after everyone has gone! A wonderful evening was had by all and memories to last a life time.  Congratulations Amy and Seth!