Landi Wedding - July 2, 2011

Danielle and Dan Landi were married in Averill Park on this year's fourth of July weekend. Danielle found me when she asked her venue manager who she recommended for a wedding coordinator in the Albany area. Luckily she was told to reach out to me! Danielle grew up locally but lives in the Hudson Valley with her now husband Dan. She is an absolute ball of positive energy and her smile and exuberance just wakes up every happy cell in your body. From the first time I met her and her mom I was hooked on this girl!! Their ceremony was at St Henry's Church in Averill Park and their reception was at Pat's Barn in Troy. Danielle chose the very "in" color of coral for her bridesmaids, with accents of green, ivory, and a neutral beige for her reception. And let me tell you about the reception! Brides are often looking for a barn to use as their wedding location and this RPI Tech Park venue offers a wonderfully rustic clean slate to build your dream barn wedding around. Danielle does not lack on style, and brought in twinkling lights, uplighting on main wood beams, lots of votive candles, and a custom made cupcake tower to please not only everyone's visual interest but also allow the bride - who needs her foods to be gluten free - to enjoy a traditional cake cutting and feeding with her husband. This wedding also involved lots and lots of sparklers which were the favor for the guests and also available on tables out on the brick patio for guests to enjoy once it got dark. This was a dream wedding for an adorably dreamy couple and I was honestly so honored to have been able to play a small part in it.

As always I was joined with some amazing vendors on this one! Thanks go especially out to Rita Ann Maloney for taking and supplying me with this beautiful photos. You captured Danielle and Dan's loving spirit perfectly! Also thanks to venue manager April Rounds, caterer Arlington House, DJ Ernie and Fly 92 co-DJ Brian Cody, Surroundings Florals, Cakes Next Door, Total Events, and my girl Amy Elizabeth Smith who made everyone super pretty with her makeup styling.

Thank you Danielle and Dan for including me in your big day! Your true honest love for one another is something I will remember forever and ever!! <3

WPP bride Kate is back for another post on the NYWB blog!

Kate Loveday is one of my fabulous 2012 brides and she has been doing some guest blogging on the New York Wedding Boutique site. Check out her experience of planning a wedding in an area she is not very familiar with - a situation I am sure my out of state or out of town blog stalkers know a lot about! Kate also says some of the nicest things about her experience working with me. Awww, she's the best!!

Click here to read her post on the NYWB blog.

I Do Dash is September 8th!

The New York Wedding Boutique is proud to announce the first ever I Do Dash - a 5K race where brides, grooms, and their family and friends can have fun running/walking together and possibly go home with some great wedding prizes! There is also a post race party with food, music, and a chance to meet some of the New York Wedding Boutique members.

As a New York Wedding Boutique member I have donated a free one hour consultation where you can sit with me and pick my brain on all things wedding. This is a great opportunity for brides and grooms to talk with a professional wedding planner and take home all kinds of advice and suggestions to make their big day even more special. All prizes from the I Do Dash are transferable so come out and support your favorite engaged couple and try to win them something fun for their big day!

Date: Thursday September 8, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm
Where: The Crossings in Colonie
Cost: $20

Register online at www.areep.com or by clicking HERE.

Or for more information visit the New York Wedding Boutique blog for race details and an updated list of prizes!

See you on the starting line!

Lewicki Wedding - Sneak Peek!

Jennifer and Eric Lewicki were married in Queensbury on July 23, 2011. Their photographer Jessica Painter sent me this sneak peek image to hold me over while she works on editing the rest. Thanks Jessica! Here's a great pic of the beautiful bride, the handsome groom, and a killer pair of shoes. Ladies how badly would you like a pair of these pretty pink pumps???

Stay tuned for the full wedding recap to be posted soon!!

Kate and Shawn share a guest entry on the NYWB blog!

Kate Loveday and Shawn Owens are getting married in June 2012 at Birch Hill and I have the distinct pleasure of being their wedding coordinator! Kate has Celiac Disease and needs to stay 100% gluten free in everything she eats, including her wedding cake. Check out her guest blog entry on the New York Wedding Boutique site where she shares her story and her solution to her unique food situation.

Click here to read Kate's NYWB blog entry!

Connolly Wedding - July 22, 2011

Ali and Jon Connolly were married in Lake George on July 22nd of this year. Their wedding fell on a super hot weekend but you would have never known if you looked at the bride and groom, their families, or any of their rocking vendors. This couple exuded style and grace and their cool demeanor helped everyone around them to feel the same way.

I first met Alexandra and Jonathan after Ali's mom hired me back in the fall of 2010 to coordinate their big day. As a couple they were worried less about the small details and more about the idea of having a fun day for their family and friends that really felt special to the two of them. Having selected the Diamond Point Community Church as their ceremony space and The Sagamore Resort as their reception location they were already well on their way for a stunning event. Add in the positive energy and laughter of photographer Gerry Raymonda, the floral graces of Finishing Touches, and the musical stylings of TS Ensemble and you have yourself a stellar wedding concoction. Let the party begin!

Living in Florida but having ties to Upstate New York this was a true destination event for not only the bride and groom but everyone involved. I had an absolute blast working with Ali and Jon and Ali's mom Mary to finalize and fine tune all of the small details. You truly can't find better people in this world or better families to work with. Ali and Jon's wedding was so much more than a 'job' for me - it was a chance for me to mingle and mix with amazing people and have a ton of fun throughout the day. The bride even 'forced' me to share in a glass of wine with her before she would allow me to leave. The picture of us below proves it! And of course I humbly obliged. :)

Honestly weddings like this bring me back to the sole inspiration of why I do what I do. Thank you Ali and Jon for letting me share in your big day!!

Landi Wedding - Sneak Peek!

Mr. and Mrs. Landi were married in Averill Park on a beautiful sunny July day. Danielle is a super bubbly positive ray of sunshine and Dan is the rock that keeps her grounded. I think this sneak peek photo from photographer Rita Ann Maloney shows the dynamics of this fun couple perfectly!

I hope you enjoy this for now but make sure to check back - a full wedding recap will be up soon!

From last weekend's mother of the bride... :)

"Shannon--our British houseguests are gone, flower arrangements distributed among folks in Middletown Springs and the rest of the wedding vases, linens and paraphernalia packed away. It's past time for my sincere thank yous. I am almost embarrassed to write given that I caused the greatest catastrophe of the day (forgetting to deliver the linens; so much for Mrs Organization--ha!) but thank you enormously for the tremendous save and then getting to our home with adequate time to direct the ceremony. You were calm and poised when I had nearly lost it. Thank you for carrying out all the table set ups, candle lighting, place card setting, a year of emails, the advise about the musical surprise, the quick thinking when the rain began to pour, the direction of the DJ, and your wonderful organization at the end of the night carrying things to our car. All that--and then you had to drive to Albany. You are amazing!"

Thank you Suzie! It was truly my pleasure to be a part of Kate and Jeff's wedding - you have a beautiful family and I thoroughly enjoyed working with all of you!!

Bachey Wedding Sneak Peek!

Mr. and Mrs. Bachey were married just this past Saturday in the beautiful countryside of southern Vermont. This wedding had so many crazy awesome details and I can't wait to share them all with you! In the mean time here is a sneak peek image from their amazingly talented photographer Erica Ferrone.

Swoooooooon!

Taliaferro Wedding Video Sneak Peek!

Lindsay and Brett Taliaferro were married along the shores of Lake George on June 18, 2011. I had the distinct pleasure of planning this day with Lindsay and her mom from start to finish and they were absolutely a hoot to work with. Lindsay and Brett's ceremony took place in the historic Grace Memorial Church in Hague and their reception was at the beautiful Inn at Erlowest in Lake George. Alisha Clark and John Tegan of Clark+Walker photographed and videoed their day and captured the amazing grace and charm of their Adirondack wedding.

Please enjoy the sneak peek trailer of their wedding video.