FEATURED WEDDING: Sara & Mark's New York Hall of Science Wedding

Read Sara & Mark's review of our services here on WeddingWire!

Facebook Contest Results

Recently, we ran our first real contest on our Facebook Fan Page. Sure, we're known to give away free stuff at bridal shows and showers but this was our first real contest, with both a partial day coordination package and an engagement photo shoot up for grabs. Couples were asked to submit a photo of themselves and a random fact and then ask their friends to vote for them. The response was greater than we had expected and we think all those who were involved should thank their friends who returned to our page day after day to vote for them!

Vanessa and Arthur were our winners, boasting double the votes of any other contestant. Since the couple have already taken engagement pictures, they chose to accept the coordination package and we are thrilled to work their 4/30/11 event at Westbury Manor!


We now have an engagement session up for grabs with the amazing Laura, owner of Pennace Photography. Here in the office, we bounced several ideas off of each other because with so many great couples, how could we choose just one? We considered awarding it to the first couple to enter the contest (Agnes & Shawn), the couple with the least amount of votes (Marisa & Michael), the couple with our favorite photo (Lisa & Jason), the couple who tried the hardest to win the contest (Sarena & Mike), a couple with a great story (Andrea & Jason), or the couple who Laura may have the most fun with at the photo shoot because of their spontaneous nature (Meredith & Matt). After much discussion, we have decided that the only fair way to give away the other prize is to award it to the runners up, Andrea and Jason! Congrats to you both!

But wait, in true Fairy Tale Events fashion, because we LOVE making people happy (just ask our clients), we have decided to keep going. Although we'd love to give everyone free photo shoots and DOC Packages, we just can't. But since you wrote us, sent us a photo and then asked your friends and family to vote, we'd like for you to feel like at least it wasn't all for nothing . All of our runners up are entitled to one of the following:
(1)A free cardbox or birdcage rental
(2)A free unity candle or memorial candle
(3)A Full Day DOC Package at Partial Day Price
(4)50% off the cost of any of a photo booth rental
(5)50% off the cost of renting Candy Buffet Supplies, including choice of 19 pieces of glassware, scoops, etc.

Congratulations to all who participated!

September Update

Hi All!

I’ll begin with my standard apology for not regularly updating this blog. I’ve toyed with the idea of hiring someone to do so on my behalf, but that just doesn’t feel right.

I haven’t blogged any photos from the past 25 or so weddings so I’m thinking of just blogging a “Best of Summer Weddings” post, featuring some of our favorite clients.

In the meantime, we have some very excited announcements to make. For starters, we are now effectively servicing most of upstate, New York as well as parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Additionally, we have purchased a photo booth to rent to our clients as an affordable photo booth solution. Our photo booths do not compromise quality and packages are both affordable and fully customizable. We have also recently made investments in several items available for rent including birdcages, card boxes, and bubble machines, which make for better photos outside of a ceremony when guests are blowing bubbles. Other rentals such as cotton candy, sno cone and popcorn machines are also available for various events.

Thank you for your support as we continue to expand our offerings in order to best serve the needs of our clients!

FEATURED WEDDING: Sarah & Josh's Brooklyn Bridge Wedding

When I sit down for a consultation, I often hear "I don't want a traditional wedding." While this was the case with Josh and Sarah, what I loved about them was that they both had such a clear vision of exactly what they wanted to achieve! It wasn't about being different for the sake of being different, it was about incorporating things that they loved into the weddings! Sarah loves sunflowers and chose red sunflowers for boutonnières and red and yellow sunflowers for the bouquets! She even specified the type of sunflowers that she preferred (no dark centers!) In lieu of a flower girl and ring bearer, they had pinwheel bearers. The couple wanted a hip, laid back feel and found vintage mason jars for their centerpieces. Their venue opened a side lounge, which we decorated with dozens of candles, paper lanterns, retro couches and a vintage photo booth. Because the reception was held in a trendy Brooklyn restaurant, we had a quick flip after dinner in order to turn the main dining area into a dance floor!

Read Sarah & Josh's review of our services here on IndieBride & another here on WeddingWire!