Last night was a fantastic night at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. We invited lots of blogging friends to come and experience our first ever Bloggers' Night Out. Highlights were of course getting to see lots of our blogger friends and getting to meet bloggers who we only know from reading their blogs. For the weddings area we tried to give the bloggers a little "taste" of our weddings brand and some of the areas we cover here on our blog. (If I could have I would have filled up our entire offices for this -- but with space constraints we kept it to a walkway full of wedding ideas and fun.) Of course a huge thanks to our fabulous Jenn Andrlik, our online editor, and Anthony Luscia, special projects editor, as well as the weddings department for all the inspiration.
In keeping with our pink color palette we of course turned to Dessy for a bridesmaid dress -- being the color center they are in the wedding world today (you'll also see their Pantone color swatch on our details table). And it's so great that Kleinfeld does menswear now so they can help dress the bride & groom for the big day. I love this pink jacket for a destination wedding. I'm a huge fan of Ash + Robbins flower girl dresses featured in our Cherry Blosson story. I need to find a special occasion so I can get them for my daughters.
Wendy "the Pipe Cleaner Lady" was there to make pipe cleaner rings for all of our guests -- so much fun. We can never get enough DIY at Martha Stewart Weddings and what's better than diamonds and DIY?
We love candy, sweets and confections at MSW (not a great place to work if you are trying to diet). Dawn of One Girl Cookies was on hand to set up one of her unbelievably beautiful, dreamy, and DELICIOUS cookie bars -- a very dangerous table to be standing by. We told her our palette was pink, and exactly like she can do for your wedding, she brought the color into the fillings of the cookies and the icing on the cupcakes. You can order cookies and cakes form her, or she can also do a whole table for you, she's so amazing and nice.
And last BUT NOT LEAST was our glam moment -- Paul Labrecque Salon and Spa (who we love for wedding beauty, hair, make up, etc.) was there to apply eye lashes on our bloggers (and I must admit I was the first one in line as were some of our staffers). I'm totally obsessed with Daisy (our makeup artist who did the makeup for our Sandals wedding (coming soon in our destination weddings issue, October 4th) and those false lashes -- now the trick today is to keep those lashes on!!!
Here are some more photos from last night's event, enjoy!
1 Of course we had to welcome our guests with the bridal party -- tux and dress from Kleinfeld.
2 Back row, left to right: Shira from Martha Stewart Weddings, Jillian from 100 Layer Cake (http://100layercake.com/blog/), me, Jackie from Merci New York (http://mercinewyork.com/), Jenn our online editor. Front row, left to right: photographer, Justine Ungaro, and Maria from Ritzy Bee (http://ritzybee.typepad.com/).
3 Here I am with Jay from Maples Wedding Cakes (http://www.maplesweddingcakes.com/).
4 Emily from Eco Chic Weddings (http://www.ecochicweddings.typepad.com/).
5 Vane from Brooklyn Bride (http://bklynbrideonline.com/), Anne from Aisle Dash (http://www.aisledash.com/), Kim from Wedding Bee (http://www.weddingbee.com/).
6 Here I am with Kelly from High Street Market (http://highstreetmarket.blogspot.com/).
7 Here I am with Stephanie from Couture Parties (http://www.coutureparties.com/) and Jenn.
8 Our team including Elizabeth, Katie, Daniel, Cara, and Tanya from Save the Date Cupcakes (http://savethedateforcupcakes.blogspot.com/).
9 Fabulous "diamond" rings from Wendy the Pipe Cleaner Lady.
10 Janice from Bridal Wishlist (http://thebridalwishlist.blogspot.com/).
11 Here I am with Monica from Macaroni Kid (http://nyceast.macaronikid.com/).
12 Shannon from Milk and Cuddles (http://milkandcuddles.com/).
13 Don't you love this bag that Catherine Lash is toting?
14 Books make a great gift for any bride. Our Cake book is inspirational and has how-tos. Our planning binder is a great complement to our online tools...after all, you need a place to keep swatches, contracts, etc. especially for when you're visiting vendors. Matthew Robbins, made totally gorgeous arrangements.
15 Here's the inside of our wedding scrapbook I published to help brides document their whole wedding experience from engagement through your honeymoon.
16 Here Martha is with Dawn from One Girl Cookies.
17 Dawn from One Girl Cookies.
18 One Girl Cookies set up a delicious and fabulous display. All the sweets were displayed on our Macy's cake stands...don't forget to add to your bridal registry.
19 More delicious treats. Here, miniature cupcakes and moon pies.
20 Calligrapgher Mara from Neither Snow, whose beautiful work is featured in our summer issue, was on hand with fantastic post cards with unique stamps, which she calligraphed special dates onto for our bloggers. Anything from your birthday to your wedding date. I love that Vanessa Holden had her write the day she met her husband.
21 Our Flutters of Romance theme is one of my favorite weddings in our weddings program at Sandals. Here is the cake, small cupcakes, and bouquet -- a combination of two popular trends -- butterflies & pink!!!
22 Daisy from Paul Labrecque Salon who did makeup and eye lashes at the event last night. It was a huge hit!
23 Some makeup and photos from Paul Labrecque.
24 Daisy and Anthony before the event started.
25 Of course we had to show samples of some of our favorite DIY ideas from the summer issue, all of which can be found and downloaded here http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/floral-clip-art
26 Some more DIY ideas from our Summer issue.
27 Just a few items from our Martha Stewart Crafts line available at Michael's, and one of Darcy's scrap boxes. This one features a wedding photo and invitation from her parents' wedding.
28 A selection of calligraphy from multiple calligraphers and stationery by Crane and Co.
29 Some of the stationery from Crane and Co.
30 Darcy and I at the end of the night, what a great event!
Special thanks goes out to everyone who helped make last night possible:
The Pipe Cleaner Lady
Sandals
Matthew Robbins Designs
Taylor Creative Inc.
Kleinfeld
Dessy
One Girl Cookies
Neither Snow
Paul Labrecque Salon and Spa
From: Stephanie Alexander | 8/6/10 at 1:55 pm
I love seeing these pictures! I followed a fellow Nashville wedding vendor, Jay Quall's from Maple's Weddings Cakes and his tweets all night. What a great group of people at 1 event. Thanks for sharing pics.
From: Tanya | 8/6/10 at 2:22 pm
I had an awesome time! Hopefully we can do it rooftop next year;o)
From: Andrea fraga | 8/6/10 at 9:15 pm
I would have loved to be at this event. I will make sure to be there next year. At least I can see all the beautiful details through all these pictures. Thanks for sharing. I love love love MS weddings!!!!
From: darcy miller | 8/6/10 at 10:39 pm
So glad you liked the event & our magazine!
From: stephanie frazier grimm {Couture Parties} | 8/7/10 at 8:18 pm
Darcy, it was so fantastic to see you again! Great event! I really enjoyed seeing where all the inspiration takes place, the displays from the wedding magazine, the unique vendors and the food! (which after I realized it was all from recipes of the summer Food Magazine!) again, Thank you!!
From: Kim - The TomKat Studio | 8/9/10 at 11:54 am
It was so nice to meet you, Darcy! You were shining at the event, so sweet to everyone! Thank you for the amazing experience!
From: April | 9/12/10 at 12:59 pm
I LOVE the wedding dress with the pink sash. Does anyone know the designer?
From: CM | 11/16/10 at 5:30 pm
Yes! Darcy, please tell us the designer of the lace tiered wedding gown with the pink sash. It's beautiful. I love the 50's style of it!
From: Shannon | 1/10/11 at 9:31 pm
WOW! I am just NOW realizing that the picture I was lucky enough to take with Darcy is up on this page! I kept wishing I had a copy! thank you so much! I'll be linking to this page for a "Wordless Wednesday" photo this week. What a lucky find. Thank you Darcy for the chance to meet you and so many Martha insiders who were willing to talk to bloggers about your passion for your work. What a wonderful event:)
Shannon
MilkandCuddles.com