May 17th, 2015
Every Bar Bat Mitzvah celebration is unique regardless of budget. We would all agree that we want our guests to leave saying, “Wow!”
Families celebrate in a variety of ways; most have delicious food, some form of entertainment/music and their own special touches.
We recently found three unique ways to enhance your child’s Bar Bat Mitzvah celebration and involve your guests. In some cases “live” at the celebration or a keepsake to last for years and years.
Enjoy these ideas below:
Fine Art for Events
Fine Arts for Events provides unique paint by number artwork designed to entertain your guests and provide you with a work of art. Artist Michael Molly creates a painting from your original idea or existing photograph. He then prepares a numbered outline of the picture along with the paint and materials necessary to execute it. Mr. Molly will come to your event to assist your guests with completing your painting.
Numbered outlined canvas before painting
The finished product
Brick by Brick Lego Creations
Interactive fun for everyone! Every participant will lend a hand at completing a giant LEGO mosaic of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah child. Each section comes with directions to complete, which will then be fitted into a numbered board creating the finished product by the end of the party. It will be a gift that lasts forever. They can also create great LEGO centerpieces.
In addition to LEGO portraits, they can customize centerpieces for any theme and portraits
Jelly Bean Arts
Jelly Bean Arts offers personalized, commissioned one-of-a-kind portraits, mosaics and landscapes to jazz up your Mitzvah! Artist Kristen Cumings is the official artist of the Jelly Belly company and she assembles these amazing paintings with an assortment of Jelly Beans that is sure to WOW your guests.
Made completely with actual Jelly Beans
Did you have a creative enhancement at your child’s mitzvah? Let us know at info@MitzvahMarket.com.
May 13th, 2015
Signage is a great way to add another level of creativity to your child’s Bar Bat Mitzvah theme, color scheme and room decor.
From colorful poster to LED fabric walls, here’s a look at innovative approaches that will grab the attention of guests.
Check out the ideas below:
Sarah Merians Photography & Videography took this photo at Ethan’s Bar Mitzvah celebration. As guests arrived, the theme was evident due to an over-sized envelope which included all of Ethan’s hobbies and activities
The Event Of A Lifetime was responsible for the decor and signage for this Bar Mitzvah celebration that partly took place in the family’s garage!
Lighter Than Air Events created this “break through” wall for Mason to enter his Mason Nation Bar Mitzvah celebration
Using this life size poster, Simon Elliot Events helped this Bat Mitzvah girl say ‘thank you’ to her guests
Beth Fink Events was the party planner for this Bat Mitzvah. As soon as guests arrived they were welcomed with a Bat Mitzvah gobo logo created by Total Entertainment
Flower Power Designs created this “mocktails” sign for Matthew’s Bar Mitzvah
From Garelick & Herbs, guests loved sitting at Abby’s Snack Shack
Jimmy Dee Entertainment gives the Bat Mitzvah girl her name in lights on this marquee presenting, “Melissa the Musical”
Balloon Artistry gives Amanda great signage and blow-ups in the lounge area at her Bat Mitzvah celebration
Splatter paint neon signage included all of Rachel’s favorite things from Party Excellence
Crowd Control Entertainment provided the music for a baseball themed Bar Mitzvah with signage directing Matthew’s friends to the VIP section
Hi Tech Photography Events create signage for Justin’s Legends Suite
The Johnson Mitzvah Family Spotlight story featured great signage which directed guests where to go
From the Malavsky Mitzvah Family Spotlight story, guests knew the theme as soon as they saw this signage
Guests were “thanked” at Camp Alyssa’s Bat Mitzvah by 84 West Studios
A Bar Mitzvah designed by New York-based David Stark Design and Production had custom super-size signs, like an “Eat” sign made out of favorite books
Did your child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebration have eye catching signage? Let us know at info@mitzvahmarket.com.
May 13th, 2015
Balloon Artistry, established in 1987, is a full-service party decorating company, specializing in creating custom balloon and centerpiece decorations.
They are famous for transforming parties into magical, unforgettable memories. Their handcrafted masterpieces will get your guests to talk about your special day for years to come. Balloon Artistry’s legendary balloon creations, personalized themes and breathtaking centerpieces capture the exact mood you desire.
If you are looking for creativity, quality, caring and individualized service, Balloon Artistry is the place to call!
Check out this short video for tips & tricks on navigating their new Website here
SOME COOL NEW FEATURES TO CHECK OUT
GALLERY SEARCH: Balloon Artistry’s new Advanced Photo Search allows you to search by Venue, Tags, Colors & more. If you want to see a room decorated in a theme your child has dreamt about, in your daughter’s favorite colors, at the venue you booked, or related to any word or tag that interests you, you can type your request into their search box on their gallery page or click on the magnifying glass icon at the top right of any screen and many visual examples will appear. Try it for yourself here.
See below: Some of the many photos that appear when you search SPORTS. Check out the Gallery here
BLOG SECTION: A new BLOG section which features their latest projects, news and photos.
SERVICES: This section of their website outlines everything they do, along with visual examples.
Take a look here
GALLERY: This section of their site is filled with beautiful visuals of their work. This includes backdrops, balloon décor, centerpieces, lounges, seating card displays, candle lighting displays, sign In books, photo blow ups, gift boxes, logos, candy buffets and MORE!
Take a look here
To learn more about Balloon Artistry, visit their extended profile page in our Vendor Directory.
Follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
May 10th, 2015
NSR Creative creates beautiful photo mosaics made up of other photos that you provide.
From a distance, only the main image is visible, but as you get closer, you can see that the main image is made up of many different pictures, or “tiles.”
The main picture is custom designed to reflect the Bar or Bat Mitzvah child’s personality along with anything else you want to showcase such as hobbies or party theme.
The Jazz Enthusiast
Using a combination of special software and hand-tweaking of the individual tiles, a unique portrait comes to life. The mosaics use hundreds of images, more is better in terms of overall quality, but the size of the final picture will determine the number of photos needed. Typically the final product is 20″ x 24′ using approximately 1700 tiles!
The Romantic Sophisticate
Imagine a mosaic portrait of your Bar or Bat Mitzvah child — NSR Creative specializes in celebrations such as Bar Bat Mitzvahs, birthdays, Sweet 16s and Anniversaries. They pride themselves on their personalized service – from spending time getting to know the subject(s) of the picture, to hand cropping and cleaning each tile until they get the perfect balance of detail and tile visibility. They want clients to be thrilled with their final piece and their experience along the way.
A Feathery Masquerade Ball
To learn more about NSR Creative, visit their Website.
May 6th, 2015
Ann Marie Casey Photography was the photographer for a Syracuse University basketball themed Bar Mitzvah for the Garber family from Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
Beautiful Blooms created the decor using the famous Syracuse orange and blue color palette.
Bar Mitzvah boy Blake is a die-hard ‘Cuse fan and wanted his party to celebrate all-things-Orange.
Go ‘Cuse!
The kippot worked beautifully with the color palette
The family knew whose special day it was
Bar Mitzvah boy Blake and his parents dressed in their favorite college team colors
The escort table had a lampshade centerpiece with a custom logo
The place cards looked great with a blue border and orange font
The view of the ballroom from above
Blue striped lampshades with Blake’s logo and orange carnations served as the centerpiece
Leaping orange groupings in glass stemmed vases were placed on half of the tables and navy and white lampshades with a ring of orange flowers were placed on the others
There were custom logo’d light-up candles for the cocktail hour
The menu card was a great way to dress up the tables and keep the theme going
The dance floor decal
The March Madness basketball game was a lot of fun
Blake in action
Blake’s sisters wrote him a special message on his sign-in poster
A Syracuse-themed cake with the famous Syracuse mascot, Otto, on top
The logo’d favor bags
We thank Ann Marie Casey for sharing this great Bar Mitzvah theme with our readers.
Photography: Ann Marie Casey; Florals and Decor: Beautiful Blooms; Venue: Cescaphe Ballroom
May 6th, 2015
Who better to find the latest and greatest for all-things Bar Bat Mitzvahs than our own Mitzvah Moms?
The Epstein Family of Yardley, Pennsylvania, celebrated the Bar Mitzvah of son Alec on Saturday, September 20, 2014, at Congregation Kol Emet in Yardley, Pennsylvania. The reception was held at Beat Street in Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania.
This high-energy party celebrating Alec focused on the kids and most importantly, fun. This family decided to set the tone for their celebration with a very creative R.S.V.P. card.
The family worked with Sara Jane Kimmel of S&J Printing on the invitation and the very funny Mad Libs style response card.
Alec loved reading the R.S.V.P. cards, as guests had some really great responses!
To see the rest of this Mitzvah Family Spotlight story, click here.
May 3rd, 2015
Sarah Merians Photography & Videography has grown into so much more than simply snapping a photo. The “&” in their name represents the company that they are today.
They want to be in their clients’ lives for a lifetime, as opposed to just one event. This special relationship they foster with all of their clients, in addition to the wide range of products they create and services they offer, is what sets them apart.
They are photographers, videographers & so much more.
Sarah has seen it all and recently celebrated her own daughter Emily’s Bat Mitzvah. She kept a Mitzvah Mom Journal on her blog that we wanted to share with our readers.
Sarah with her daughter Emily on her Bat Mitzvah day!
Along the way, Sarah’s journal will explain the decisions they made about the type of celebration their family wanted and some very helpful hints!
We know you will enjoy it! Read it here.
To learn more about Sarah Merians Photography & Videography, visit their extended profile page in our Vendor Directory.
May 3rd, 2015
One of the Coolest Themes Ever…Celebrating the Emmys with Emily
By our newest teen blogger Charlotte (pictured left)
This weekend I attended one of my best (camp) friend’s Bat Mitzvah. She had one of the coolest themes ever! Of course it was the Emmys and I loved the way she brought the concept to life.
You can see some of the details below:
There were poster boards of many all time favorite TV shows (ie. Full House, Modern Family) that were displayed on the walls with her picture superimposed as one of the characters.
This poster features Emily with the cast of Friends
She had a great logo designed that made the dance floor really shine
Emily took home the award for best leading actresses in a reality series!
Emily and her Moms…I love this family!
Here’s one of my favorite dance floor giveaways. I’m keeping this one!
Finally, after dancing until my feet hurt, we received one of the BEST party favors EVER. Hello selfie stick complete with Emily’s logo from Jill’s Royaltees (516-480-5108)!
About Charlotte
I’m a 7th grader from Port Washington, New York. I love tennis, dancing, skiing, hanging with my friends, my family and of course FASHION!
My mom even named her company after me! Charlotte’s Closet is a new online spot where tweens and teens can borrow designer dresses for every party for up to 75% off the retail price! Never wear the same dress twice…Think of us
as your celebrity BFF whose closet you can raid…whenever you want.
Check out my friends and I at Emily’s celebration – in dresses we borrowed from Charlotte’s Closet!
May 3rd, 2015
The DiPietra family of New York City celebrated daughter Sarah’s Bat Mitzvah at Temple Congregation Ansche Chesed in New York City and a reception at Elevate Event Lounge in Yorktown Heights, New York.
This New York City girl was looking for a fun party that was not in her hometown and she found the perfect spot!
Pictured L-R: Dad Lenny, Brother Ezra, Bat Mitzvah girl Sarah, Sister Yael and Mom Nicole.
The photography was from Double Image Event Productions and the rest of the vendor information is listed at the end of the spotlight.
The family worked with By Invitation Only Designs on the invitation. The pretty tri-fold invitation had clear bubbles which also was used as a graphic for Sarah’s logo
Temple Congregation Ansche Chesed has a beautiful ark. Here, the family posed with Sarah holding the Torah
Sarah surrounded by family during her prayers
Since the Bat Mitzvah girl wanted a party outside of her hometown of New York City, Elevate Event Lounge was selected as it was a short bus ride to Westchester County. Marie Eliseo, the event coordinator, helped Mom Nicole with every detail.
The entrance to the venue was wrapped with balloons and looked very festive
LED high top tables, plasma screens and purple up-lighting created a nightclub feel
Trendy white leather lounge furniture offered a lot of seating options
Guests enjoyed an amazing array of food choices from Chef’s Table, Ltd. who catered both the kiddush luncheon after the service and the party at Elevate Event Lounge. Everyone raved about the sushi!
Sarah’s cheery logo was on display
Chris from Double Image Event Productions provided the music entertainment.
There was lots of energy in the room when Sarah entered her party and was cheered on with streamers
The dancers helped distribute socks to guests
Sarah, pictured here in the middle of her sister and cousins, enjoyed the dance risers
A dance crew entertained guests
Elevate Event Lounge provided a photo booth, photo station, airbrush and face painting stations.
Sarah and friends showed off their tattoos.
The photo booth had great props!
Sarah’s friends enjoyed the body painting
Cubbies were available for the favors which included airbrush shirts and hats.
All guests received this logo’d bag to hold the goodies
Sarah helped with the centerpieces
Through her temple, Congregation Ansche Chesed, Sarah volunteered at the homeless shelter which provides food, clothing and care for homeless men.
Some advice from Mom Nicole:
“Start early! Get your venue booked; get your DJ, photographer and other vendors. Work closely with your planner, and listen to what your child wants to do. The staff at Elevate and Double Image Event were very accommodating and helped us every step of the way. We called one day inquiring where to get a good sign-in board made and he asked what we were looking for and told us to send him the photo and he would just take care of it. Also we asked him if we could add more activities for the kids to do, he gave us a few ideas and we chose a few that Sarah wanted and all were enjoyed by our guests!”
The following vendors helped to make Sarah’s Bat Mitzvah special. If you give any of them a call, let them know you read about their services on MitzvahMarket.com
Venue/Party Coordinator: Marie Eliseo, Elevate Event Lounge, 914-352-6400
Photographer/Videographer: Double Image Event Productions, 914-773-1950
Music Entertainment/MC: Chris, Double Image Event Productions,914-773-1950
Décor/florist: Ava Soffer, Chefs Table Catering and Floral Design, 212-427-1089
Caterer: Ava Soffer, Chefs Table Catering and Floral Design, 212-427-1089
Favors: Jo Dwek, 732-673-8324
Party Entertainment: Photo Booth, Air Brushing, Face Painting: Elevate Event Lounge, 914-352-6400
Invitation: By Invitation Only Designs, 212-877-9666
Dresses: Red Carpet Boutique, 973-258-0028
Hair: Julia Rose
Makeup: Cara Goldberg, carabethbeauty@gmail.com
Party security: Elevate Event Lounge, 914-352-6400
