July 27th, 2016
Melisa Imberman from The Event Of A Lifetime, Inc. recently designed a party to reflect the Bat Mitzvah girl’s favorite color – purple.
This sophisticated party took place at Abigail Kirsch at Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown, New York. There were beautiful custom linens and flowers in several shades of purple arranged with a modern twist. The Bat Mitzvah girl had a great logo and tagline which included her initials: ‘No Turning BACK’ with some added sparkle for a chic, fun party!
Fantasy Flash Studios was the photographer.
Guests entered the party on the purple carpet and had their picture taken in front of the custom step n' repeat with the tagline: No Turning BACK (A.C.K. for Anya's initials)
Next to the place card table was a custom purple bean bag chair sign-in
For the adult tables, the linens and purple flower centerpieces coordinated beautifully with the party decor
Custom menus at each place setting
Anya’s VIP lounge had sleek white leather furniture with logo'd accents
Custom purple pillows looked great on the white couches
Anya's cake with her logo and purple accents
Favors were placed in metallic logo'd draw string bags
A beautiful purple themed candy buffet for guests to enjoy
We thank Melisa Imberman of The Event of a Lifetime, Inc., for sharing this great Bat Mitzvah celebration with our readers.
Event Planner: The Event of a Lifetime, Inc.,; Photographer: Fantasy Flash Studios; Venue: Abigail Kirsch Tappan Hill Mansion
July 23rd, 2016
The Lichtenthal family of Millwood, New York, celebrated son Jonah’s Bar Mitzvah on September 12, 2015. Both the ceremony and reception were held at The Doubletree Tarrytown in Tarrytown, New York, and it was an intimate celebration of close family and friends.
The theme was swimming as Jonah is a competitive swimmer. Mom Stephanie a graphic artist, designed an amazing logo that captured the theme.
Pictured L-R: Sister Jordana, Mom Stephanie, Dad Jason and Bar Mitzvah boy Jonah.
The party was photographed by Nancy Rief of Chad David Kraus Photography and the rest of the vendor information is listed at the bottom of the spotlight.
Invitation and Logo
Both the invitation and logo below were designed by Mom Stephanie whose company, Party Logo Design creates logos for special events.
The invitation blended Jonah's love of swimming with the religious ceremony
The logo also captures the swimming theme incorporating Jonah's name and Bar Mitzvah date
Temple Service
Rabbi Allison Berlinger performed the ceremony and compiled the custom prayer books for guests.
Jonah's tallit along with the prayer book whose text was created by Rabbi Allison Berlinger
Jonah reciting his prayers accompanied by his Dad on guitar
Jonah carrying the Torah
Beautiful and special handmade kippot by Jonah's grandmother Cynthia Lichtenthal
Food and Cake
The cake was baked and designed by Lulu Cake Boutique and the luncheon was catered by Rene Leon Catering.
An amazing cake, by Lulu Cake Boutique, perfectly captured Jonah's love of the water
The luncheon included made to order omeletts
The luncheon included wonderful touches such as mini quiches and shots of tomato soup garnished with grilled cheese squares
Mitzvah Project
Jonah’s Mitzvah project was participating in Swim Across America. Swim Across America is dedicated to raising money and awareness for cancer research, prevention and treatment through swimming related events. Jonah swam 3 miles and raised over a thousand dollars to help fight cancer.
Vendor Directory
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Invitation/Logo/Service Program cover: Mom Stephanie, Party Logo Design, stephanie@partylogodesign.com
Photography/Videography: Chad David Kraus Photography, 917-532-3478
Hotel: Doubletree Tarrytown Hotel, 914-631-5700
Rabbi/Service Preparation/Service prayers and text: Rabbi Allison Berlinger, rabbiberlinger@gmail.com
Off- Premise Catering: Rene Leon Catering, 914-261-6932
Cakes and Desserts: Lulu Cake Boutique, 914-722-8300
July 20th, 2016
We have all been hearing about the Pokémon Go craze! Many kids have loved Pokémon for years and we wondered if this latest trend would make its way into the Bar Bat Mitzvah industry.
We reached out to vendors across the country to find different Pokémon Bar Bat Mitzvah ideas.
Here’s what we found, Go!
If your child is having a Pokémon Go themed Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebration, we would love to see some photos. You can reach us at info@mitzvahmarket.com.
July 20th, 2016
With almost 300 Mitzvah Family Spotlight stories since 2008, and new features each week, we know it’s hard to remember everything these creative families have done to celebrate their child’s Bar Bat Mitzvah celebration.
Many families get creative with their Bar and Bat Mitzvah details. We love showcasing creative invitations, cakes, logos, fashion, entrances and place cards.
Themes are always fun. Whether it’s a celebration for a player or a fan, a baseball themed Bar or Bat Mitzvah party is always popular. We’ve gathered some great ideas for you to put a stylish spin on this classic Mitzvah theme.
Check out these parties we’ve featured that are definitely in a league of their own!
Invitation/Save the Date/Service Program
The invitation for
Brandon Grunberg was created by Mom Dara, owner of Dear Friends. The fabulous invitation was a wood plaque backed with a baseball image. When guests opened the custom black box it came in, they discovered the bottom was real turf and a pocket inside with all of the information about the weekend’s events
Jack Lesser's Save-the-Date card featured a baseball glove in the grass with the date printed on three balls
Zack Keller's ceremony program cover featured artwork of Zach's favorite baseball team and was created by artist and special friend Steve Szynal
Place Card/Decor/Candle Lighting
Custom vintage style marquee signage hung over the kids' lounge for the
Raphaelson Bar Mitzvah
For the
Selitto family, the entrance to their celebration was designed to look like an authentic baseball stadium
The chain link fence, retro pennants and clipboards gave the feel of a ball park
The
Haft family used a baseball batting net to hold the place cards
This
menu with very clever wording was perfect for a baseball themed Bar Mitzvah
The colorful sports themed candle lighting display included all of the
Bar Mitzvah boy’s favorite teams
Did your child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebration include a baseball theme? Let us know at info@MitzvahMarket.com.
July 13th, 2016
Bar and Bat Mitzvah entrances provide an opportunity for your child to show their joy and excitement for this milestone event with their family and friends looking on.
We have seen many fun and creative ways kids make their grand entrance into their party.
Here’s a round-up of entrances we hope you’ll enjoy!
BAR MITZVAH ENTRANCE IDEAS
Nate Goldman made his grand entrance via helicopter! He was taking flying lessons, so this was a great way to make his entrance
The
Lewin family and guests loved watching Aiden enter his celebration on a skateboard while one of the dancers jumped over him!
Friends and family cheered when
Jeremy Siegel skated into the ballroom for his entrance
As
Sean Simmons-Cohen made his entrance, confetti cannons went off, and guests were given long balloons with colored ribbon to wave
Sebastian was suspended from the ceiling at his
Mission Impossible themed Bar Mitzvah, and landed in the middle of the floor, ready to party!
Evan Weinberg made his entrance with two real NY Islander Ice Girls, which was a surprise for Evan and his guests
How about your Bar/Bat Mitzvah child gliding in on a
Segway!
BAT MITZVAH ENTRANCE IDEAS
Sofia Scarselli made her entrance with the help of illusionist Eric Wilzig who also performed a show for guests
For this Bat Mitzvah girl, what better way to make your entrance into a
beach themed party than to float in on a raft?
Kayla Turnof made her grand entrance on a custom surfboard on wheels designed by her Dad
We found this awesome Bat Mitzvah entrance on a hoverboard from
Debbie's Designs
Sophie surfed into her beach themed celebration while guests threw confetti as she entered the room
Did your child have a creative entrance to their Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebration? Please send us a photo at info@mitzvahmarket.com.
July 9th, 2016
Plan-it Vicki a special events company in Avon, Connecticut, recently created a Bar Mitzvah celebration for a huge basketball fan who was having his Bar Mitzvah during the weekend of the Final Four college basketball tournament.
Owner Vicki Ross worked with the family on all of the winning details. The party was held at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and they had the game live-streamed during the celebration to make all the guests, including the Bar Mitzvah boy, happy!
The highlight of the evening was a special surprise video featuring the guest of honor’s friends and various ESPN personalities!
Entrance signage welcoming and directing guests to Will Call
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has an actual Will Call booth area that was used for guests to receive their tickets (place cards)
Signage directed guests to the proper window and then proceeded to their table, which corresponded to a team in the Sweet 16
The sign-in board had photos of the Bar Mitzvah boy in basketball gear surrounding the
tournament bracket with plenty of white space for guests to sign-in
The view of Center Court from above
Each table showed its school spirit with a college pennant
The pennants were placed in a vase that glowed and basketball confetti was scattered on the tables
Zac’s Final Four logo looked great on the menus. The food was catered by Max Catering
There were cute mini converse-like ankle socks to wear when the guests' feet got tired from dancing. These were placed in a miniature navy locker matching the theme
As Zac's friends left the party they were given a t-shirt with Zac’s special logo on the back. Custom name tags made it easy to ensure the right size went home with the right guest!
The highlight of the evening was a special video that surprised the Bar Mitzvah boy and all the guests. It featured various ESPN personalities chronicling a fictitious bidding war between various college teams for Zac’s basketball services. The “SportsCenter” anchors were two of Zac’s closest friends since preschool.
Watch here
We thank Vicki Ross of Plan-it Vicki for sharing this wonderful Bar Mitzvah with our readers.
Event Planner/Party Details/Special Video: Vicki Ross of Plan-it Vicki; Venue: The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; Catering: Max Catering
July 6th, 2016
A styled photo shoot is a way for vendors to push their creativity, play with new event ideas and collaborate with other vendors who they may not have worked with before. There are many of these photo shoots in the Weddings industry and for other special events, but rarely for Bar or Bat Mitzvahs. That changes now!
Pop Color Events, along with a team of Bar Bat Mitzvah vendors from the Washington DC area, put together a styled shoot with the theme, Color Outside the Lines. Using a “model” Bat Mitzvah girl named Talia, who loves art, they created a grown-up event that still felt youthful and fun for a 13 year old.
Brynne Magaziner from Pop Color Events tells us, “The Color Outside The Lines theme allowed us to utilize playful elements, like the brightly colored flowers from EightTreeStreet, intricate desserts from Occasionally Cake and the cheeky wording of the invitations from InvitingLee.” She continues, “Fun little details, like the watercolor place cards or the artist palette signage by Shrimp Salad Circus kept the event youthful and brings in the pops of color. The event’s logo created by Party Favorites ties it all together with the delicate font choice, but with bold colors and a nod to Talia’s love of art.”
Check out their photos for this mock Bat Mitzvah below:
THE BAT MITZVAH INVITATION
The water color invitation set the tone for this art themed Bat Mitzvah photo shoot
THE VENUE FOR THE PHOTO SHOOT
The photo shoot took place at an industrial venue, but was softened with romantic florals; black & white components and pops of bright, bold colors
The girls who participated in the Bat Mitzvah shoot
Dresses from It's My Party Consignment
THE GIRLS
Talia and her best girlfriends had a blast lounging, noshing on decadent desserts and enjoying the signature drink, “Splash of Color.”
THE DETAILS
Beautiful centerpieces refected the colors of the artist palette
If this was a real event, guests would enjoy the signature drink, Splash of Color!
Custom menus were set-up at each place setting. The logo ties it all together with a nod to Talia’s love of art
The tables numbers were done in calligraphy to match the logo font
"Fill Your Life with Color & Your Belly with Sweets" cleverly painted on a wooden palette
Their Bat Mitzvah girl model is photographed in a hip teen lounge holding a custom made pillow
CAKE & TREATS
Splatter paint cake
Art palette cookies
In keeping with the theme, paintbrush cake pops
Edible paint palette toppers on cupcakes
We thank Brynne Magaziner of Pop Color Events for sharing this great Bat Mitzvah photo shoot with Mitzvah Market.
Event Planner: Pop Color Events; Photographer: Powell Woulfe Photography; Venue: The Loft at 600F; Floral Design: EightTree Street; Party Details: Party Favorites; Desserts: Occasionally Cake; Invitation: InvitingLee; Place Cards/Calligraphy: Shrimp Salad Circus: Make Up/Hair: TC Beauty Care: Dresses: It’s My Party Consignment
July 4th, 2016
Are you thinking about using the beach and summertime theme for your child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebration?
Here are some ways to infuse beach elements into your party. We have you covered from place cards to logos, decor ideas, favors and cake.
Here are our favorite images that showcase how a beach theme can be used to turn you celebration into a beach bash.
Bar Bat Mitzvah Place Cards
For
Kayla Turnof's Bat Mitzvah, guests found their starfish place cards in an antique box filled with sand. The starfish used were not real as it was important to the family not to deplete the ocean of real starfish
Adult place cards were placed on Adirondack chairs
Mitzvah Logos
For
Melanie Del Angelo's Bat Mitzvah, they incorporated a girl with red hair into the logo which looked just like Melanie!
The menu card featured Avery's logo and was placed beside beautiful flowers and pearls
Party Decor
Carlyle At The Palace is an indoor venue where tables were cleverly created from wagons to represent this family's favorite place, Fire Island, for
Brent Greenberg's Bar Mitzvah
The lifeguard chair was a great decor element at
Sophie Rubin's South Beach themed Bat Mitzvah
Bar Bat Mitzvah Favors
The
Kaufman family gave guests custom photo flip-flops that were a big hit
Sydney Kaden's friends received plaid PJ’s customized appropriately with red wagons and her initials as their favors. The adults got delicious Rachel’s crumb cake (a well-known Fire Island bakery)
Bar Mitzvah Cake
Drew Cohen’s Miami themed celebration included this cake decorated with Palm trees for a “beachy” feel
Did your child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebration include a beach theme? Let us know at info@MitzvahMarket.com.
June 29th, 2016
It’s not surprising that a popular Bar and Bat Mitzvah party theme is Summer Camp!
Whether you use an actual camp setting for your child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah reception or take an indoor space and transform it into a camp experience, here are some great ideas which will inspire you for your own celebration.
CAMP WEBSITES & INVITATIONS
For
Samantha's Bat Mitzvah at a sleepaway camp, a custom Website was created featuring easy-to-navigate sections full of important details guests needed to know about a weekend away at camp!
Mom Marlo created the water bottle and box which were hand delivered to guests for her daughter
Lily's Bat Mitzvah
PostaGrams as the Save the Date and AniMails for the invitation were perfect for
Sydney's Bat Mitzvah
CAMPY DECOR & DETAILS
The
Siegel B'nai Mitzvah at Tyler Hill Camp featured place cards for the adults with handwritten letters as if Maddie and Joey were writing from camp. They were displayed on thick tree bark
BAT MITZVAH CAMP THEMED CAKES
The
Silverman family decided to celebrate their daughter Jillian’s Bat Mitzvah at Camp Pontiac in Copake, New York on a beautiful fall weekend with a cake that matched the camp colors
For the
Golden family, who celebrated at Trails End Camp, their Bat Mitzvah cake looked like a bunk!
BAR & BAT MITZVAH SIGN-IN IDEAS
For
Dani Golden's sign-in, a mailbox was decorated and guests wrote special messages on postcards
Mitzvah Mom Anita thought of this great sign-in idea using two oars for her son
Camden's Bar Mitzvah
MITZVAH PROJECTS BENEFITTING CAMPS
Max Miller's Mitzvah Project, "Max ¢ent$ for Sunrise” was a recycling program that turns trash into cash for Sunrise Day Camp, the first free dedicated day camp in the United States for children with cancer, and their siblings
Chloe Dichter designed a unique pair of leggings for her Bat Mitzvah Project with New York City fashion designer Zara Terez. The leggings were such a big hit they sold out in one day! Sales went to Camp Sunshine, a camp in Maine for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families
Did your child incorporate their love of camp into their Bar or Bat Mitzvah theme? Let us know at info@mitzvahmarket.com.
June 22nd, 2016
The McCray family of Wayland, Massachusetts, celebrated Carter’s Bar Mitzvah on April 2, 2016, at the Weston Golf Club in Weston, Massachusetts.
When Carter’s mother, Melissa McCray, asked Karen Philip and Carolyn Snider, owners of p.s. designs in Boston, to design a glow-in-the-dark Bar Mitzvah, they could not have been more excited. They knew they would use black lights and decor that actually glows in the black light. In addition, anything white, including teeth and eyes, would glow as well.
First, they came up with a fun logo for the night – Carter – The After Party. Then they designed two rooms of glowing decor at the Weston Golf Club. Since the adults had to be seated in a separate room from the kids, they used glow tables and beautiful flowers designed by Sarah’s Garden of Newton to incorporate the glow theme in a more sophisticated way.
Servidone Studios Photography was the photographer.
PARTY DETAILS
The Bar Mitzvah boy Carter in front of a glow tower (designed by p.s. designs and made by The Prop Factory) that greeted guests at the entrance
Mom Melissa had great pictures incorporated into four glow towers
The adult tables glowed from below and had beautiful floral centerpieces
Glow-in-the dark slinkies were hung from the ceiling
Each child had a glow cup with Carter’s logo at their place setting. Even the tablecloths glowed with Carter’s logo
Carter drinking from a glow cup, a great party detail
Custom cocktail napkins with party logo
We thank Karen Philip and Carolyn Snider of p.s. designs for sending us this great Bar Mitzvah.
Event planning: p.s. designs; Flowers: Sarah’s Garden; Photography: Servidone Studios Photography; Decor Elements: The Prop Factory
