Rehearsal dinners are usually the most significant part of planning your wedding. Not only is it the first step to starting off your wedding festivities, but it is the place where you are gathering your close family and most sincere friends to celebrate the beginning of a new life. Here are the top five restaurants in New York City that …
Customize Your Napkins to Add that Special Touch
A wedding is an event that you can really personalize and make your own. Now, you can even customize your napkins to add another special touch to your big day. Whether its the wedding’s hashtag, the bride and groom’s initials, or even a fun fact about the special couple, this small detail adds flair to your guest’s dining experience. This …
Blue for your Wedding Receptions
Blue is the perfect color to add a little bit of drama and a lot of glamour to your wedding reception. From lush blue florals to deep blue lighting, the possibilities are endless! Here are some of our favorite receptions with a blue hue.
SJS Events Plaza Photo Shoot
When the right team of vendors come together it equals absolute PERFECTION! We are blown away from how amazing the photos from our Plaza Photo Shoot came out. We are so fortunate to be able to collaborate with so many talented vendors. We could not have displayed South Asian and Western Weddings in a more seamless way without this dream …
Color of the Year: Pantone’s Greenery
Be inspired this year with Pantone’s color of the year, Greenery. This is an amazing color to incorporate into your wedding’s color scheme whether paired with rose gold, silver, or pale pink. We love how this color symbolizes new beginnings and can be very versatile. From invitations, cakes, centerpieces, and backdrops, Greenery, can really enhance the overall ambiance of your …
Amazing Farewell Brunch Menus
The celebration doesn’t have to stop after the reception! Invite your guests the morning after for a bountiful brunch with an abundance of decadent options. We love the idea of thinking outside the box especially when it comes to food and drinks. Here are some of our favorite brunch ideas to enhance your menu: Fritatta Station Seafood Tower Paella Station …
Large Wedding Venues in the Tri-State Area
Finding a venue that can accommodate everyone you are hoping to share your special day with is not an easy task. Luckily, we have found some of the most beautiful venues in the Tri-State area without having to cut your guest list. Look below to check out these venues that can hold 500 guests or more: Cipriani Wall St.- New …
Sneha and Rajan’s Engagement Party
We are still reminiscing Sneha and Rajan’s Engagement Party where their home and backyard was transformed into an enchanting Winter Wonderland. From the front entrance of white branches and hundreds of twinkling candles to the Dom Perignon Champagne and cozy slippers to keep guests warm, this one was one of our very favorites. We especially loved the guests sipping on …
Grace Ormonde Brides
At the end of every year it’s hard to not reflect on the past. We have been so honored to have so many of our brides featured on the prestigious Grace Ormonde Wedding Style website. Here are a few great memories of these unbelievable weddings we wanted to share. Shilpa & Shravan https://weddingstylemagazine.com/inspiration/real-weddings/shilpa-reddy-shravan-reddy Karishma & Kinjal https://weddingstylemagazine.com/inspiration/real-weddings/indian-themed-wedding-plaza-hotel-new-york Shriya & Gaurav …
SJS Real Wedding: Priya and Shamik
Hope you all had a fantastic Memorial Day Weekend. We celebrated ours with a fantastic wedding at the Hilton Parsippany and Mandarin Oriental in NYC. It all started with a peacock themed Garba event were guests were delighted with the musical stylings of Foram Shah and her band. On Sunday guests made their way to NYC for a Manhattan …
SJS Real Wedding: Asha and Raj
What an eventful weekend at SJS Events. We continued our busy wedding season with a 3 day extravaganza at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC. Asha and Raj started their wedding weekend with a vibrant Mehendi event aboard the Cornucopia Destiny with close family and friends. Guests enjoyed stunning views of the NYC skyline while getting their Mehendi done. …
Sabrina and Byron Photos
I am so excited to share the photos with you from our dear, dear friend Arden. I love these photos and the couple looks so wonderful. I have to say, Sabrina and Byron are some of the nicest people we have ever met and I am very proud to call them our friends…. lots of love and best wishes …
Tactfully answering wedding questions
I, as a planner, so often get asked by wedding guests how much the couple spend on this or that. My standard answer is, “I am really not sure” or “I am very sorry, but I am not at liberty to discuss”. I have over the years learned to be comfortable answerng such uncomfortable questions. Recently, when speaking with a bride, she …
Great Wedding Invitations
One important question that many brides ask is “Where can I get great invitations without having to travel all the way to India?” There are many places that can provide brides with one-on-one service, unique designs, and create excellent invitations. Here are some stateside invitation shops that can provide brides with great invitations: Zoya Couture: http://www.zoyadc.com Saima Says Design: http://www.saimasaysdesign.com …
Meghna & Harish- Tradition mets The Plaza Hotel
I reflect back to last weekend when all of us had the honor of being the planners for Meghna Saxena and Harish Sarma’s wedding. It was one of the best weddings ever! Everything went like clockwork from the start of the day to the end of the day. The bride and groom looked incredible and by 11:00am they were out …