When: Saturday, January 9th from 10:30am - 5:00pm
Where: The Bell House
149 7th Street
Brooklyn, New York
718.643.6510
What: A Brooklyn Based Wedding Fair
Brooklyn Based is a website of all things Brooklyn. Come to their inaugural wedding fair on January 9, 2010 at the
Bell House and meet the designers, caterers, photographers, bands and DJs who they have cherry picked to make your day.
Brooklyn Based has selected 30+ original, Brooklyn-centric vendors to help you plan your wedding locally, or take a piece of Brooklyn with you wherever you tie the knot.
Top caterers including
Naturally Delicious,
The Cleaver Company,
Red Table Catering,
AVEnts and
Frankies Spuntino will be passing delicious hors d’oeuvres.
One Girl Cookies and
Nine Cakes will display and serve confections and cake.
Brooklyn Brewery will be pouring its Belgian-style ales, Local 1 and 2.
Wedding bands
Michael Arenella & his Dreamland Orchestra,
The Lascivious Biddies and
The Engagements will perform along with
DJ Small Change, popshop! DJs and
DJ Lady J.
Other wedding vendors on the guest list include floral designers
Root Stock & Quade,
Rebecca Shepherd Floral Design and
Denise Fasanello, jewelry designer
Blanca Monrós Gómez,
Bario-Neal Jewelry,
Sesame Letterpress,
Lion in the Sun custom invitations, calligrapher
Paperfinger,
Mélangerie Inc. custom paperie and gifts,
Shootbooth photobooth,
Hello Super 8 and
Seth David Cohen videographers and photographers
Daniel Krieger,
Radhika Chalasani and
3 Photographers,
Jesse Hendrich, M.Div.,
Small World Terrariums,
Heights Chateau Fine Wines & Spirits,
Added Value Farm, Real Honeymoons and
Gap Adventures.Amidst the vendors, models will showcase the work of headpiece and dress designers like
The White Gown.
You’ll also get advice from experts on topics like DIY Ceremonies and Incredible Honeymoons, which the winner of our Honeymoon Gift Package will put to good use. One lucky bride will take home a $250
J.Crew gift card and private shopping party for her and her bridesmaids, a $500 travel voucher at
Gap Adventures, a free TabletPlus membership at
TabletHotels.com, and a gift subscription to
Budget Travel magazine.
Tickets (
on sale now) are $40 for the entire day, or $20 in advance for each three-hour session. In that window of time, guests will meet over 30 one-of-a-kind vendors and speakers who will propose wonderful things for their day. Flutes of sparkling wine with entrance, and the first 50 guests at each session receive free “
To Have and to Hold” gift-filled bags and free entry in the Honeymoon Gift Package.
Here are the details for the sessions:
Session One (10:30-1:30)*
10:45 am: DIY Ceremonies with Officiant
Jesse Hendrich, M.Div.11:15 am: Signed, Sealed + Delivered: Every Invite Question Answered with Melinda Morris of
Lion in the Sun12:00pm : Best. Honeymoon. Ever. with Nina Willdorf, Editor in Chief of
Budget Travel magazine, Dorothy McGivney, Editor of
jauntsetter.com, and
Gap Adventures12:45 pm: Catering on a Budget with Ally Lipton of
AVEnts and Meguire Campbell of
Vine Wine Caterers:
Naturally Delicious,
Red Table Catering, and
AVEntsSession Two (2-5pm)*
2:15 pm: Picking Original, Seasonal Decor with Kerry Quade of
Root Stock & Quade3:00 pm: 10 Things to Look for In a Wedding Photographer with
Daniel Krieger3:45 pm: How to Avoid a Cookie-Cutter Wedding with Vané Broussard of
Brooklyn Bride and Anne Chertoff of
From I Will to I Do and Editor of
AisleDash.com4:30 pm: Pairing Food and Wine with Matthew LaSorsa of
Heights Chateau and Loren Michelle of
Naturally Delicious. Caterers:
Frankies Spuntino,
The Cleaver Company, and
Red Table Catering*Please note: All vendors, including bands, will be present and perform at both sessions. The only variation in each session is among caterers and speakers.