Sparkliatti presented by Sasha Souza

Sam’s Club Selling Disney Wedding Package aka How to Spend $4000 per person

2009-11-08T08:23:36-08:00

If you have $200k for your wedding for 50 people just laying around, why not give it to Disney & Sam's Club - two of the richest companies in the world?

Sam’s Club stores have a very special package deal that they are offering on November 18th for brides and grooms.

For $198,000 couples can purchase a fairy tale wedding on sale from the store.

The wedding package includes:
- A 2 day planning session with a Disney Fairy Tale Wedding Wedding Planner
- 4 night accomodations at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa for the bride and groom
- 4 day Royal Treatment with a Disney Special Activity Host 8 hours per day
- Transportation for the bride and groom on the day of the Wedding
- Photography and videography package for the Wedding Ceremony and Reception from Disney Fine Art Photography
- Save-the-Date wedding invitations
- Custom ceremony as well as dinner and dessert reception for 50 guests, including floral, decor, entertainment and menus

The wedding ceremony is held in front of Disney’s Cinderella Castle and the reception is held in a secret location, surrounded by Disney magic.

The bridal party will also receive an exclusive private viewing of Wishes Nighttime Spectacular as well as get the chance to ride on a float!

For more information you can visit www.disneyweddings.com

via www.disneydreaming.com

Let me tell you what you can get from me for $4,000 per person:

Exclusive use of a private estate sleeping 22 for 1 week. Ceremony & Reception can be held here OR have a private dinner at a castle, ceremony offsite at estate.
Celebrity photography team for 10 hours on your wedding day
Celebrity videography team shooting HD video, film & steadicam
James Beard Award Winning Chef creating your four course seated menu along with orchestrated dinner services, paired wines, high end champagne or sparkling wine...Caviar bar or ice table...anything your heart desires...not made by a hotel chef
Your own personal sommelier aerating your wine choices and pouring for your guests. Tastings tableside.
Up to a 7 teir wedding cake, dessert buffet, edible wedding favors, ice cream bar...you tell me!
Guest accommodations for the other 22 at a high end local resort
Custom linens, custom chair covers...any rentals you want for your wedding.
The most amazing wedding planning & decor team for your wedding {smile} - and you can have as many meetings as you want. Plus scale schematics, customized design plan, tracking of RSVPs
Letterpress save the dates, menu cards, escort cards, place cards with crystal details, dye cuts, you name it
Invitations hand delivered to your guests in lucite boxes with custom letterpress printing
Spa appointments for your entire bridal party
Makeup for your entire bridal party by an Emmy Award winning makeup artist
Hair appointments for your entire bridal party
Lady in Waiting on your wedding day
Concierge service at your disposal for all guest activities
All guests transported to the wedding in convertible Packard limousines
A band, a DJ, a gospel choir...you name your own music (aside from a name act)
Laser Light Show, Custom Effect Lighting, Custom Gobos, Color Changers, Uplights, Downlights, Pinspots...my lighting designer would love you.
Wine Tour for 25 - 40 of your closest friends followed by a picnic in the vineyards
Flowers, Flowers, Flowers, Flowers, Flowers...Custom Poured Candles.
Lounges, sure - custom covered...yep.
Custom painted chiavari chairs to match your pantone colors perfectly.
...you can call me anytime...on my cell phone.
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...shall I go on?? I can...Because if you have that kind of money to spend on your 50 guests, I'm waiting for your call...707-253-8160.

Maybe Walmart & Disney are missing it, but aren't we just starting to come out of a recession? Jus' sayin...

*tenting may be extra :)

When You Hire Your Party Planner...Keep This In Mind

2009-10-30T11:06:20-07:00

Our jobs, that we love so much, are on the CNNmoney.com list of 15 Stressful Jobs that Pay Badly. Included in that list are: Probation Officer, Social Worker, Commercial Photographer, Membership Coordinator, Minister, Curator & Therapist. Note Event Planner is #2. Nothing like a report like this to make you feel great about going to work!

We have to deal with things like a dead elephant on the dance floor.

See Inside Signature Sasha: Magnificent Weddings by Design

2009-10-29T10:04:03-07:00

We're so excited that our new wedding design book Signature Sasha: Magnificent Weddings by Design will be on bookshelves shortly after Christmas! We've updated our website with lots of new information, too!

You can see all the confirmed scheduled speaking engagements on our tour...if we're not coming to your city, but would like us to...please email pr {at} sashasouzaevents {dot} com to schedule a Souza-palooza event in your city!

You can see the buzz surrounding the book, the blogs are starting to talk about it and the excitement is building!

We now have an short three page excerpt from the book on the site - just a little bit of the eye candy that will be in the printed version.

If you're interested in providing information on your blog or in print, please contact sasha {at} sparkliatti {dot} com. We're thrilled to give you information to share with your readers.

Some stats about the book & the website:

The Signature Sasha website is the only place you can pre-order signed copies of the book!
You can now also pre-order online at Amazon, Borders & Barnes & Noble booksellers. The book will be available at all of our upcoming speaking engagements also! For the speaking events in November 2009, the book is available for pre-order.
The book is 9 x 12 and 256 pages with hardcover & a dust jacket - a gorgeous coffee table size
Sasha wrote the entire book herself - and did not use a ghost writer...just a very patient editor.
Sasha has a line of product available soon on the site including invitations & tools for planners.
Team IDo is now linked to the Signature Sasha site, for information on our coaching program

Check Out Suzanne on Ashley's Bride Guide!

2009-10-28T14:36:06-07:00

Suzanne gave a great interview to Ashley's Bride Guide and it's featured today in their Daily Scoop! Learn all about our girl in Tennessee!

Ashley's Bride Guide is a great resource for Tennessee brides and the ultimate scoop for everything going on in Nashville weddings!

Featured on Apartment Therapy Los Angeles: Cutest Photo Booth Idea to Steal

2009-10-22T21:31:03-07:00

via www.apartmenttherapy.com

Wow, Wow...what an honor to have had our photo booth appear on Apartment Therapy! So, excited! Check it out!

Apartment Therapy Blog

Color Story - Liquid Honey

2009-10-21T22:54:34-07:00

I love the warmness of liquid honey....

Tile, Honey, Dress, Bouquet, Eye, Jewels, Beer, Invitation, Pillow, Tiara, Dinner setting, Fountain, Ring, Rose, Checkers, Cake, Damask

Life is Too Short To Wear These Shoes...

2009-10-21T06:00:00-07:00

While I was busy surfing the web for some hot new shoes, I came across these. I'm going to tell you...just say NO. I mean, they don't start out that bad...Even the second shoe photo...hmmmm...not my style, but... Then it's all down hill from there... Maybe it's just me, but this is what my grandmother used to call a clodhopper. Which I always translated into the Austrian term for big, ugly, shoe. Yep, definitely a clodhopper. And for the low price of $19.99, you should probably run...not walk to another store.

But in order to calm my Cole Haan addiction, I'm probably going to have to buy this hot, functional, sexy, shiny mirrored shoe. I'm in L-O-V-E. I'll take 1 pair, size 7.5!

Fruity Beverage Tuesday: Hello Fall

2009-10-20T06:00:00-07:00

I am in love with the fall and especially fun bars at the end of the night serving coffee drinks aside from espresso, black coffee and tea. What else is better than toffee flavored liqueur and coffee, loosely whipped cream? Not much, if you ask me.

Dooleys Coffee

40-60 ml Dooley's
hot, strong, freshly brewed coffee
loosely whipped or shaken cream

Build in a coffee glass or wine glass with extra thick walls. Top with loosely shaken or whipped cream

She's Pretty {& Romantic}

2009-10-19T06:00:00-07:00

Photo by Alisha + Brook Photography

Event Design by Sasha Souza Events

Are You Going???

2009-10-15T10:47:37-07:00

Are you attending The Special Event Show in New Orleans in January? You are? Have you registered? TODAY is the last day for stimulus pricing, so you'd better get on it before the prices go up, up, up! This is looking to be one of the biggest shows in the 25 year history of TSE! The January 2010 big event will be in the Big Easy!

Stay on top of your game in 2010 and breeze through these tough economic times. Join the family of event professionals at the world’s largest tradeshow and conference for the event industry. Over 8,000 of your peers attend the world-recognized event education program, visit with 300+ vendors on the tradeshow floor and attend the fabulous showcasing events to pick up the very latest trends and ideas to use in your own events.

	The TSE Tradeshow Floor Meet over 300 Exhibitors Face-to-Face and Try Out Their Products Seeing, touching and testing is the most reliable way of determining whether a product will work in your events. The Special Event 2010 exhibit hall floor gives you the unique opportunity to experience all the event products and services you are considering in a hands-on environment. Plus, you’ll see thousands of new products that you haven’t already thought of… to make your events even more spectacular. For a list of exhibiting companies on the exhibit hall floor, Click Here
	Event Education Your Most Important Asset This Year: Event Education at The Special Event In this economy, competition for clients is fiercer than ever. Your potential clients are looking to hire event professionals who have the most knowledge and are up-to-date on the latest event trends. The training and creative ideas that you gain from the professional event education courses at TSE will assure your business success throughout 2010. All sessions are hand-selected and taught by event superstars. There are a over 100 courses in 8 relevant event tracks to choose from. Click Here for detailed descriptions of each course.
	Showcasing Events TSE Showcasing Events in The Big Easy New Orleans excels at the art of special events and is the perfect venue for all the wonderful Showcasing Events at The Special Event 2010. Click Here to view a description of the Showcasing Events.
	TSE's Going Green The Special Event has had an extreme makeover and it’s not just skin deep. We’ve made major moves to protect the environment and simplify our messages to professionals like you. You’ll probably notice that our brochures are shorter and simpler. That’s because we have a goal of saving over 190 trees- this year alone-by printing fewer shorter pieces. We’d like to share with you some of the latest “Greening” information coming out of the event industry in 2009.

Not to miss Showcasing Event!

Wedding Lunch:

Key Note Speaker: Darcy Miller,

Martha Stewart Weddings

This year we will be hosting our renowned Wedding Lunch in the Grand Ballroom of The Hilton Hotel, New Orleans. We have a talented group of Chairs leading our New Orleans team. As always this lunch will be full ideas that you can take home and make you own. The colors this year will include a wide palette of natural tones. The lunch will also feature a variety of elements that maybe… you’ve never thought of.

The Wedding Lunch Chairs and Committee are pleased to announce that our Keynote Speaker will be Darcy Miller. Darcy Miller is the Senior Vice President and Weddings Editorial Director for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (MLSO). She is responsible for overseeing every aspect of the weddings brand across all of the Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia business segments: publishing, broadcasting, merchandising, and Internet. She has been actively involved with Martha Stewart Weddings since the first issue in 1995. It is currently published four times a year and each issue circulates to more than a million readers.

Designer Wedding Gallery:

We came up with a great idea… We’re challenging FOUR top designers from various parts of the country to create the newest and exciting trends to hit the wedding industry. We have invited David Beahm of David Beahm Design, New York City, Frank Andonoplas, MBC of Frank Event Design, Chicago, Janet Flowers of Janet Flowers Wedding and Event Design from the Washington DC area, and Sasha Souza of Sasha Souza Events, Napa, California, to show us what they could come up with when give the challenge of working with one element. The elements are paper, wood, glass and metal. This is TSE’s version of Iron Chef – we’ll be making history with what is produced.

Not to Miss Charity Event:

Join me, the Events Chair for the SEARCH Foundation, for a fun networking event!!

SEARCH Fundraiser
Date/Venue	Thursday, 01/14/2010 9:00PM -10:00PM
Description	Description: Hilton New Orleans Riverside • Grand Ballroom A/B Come see the always talked about Annual SEARCH Fundraiser. Entertainment, Live Auction and roaring crowd – be part of something BIG. This wonderful evening raises money for the SEARCH Foundation – the first organization to come to the aid of our own special event professionals. Buy your ticket today to support SEARCH!

SEARCH Fundraiser

Date/Venue

Thursday, 01/14/2010 9:00PM -10:00PM

Description

Description:

Hilton New Orleans Riverside • Grand Ballroom A/B
Come see the always talked about Annual SEARCH Fundraiser. Entertainment, Live Auction and roaring crowd – be part of something BIG. This wonderful evening raises money for the SEARCH Foundation – the first organization to come to the aid of our own special event professionals.

Buy your ticket today to support SEARCH!

Are you new to the industry? Want to get some "behind the scenes" insider information? Join Hands on Hundred and save event more $$$ off your education package!