Got Wedding Stuff -- 2/17/2010

Yesterday, I met with Pam Vitale at Country Club of the North to discuss the details for the next "Got Wedding Stuff" event, which will be held at CCN on 2/17/2010 from 5 to 9 p.m.

We anticipate roughly 100 vendors will be exhibiting at the bridal cocktail, so you can chat with them and learn more about their services. The event will feel like a wedding cocktail reception. A fashion show will showcase the latest and greatest in bridal attire. A silent auction, which will be loaded with generous gift certificates from local wedding vendors off their services, and lightly used wedding items such as dresses, jewelry, shoes, centerpieces, favors, unity candles, guest books, garters, and other accessories, will be at the event for all brides. (At the last event, more than $50,000 worth of items were donated! A bride won a $1000 brand new wedding dress for $50!) We're also planning to have other games and activities, such as a dollar dance with a local celebrity, to add fun to the festivities.

Cost will be $5 per person and includes one drink ticket for those over the age of 21. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Lupus Foundation and all brides will certainly benefit from the fabulous deals at the auction! Lightly used wedding items and gift certificates may be pledged on the website and dropped off on 2/16 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on 2/17 by 3 p.m. All donations to the silent auction are tax deductible. (Gift certificates only may be dropped off to Your Dream Day before 12/31 for a 2009 tax donation.) We'll get the items up as they are pledged and dropped off, so check the site regularly in the weeks and days leading up to the event. We encourage brides with lightly used items left from their own weddings to donate them to this event!

This event will be presented in sponsorship with Your Dream Day, Country Club of the North, Finch Rental and Party Pleasers. (We are still tying down the details for the fashion show, and PSAs with the local television media. Radio ads will start running in February.) If you are a vendor and interested in exhibiting or donating to the event, please call me and we'll get you signed up.

Got Wedding Stuff Charity Event for Lupus Foundation

It's not too late to donate to the silent auction, Got Wedding Stuff, this coming Thursday, September 24 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Savannah Center. Cost is $5 per person and the fee will be deducted from any items you purchase from the auction that evening. Our first annual event is being held in conjunction with the Wedding Mafia's Bridal Event that evening. Visit the website for more details about donated auction items and other details! http://www.gotweddingstuff.com

Why Lupus? Lupus is an autoimmune disease that primarily impacts women and onsets (in general) between ages 28 and 35 -- the same age when many women are getting married! I was diagnosed with lupus six months after my own wedding. Lupus has had a great impact on my life, and it took many years to get me on a balanced regimine of medications so that I can lead a normal life. This charity is near and dear to my heart -- I am a survivor. This event is a way to help brides find a great bargain while helping to provide funding for research and helping lupus patients throughout the State of Ohio.

Bid on lightly used wedding items, such as centerpieces, attire, favors, treasure chests, gift boxes, fabrics, wedding accessories and gift certificates toward services for your upcoming wedding! Items donated by past brides and Cincinnati area wedding vendors! All proceeds to benefit the Lupus Foundation of America. Admission into the silent auction is $5 donation per person. Should someone win an item in the silent auction, this $5 donation will be deducted from the winner's total at checkout. This event will be held at the same time as the Wedding Mafia's bridal event.

What are some thing you can donate? If you are a vendor, perhaps a gift certificate toward your services. Maybe your closet (whether you are a past bride or a wedding vendor) is full of items that have seen their day for you, but might be another bride's treasure. Regardless of what you donate, your donation is tax deductible. All proceeds raised that evening will benefit the Lupus Foundation of America.
Gift certificates for the auction may be donated between now and September 24 at 12 noon. Lots of large items may be dropped off at the Savannah Center on Wednesday, September 23 from 6 p.m to 9 p.m. and Thursday, September 24 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon only. No large or bulk items may be dropped off sooner or later than that timeframe.

Presented in partnership with Your Dream Day, The Wedding Mafia, Perfect Wedding Guide and Bride and Groom Planner. For more information or to contribute to the silent auction at this event, visit www.gotweddingstuff.com or contact Kathy Piech-Lukas at 513-241-2777 or kathy@Yourdreamday.com.

Event Schedule
5:00pm Doors Open for Got Wedding Stuff Silent Auction, hosted by Your Dream Day.
6:00pm Doors Open for Cocktail Party, hosted by the Wedding Mafia.
6:30pm Section 1 of Auction Closes
7:00pm Section 2 of Auction Closes
7:30pm Section 3 of Auction Closes
8:00pm Section 4 of Auction Closes
8:15pm Fashion Show begins. Fashion Show production by Kotsovo's Furs and Fine Apparel, Folchi's Formal Wear, Peppe Ramundo and Sons, DJ Butlers, Chenese Bean and Macy's Ecotage Salon and Day Spa.
8:45pm $15,000 Fashion Giveaway
Includes custom wedding bands, bridal gown and headpiece, manicures and pedicures, hair and makeup for the bridal party, 2 $1000 tuxedo vouchers, bridal party gifts and more. Must be present to win.
9:00 Winners to pick up Silent Auction Items

I hope to see you and your family at this event! In case you have items to donate to after January, the next "Got Wedding Stuff" event will be held this February in Dayton. More details to follow!

SAVE THE DATE! 9/23/2009, Hyatt Regency Downtown

Your Dream Day has partnered with the The Wedding Mafia to present a bridal show this fall. At the bridal show, there will be a silent auction that will benefit the Lupus Foundation. (This fall is a test run, we hope to do this throughout the year in 2010 if all goes well!)

What's so special about this silent auction and bridal show?

We are asking vendors and couples who have already had their weddings to donate lightly used wedding items (for which they will get a tax deduction for) to the silent auction. If you have a garage or basement with lots of lightly used wedding items collecting dust or taking up space, or you don't know what to do with it after the wedding, this is your chance! Brides that are getting married will have the opportunity to get some amazing bargains on these lightly used items (including centerpieces, vases, dresses, favors, unity candle bases, gift certificates for services, and who knows what else!) while helping out for a great cause.

REQUIREMENTS: Subject to Change.
1) If you have items to drop off, items will be accepted the week of the event at the Hyatt and you will receive a tax note upon dropping off your items. You must pack fragile items in newspaper and bring them in a box that the buyer can take easily off the premisis.
2) Any items purchased are sold as is and cannot be returned or exchanged after the auction.
3) You will get up to 50% write off for the amount you originally paid for the item, or what the current market value or sale price is for a similar item on ebay. Our appraisal of the item is not negotiable and you have the right to choose not to donate the items once hearing the amount of your write off.
4) Any items that do not sell may be reclaimed at the conclusion of the event. Any items not claimed by 12 noon the next day will be relinquised to Your Dream Day for use at its discretion at future events of this nature.

Admission to the show is free, compliments of the Wedding Mafia. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or donating an item, please contact Your Dream Day or The Wedding Mafia.