Submerged Floral Centerpieces

To dress up table settings and decorations, consider choosing submerged floral centerpieces for your reception. By submerging flowers or leaves in clear glass vases, the flowers are accentuated and magnified as the light refracts through the water. These trendy centerpieces brighten any room and help bring out the natural hues of the flowers, creating incredibly vibrant color schemes – and since this floral option is new to the scene, adding another up-and-coming element to your reception will be sure to impress your guests, ensuring your wedding will be talked about for years to come.

April Featured Vendor - Mel Ball and Colours

Widely recognized as one of the top national and international event performers, Michigan’s #1 wedding musicians, Mel Ball and Colours will take your reception into a whole new stratosphere, with flawless performances, high-energy presentation, and unwavering class and professionalism.

Mel Ball has performed for three different U.S. Presidents, at Super Bowl functions, inaugural balls in Washington DC, and for countless celebrity weddings and parties. Mel Ball has also taken the stage with world-renowned musicians, including Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, India Arie, Ja Rule, and Kid Rock.

Mel Ball and Colours is a perfect entertainment choice to compliment Exceptional Events’ elegant, classy affairs. Visit the Mel Ball and Colours website for company information, testimonials, and band member bios, and check out the slide show, below, for a sampling of their music and pictures of the band.

Exceptional Events Expands Relationship with Brides.com

Exceptional Events is proud to be featured on national wedding magazine, Brides’ renowned website, Brides.com. When it comes to local vendor listings, Brides.com is a top internet resource for Michigan brides, with a large selection, and an appealing, easy-to-navigate layout.

Please enjoy our newest banners and our featured listing, and thank you for helping make Exceptional Events the premier wedding planning company in Michigan.

Upward Trends in Lighting

Make your reception pop, and wow your guests with up-lighting, a technique used to dress up your reception, creating mood and atmospheres within your space by focusing light from the floor upward.

This new trend in lighting is prefect for adding dimension, color, and unique alcoves to your wedding. Shining light upward from the floor brings neutral colored surfaces to life and creates vertical streams of light and shadow that add height to your environment, accentuating support columns and brightening otherwise dark corners in the room.

By adding color to up-lighting, often referred to as ambient lighting, you can easily heighten the mood, tying the room together by matching wedding colors and floral arrangement, providing the allusion that everything in the room is glowing with your wedding colors.

Because of the recent spike in up-lighting’s popularity, there is no shortage of vendors in the area waiting to light your big day.

Presenting Our Newest Event Manager

Exceptional Events is excited to welcome Kori Saxe to our team.

A Michigan native and long-time resident of Farmington Hills, Kori shares our passion for designing unforgettable and spectacular events, understanding the value of having a talented staff and dedicated vendors to execute all the details that make events exceptional. Her familiarity with southeast Michigan and her talent for event planning make her a fantastic resource for all of our clients.

Kori has experience coordinating a multitude of events, including chic beach weddings, black-tie charity fundraisers, and grand opening soirees for the likes of chain coffee franchise, Biggby Coffee.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising and Public Relations from Michigan State University, where she graduated with honors and began honing her skills for channeling her clients’ vision - warmly and with dedication - into truly amazing events.

Her professional and coordinating experience ranges from large corporations, such as Yahoo, Expedia, Kodak, and Visa, to intimate, personalized weddings, and promotional events featuring Olympic Gold Medalists.

We’re certain that Kori will be a valuable and devoted member of our team. We look forward to working with her, and we’re certain you will too.

Visit Us on the Knot

Exceptional Events is proud to be a featured southeast Michigan wedding planner on theKnot.com, one of the top national websites for brides-to-be. Through the help of our clients and the dedication of our hard-working staff, we continue to uphold our high standards, providing hands-on service for an unparalleled customer experience. Check us out on theKnot.com, and keep an eye out for forthcoming appearances in The Knot: Michigan.

Recommended Vendor of the Month

Exceptional Events is proud to work with the premier vendors in Michigan to ensure our clients receive the best service available. Each month, we profile local florists, photographers, caterers, and other respected service purveyors so that our clients and website visitors are aware of all their planning options. As always, we never charge referral fees, we simply work with the most highly-regarded businesses to achieve the top results. Because we believe that an informed client is sure to achieve their unique event goals, we are happy to present some of the best in the area -

Voted Metro Detroit’s “Best Wedding Photographer” in the 2007 WDIV Vote 4 the Best Contest, Arising Images Inc. blends artistry and photography for a unique style. The personality and artistic vision of this husband and wife team will provide you with images that are fashionable and casual, with a goal of keeping your wedding day fun.

The artistry of Arising Images Inc. is perfectly suited to match the personalized attention of Exceptional Events. A mutual respect and admiration of one another’s work helps this professional relationship flourish, giving you, the client, the absolute best in service.

Arising Images Inc. owner, Prem Mukherjee says, “Exceptional Events has absolutely blown me away since the time we met them. They are a perfect example of what a professionally run business should look like. Every aspect of what they do is top-notch and detail-oriented, with a significant amount of thought and planning going into every step.” Thank you, Prem, this goes for you as well. Arising Images Inc. meets our high standards for professionalism and planning, making this trend-setting photographer one of our favorites in the area. We’re sure you’ll agree.

Below, check out a small sampling of their work, and be sure to visit their website at www.arisingimages.com to view the online photo galleries.