Celebrity Experiences

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Your chance to sit down in person, for a 30 minute one-on-one with legendary event industry leader, Marcy Blum.

Bring your notebook and questions to this New York City appointment, and Marcy will bring her  expertise, candor and wit to this exclusive session. 

Date selected will be worked out between winning bidder and Marcy Blum, upon auction closing.

Travel to and from NY locations not included in the auction.

ABOUT:

A world-renowned event planner, entertaining expert and author, Marcy Blum (www.marcyblum.com), crafts every event with her own distinctive brand of unpretentious elegance, and an almost-preternatural ability to visualize space.  With a flair for imagining the unimaginable, Marcy creates events that stimulate the senses, delight with unexpected details and make clever use of even the most traditional venues.  In 1986, Marcy launched her eponymous company, Marcy Blum Associates, beginning with corporate events and evolving into social events, including weddings, birthdays, bar mitzvahs and more.

She has a unique gift in the ability to find a signature style for each of her clients. “I don’t believe in the concept of a ‘Marcy Blum event’,” she explains.  “I get a real sense of my clients’ personality and use my knowledge and experience to bring their event to life in a style that suits who they are.” Spending several days with each client before beginning to plan, Marcy takes her time to learn what they are about.  This allows her to create an extraordinary, unforgettable event that is truly inspired by each person, never creating any two events alike. 

Marcy has made her client’s milestones into unforgettable experiences: she has turned a rolling lawn into the whimsical  world of Alice in Wonderland; an East Hampton home into a Casablanca movie set fit for Rick Blaine; and a charity bookstore became an enchanted garden where guests teamed up to help local libraries.  Marcy’s impressive portfolio includes the weddings of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, Salman Rushdie and Padma Lakshmi, and Billy and Katie Lee Joel.  Additionally, she planned a 50th birthday celebration for Donny Deutsch, marketing events for Comedy Central and a five-floor theme event for the anniversary of Societe Generale.  Other clients include the Rockefeller, Icahn and Philbin families, as well as many other important and discerning clients.   

As a graduate of both New York’s famed High School of the Performing Arts and the Culinary Institute of America, Marcy merges the tenets of theater, cuisine, and décor in every event she creates.  She has branded herself an “eventiste”, coining the term because none of the traditional event planning job descriptions seemed to fit her combination of expertise and her unconventional approach to the business.

Thanks to this amalgam of talents, she has been recognized twice by New York Magazine, as “Best Wedding Planner in New York”, she was named “Trendsetter of the Year” by  Modern Bride and she has received the prestigious Silver Spoon Award from Food Arts magazine, an award that is typically reserved for chefs.  Marcy co-authored both Wedding Planning for Dummies and Wedding Kit for Dummies, and has written about food and entertaining for InStyle Weddings, Town & Country, Modern Bride, and the Huffington Post.  She is currently a monthly party planning contributor at www.PointClickHome.com, the web portal for Elle Décor and Metropolitan Home.

Marcy has appeared as an expert guest on many programs including Oprah, Live with Regis and Kelly, CNBC Reports, The Today Show and Good Morning America.

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WEBSITE: http://www.marcyblum.com/bio.html

Wish Upon a Wedding is not responsible for booking or date conflicts, and we do not offer refunds in such circumstances. All winning bids will be considered a donation to charity.