an avoidance of gimmicks. That was
quets around my wedding cake," says
not always the case, she admits.
Zeigelman, who planned her own
Once, for an ORT Ball, she cut
wedding just two years ago. "I was
%-- )but miniature top hats to glue on top able to spend an extra $5-$10 on
of 300 matchboxes, but she believes
each bouquet that way." Using the
that fussiness in decoration has
chupah flowers on the sweet table
passed. Now she opts for dim lights
later is another strategy she suggests.
and lots of candles, whether at an
"An important party doesn't
always take months of planning and
intimate party at home or a catered
the decorations aren't always expen-
affair at a club.
sive," says Robert Kowalczyk, who
At a recent birthday party for 100
owns Creative Source. Kowalczyk,
at Knollwood Country Club, she
used decorative lights strung through who has put together parties for
many of Detroit's movers and shak-
rented ficus trees and oversized Lib-
erace-style candelabra on each round
ers, loves to bring fantasy to a party.
With just three weeks' notice, he
table.
took over the arrangments for a
"Candles are wonderful at parties.
They create atmosphere," she says.
recent 70th birthday party for
investor Milton Dresner, planned by
"When I entertain at home, I light
his wife, retailer Linda Dresner.
two dozen of them on my fireplace
"The florist had died, and I didn't
mantel, and flood the room with
fresh flowers, usually white and over- want to take on anyone else's work,"
he says. "So we had to keep it rela-
flowing in their vases."
tively simple."
Despite the months of planning,
Dresner, a twin who grew up in
the trappings of a big event are per-
Detroit and used to frequent the
ishable, and nothing is more perish-
Elmwood Casino
able than flowers.
as a young man,
"Bar and bat
inspired Kowal-
mitzvahs are into
czyk to use a
themes, but
man-about-town
today's brides
theme and a
want flowers,"
black-and-white
says Jeff Rosen,
color scheme.
owner of Market
"We transformed
Street Florists in
the Ritz Carlton
Livonia.
into the Cotton
He says the
Club of the
full, fresh,
1920s," he says,
plucked-from-the-
using long tables
garden look is the
that he strung
one that most of
together to
today's brides are
revolve around
asking for.
the dance floor,
As a rule of
blue lighting and
thumb, Cynthia
a fog machine
Zeigelman, owner
for atmosphere,
of All About Par-
and black-and-
ties, advises her
white-striped
clients to plan on
tablecloths and
a table centerpiece
napkins.
for a formal wed-
Sweet end to the party.
For flowers,
ding to cost as
he tied old-fash-
much as.a dinner
ioned white orchids on black cham-
entree. With the average price of a
pagne bottles. "It was like stepping
catered entree between $65 to $80,
depending on whether it is kosher, at back in time, and we didn't need to
use heavy props to do it," he says.
a hotel, or at a country club, some
He feels that trends are different
brides are getting very resourceful
now than they were 15 years ago:
about recycling their flowers.
"There was a woman in Cleveland
"I placed my bridesmaids' bou-

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