The Silverstein Bat Mitzvah Family Spotlight

Emily Silverstein celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on April 21, 2012 at Central Synagogue in New York City followed by a celebration at the Eventi Hotel.

Her theme was a combination of her middle name Rose, her love of purple and baking!

You might recognize Emily’s mom who is Sarah Merians of Sarah Merians Photography & Video Company. It’s always fun bringing our readers the Mitzvah Family Spotlight stories of our own experts!

Pictured left L-R: Mom Sarah Merians, Dad Marc Silverstein, Bat Mitzvah girl Emily, and Brother Max

Mitzvah Invitation & Service

The "Save the Date" was designed by Sarah's Studio and Judy Paulen Designs created Emily's invitation

The "Emily Rose" invitation gave guests a sneak peak at her upcoming purple themed celebration

Emily's service was held at Central Synagogue on 55th and Lexington Avenue in New York City

Emily's purple dress was from All Dressed Up and Sarah found hers at Bergdorf Goodman

After Emily's service, guests headed over to the Eventi Hotel

 Mitzvah Details

Emily combined her middle name Rose, the color purple and her love of baking to create the perfect logo that was not only used on her invitation, but on many elements throughout her celebration. Her theme was “Sweet Emily’s.” Diana Gould Ltd. did a great job transforming the ballroom at the Eventi Hotel using lots of purple. 

Sarah Merians Photography created Emily's sign-in book

Mom Sarah Merians and her design team created the logo and Diana Gould fine tuned it

This version was used for her "Sweet Table"

Photos of a young Emily baking tied in with the theme and were on display around the room

Sarah Merians Photography & Video created this logo for Emily’s celebration where the theme combined her middle name Rose, and her love of baking and purple. Read more about this celebration here

The ballroom is ready for guests!

The kids lounge area with light up furniture and fun pieces of oversized cake!

Simple centerpieces on the adult tables

Cupcakes and slices of cake were included in the décor

A gobo of Emily's name was featured on the wall and dance floor

It doesn't feel like an afternoon celebration!

Martin Harding was on hand for his "live" event painting

Photofetti was sprinkled on the tables featuring pictures of Emily at various ages with friends and family

Custom M & Ms in Emily's colors

Cake pops to match the color scheme

Colorful socks for the kids when their feet needed a break from their high heels

Cocktail napkins featuring Emily's logo

 Music & Entertainment

E Three Productions provided the music entertainment with Evan as the MC. Guests could enjoy many forms of extra entertainment at this celebration.

The E Three Productions crew poses with Emily

Emily's friends having fun

Emily’s up!

Sylvia Weinstock created a delicious cake to match Emily's theme

The family poses with the Bat Mitzvah cake

Emily and her friends during her candle lighting

One of the many services of Sarah Merians Photography & Video Company is to create a collage of photos from the photo booth after the celebration

Young guests enjoying foosball

Mitzvah Favors & Exit Treats

Emily’s friends received a selection of favors at her celebration. Emily worked with TLC’s Next Great Baker runner up, Nadine Reibeling, to create a special cake which was also used on her thank you notes.

A "Lids" station where Emily's friends could create custom hats

Cubbies were brought in by Diana Gould to keep all the favors and giveaways organized

Lisa Berg from LPB Graphics created purple zip-up sweatshirt favors with Emily's logo

The special cake they baked was also photographed and used on this thank you note

Emily in her surprise candy bar area complete with custom labeled water bottles

Emily's "Thank You" cake that she created with Nadine before her celebration

Mom to Mom 

Some advice from Mom (and photographer) Sarah:
“My two big pieces of advice are: 1. Make lists and due dates for yourself. Should a vendor tell you that you have plenty of time, I may suggest you follow your own timeline and do what’s best for you. Planning a Mitzvah can be very stressful, but also a lot of fun if you position yourself with professionals. You’ll be in good hands.
2. Enjoy the planning process because it’s half the fun! The day flies by…so enjoy every moment.”

 Mitzvah Project

For Emily’s Mitzvah project, she helped raise money for diabetes awareness and research. DRI, The Diabetes Research Institute, is dedicated and devoted to finding a cure for diabetes.

Emily helped volunteer her time at their annual Carnival for a Cure event, benefiting the cure-focused work of the Diabetes Research Institute.

Vendor Directory

The following vendors helped to make Emily’s celebration special. If you give any of them a call, please let them know you read about their services on MitzvahMarket.com.

Venue/Party Security: Eventi Hotel, 212-564-4567
Photographer/Videography: Sarah Merians Photography & Video Company, 212-633-0502
Photobooth/Sign-in Book: Sarah Merians Photography & Video Company, 212-633-0502
Music Entertainment: MC Evan Tyler, E Three Productions, 212-354-6460
Favors: Lisa Berg, LPB Graphics, 732-283-4333
Invitation: Judy Paulen Designs, 201-871-1335
Cake: Sylvia Weinstock Cakes, 212-925-6698
Décor/florist: Diana Gould, Ltd., 212-629-6993
Special Touches: Photofetti and Custom M&Ms
Event Painter: Martin Harding
Emily’s Dress: All Dressed Up, 914-690-1593
Sarah’s Dress: Bergdorf Goodman
Hair/makeup: Laura Geller Makeup, 212-570-5477
Transportation: Matrix Mario, 917-939-8552