Bright Occasions

02/07/2024

Honored to be included with this fab group of event planners voted “Best Of” in Arlington Magazine - Social Scene Events, Anne Kelley Events & Design, Evoke Design & Creative!

Photo Tracy Timmester

https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/best-of-arlington-va-2024-best-of-the-rest/

01/26/2024

Our favorite event is coming back to DC!

Art in Bloom DC 2024 will be a 4 day floral and art exhibition, featuring over 30 floral designers.

Mark your calendar- March 14-17, 2024. Opening reception on March 14th - tickets can be purchased via the artinbloomdc.com website.

Photo - Lissa Ryan Photography
Venue - Anderson House The Society Of The Cincinnati
Co-producers - Atelier Ashley Flowers, Bright Occasions and Anderson House

https://brightoccasions.com/art-in-bloom-dc-2024/

Featured on Martha Stewart Weddings, Washingtonian Weddings, Engaged Magazine and many other print and online publications, Margo has become known for customizing events and adding her distinguishing style (classic elegance with a splash of color).

11/29/2023

When event planners get together to connect and share, the result is magic. Networking with other planners not only gives us a source of support, but we also have so much to learn from one another. Part 2 from A Seat at the Head Table and The GatherGeeks podcast episode by and is live.

Podcast Host: David Adler, BizBash
Head table co-hosts: Bright Occasions and La Joy Plans
Guests: Howerton Wooten, Aim Aro Logistics LLC, Something Fabulous and Wed2You

A special thanks to:
Video: ABB Video
Photography: Stefan A Photography
Venue: Dauphines DC
Florals: Marcia Alphonso Design
Rentals: Select Event Group

See what it's like to sit in on Head Table Talks, an event planners' luncheon series co-hosted by Melva LaJoy Legrand of LaJoy Plans and Margo Fischer of Bright Occasions.

11/21/2023

A Seat at the Head Table (podcast addition - part 1)
In this special episode of GatherGeeks, BizBash chairman and founder David Adler sits in on a special event planners' luncheon—co-hosted by Melva LaJoy Legrand of LaJoy Plans and Margo Fischer of Bright Occasions—in Washington, D.C. These luncheons, known as Head Table Talks, aim to build community within the event industry and provide a safe space for event profs to network and collaborate. At this particular Head Table Talk, held in late October at Dauphine's, Adler brings his Jeffersonian-style of discussion to the six planners gathered and asks each of them: What was your first job? And what did you learn from it?

Host: David Adler
Guests: Melva LaJoy Legrand, CMP, DES, Margo Fischer, Kawania Wooten, CMP,Aisha Malik Rodriguez, Jennifer Charles, Rebecca Mai

A special thanks to:
Video: ABB Video
Photography: Stefan A Photography
Venue: Dauphines DC
Florals: Marcia Alphonso Design
Rentals: Select Event Group

See what it's like to sit in on Head Table Talks, an event planners' luncheon series co-hosted by Melva LaJoy Legrand of LaJoy Plans and Margo Fischer of Bright Occasions.

08/09/2023

Loved this fun Mitzvah Sixth & I with NYX Entertainment & Events and Spilled Milk Catering. Photos Costola Photography

06/20/2023

Thanks to Voyage Baltimore for this feature!



https://voyagebaltimore.com/interview/daily-inspiration-meet-margo-fischer/

Today we’d like to introduce you to Margo Fischer. Hi Margo, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story. It all started in 2011 over dinner at my friend’s house. My friend was getting married and planning a cocktail-style wedding in New York City and she was wo...

06/14/2023

Introducing our new Intern Amelia Moran to the team at Bright Occasions! You can read all about Ms. Moran and what inspires her on the blog.

https://brightoccasions.com/amelia-moran-bright-occasions-intern/

Featured on Martha Stewart Weddings, Washingtonian Weddings, Engaged Magazine and many other print and online publications, Margo has become known for customizing events and adding her distinguishing style (classic elegance with a splash of color).

06/18/2021

PRIDE MONTH - We support all of our friends, family and clients in the LGBTQ+ community.

05/20/2021

Head to https://www.artinbloomdc.com/the-gallery-2021 to see the Art in Bloom 2021 Virtual Gallery and 360 tour.

A big thank you to Sieff Studios for this video, Circa Life Images for the photography, my co-producers, Atelier Ashley Flowers and Society of the Cincinnati (Anderson House) and A2Z Music Factory for the 360 tour Production.

Art in Bloom DC



Event Producers




Event Partners
Circa Life Images
Sieff Studios
A2Z Music Factory

Harpist Nadia Pessoa
Something Vintage Rentals
Brightly Ever After
Ecoprint

Floral Designers
Petal's Edge
Edge Floral Event Designers,
David Powers,
Petal's by the Shore,
Pretty Petals Floral Designs,
La Fleur du Jour,
Keith Stanley,
B Floral & Event Design
Plants and Blooms Reimagined,
Amaryllis,
Sweet Root Village,
FleursDC,
Eclectic Blooms,
Sarah Khan Event Styling,
MISA floral,
Helen Olivia Flowers,
Uncloudy Studio,
Atelier Ashley Flowers,
HB Fiori,
The Rosy Posy,
Volanni,
She Loves Me,
Holly Chapple,

https://vimeo.com/551481055?embed_email_provider=gmail

Visit https://www.artinbloomdc.com/ for more information and the virtual tour!

05/20/2021

Art in Bloom 2021 Virtual Gallery and 360 is live! What a honor and a pleasure to be involved with this event. I’m so excited to finally share all the stunning images and video of the great work created by some of the best floral designers in the DC community.

Click the link below to see the website, virtual gallery and 360 tour.

Art in Bloom DC



Event Producers

Atelier Ashley Flowers
Margo Bright Occasions

Event Partners
Circa Life Images
Sieff Studios
A2Z Music Factory

Harpist Nadia Pessoa
Something Vintage Rentals
Brightly Ever After
Ecoprint



https://www.artinbloomdc.com/the-gallery-2021

Floral Designers
Petal's Edge
Edge Floral Event Designers, Edge Floral Event Designers
David Powers,
Petal's by the Shore, Petals by the Shore - Wedding & Event Floral Designs
Pretty Petals Floral Designs, Pretty Petals Floral and Event Design
La Fleur du Jour,
Keith Stanley,
B Floral & Event Design B Floral and Event Design by Shelly Bagdasian
Plants and Blooms Reimagined,
Amaryllis, Amaryllis, Inc. Floral + Event Design
Sweet Root Village, Sweet Root Village
FleursDC, Fleurs DC
Eclectic Blooms, Eclectic Blooms
Sarah Khan Event Styling, Sarah Khan Event Styling
MISA floral, MISA Floral
Helen Olivia Flowers, Helen Olivia Flowers
Uncloudy Studio, Uncloudy Studio
Atelier Ashley Flowers, Atelier Ashley Flowers
HB Fiori,
The Rosy Posy, The Rosy Posy Floral Design and Event Studio
Volanni, Volanni Floral Sculpture and Events
She Loves Me, She Loves Me
Holly Chapple, Holly Heider Chapple

05/07/2021

Long overdue album for Olivia & Eric at President Lincoln's Cottage! Photos by L.A. Birdie Photography with Sidra Lane Forman Corcoran Caterers Select Event Group Artisan Matchmaker EastCoast Entertainment

Photos by .A. Birdie
https://www.labirdiephotography.com/blog/oe-dc-wedding-photography-wedding-venue-lincolns-cottage

05/07/2021

03/23/2021

We want equity. It's not just that we want our clients to be able to get married. We don't just want to party. We want to work. Safely and with precautions of course.

Outdoor concert venues and Nats stadium are open. Yet weddings are limited to 10 inside in DC and VA (25 outside in VA, 50 outside in DC).

Other states are open and our DMV local businesses will continue to lose money and business as patrons look to take their events elsewhere.

Mayor Bowser Ralph Northam

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-event-planners-covid-restrictions/2021/03/20/574daad2-88cc-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html

Event planners in D.C. and Virginia say tight covid restrictions are sending business out of the region.