Keep your sanity during wedding planning!

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This past weekend, Special Moments Event Planning participated in a wedding show at a beautiful Tampa Bay wedding venue, T Pepin’s Hospitality Center.  Not only did we get to meet some awesome couples looking for wedding planning for their Tampa wedding; but, we were able to collaborate with some of our favorite design partners. Our…

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You just got engaged, now what?

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Congratulations on your engagement! The first thing to do is NOTHING, take a few minutes, and soak it in. Get comfortable with saying fiancé and not boyfriend/girlfriend and enjoy being engaged. After you’ve taken some time to enjoy, it’s time to set a plan. Whether we like it or not, planning a wedding is often…

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Special Moments can include your pet!

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Our Special Moments Event Planning team loves our four legged kids!  Cheech even has a bed in our studio and sometimes comes to visit us at work. We’re seeing more and more couples who wouldn’t even consider not having their dog as part of the wedding; or at least in the wedding photos. Some of…

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Pantone Color of the Year – Ultra Violet

A big part of being a professional wedding and event planner is not so much keeping up with the upcoming year’s trends; but keeping ahead of the trends and setting our own. Our entire Special Moments Event Planning team works with local Tampa Bay Caterers as well as Tampa Wedding Florists to look at what…

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The Temptations

I wish it would rain, it sounds strange to hear this from a dream maker at Special Moments, but I have to confess – The Temptations is one of my favorite music groups. I know corky, but that’s me 🙂 .   As a dream maker I actually don’t wish it would rain, but we…

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A Glimpse of the Past

As long as I can remember my father has collected vintage radios, the classic body styles and the retro. We would go to flea markets or antique stores and once he found his prize his face would light up all day.  The radios were all beautiful and interesting, each with a story of its own once…

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Let’s make it officially Oh-fish-all

It is with a tear in my eye and a smile on my lips that I remove the “new girl” badge from my chest (look, I know I’ve been with the company for almost two years now but just go with me) and ceremoniously offer it to the next set of eager hands; stage left…

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Special Moments Expands- Meet Petra

  We are thrilled to share that The Special Moments Team is expanding again and have added a New Team Member to the Roster. Get to Know Petra:     Hometown: Brno, Czech Republic, Europe Sweet home: St.Pete, FL since 1997 Birthday: January 4th Sign: Capricorn 2 furry kids – 2 girls: – miniature dachshund…

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Special Moments Expands-Meet Katie

  We are thrilled to share that The Special Moments Team is expanding again and have added a New Team Member to the Roster.. Get to know Katie:   Where were you born:  Thomasville, North Carolina Hometown: East Liverpool, Ohio Birthday: December 31, 19….. a lady never tells her age Status: Newlywed; 1 year and…

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Stress Be Gone!

More Often than not we hear the  words, “I’m so stressed out planning this wedding.” Special Moments to the rescue!!  If you are tired of being stressed or if you don’t even want the stress to enter your body, we are here for you through it all.   However in the event you are having…

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What to Wear at Weddings

I appreciate everyone that participated in our search for Good Martinis and Bad Martinis. That was my pet peeve for wedding décor, now allow us to move on to my pet peeve for wedding attire. It happens every weekend, I sadly report, that jeans make an appearance at one of our Tampa bay Area weddings.  Bad…

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Good Martini, Bad Martini

When we arrive to a venue in the Tampa bay area to start a wedding day, there are two pet peeves that are, well, my pet peeves. Guests wearing jeans and bad martinis. Understand that my mention of a “martini” in this instance has nothing to do with a beverage, it is a décor style…

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