Japanese Wedding Traditions

          A Japanese wedding ceremony is an elaborate ritual interwoven with Japanese culture & tradition. It is usually small & private. In Japan, the Shinto ceremony is the standard. Some Japanese-American couples choose to combine East and West. Christian, Buddhist, or Shinto style are all wonderful options.   Sake Ceremony Known…

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Vendor Video Testimonials

Glenn from A Reel Wedding was kind enough to put together a promotional Video for us. We also want to say a big thank you to all of the vendors that were so kind with their words. Yes we love you all !!!!! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP1TjwZCqYo]

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Flower Girl Alternatives

More and more churches, synagogues, and ceremony sites are restricting the dropping of fresh flower petals along the aisle because the flowers may stain the carpet or floor. Choose from this list of alternatives for creative options to the flower petal tradition. Petal Alternatives Floral Orb Cover a plastic-foam ball with silk flowers and hang…

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Beautiful Boutonnieres

Boutonnieres are a very important part of the wedding flowers. You can choose something ordinary or traditional like your simple rose boutonniere, or you can have a little fun and make a statement starting with the Boutonnieres that they guys will wear with their wedding day attire. If your budget is a concern, then do…

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2009 Bride’s Choice Award-Wedding Wire

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced that Special Moments has won the 2009 Bride’s Choice Awards™! In its inaugural year, the Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and honors vendors from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellent quality of service, responsiveness, professionalism, value of cost and flexibility. This year’s recipients represent the top three percent…

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Get Married TV Appearance # 2

Get Married is a show on the Lifetime channel that is hosted by Colin Cowie this year. The show is structured around great ideas and planning tips for your Special Day. We are pleased to announce at Special Moments, that the Lead Consultant and Founder of Special Moments will be featured for the 2nd time…

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Colin Cowie appearance at ABC Conference 2008

The entire Special Moments Team attended the Association of Bridal Consultants annual conference 2008 in California in November. ( You can read the day by  day activities of our team along with pictures in the November blog entries) We have included a brief video below of the conference, which includes Colin Cowie’s fabulous luncheon. Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_cQB57CNbc]

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Get Married TV Appearance

Today on the Get Married Show ( which airs on the Lifetime Channel at 7:30 am  -Monday thru Friday) Tammy( Owner of Special Moments) was a contributing expert that had a brief clip in the beginning of the episode on Unique Venues to hold your wedding reception at. We have included the link to view it on the…

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Bride Wars

The Movie Bride Wars came out on January 9th, 2009 in the movie theaters. This is a movie that brings up a few good points about why you should have a wedding planner for your Special Day. A wedding planner is there on your behalf. An in-house Coordinator is there for the location, which is…

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Featured Decor Inventory Item- Pedestal Glass Bowl

Special Moments offers a planning package ( Treasured Moment) that includes complimentary use of all of our Decor Inventory. We are featuring the Pedestal Glass Bowl  in this blog post for you to get many ideas of what you can do with the Pedestal Glass Bowls  for your next event. Enjoy the photos below of our Pedestal Glass Bowls being used in many different…

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Christmas Parade in Pinellas Park

Special Moments is a member of the Pinellas Gateway Chamber of Commerce and On December 13th, 2008 to get into the Christmas Spirit, We participated as a team on the Chamber’s float in the Christmas Parade in Pinellas Park. What a great time we had tossing beads and wishing Merry Christmas to all Parade goers along…

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Reception Kissing Games

Originating in Europe, the tradition has been for the bride and groom to kiss when guests clink their glasses with silverware. But this tradition has become tiresome for most brides, not to mention, many venues don’t allow you to tap their dishes anymore. For fun, new ways to get the bride and groom to kiss…

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