Planning Your Tampa Bay Wedding

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Across Tampa Bay, wedding planning is in full swing. Our Special Moments Event Planning team talks to dozens of newly engaged couples every week. And not just local couples planning their wedding but also for couples from across the country coming here for Tampa Bay destination weddings.   The Basics of Wedding Planning Wedding planning…

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How To Stop Traffic With Your Wedding!

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One of the biggest challenges our Special Moments Event Planning team hears from many couples is how to infuse their wedding day with unique, personal, memorable details; something that stops traffic. Recently one of our couples, Lari and David had the perfect idea. And this one literally stopped traffic in the middle of downtown St…

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Where’s the coffee?

We recently had a wedding in Indian rocks Beach, Florida with an older crowd and several of the guests asked for coffee when the cake was being served.  Unfortunately,  the caterer did not provide any because that was not a beverage previously discussed/ contracted for between the bride and catering company.  The fortunate side is that the…

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Flying Solo

Yesterday was my first ST. Petersburg, Florida wedding without Tammy, and I survived!  By no means will I or can I take all the credit, because I had the wonderful Melissa at my side. (Thank you Melissa for all your help and coordinating expertise!) None the less, the day was wonderful even with all of it’s heat,…

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Time Bombs

I escorted the bride and her father from the bridal suite to the elevator.  Once the doors reopened we made our way to the hotel lobby where the florist pinned the boutonniere on the father.  I radioed over to Tammy, who is at the ceremony site, “Package ready for delivery”.  Radio static followed by, “Deliver…

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