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It’s Pantone Color of the Year Time!
Every year, for about the last two decades, Pantone has named its Color of the Year. This color inspires fashion trends and affects wedding trends for the upcoming year. What Pantone Has To Say Pantone’s Color of The Year, Viva Magenta 18-1750, vibrates with vim and vigor. It is a shade rooted in nature descending…
Read MoreLife’s A Beach {Wedding}!
It’s no secret that our Special Moments Event Planning team LOVES a beautiful beach wedding! And we do a lot of them! From Clearwater Beach weddings to destination weddings at Sandals Resorts, we’re always up for the beautiful backdrops of beach weddings. And, it might surprise you that not only do couples book us for…
Read MoreThe Importance of Wedding Insurance
Our hearts are breaking for all of the couples affected by hurricane Ian. Not only our Special Moments Event Planning clients, but couples across the state of Florida and up the east coast. Wedding Insurance Over the years, we’ve talked about wedding insurance so many times that we sound like a broken record. Hurricane…
Read More8 Weeks And Counting, Mailing Your Wedding Invitations
There is no need to bury the lead! Yes, wedding invitations should be mailed eight weeks before your wedding! You probably saw our recent Special Moments Event Planning blog post When To Send Your Save The Date! It covered lots of things to know before sending out your Save The Date cards. So, today we’re…
Read MoreWhen To Send Your Save The Date!
“When do you send out a Save The Date?” Our Special Moments Event Planning team gets this question all the time. While the easy answer is As Soon As Possible! It’s a little more complicated than that. Three Easy Steps To make this as basic as possible, you’ll need to know three things before sending…
Read MoreAddressing Wedding Invitations: 2022 Edition
Trust us when we tell you this. Collecting addresses of friends and family for wedding invitations is not on your list of fun wedding projects! You’ve probably thought about gown shopping, looking at incredible bouquets, and tasting excellent food. Tracking down addresses and creating spreadsheets doesn’t make most couples’ Top 10 list! It Was…
Read MoreChris and Ashley, A Gender Reveal With A Twist
Last week in our Wedding Venue Wednesday, you caught a glimpse of Chris and Ashley’s gender reveal in our feature of the Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach. But, their story was too cute not to share more of their story. How They Found Special Moments Event Planning Chris had found an image on social media…
Read MoreIt’s NOT Our Wedding – Honest!
Our Special Moments Event Planning team has been planning Tampa Bay weddings for a long time! Since 2004, to be exact. And one of the things we hear in the wedding industry is: “We don’t want to hire a wedding planner because it will become their wedding, not ours.” Honestly, that could not be farther…
Read MoreWedding Venue Wednesday: Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach
We’re back! We took a little Wedding Venue Wednesday break in July. Actually, Tammy was off exploring one of the fantastic Sandals resorts – but more on that later! Exploring Clearwater Beach In past Wedding Venue Wednesday blog posts, we’ve featured several other Clearwater Beach wedding venues. We’ve done beautiful weddings at the Wyndham…
Read MoreGetting Personal, With Flowers!
Hit up any wedding pro’s social media page, and you’ll be swamped with flower photos. Generally, you’ll see lots of fantastic ceremony structures, beautiful tablescapes, and, of course, some stunning bridal bouquets. But, what NO ONE ever talks about are personal flowers. Personal flowers are all of the bouquets, boutonnieres, and corsages for your wedding…
Read MoreThe Wedding Where Money Was No Object!
Hey, wedding planners can dream too! The reality is that everyone has a budget. Even those rare times when the family says, “we don’t have a budget,” there’s a budget. Actually, there is what our Special Moments Event Planning team calls – The Point of Regret. That’s when you spend and spend until you reach…
Read MoreThe Conversation No One Wants to Have: TIPPING
As wedding professionals, we often have to have those uncomfortable conversations. Because, after all, couples come to us for all their wedding-related questions! So, this week our Special Moments Event Planning team tackles the big questions no one ever wants to have regarding tipping wedding professionals! Asking The Wedding Pros Rather than just sharing our…
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