It’s All About The Wedding Cake!

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We have seen wedding cakes evolve quite a bit in our fifteen years at Special Moments Event Planning. We have seen big cakes and small cakes for the couple to cut for a photo.  We saw an upswing in cupcakes and donut cakes, and (thankfully) a swing back toward delicious, beautifully designed wedding cakes. Our…

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Breathing a Sigh

St Pete wedding – St Petersburg wedding planner – St Petersburg shuffleboard club wedding - bride and groom

Ali and Mike were introduced to our Special Moments Event Planning team about six weeks before their wedding by Gabro Event Services. They were working with them to provide all of the lighting, floral décor, tables, chairs, linen, and their amazing Chuppah. Getting married at the historic St Petersburg Shuffleboard Club with an outdoor cocktail…

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The Story Of My Life

Clearwater Beach Wedding – Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach – Clearwater Beach wedding planner - bride and groom

Lauren, Max, and Lauren’s mother who was doing most of the planning for their Clearwater Beach wedding were referred to our Special Moments Event Planning team by Laurie at A Piece of Cake. Planning a destination wedding from out of state had them overwhelmed, to say the least. We loved working with them to piece…

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Pink and White Harborside Wedding

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Our Special Moments Event Planning team loved working with Vicka and Blake on their beautiful wedding at Harborside Chapel and Innisbrook Golf and Spa Resort. We actually worked with Blake’s family for his sister’s wedding, so there was already a great connection there. The Harborside Chapel was the perfect setting for this soft elegant color…

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Reuse and Give Back

Special Moments Event Planning – The Brides Bouquet – Random Acts of Flowers – repurposing your wedding flowers - recycle logo

Earlier this week in honor of Earth Day our Special Moments Event Planning team wanted to focus on sustainability in weddings. From Invitation suites on recycled paper to local, seasonable and organic food at your wedding reception, there are a lot of ways to make your wedding more environmentally friendly. Wedding flowers can be a…

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Truly Special Moments

Clearwater Beach Wedding – Clearwater Beach Recreation Center wedding- Clearwater Beach wedding planner - husband and wife

Our Special Moments Event Planning team recently had the pleasure of working with Alyssa and Anthony on their Clearwater Beach wedding. They are a couple who are very much in love, incredibly sweet and very much devoted to the Lord. Their beautiful outdoor wedding ceremony at the Clearwater Beach Library and Recreation Complex overlooked the…

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Make Your Wedding Iconic

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Recently our Special Moments Event Planning team had the pleasure of working with Keriann and Jeremy on their downtown Tampa wedding. We featured their wedding in our recent blog post Wintertime Love. When selecting wedding photos by Grind and Press Photography for the blog, one thing that jumped out was the wedding portraits at amazing…

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Blue and Gold Beach Wedding

Lauren and Neil were such a fun and interesting couple for our Special Moments Event Planning team to work with. Lauren had a lot of the planning completed for their Opal Sands wedding on Clearwater Beach but primarily worked with us for guidance and vendor referrals as needed. The wedding was created in a beautiful…

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Wintertime Love

Earlier this year our Special Moments Event Planning team worked with Keriann and Jeremy to create a little wintertime love. They traveled north from Ft Myers for a Tampa Bay winter wonderland wedding. The winter wonderland theme began with shimmer silver invitations with tiny white flakes of snow. We love how Keriann carried through the vibe…

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We’ve Got It In The Bag

wedding welcome bags - customized welcome bags for weddings

Our Special Moments Event Planning team is asked nearly every week about Welcome Bags for out of town guests. Do we need them? What goes in them? Do we send them everyplace people are staying? And, can you do them? We decided that breaking it down in a blog post was an easy way to…

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Anyway The Wind Blows

Opal Sands Wedding – Clearwater Beach Wedding – purple and white wedding- happy bride and groom

In the past, our Special Moments Event Planning blog has talked about being OK with your plan B; and Melissa and Nelson are a wonderful example of that. The evening before their wedding at the beautiful Opal Sands Resort on Clearwater Beach, it was fairly windy and pretty chilly. Melissa decided right there that the…

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Home Sweet Home?

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Our Special Moments Event Planning team frequently gets requests to assist in planning a wedding at a couple’s home or at a unique outdoor location. What’s not to love? It’s Florida and we have great weather, amazing sunsets, and beautiful scenery. However, the biggest challenge is that too often couple’s do not always think about…

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