Two Heads Are Better Than One

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Our Special Moments Event Planning team hears from couples all the time that “our venue told us we didn’t need to hire a wedding planner.” Unfortunately, too often when they are telling us this they have been struggling with wedding planning for months on end, and sometimes from out of state. The truth is that…

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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

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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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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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Perfect Start to 2019

Our Special Moments Event Planning team is really excited to start 2019 with a huge honor. Our wedding planning team has received the Wedding Wire Couples Choice Award for 2019. This award is based on the amazing reviews our couples shared on Wedding Wire. Tammy and her crew are the best and made my wedding…

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Wrapping Up 2018

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As 2018 comes to a close, our Special Moments Event Planning team started to look back at the amazing year we have had. This year our team grew with Cameron stepping up from keeping our props and rental items organized to assisting with event set-up and installations which is the next logical step to assisting…

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Christmas Came Early

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Christmas came early this year for our Special Moments Event Planning team! Our Lead Dream Maker, Tammy Waterman, had the opportunity to unwrap a very special holiday gift this week. Our Special Moments Event Planning Team received The Knot Best of Weddings 2019 Pick! We are thrilled to be receiving The Knot Best of Weddings…

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CYA (Cover Your Assets)

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Our Special Moments Event Planning team has been planning Tampa Bay area weddings for quite some time now and Tammy, being a St Petersburg native, has seen a lot of hurricane seasons; some worse than others. Covering Your Assets, whether it is hurricane season or not is a huge piece of proactive wedding planning. We…

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Blush, Gold and Mist

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Leticia & Rojelio, Sirata Beach Resort Our Special Moments Event Planning Team loved working with Letty and Rocky on this beautiful St Pete Beach wedding. Letty watched from the window of their suite as Rocky waited patiently outside of the resort for their first look. Their wedding ceremony was held on the sandy beach at…

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The Fork Goes On The Left!

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We realize this sounds amazingly basic, but we felt like it needed to be said. Our Special Moments Event Planning team knows that creating a wedding day filled with special moments requires understanding the basics and doing them exceptionally well. Unfortunately, in the age of social media, there are wedding vendors out there who look…

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Don’t Believe Everything You See

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Today we need to share a few things that dispel some of the typical wedding information you may have found on the internet. Our Special Moments Event Planning team is reading a lot of the same magazines and blog posts that our couples read. Sometimes we are amazed at what we find and today we…

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Love, Love, Love

Bobbie and Tracy learned about Tammy and our Special Moments Event Planning Team from their Maid of Honor.  We had the pleasure of planning her daughter’s wedding. We are so glad they chose our team for their special day, they are truly an inspirational couple. Back in 2015 when the United States Supreme Court ruled…

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