Wedding Venue Wednesday: The Rusty Pelican

Outisde view of The Rusty Pelican Tampa

It’s time for Wedding Venue Wednesday, our Special Moments Event Planning feature showcasing local wedding venues. We love to highlight local venues that are a little out of the way are unique, or offer spectacular value and service. This month’s Wedding Venue Wednesday selection hits all three marks!   The Rusty Pelican The Rusty Pelican  2425…

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Wedding Venue Wednesday: Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay

rooftop deck at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay

Our Special Moments Event Planning team loves of monthly Wedding Venue Wednesday blog feature. It lets us feature some incredible Tampa Bay wedding venues, fabulous destination weddings, and honeymoon ideas. When it comes to incredible Tampa Bay waterfront wedding venues, most people head to the beach. Obviously, the region is known for its amazing Gulf…

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Planning Your Tampa Bay Wedding

aerial view of the Opal Sands ceremony lawn on Clearwater Beach part of The Opal Collection

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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Cookie Cutters Are For Christmas Cookies

Christmas cookie cutters

Cookie cutters are NOT for weddings! Since we launched Special Moments Event Planning back in 2004, we’ve always considered ourselves ‘Dream Makers.’ We believe that every wedding should have ‘Special Moments’ regardless of the budget. Each wedding should be a unique representation of you as a couple.   You’re Hired! We’ve recently had several inquirers…

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Make Your Next Event An Explosion Of Fun!

a Tampa Bay event having fun with Flutter Fetti

Recently, our Special Moments Event Planning team had the opportunity to spend an afternoon at the Flutter FETTI ® Fun Factory in Largo!   What Is Flutter FETTI®? Flutter FETTI ® is an incredible line of confetti and streamer effects, all custom-made locally in Pinellas County.     They offer “Hand Flick” Confetti Launchers and…

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Catering To Your Wedding Guests

hors d' oeuvres on a slate platter for wedding guests

Our Special Moments Event Planning team knows that figuring out the catering portion of your wedding can be both confusing and frustrating for many couples. There are many things to consider  – from costs to style of service to picking a menu that’ll make everyone happy can push couple’s over the edge. So, we’re going…

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8 Tips To Find The Perfect Tampa Bay Wedding Venue

view of Clearwater Beach from the Opal Sands Hotel

Our Special Moments Event Planning team knows that finding THE perfect Tampa Bay wedding venue is a huge task. Your wedding venue can easily be the largest expense of your wedding and there are so many questions and things you might not know you need to know.     8 Tips To Find The Perfect Tampa…

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Looking for More Tampa Bay Weddings?

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Our Special Moments Event Planning team LOVES sharing our blog posts with you each week. We do our best to showcase a mix of our clients’ Real Tampa Bay Weddings, planning tips, and advice, as well as places our team and our couples have been featured in the media.   More Fabulous Weddings We are…

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Congratulations On Your Engagement!

man holding an engagement ring behind his back with a bottle of champagne and flowers next to him

Congratulations on your engagement. Our Special Moments Event Planning team is so excited that you found us and are considering hiring a professional wedding planner.   Engagement Season According to the current wedding industry information, nearly 40% of all proposals happen between Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day. The largest numbers happen somewhere between Christmas Eve and…

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H. O. P. E. for 2021 Weddings

empty road looking forward past 2020 to 2021

For our Special Moments Event Planning team, we have only H.O.P.E. for 2021 weddings. That means we Have Only Positive Expectations! Looking Back at 2020 Needless to say, 2020 was not the year we anticipated. We worked with countless couples to reinvision the wedding they originally had planned. From creating seating charts for wedding ceremonies,…

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Unplugging, COVID-19 and FOMO

a person unplugging

Unplugging at weddings is nothing new for our Special Moments Event Planning team. We’ve seen national publications talking about unplugged weddings, typically ceremonies, for the last five years or so. Here’s a piece from Huffington Post from 2016: Why You Should Consider An Unplugged Wedding (And How to Tell Your Guests)   The Good and Bad…

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4 {polite} Ways To Tell Your Wedding Guests Where To Go

Our Special Moments Event Planning team knows that every once in a while, couples really want to tell a few wedding guests where they can go… but this isn’t about THAT! Wedding guests, especially when traveling for a Florida destination wedding, want to have as much information as possible and what comes next. Here are…

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