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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Here Comes The Love of Your Life

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To say that working with MaryEllen and Kenny was a pleasure might just be the understatement of the year. You see, theirs was the second wedding where our Special Moments Event Planning team worked with MaryEllen’s family.  And now they just hired us for wedding number three for later this year; the last of 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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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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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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Congratulations!

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We are betting that if you are reading you might be recently engaged and planning a Tampa Bay area wedding. You came to the right place! Our Special Moments Event Planning team specializes in all things wedding and we have helped create special moments across the Tampa region for nearly fifteen years. We know that…

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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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It’s The Holiday Season

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Our Special Moments Event Team is ready for the holidays. Wedding season in the Tampa Bay area is starting to wind down. Intermixed with conference calls and planning sessions our Special Moments Event Planning Team has been out and about. Last week our team was in Clearwater Beach at the Sandpearl Resort for a Hanukkah…

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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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A King and His Queen

Our Special Moments Event Planning team became way more than “Month of Coordinators” for Brittany and Troy when Hurricane Michael threatened their Clearwater Beach Wedding. Tammy and Shauna become more than ‘month of coordinators” and more like family. I booked them about 6 months in advance for a destination wedding. They made everything flows seamlessly…

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