Association of Bridal Consultants – Central Florida West LNG Meeting

On July 24th we were in attendance at a Local Networking Meeting for The Association of Bridal Consultants at the Sandpearl Resort.  The Resort was absolutely beautiful and hope to work with Kathy Demarco in the future.  We were honored to have Brides.com’s account executive, Aymee Sutterby as our guest speaker.  She was very informative and brought some new ideas to the meeting about branding and marketing.  Seeing a few new fresh faces was a treat.  I hope to see them all at future meetings and definetly at the State Conference on August 23rd and 24th at the fabulous Hilton Carillion.

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Thank you to all the vendors that helped put this meeting together!

Sandbar Restaurant -Anna Maria Island Wedding & Reception

Unfortunately it was a rainy wedding day for Whitney and Steven on June 21st , 2008 . Amazingly there was a break in the sky and they were able to get some great sunset pictures taken by Gold Leaf Productions.  The ceremony and reception was held at the Sandbar Restaurant with flowers from Island Florist and the music was provided by Breezin Entertainment and Productions.

Congratulations to Whitney and Steven!!

Whitney and Steven

Whitney and StevenGold Leaf Productions

Eco-Friendly Weddings

Special Moments is excited to announce that Tammy Waterman the owner of Special Moments was quoted in the TBT on July 18th, 2008.  She was interviewed by a reporter in the beginning of July wondering about what Brides are doing to stay “eco-friendly” or what green solutions are available for your wedding ceremony and reception. We have included a link below to the special edition for you to look at on-line.

http://tampabaytimes.fl.newsmemory.com/special.php

Stay tuned for more of Special Moments in the news…

Not Just for Novices workshop

Special Moments just recently attended/taught a workshop in St. Augustine, Florida  about how to get started as a wedding planner and market your business thru the Association of Bridal Consultants.

The workshop was taught by Tammy Waterman from Special Moments and Lisa Burnett from Elegant Weddings by Lisa.

It was a very long day, but there were fun things along the way like someone had lipstick on the coffee mug, and someone found a ladybug in their salad, yeah a ladybug.

We weren’t expecting to learn anything from this , but we found out what a mandap (a chuppah like arch for indian weddings) is and that $35.95pp/++ is the per person plus tax and gratuity.

St. Augustine is really nice, but we couldn’t wait to get back to St. Petersburg, because we were in the tropical storm through the whole time we were there. No sight seeing for us.

Association of Bridal Consultants Annual Conference 2007

 

As you all know or if you don’t know yet… Tammy Waterman the owner of Special Moments was on the 2007 Annual Conference Committee for the Association Of Bridal Consultants . She spent an entire year helping plan , chair and organize key parts of the Conference. This involved monthly trips to Orlando ( the location of the 2007 conference) and many a day on the phone, computer, etc  getting things finalized. ( Thanks to all of our brides for your patience and understanding if you even knew=)Her positions were, Opening Cocktail Reception Committee chair, Table top Reality Chair and  Sponsorship/Donation committee. Tammy also received her designation of Accredited Bridal Consultant and became one of 6 in Florida and the only one in the Tampa Bay Area.

The 2007 Annual Conference was a huge success and was also a record setting year for the Association.There were over 500 people registered for the Conference and in attendance.

We have included pictures below for you of the cocktail reception and a few from the Table Top reality. Enjoy!

This also shows that Special Moments is keeping up on the newest trends and continuing our education thru the Associations we belong to.  So you can rest assured you have hired professionals when you hire Special Moments.

 

Pass-A-grille Beach Wedding

Nikki and Bob were married  6/7/08 on the beautiful Pass-A-grille Beach. The weather was quite breezy but the sun was kind to us that day and kept the heat factor down a little bit. Just in case it was hot ,  Nikki and Bob were prepared with personalized water bottles for all of their guests chilled in buckets waiting for them on the beach as they were seated for the ceremony . The Bridesmaids looked stunning in their blue dresses from David’s Bridal, but Nikki stole the show completely. 

Kudos to Jenny from Flowers by Jenny for the amazing flowers as always.

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We were honored to be part of their day and are excited to share some of the photos for you to enjoy also.

Elli Kurz thank you so much for the pictures and for the kudos in your blog:

 After all WE LOVE BEACH WEDDINGS!!!!

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