This year I was lucky enough to attend The Special Event Trade Show. There were tons and tons of booths! They had elaborate tables set up decorated with linens, and other odds and ends. Some of my favorite vendors at the trade show were FreezeFrame, BloomBeads, and Dress my Cupcake. FreezeFrame/Bloombeads specializes in freezing your bouquet from your wedding and putting into a frame, that a memory that will last a lifetime. Also another service they provide it BloomBeads, which is jewelry made from your wedding flowers. They crush the flower into a powder and put it into a bead, and then they make a necklace, earrings, or bracelet out of it! I absolutely loved this idea! Another great vendor was Dress My Cupcake. They have reusable and non reusable liners for your cupcakes after they are baked for display. They can customize liners too if you want to use them for your big day! This event was a blast, and I’m so glad I got to attend!
Nova 535 -Vegas Themed Networking Meeting
On Thursday , March 26th, 2009…. Nova 535 was the location for the Association of Bridal Consultants Central Florida West Local Networking meeting. We decided it would be fun to do a Vegas themed meeting complete with BlackJack tables… We were also able to showcase a new caterer in town. Ken Jurgenson from Chives Catering. Fabulous Food, Amazing location,awesome entertainment and great people in attendance.
Thank you again to these amazing vendors for helping put on this event!
Connie Duglin Linens- Toni Tassoni
Chives Catering- Ken Jurgenson
DanMar Productions-( Blackjack Tables) Mary Spikes
Nova 535- ( Location) Courtney Caton
Jemstar Entertainment- Jeff Mufson
Centerpieces- Special Moments
Cocktail Tables- Coast to Coast Event Rentals- Jesse Caya
Rolls Royce- Ambassador Limousines- Michael DeArruda
Photography- Britt McAllister
Enjoy the photos below courtesy of Britt McAllister
Colin Cowie appearance at ABC Conference 2008
The entire Special Moments Team attended the Association of Bridal Consultants annual conference 2008 in California in November. ( You can read the day by day activities of our team along with pictures in the November blog entries) We have included a brief video below of the conference, which includes Colin Cowie’s fabulous luncheon. Enjoy!
ABC Annual Conference 2008- Day 3 -November 11th, 2008
The Tuesday night last event of the Conference was the OC Seaside Soiree. It was held at the Ocean Institute located in Dana Point Harbor. We were transported by chartered motorcoaches to the Institute.( 45 minute drive). The food was set-up in stations for the attendees that consisted of a Mini grill cheese and tomato soup station, seared ahi-tuna station served on a bed of specialty cole-slaw, martini glass salad station and a beef short ribs with mashed potato station. The specialty drinks consisted of California-tini’s , mojito’s and maragrita’s. There was also a photobooth to dress up and get photos taken. We had a great time playing in the photo booth, enjoying the beautiful oceanside and dancing the night away to the Dj. We made it all the way until the end of the party and were sad when we realized it was all over and that we would spend all of Wednesday traveling home. Enjoy the pictures from the photobooth and the pictures of the event that we took also.
ABC Annual Conference 2008- Day 3 -November 11th, 2008
After such an exciting Lunch it was hard to top that for the rest of the conference. We finished up the end of the conference with an interactive session. We were divided up into teams of 8 and were given a description of a Bride’s dream for her wedding along with location, theme she would like, etc.. We had 30 minutes to design an inspiration board of the client’s dream with the materials they supplied us with our what we could borrow from another team. It was a great experience and we got to meet a few new consultants from Illinois. ( Which is the state the conference is being held next year.) We do not have a picture of our finished board, but I have attached a few boards that are similiar to what we created below. After this session, the conference was officially brought to a close. The Special Moments team got ready for the last event that night. That will be in the next posting for you to hear about. Enjoy the pictures below of sample storyboards or as most brides know them … Inspiration boards…
ABC Annual Conference 2008- Day 3 -November 11th, 2008
After the Master’s Breakfast, we had breakout sessions to attend from Practice Makes Perfect Wedding Rehearsals to Exploring Opportunities with corporate members. The best part of Tuesday was the lunch and the speaker. Colin Cowie was the speaker for the lunch and we got the opportunity to hear his presentation on how he designs and manages his events. We were treated to a slideshow of the before and after pictures of his events along with renderings with the clients to the finished products. ABC conference attendees also had the opportunity to bid on a chance to shadow Colin for the day on one of his events. The bidding ended at $ 10,000 dollars and 13 ABC consultants jumped at the opportunity and the money that Colin raised was donated back to ABC for the Miss Dorothy Scholarship Fund. The luncheon decor was amazing and we have included many pictures below of the luncheon decor along with pictures of Colin Cowie speaking as close as we could get to him. We do have one picture that is most special to us we have included first. The Special Moments team ( Tammy, Erin and Krissy) with Colin Cowie as he signed our books for us. The gallery will follow after the Special Picture.
The linens for the luncheon were supplied by Wildflower Linens the favors were supplied by Kate Aspen and the florals were supplied by 3 different floral companies- Three Petals, Elegant By Design and Mille Fiori . The menus and programs were supplied by Ink Invitations .The signature cakes that were designed for the luncheon were unique in themselves and we have also included pictures of all of the cakes that were designed by The Cake Studio . We were totally impressed and already have ideas to share with all of our Special Moments Brides on decor , menu cards, table numbers, etc… Enjoy:
ABC Annual Conference 2008-Day 3-November 11th, 2008
On Day 3 the conference opened with a Master’s Breakfast, which consisted of a Master Bridal Consultant at each table and 9 conference attendees.The breakfast was located in the tent that was set-up on the property of the Faimount Hotel. The breakfast was sponsored by the ABC state of Arizona’s Team along with the linens being suplied by BBJ linens. It was Open seating for the breakfast so Erin and Tammy choose Shay Freeman’s table(Master Bridal Consultant from Little Rock Arkansas) and we have included some pictures below of the the Master’s Breakfast set-up and decor and also a picture of Shay doing the Barbara Wallace Camera Couture pose.
ABC Annual Conference 2008- Day 2 -November 10th, 2008
On Monday at the Conference, we had a continental breakfast and then the conference opened with a Brief synopsis of ABC from the Association President – David Wood.
David Wood
After the ABc briefing on things coming up in the world of ABC and the new website being finished and all of the great tools on there and benefits the Association has to offer to all of the members, we had a 10 minute break and then back to the Ballroom for a seminar presented by Barbara Wallace called Camera Couture. She explained about how to look your best for the camera and how to pose for the camera, etc… Off to the Tradeshow to see what deals corporate members have to offer us to pass on to our Brides. We found a few new things and are excited to share these with our upcoming 2009 Brides. Then after a full morning, we were treated to a wonderful luncheon ( That Krissy was a team leader on and helped set this room for lunch) and a couture fashion show. We have included the decor shots and table set-ups below along with new ideas in our heads on how to create these ideas locally for our Brides. California Couture right here in Florida. Enjoy the pictures below:
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- David Wood
After Lunch we had our 10 minute topic sessions and then the conference was finished for the evening and there was an optional off site trip that we opted out of and chose to have a quiet dinner on the Balboa penisula at a quaint little restaurant on the water. It was located near the Famous Cannery Restaurant.
ABC Annual Conference 2008 -Day 1 -November 9th, 2008
We woke up on Sunday rejuvenated, refreshed and ready to take on the world. Krissy had to get an early start and help stuff conference bags and set-up registration for the conference. Erin and Tammy went over to help also with assembling the pages in the conference binders. We were able to convince Bill to get a shot of the 3 of us at the Fairmount before all of the work started.
Erin,Tammy, & Krissy at the Fairmount Hotel in Newport Beach, California
After lunch , the conference officially opened with the Tradeshow and some optional seminars. Erin went off to the Sandals Training, Krissy was headed off to set-up for the opening night cocktail party and Tammy headed to the Kate Aspen seminar ( Way cool favors and we have samples to share) and also to assist Krissy with set-up for the cocktail reception. The linens were donated for the cocktail reception by one of our favorite vendors in Florida- Coast to Coast Event Rentals. We were nice enough to bring all of the linens in 2 suitcases on the plane with us. We will not offer that service next time. Do you know how heavy linens are in a suitcase? Try 100 pounds of linens…
The opening cocktail reception was held poolside on the 3rd floor of the Fairmount. Sunday evening’s cocktail reception consisted of pink boas hanging from all of the plants and chairs as you arrived. We had a rum bar with specialty rum drinks and also a bar that had wine and beer available for non-rum drinkers. We had a game show contest going on sponsored by Get Married where you could win prizes and trips if you wanted to be a contestant. They had passed appetizers that consisted of bruschetta, ( Erin and Bill’s Favorite) spanokopita, black bean quesadillas & a make your mashed potato bar with all kinds of yummy toppings. The evening’s dessert was this amazing cake with the ABC logo on it. We Have included a few pictures below of the cocktail party to enjoy.
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- Erin,Tammy, & Krissy at the Fairmount Hotel in Newport Beach, California
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- ABC logo in Pool
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- Erin, Tess , & Lovelynn
California Bound- November 8th, 2008
We left at 4:00am to drive to Orlando to catch our flight to California. The Special Moments traveling team consisted of Tammy, Erin, Krissy and Bill. We cannot go anywhere without the support of Bill. ( Tammy’s Husband). 4 roundtrip airline tickets meant we had 3 stops on the way to California to keep costs affordable. Our first stop was in Detroit, I have included a picture below of the 4 of us relaxing with some good food and drinks at Chili’s in the airport.
relaxing in Detroit airport
Then we were off to Minneapolis for our second stop. It was very cold in Minneapolis, in fact, it was snowing. BRRRRRRRR. Erin got a picture of Krissy on the plane before we took off from Detroit and it is included below also: At this point we were still happy travelers.
Krissy on the plane still happy
After we arrived in Minneapolis , we got back on another plane and we were finally on the last leg of the trip towards Newport Beach, California. We arrived at the John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California at 7:15pm California time. ( That means 10:15pm Florida Time) We spent the entire day traveling and were totally excited to not get on another plane for 4 days.
