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Special Moments — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:52:07 +0000

Glenn from A Reel Wedding was kind enough to put together a promotional Video for us. We also want to say a big thank you to all of the vendors that were so kind with their words. Yes we love you all !!!!!

2009 Bride’s Choice Award-Wedding Wire

Special Moments — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:43:24 +0000

WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced that Special Moments has won the 2009 Bride’s Choice Awards™!

In its inaugural year, the Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and honors vendors from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellent quality of service, responsiveness, professionalism, value of cost and flexibility. This year’s recipients represent the top three percent of WeddingWire’s vendor community, which includes over 100,000 wedding vendors from across the US. That means Special Moments is one of the very best Wedding Planners.

Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the company, the Bride’s Choice Awards are determined exclusively by recent newlyweds through surveys and reviews.

“We are excited to launch this annual award program to honor high-performing vendors based solely on the experiences of our WeddingWire community,” according to Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “This year’s recipients have set the bar high, exhibiting excellent service and expertise in the wedding industry.”
Special Moments would like to thank our past clients for speaking on our behalf and helping us win the 2009 Bride’s Choice Award!

Get Married TV Appearance # 2

Special Moments — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:57:32 +0000

Get Married is a show on the Lifetime channel that is hosted by Colin Cowie this year. The show is structured around great ideas and planning tips for your Special Day. We are pleased to announce at Special Moments, that the Lead Consultant and Founder of Special Moments will be featured for the 2nd time on Get married. You can catch Tammy Waterman on Feb 2nd 2009 on that episode that airs on the Lifetime Channel at 7:30 am, Monday thru Friday. If you cannot be in front of the television at that time, you can also visit Get Married on the Web and view all episodes aired that week. www.getmarried.com

We are so proud that this is the second Tv appearance for Tammy and the last episode was on Jan 12th, 2009 and you can view that clip in a previous blog post. We were also told by the writers and producers of Get Married that there will be several more appearances still this year for Tammy.

Get Married TV Appearance

Special Moments — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:57:40 +0000

Today on the Get Married Show ( which airs on the Lifetime Channel at 7:30 am -Monday thru Friday) Tammy( Owner of Special Moments) was a contributing expert that had a brief clip in the beginning of the episode on Unique Venues to hold your wedding reception at. We have included the link to view it on the Get Married website below:

http://www.getmarried.com/index.php?day=monday

Whenever your looking for great ways or ideas to make your wedding total Chic visit www.GetMarried.com

Featured Videographer – Paul-E-Media

Special Moments — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:44:00 +0000

Special Moments got the opportunity to work with the videography company – Paul-E-Media on a wedding recently for Courtney and Shon. They were kind enough to put together a mini video of our company at the wedding. We have included the U-tube video below that they did. Enjoy:

Candy Stations

Special Moments — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:29:50 +0000

One of the new popular things happening at wedding receptions and social events is the Candy Stations. Candy Stations can be designed around your colors, theme or your favorite candies. Special Moments offers the Candy Station as one of the services you can get in your event planning package. That is a great way to save money and be able to spend more on the candy. We have the jars, vases, scoops, tongs, labels, candy bar signs and staff to manage it for you. We have included some pictures of various styles of candy stations below to give you an idea of the possibilities and endless ways to design a candy station.

ABC Annual Conference 2008- Day 3 -November 11th, 2008

Special Moments — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:03:03 +0000

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

Special Moments — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:47:40 +0000

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

Special Moments — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:53:54 +0000

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:

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

Special Moments — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:29:41 +0000

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.