Your Wedding is Your Day!

Your Wedding is Your Day!

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So often we hear couples stressed about their wedding. They get so many suggestions and ideas from so many different people that they don’t know what to do. Planning your wedding should be fun. Couples shouldn’t feel pressured into doing something they can’t afford or don’t necessarily want to do just because someone else has done it or what someone else thinks you should do. Your wedding is YOUR day. The bottom line is you are getting married to the person you love most. The wedding should be what you should want and feel comfortable with, as well as, what works within your budget. The internet offers so many wonderful resources to help couples in planning their wedding. A great source for wedding planning ideas is Pinterest. On Pinterest you can find anything from wedding dresses, makeup, shoes, invitations, ideas for small, medium, large or elopement ceremonies you name you will find it on Pinterest. But it also can make you crazy!! Keep in mind many of the images you see on Pinterest are from styled wedding shoots with very very large budgets.

Wedding planning making you crazy

Keep Calm! Your Getting Married!

Depending on the size of your wedding a great stress saver would be to hire an experienced day of  coordinator. Your wedding coordinator can handle all the timeline of events and insure that everything runs smoothly. The last thing you want on your wedding day is to be stressed. We offer full service wedding day of coordinator service in the Tallahassee area. We offer partial day of coordinator service throughout the Tampa area which is perfect for couples on a budget. If your wedding is small a coordinator isn’t necessary.

A professional wedding officiant can guide you with all you need for a smooth ceremony including preparing your vows and performing your ceremony. When considering an officiant service price is frequently one of the first questions. Our officiant services reflect our professional services and years of experience. We hear some nightmare situations where officiant cancelled, got nervous and backed out last minute, or showed up unprofessionally dressed. There are many things to think about that quite often when considering a friend or co-worker perform your ceremony that can be overlooked. We are always available to answer any questions or concerns you may have in planning your wedding. Have fun with your wedding planning. It’s your special day.

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Sunrise, Afternoon, and Sunset Clearwater Wedding Ceremonies

Sunrise, Afternoon, and Sunset Clearwater Wedding Ceremonies

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It’s been a busy weekend with Sunrise, Afternoon, and Sunset Clearwater Wedding Ceremonies!Mary and Dale

Last Saturday, Mary and Dale had a sunrise ceremony on Clearwater Beach. Mary and Dale were visiting Florida from Arkansas and wanted to elope on the beach. When I first spoke with Mary she wasn’t sure about what time for the wedding. I told her, “sunrise is the nicest time for a beach ceremony.”  We agreed to have their wedding on Saturday morning at Clearwater beach. On Saturday morning the beach was so quiet and still. All we could hear were the sea gulls and rolling waves. We had a few “guest” dolphins present. They swam by as I performed the ceremony. It was truly a perfect setting for a Florida beach wedding.  Mary and Dale were so excited. They both thanked me so much for a beautiful wedding!

Later on Saturday afternoon, I officiated a wedding ceremony for Carly and Brody at the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo. The Botanical Gardens is a great and very beautiful place for a wedding. The ceremony was held in the wedding garden.

Beautiful outdoor wedding ceremony at the Botanical Gardens

Beautiful outdoor wedding ceremony at the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo

They had setup chairs, a DJ, and Orange Blossom catering was doing the the outdoor reception after ceremony. They were able to keep the wedding simple, yet very tastefully setup. There were covered tents for the dinner and each table was setup with a vase of roses for centerpieces.  Carly looked so pretty! I had to get a picture of Carly by the walkway to the wedding garden where a beautiful archway of lavender flowers were overhead. Carly was a very organized bride. She asked me for a rehearsal guide and she put everything together for her ceremony. She and Brody are a real fun couple. It was so obvious that they truly love each other and have a lot of fun together.’

I ended the Saturday with a beautiful sunset wedding on Clearwater Beach. Samantha and Scott flew into Tampa from New Hampshire Saturday morning. They were leaving for a week long Norwegian cruise out of Tampa on Sunday with a number of family and friends. They wanted to be married on Saturday at sunset. Samantha had corresponded with me asking me if this could be done since they weren’t getting into Florida until the day of the wedding. I told her if we did our convenient Florida Marriage License by Mail service, I could obtain their Florida Marriage License without them ever coming to Florida and then we could marry them on Saturday!  She was delighted about this service!! I put a Clearwater wedding package together for them including: Officiant, Florida Marriage License by Mail, Photographer (Photos by George Sr.), and a fresh rose petal heart in the sand. Samantha and Scott had a about forty family members who attended the ceremony. Samantha and Scott were both a bit nervous. They didn’t know what to do so I spoke with Samantha and went over everything. On the wedding day George Sr. and I, arrived early to go over everything with Scott as well. Samantha and Scott and their guests were staying in Tampa.  They arranged for the Super Shuttle to take everyone to Clearwater for the wedding and pick them up later- what a great idea!!! It worked out so well because Clearwater Beach is very busy and parking spots are hard to come by. Everything turned out perfect! Samantha and Scott were so pleased and  said we made everything so easy for them. They thanked us for going above and beyond and making it more than they ever expected 🙂

Clearwater Weddings on Halloween

Clearwater Weddings on Halloween

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This year Halloween fell on a Friday, which made it a GREAT day for Clearwater weddings on Halloween night! George and myself both had fun opportunities to officiated Clearwater weddings on Halloween night. Both weddings were Halloween themed which made them hilarious and fun!We always say, “Your weddings is YOUR day! Let us help you create the ceremony of your dreams!” and if it’s a Halloween themed wedding then we are there to make it the best Halloween wedding ever!

George Jr. got a last minute call from someone inquiring about him doing a wedding on Clearwater Beach for them on Halloween. They asked if he could dress up as a pirate. George said he didn’t have a pirate costume, but had a leprechaun outfit, and offered to wear it. George said the leprechaun would bring them good luck. George met Michael and Valerie on Clearwater Beach Halloween night and performed a sunset beach wedding for them. They were a fun couple and really enjoyed being married by a leprechaun…. and they appreciated the good luck that the leprechaun marrying them brought to them. Hah!

George Jr. AKA the "Lucky" Clearwater Beach Wedding Officiant

George Jr. AKA the “Lucky” Clearwater Beach Wedding Officiant

George Jr. with

George Jr. with

I had a backyard wedding on Halloween at Marie and Leo’s home in Clearwater. Marie and Leo were dresses as convicts with orange pants, white shirts, and ball and chains wrapped around their ankles. The set up for the wedding ceremony was gravestones, with spider webs in the background, and orange lights. They were having a Halloween costume party for the reception. Guest were all dressed up in all kinds of fun costumes. As I was performing the ceremony as they were looking at each other and it was hard for them to keep a straight face without laughing. I was the only one not dressed up in costume, trying to be serious. It was a FUN wedding, and a great couple.

Ball and chain

Marie and Leo all dressed up for the wedding

Me with

Me with the just married Marie and Leo at their Halloween themed wedding

Halloween weddings are such fun. Couples come up with some great creative ideas for ceremonies and receptions. I wasn’t asked to dress in costume for this wedding, although I have officiated other Clearwater wedding on Halloween. Don’t let Halloween scare you from having a wonderful wedding.