Real Wedding Florida
ABC Member planner: Cindy Morley, ABC™, Eventful Moments, LLC, www.eventfulmomentsbycindy.webs.com, eventfull1@aol.com.Photography: Michael & Josephine Photography.ABC member businesses involved: Tentlogix.
Non-member businesses involved: Street Talk (band), A Piece of Cake by Elena, Mrs. Peters (catering), Leighton Transportation, Treasure Coast Valet, Four Fish Marina (venue).The couple: Barbara and Johnny have a true love story. They were high school sweethearts in 1940, but both graduated and went off to college. Though they stayed in touch within their small town, each got married to other people. Later, each got divorced. Remaining friends through it all, they rekindled their love at age 71, choosing to spend the rest of their lives together. I was honored to be their wedding planner as they are the parents of one of my dearest colleagues and friends in the wedding industry, who happens to own our local party rental company. When a wedding professional entrusts you to plan their family celebration, it speaks volumes.Wedding date: June 28, 2014.
Inspiration: The wedding inspiration was the tropical elegance of Southern Florida.Color palette: Turquoise and gold with hints of driftwood, sand, and seashells.Budget: Whatever the event required.Guest count: 250.
Most unique design elements: We had one of the longest head tables I have ever created. It seated 30 guests and was at the center of the tent at the end of the dance floor. We also had one of the largest pole tents, a 4,500 square-foot tent that had been assembled on a piece of vacant land overlooking the intra-coastal. Once decorated, it was beyond breathtaking inside as well as out.Biggest challenge: My biggest challenge was when I received a call June 16 from the daughter of the bride who asked me if I had their date available, June 28. I thought it was for 2015, but she said, “No, in 12 days and, by the way, both my brother and I will be out of town until a few days beforehand.” I took the challenge, and they allowed me the opportunity to assist them in creating the team of wedding professionals, making the biggest challenge not such a challenge after all.
Learnings: I learned that I needed to ask for more help once I realized the magnitude of the set up. It was a three-day tent set—with flooring, staging, executive washrooms, and cook's tent—set up with a two-day set up of the soft goods—tables, chairs, linen, china, flatware, glasses, centerpieces, and assorted details that required more labor then we had anticipated. Still, it got done with hours to spare. ••
