Fall Weddings

September to November is just he most beautiful time to have a wedding in the Panhandle area of Florida. We are SO busy and we love it! Planning a wedding here can be quite an undertaking- unless you hire a wedding professional like myself to help with all of the details! Let me do the work for you. You have a lot of vendors to line up, a lot of details to take care of and you still have to get ready, get nails and hair done and be rested! Leave the planning to me! I can also help you schedule a massage for you and your bridesmaids (and the mamas) so everyone is relaxed and good-to-go for the big day. Call for a quote!
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New Chandelier

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We are always looking for new and fresh rental items and here is the newest creation! We have 3 of these chandeliers for rent and we can't be more excited. The pictures don't do it justice. Imagine these hanging in a tent at the reception as your lighting. We are also doing a lot with them in our 4 post bamboo and our 4 post chuppah archways. What a beautiful addition to our rental equipment! Call for pricing and details, 850-215-7278.

We did a wedding/bridal shower for a sweet friend this weekend and it was beautiful! We rent all things wedding- and man is burlap and lace my favorite. We can do as little or as much as you like and we are always willing to make things to enhance the look you are going for. Attached are some photos from this shower. These decorations will also be used for a rehearsal dinner coming up in October. These items were custom made and we can make most anything! It is a great idea to have something for all of the guests to sign because as the bride, she is not going to remember half of the people that were at the shower because it is so overwhelming! I also love a box for well-wishes. There is always so much experience and love in the room at a shower, why not capture it and keep it for the bride and groom to read all through their marriage. 

Another tip- you can always get fresh flowers from your local grocery store and assemble them at a very discounted rate vs. hiring a florist. If you want a specific flower or look then a florist is well worth it but for a casual look you can save a fortune! Always remember to give us a call at The Celebration Place to get these services and more!! 850-215-7278 

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Should I buy my decorations or rent them?

The age old question- buy or rent? Well, I can tell you that I have seen a lot of customers come to my office who bought all their decorations and then tried to sell them to me! They always say "Man, if I had realized how much this would add up I would have just rented from you!" When you are looking for a house I think it is best to buy if you can so you are investing in your future. I have a few resources who can help you with that if you want their phone numbers :) However, with a wedding, are you ever going to use those 20 glass fishbowl centerpieces you paid $8-10 each again? Do you have a place or want to store them for 8 years until the next wedding in your family? Well, I can tell you that you can come rent them at my office for $2 to $3 each and never have to mess with them again!! I often hear brides say "I'm going to go buy my own tableclothes, yours are too expensive." My answer to that is to be sure that when you get them from UPS they will be all folded tightly into a plastic bag and your grandma is not going to be too happy when she has to iron them all! The money we charge for tableclothes pretty much goes into maintenance and ironing (which is something I personally hate to do!!). We have a staff of people who solely do the ironing of all our tableclothes, sashes and runners. 

This is the story for all of the equipment in my 3000 sq ft of storage warehouse space. We are stocked with all sorts of centerpieces, tables, chairs, linens, archways, candleabras (I mean tons!) and more. I am really into the wooden signs, burlap and lace, mason jars and those sorts of things. I joke a lot but I really feel like we could do all the weddings in Bay County and make every one of them different! 

Our warehouse is open 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday for all who want to browse. Address is 1569 Chandlee Ave. Panama City, FL. You can browse alone or we can accompany you to answer questions. I love to see all of my "treasures" in use so come in and tell us your ideas!

Here are just a few of the thousands of the items in the warehouse :)

Bridezillas!!! and a Winner!!!!!

I asked and you told me! The chosen topic from our drawing at the Wedding Extravaganza this past Sunday was Bridezillas!!!

According to Wikipedia The word "bridezilla" is a portmanteau for a difficult bride, combined with the fictional rampaging beast "Godzilla" and Bridezillas is an American reality television show which follows the lives of women engaged to be married, casting their busy schedules in an emphatic and sometimes humorous fashion.

Below are links to a variety of articles we found online about Bridezillas ......

New Breed of Single Brides
Business Insider
Cosmopolitan
Bridezillas photos on PhotoBucket

Image Borrowed from cracked.com

Now for my take - there are no Bridezillas. Girls start dreaming of Their Wedding Day at a very early age. You have the Perfect Picture in your mind. Achieving Your Day! can be stressful, time consuming, expensive and an organizational nightmare.

Here is where I enter the picture ... I am a wedding planner, decorator, coordinator, notary (Yes, I can perform the ceremony!) and I own The Celebration Place, an equipment rental company. I would LOVE to do it all for you! I can and will do as much as or as little as you would like. Please call me. We can talk about your Dream Wedding!

Crystal won our drawing for $25.00 credit toward rental items. Congratulations, Crystal. I have sent you an email and look forward to hearing from you soon. Much thanks to all who submitted suggestions for my future blog posts.