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Sarasota Wedding Inspiration | Bakers Ranch Wedding We love the warmth and traditions that southern inspired weddings bring and this Sarasota wedding styled shoot incorporated sweet tea, magnolia blossoms and old fashioned southern hospitality. “I fell in love with the oak trees that surrounded the wedding venue. I grew up near Savannah, Georgia and the...
Fuente-Garcia Ybor City Wedding Liana and Manny’s Ybor City wedding featured a show stopping couture wedding dress, Boston terrier flower girl, two Grammy award-winning artists and over 1,000 wedding guests. The bride and groom incorporated their Cuban heritage into their big day through their wedding venue choices. “We are Cuban-Americans born and raised in Tampa. In Tampa, there are two areas...
St. Pete Beach Wedding | Postcard Inn Wedding Brittny and Mike’s tropical wedding under the palms created the perfect ambiance for their St. Pete Beach wedding. The bride and groom hosted an outdoor wedding ceremony, just steps from the Gulf of Mexico, followed by wedding portraits on the beach by St. Petersburg wedding photographer Caroline & Evan Photography. MORE: CAROLINE...
Historic Downtown Tampa Wedding | The Vault Wedding Jessica and Ryan’s Downtown Tampa wedding incorporated a bright color palette, vintage local postcards and cigar boxes to celebrate their hometown and heritage. “I wanted to capture the old Floridian culture throughout our wedding,” the bride explained. “We were both born and raised in the Tampa Bay area...
Waterfront St. Petersburg Wedding | Tampa Bay Watch Wedding Amanda and Christopher focused on keeping their waterfront St. Petersburg wedding intimate, without uninvited observers. “Privacy was important. I wanted a beach wedding, and it took me along time for me to accept that I wasn’t going to be able to have a private wedding on the beach,”...
Moroccan Ethnic Downtown St. Pete Wedding | NOVA 535 Wedding Brandi and Imad’s downtown St. Pete wedding reflected the groom’s culture through the music, food and bright color palette, “Our wedding had an elegant Moroccan-inspired theme with rich colors, Arabic music and subtle hints of Moroccan cuisine,” the bride shared. “Imad is from Morocco, and I have...
Waterfront Bradenton Wedding | Palmetto Riverside Bed and Breakfast Michelle and Marc’s waterfront Bradenton wedding featured a navy blue color palette and an outdoor, interfaith wedding ceremony under a large Spanish moss tree. “We chose to have a little getaway ceremony in a quaint coastal town. With the venue being a historic, waterfront bed and breakfast, it...
The Vault Wedding | Tampa Wedding Planner Special Moments Arielle and Seth’s elegant Tampa wedding included classic elements with a modern twist. “We both held true to our traditional values and decided to get married in an Episcopal church,” the bride shared. The St. Petersburg chose downtown Tampa wedding venue The Vault for its sophisticated character and...
Romantic, St. Petersburg Wedding | NOVA 535 Wedding Getting married the day before the most romantic holiday of the year made Kim and Alan’s St. Petersburg wedding even more special. “Valentine’s Day was our first actual date together eight years ago. Alan said he wouldn’t ever forget our anniversary, so I agreed,” the bride shared. The Tampa couple’s...
Destination St. Pete Beach Wedding | Don CeSar Wedding With Quinn and Christian both in the hospitality industry, guest experience topped the couple’s list for their destination St. Pete Beach wedding. “I cared about how the guests felt at the hotel when they checked in all the way to checkout. I wanted everyone to feel...
Downtown Tampa Wedding | The Straz Center After James proposed to Alexis in Key West, they immediately started planning their downtown Tampa wedding. Having lived in area for five years, the couple felt is was important to be married in the city that they will be starting a family and making memories in. The pair hosted their waterfront Tampa wedding...
Silver, Blush, and Mint Green Wedding | Countryside Country Club Andrea and Gaston’s country club wedding was inspired by the bride’s Italian heritage. “I was inspired by photos of Tuscan gardens [for my] romantic garden elegance wedding,” the bride shared. “Our ceremony was on a beautiful green golf course with open blue skies. For the reception,...
Rustic, Country Barn at Crescent Lake Wedding | “Mission I Do” Wedding Giveaway Brittany and Jacob’s Tampa wedding day was truly a fairytale as the couple was selected as the recipient of the Old McMicky’s Farm “Mission I Do” wedding giveaway. “In appreciation of the men and women who serve in our military, and in honor...
Clearwater Beach Destination Wedding | Sandpearl Resort Wedding Rachel and Zach’s shared love for the beach drew them to Clearwater Beach for their Florida destination wedding. “We chose to get married in Florida because I have always wanted a beach wedding, however, I didn’t want to get married on the sand,” the bride explained. The Sandpearl Resort...
Brooksville Wedding – Purple, Silver & Ivory Wedding at Southern Hills Plantation Club Kristi and Ray’s Love Story:My husband, Ray, and I met in 2009, when we started working together at a movie theater. We worked together for about a year until we started dating, after a chance encounter where we both went to school...
With Anne working over 80 hours a week as a surgical resident and John living in a neighboring state, you would think the odds were against the pair finding each other. However, a blind date a little over five years ago brought the two together. “We had little time to spend with each other during the week,...
Sometimes it’s not about how you met the guy, it’s just about the guy. Florida destination bride Ann met Blake after a rambunctious night on campus. “We both attended Loras College, and we met my first homecoming weekend at a house party. A mutual friend of ours got into a fight with another guy, so Blake...
Marla and Marcus’ love story began on the kickball field, but this wasn’t an elementary school romance. The active couple were part of an adult kickball league and according to the bride, Marcus’ kickball skills caught her eye. However, the relationship didn’t start off all fun and games. “He played a little too hard...
Kari and Todd met the old fashioned way…through a friend of a friend. The Tampa couple met over lunch one Friday afternoon at the Green Iguana and hit it off. Although Todd moved to Connecticut a year later to attend business school at Yale University, the pair survived the long-distance relationship and were engaged...
Facebook is a funny thing. It can reconnect you with your people you barely knew and start a brand new relationship. Although Tampa couple Denise and Andres were in the same graduating class in high school, they rarely spoke. But 12 years later the two became “friends” on Facebook, which both were pressured by family and...
Holding a Tampa destination wedding can be difficult when you’re hundred of miles away, but planning a two-day destination wedding for almost 500 guests requires a bit more preparation! Philadelphia couple Oluwatitoyin and Shomari got engaged while vacationing in Naples, Fl after dating for two and a half years. “We went to a beautiful dinner, and when...
While Tampa weddings happen every day throughout the Bay, Meghan and Ryan made history with their Floridan Palace Hotel wedding. After going through a major restoration, the hotel hosted its first wedding in 45 years for the Tampa Bay couple. “The Floridan Palace Hotel was an obvious choice for me from the first time I...
Your Tampa wedding should reflect you and your hubby-to-be. While the colors, flowers and decor elements can set the mood for your big day, nothing tells your guests more about you as a couple than the personal details. Emily and Cory emphasized the important parts of their lives by incorporating personalized handkerchiefs, a vintage wedding...
It’s always refreshing to see bold bright colors at a Clearwater Beach wedding. Not mention the occasional mustache here or there! Jennifer and Mike incorporated mustaches in the bridal party pictures, mustaches as escort cards and even a tiny felt mustache on the bride’s bouquet. Definitely not your run-of-the mill wedding decor! The couple planned a whimsical,...
Katie and Ronnie chose the Sandpearl for their fall Clearwater wedding. Wedding photographer Andi Diamond captured this romantic beach wedding. From the photographer: Katie and Ronnie traveled in the same social circle, and Ronnie had his eyes on Katie for a while before he got up the nerve to ask her out. Once they...
Marry Me Tampa Bay editor, Anna Coats, created Marry Me Tampa Bay in 2012 to showcase the area's best local weddings and vendors. She has been featured as a wedding expert on the national talkshow Daytime, Fox13, ABC Action News, Great Day Tampa Bay, and Bay News 9 (now Spectrum).
