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Events That Amaze provides full service event planning throughout Tampa Bay! A planner is a consultant for your event. Our purpose is to help organize, coordinate and execute your event. We specialize in weddings, milestone celebrations and special events. 

Throughout the planning process, we act as your spokesperson, your personal researcher and most importantly, your troubleshooter. We are dedicated professionals who have experience planning events, therefore, we understand the importance of organization and prioritizing. Throughout our planning travels, we’ve come to understand budgets and all costs associated with weddings, which lets us work within your budget. We create a detailed “master plan” that leaves no detail out and lets you, the honoree; enjoy your wedding stress and hassle free. The ability to enjoy your own wedding with out stress or worry is invaluable, and we are here to ensure that is exactly what happens!

 Why do I need a Wedding Planner?

On your wedding day you will be very busy tending to certain details of the big day ( photos, makeup etc) The last thing you will want to worry about is whether or not the caterers have arrived, where the DJ set up etc. Knowing that you have a professional wedding planner to handle these concerns will put your worries at ease and ensure that your wedding goes off smoothly and as stress free as possible.

Do you have any formal training?

I have completed numerous wedding and event planning courses through USF and I am  certified as an International Wedding Planning Professional.

What services do you offer?

We specialize in complete wedding and event planning services. Our experienced event coordinators know what it takes to pull off an amazing event and we will help ensure that you have the wedding you have always dreamed of.

We offer vendor lists for brides that want to do the planning themselves but want to be sure that they are hiring the most experienced vendors. We only reccomend vendors that meet our highest level of expectations. 

We also offer day of event coordination for the brides that likes to do the planning but wants the peace of mind in knowing that a professional wedding planner will be on site to coordinate vendors and ensure that the wedding goes off without a hitch. 

Just For Fun

A Few Fun Wedding Tradition Facts

WHY ... Does The Bride Wear White?
The color white has been a symbol of joyous celebration since early Roman times. At the beginning to the twentieth century, white stood for purity as well. Today, it holds its original meaning of happiness and joy.

WHY ... Are Wedding Rings Worn On The "Ring Finger" Of The Left Hand?
In ancient times, it was believed there was a vein in the third finger of the left hand that ran directly to the heart. Thus, the ring being placed on that finger, denoted the strong connection of a heartfelt love and commitment to one another. Although during times of modern autopsy, this long held belief was found not to be so, the tradition continues to this day.

Medieval bridegrooms place the ring on three of the bride's fingers, in turn, to symbolize, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. The ring then remained on the third finger and has become the customary ring finger for English-speaking cultures. In some European countries, the ring is worn on the left hand before marriage, and is moved to the right hand during the ceremony. However, in most European countries the ring is still worn on the brides left hand. A Greek Orthodox bride wears her ring on her left hand before marriage, and moves it to her right hand after the ceremony.

WHY ... Does A Bride Wear A Veil?
The bride's veil and bouquet are of greater antiquity than her white gown. Her veil, which was yellow in ancient Greece and red in ancient Rome, usually shrouded her from head to foot, and has since the earliest of times, denoted the subordination of a woman to man. The thicker the veil, the more traditional the implication of wearing it.

According to tradition, it is considered bad luck for the bride to be seen by the groom before the ceremony. As a matter of fact, in the old days of marriage by purchase, the couple rarely saw each other at all, with courtship being of more recent historical emergence.

The lifting of the veil at the end of the ceremony symbolizes male dominance. If the bride takes the initiative in lifting it, thereby presenting herself to him, she is showing more independence.

Veils came into vogue in the United States when Nelly Curtis wore a veil at her wedding to George Washington's aid, Major Lawrence Lewis. Major Lewis saw his bride to be standing behind a filmy curtain and commented to her how beautiful she appeared. She then decided to veil herself for their ceremony.

WHY ... Is It Said That The Bride Is Given Away?
In times when women were granted few privileges and even fewer personal rights, the bride was literally given away to the groom by the father, usually in exchange for monetary gain. Today, it is seen as symbolic of the blessings and support of her union as a promise of continued trust and affection. Often when the question is asked by a clergy during the ceremony, "Who gives this woman to be married to this man," the father's response is, "Her mother and I."

WHY ... Something Blue?
Brides of ancient Israel wore blue ribbons on the border of their wedding cloths to denote, love, modesty and fidelity. These are ideals still associated today with that color. Blue also denotes the purity of the Virgin Mary and is the most popular of all colors.

WHY ... Does The Groom Carry The Bride Over The Threshold?
During the days of "Marriage by Capture," the bride was certainly not going to go peacefully into the bridegroom's abode, thus, she was dragged or carried across the threshold. In even earlier times, it was believed that family demons followed the woman and to keep her family demons from going into the groom's home, she was carried across the threshold upon her entering for the first time. After that, the demons could not enter as she would come in and go out of the home.

WHY ... Do The Bride And Groom Go On A Honeymoon?
In ancient times, many of the first marriages were by capture, not choice. When early man felt it was time to take a bride, he would often carry off an unwilling woman to a secret place where her relatives wouldn't find them. While the moon went through all its phases, (about 30 days) they hid from the searchers and drank a brew made from honey. Hence, we get the word, honeymoon.

WHY ... Does A Bride Carry Flowers On Her Wedding Day?
For centuries, flowers have stood for a variety of emotions and values. Roses for love, lilies for virtue and so on. In ancient marriages, the brides carried herbs beneath their veils to symbolize fidelity. Greek brides carried ivy as a symbol of never-ending love. Orange blossoms, (the world renowned wedding flower) were chosen by the Spaniards to represent happiness and fulfillment, because the orange tree flowers and bears fruit at the same time. During even earlier times of "primitive marriage," when the fear of demons was most prevalent, the brides carried stinking garlands of herbs and spices for the purpose of frightening off evil spirits.

Today, brides carry flowers in the color scheme of their wedding, bringing beauty and elegance as well as old world customs to their special day. Have you considered spelling out the name of your groom in the flowers of your bouquets?

WHY ... Does The Bridal Party Dress Alike?
Who hasn't noticed that the maids, ushers, and entire bridal party dress very much like the bride and groom? It was once common for the bride, her groom and all their friends to walk together to the church on the morning of the wedding. Afraid that someone, maybe a rejected suitor, would spot the happy couple and put a curse on them. The groom's friends wore clothes almost identical to his, and the women costumed themselves like the bride. These disguises tricked evil wishers into letting the real bride and groom live happily ever after. Of course, today we dress our attendants alike for the beauty and pageantry of the event.