Laura and Peter are both busy working professionals, so Laura wanted a simple, stress-free wedding. Since that happens to be our specialty, we were a perfect match! Laura’s mother, Madeline, was instrumental in helping us plan the couple's wedding ceremony, and even surprised the happy couple by booking our violinist and some special decor for their beach wedding!
Though their beach wedding ceremony was relaxed, intimate, and fun, the hour leading up to it was anything but for us as we worked to set everything up! Laura and Peter opted for our white wedding arch and chairs for a few of their closest friends and family on Treasure Island’s gorgeous Sunset Beach. We arrived and started unloading the van, but on the first trip from the parking lot to the beach, we realized someone else had already set up for a beach wedding in the exact spot we had planned to use for Laura and Peter! We quickly sprung into action and moved the ceremony down the beach a few hundred yards. It was a lot more work for us, but the setting (right next to the rocky jetty at the southern tip of Treasure Island) was absolutely stunning!
Of course, once we had everything set up, we also had to redirect Laura and Peter’s guests to the new ceremony site and even repark a few cars. It was certainly exciting! But once we got everyone in place, Laura and Peter’s Sunset Beach wedding was perfect! Afterwards, Madeline wrote to say:
"Thank you for all you did to help make this weekend special with a wonderful wedding ceremony...We are so glad you made the decision you did and loved the new location even more. The arch and decorations were perfect and the chairs with your starfish and bows were also just right. The violin added a special touch and Jeff's ceremony was sweet, simple and meaningful. We all were very happy with everything!"
After the ceremony, there was one final moment of excitement. President
Obama, who was visiting Florida to give a
speech on energy policies, paid homage to Laura and Peter's beach wedding with a fly-by in Marine One! Of course we can neither confirm nor deny whether the President was actually
in his helicopter, but it's a safe bet. In any case we threw in the fly-by at no extra charge!
Laura and Peter (and Madeline!): Thank you so much for choosing Simple Weddings! We were honored to be a part of your Sunset Beach wedding. Below are few of our favorite pictures from your Sunset Beach wedding ceremony. Keep an eye on our website at
http://www.simpleweddingsflorida.com/ for the rest in a few days!
Sincerely,
Debby and Timmy are from Plant City, Florida, about an hour east of St Petersburg. They decided to have their wedding on the beach at Sunset Beach in Treasure Island, Florida, with about 30 of their closest friends and relatives.
