Celestine's Special Occasions

, my mom is in Kentucky so we worried it would be difficult to plan a wedding and get exactly what we wanted from so far away—until we met Celeste. I sat down with her for a few hours and she listened to everything I liked and disliked. She created an amazing layout, a delicious menu and flowers and décor that were exactly what I wanted! Her vision and ideas were greater than anything I could have ever imagined, she has great taste and has so much experience creating beautiful, unique spaces. Being a southern girl, I wanted southern food, fried chicken, biscuits, fried green tomatoes, etc. but I didn’t want it to feel casual. Celeste and her mother created a menu I like to describe as ‘elegant southern’ and our guests are still talking about it. It was presented so beautifully and it was absolutely DELICIOUS. She even suggested and created a nontraditional dessert option, a gelato bar! It was a hit, everyone loved it. Celeste is so kind and genuine, I felt like I could ask and talk to her about anything. She is very honest and realistic about things—there were places I wanted to cut corners and stick to budget, she was willing to help and was very honest about how that would or would not affect the overall feel of my wedding. Our wedding exceeded expectations and I completely credit Celeste! Two pieces of advice for brides looking to get married on the Florida panhandle: hire Celeste and trust Celeste. Your day will be a dream come true if you do!

ry about paying 10 different staff with using all different companies! But the food at my wedding was DELICIOUS!! I had crab cakes on fried green tomatoes (TO DIE FOR), a skewer station with different meats and veggies (YUM), a taco station with the choice of chicken or fish and lots of yummy toppings and then the cheese and fruit station as well! I am still getting compliments on how great the food was! The staff helping Celeste were so sweet and friendly and truly acted like they were happy to be there! Being the bride, your busy talking and mingling and dancing so you dont get much time to eat, but if you use Celestines, I suggest you take time to eat some of that delicious food!!

and catering. Her and her mother worked so hard all day and our wedding ended up being so much more than we imagined. She even had a seven foot wooden cross made for us for our ceremony. The center of the cross was covered with greenery and flowers and was identical to the picture I had shown her. She sent me a sweet, calming text message the morning of our wedding, packaged tons of togo food and cake for us after the reception, and set out vases for all of the bridesmaids to place their bouquets. I cannot say enough good things about her. They really went above and beyond for us. Our guests are still talking about the beautiful cross and delicious food!

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od was excellent and we have had tons of people give us complements on how great the food was at the wedding!

to mention Celeste is absolutely lovely and their shop is AN incredible gem off 30-A. Definitely recommend them!

budget- even if it does change several times! She was so understanding, she knows that she is kind of "leftovers", as she put it. Typically your venue is a set price, along with your dj and photographer, and your officiant. So you can play with your florist budget a little more- she understood everytime the budget changed. Thanks Celeste!

Everything was amazing!! I can't thank them enough for helping to make our wedding day so beautiful!

rs, linens, etc.) were gorgeous!!