Congratulations William & Catherine!

And just a word of advice:



PS They're already selling knockoff's of Kate's dress on Etsy!

Awesome Welcome Bag Ideas

I had to admit this, but I am a knick knack kind of person. I watch the show Hoarders on TV and I'm pretty sure I could slip into that given the right conditions. Unfortunately, the home that I live in has ZERO storage space. It was build in the 1960s as a vacation home. Vacationers do not need a lot of storage, they live out of the luggage, right? So I neither have space to display knick knacks nor do I have space to store them (and my husband is so very thankful).

I think because this knick knack loving, hoarding tendency that I posses is the main reason that my favorite part about my job is favors and gift bags. I just love "stuff" and am always fascinated with what brides decide to do for these two items. I also have a lot of brides asking for ideas, so whenever possible, I do try to get pictures and add them to our Fun Stuff album on our Shutterfly pages. I think this particular album gets overlooked, so before I update it, I wanted to share some of these photos on the blog.

First up: welcome bags! I do have a list of items that I'm happy to send to clients with suggestions of what to put in the bags - but ultimately, those items and the bags themselves are up to you to decide. A recent bride gave me my own gift bag (yeah! love more stuff!!) so I took a bunch of pictures to share with you:

I love this particular bag because it's so practical and earth friendly! Instead of having the couples name & dates on it, which may make guests not really use it again, its just a simple reusable grocery bag:



And here is a peak inside:



I love the St. Thomas Survival Kit with Pepto tablets, Advil, mints, etc.



The bride & grooms initials were going to be AC and GC - so they did a little AC/DC thing and the groom made up a playlist - there were songs from each of their hometowns, their favorites, some island songs, very cute!

You can also go the more personalized route with a bag like this:



You can bet I flipped my lid when I saw the seahorse! The bride found these on Esty by seller beachchik - here is a photo from the Esty listing:



I wanted to show this photo as well because look how pretty the bags are just rolled up with a piece of raffia ribbon? You don't even need to fill the bags, but they could simply be gifts all by themselves.

Next up: favors! Check back soon for an update!

Busy busy week!

Every now and then, we have a week that is just booming with weddings and this has been one of those weeks! I've taken so many pictures and have so much to blog about! But unfortunately, my camera is in the car that my husband is currently driving around so no photos of my own to share. Fortunately though, Blue Glass Photography sent me over some photos of a recent wedding they shot for us so I will share those instead!

In my next blog post, I'll show you how this "floating orchid" shot was possible.



And a picture of our bride - I just love this photo. She is such a natural beauty!



Hopefully more blog posts to come very soon!

Something new...

I'm always looking for new ideas on how to do anything better for a wedding - I love change and evolvment, I don't want to offer the same thing everyone else does, or even just offer the same thing over and over again. A few months ago, a bride came up with this idea and I just loved it. I'm very excited now to be able to offer these lush orchid aisles...

A beautiful sunset

Stephanie hired Island Bliss Weddings to help her pull off her St. John wedding. She really didn't need coordination, but just assistance with the ceremony set up on the beach - an arch, chairs, etc. We're happy to offer whatever services a bride needs, even if it something simple like arranging favors & centerpieces on the table at the reception before guests arrive or setting up chairs & an arch on the beach.

Stephanie shared a lot of the ideas she had with me, this one is one of my favorite:



she had all of her bridesmaids in a different "sunset color". Look how nicely they all compliment the sky!

Grooming her to be a wedding planner...

You have to start somewhere, even if it is "back up logo":

Happy April Fools!

How funny would it be if someone proposed tonight with this lovely "one carrot ring"? Ha! Would your man have gotten slapped or would you have rolled on the floor laughing? I found this little gem on...well, Etsy of course! This is by jujulee.