Love these kind of emails...

From a recent bride:

Now that were back from St. Thomas and settled (back to work, ugh), I wanted to email and thank you and Stuart for everything with the planning of our ceremony. Please share this email with him too. I'm sorry I didn't get to say goodbye to you both before we left for pictures. Last Saturday could not have been more perfect or amazing. It was everything we had hoped for. Our guests raved about it and some said it was the best wedding ceremony they have ever been to. Several guests also stated how great Stuart was presiding over the ceremony. It was like he knew us for years and didn't miss a beat. I've been stalking our mailbox since we've been back because I'm dying to see our wedding pictures from Blue Glass! Alain was wonderful! Thank you for all your recommendations, suggestions, and for always answering all my questions. No one would believe me when I told them how easy it was to plan everything over email and that I trusted someone miles away to handle everything. I post in several wedding/travel forums and have recommended your services to others and will continue to do so. We'll certainly contact you again in a few years when we renew our vows (hopefully I can get Jon to go back sooner, ha). Please take care and if you ever need anything in Pennsylvania, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Wonderful wedding favors...

We see a lot of wedding favors around here. It's one of my favorite elements of the wedding day. Last week, a box arrived full of favors for our 1/18/12 wedding and after showing them to my husband he declared, "those are the nicest wedding favors I think I've ever seen". It's nice to have a hubby that has such an opinion on such matters. =)

Without further ado, take a look at these beautiful photo albums:



Each album was wrapped with a name tag & raffia.



Inside was a personalized note to each guest from the bride & groom.

And each album had an engagement picture (taken by Elisha Orin) to start the album off:



I just loved these! And they even made a brief appearance in their wedding video by Andrew Orleans:

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Winner of the Bride's Choice Award 2012!

Yeah us!




As a recipient, we are recognized as part of the top 5% of Wedding Professionals nationwide!

Wedding Videos...

I've seen a decline in brides requesting videographers for their wedding over the last year. I blame it on economy. I think brides think "I'm already paying for photography so video needs to go" when trimming the budget. While I think you need to do what is best for you, your wedding and your financial future, I have to say I think the brides in the following videos would tell you that they treasure their videos more than anything. Here are a few of my favorite video clips from weddings we have done over the last few years...

This wedding was at Our Lady of Perpetual Help with the reception at Havana Blue, captured by the amazing Glen Elliott:



This wedding was at Villa Botanica on one of the rainest days of they year, captured by the fabulous Star Fruit Productions:



This video was by Andrew Orleans - the better half of Elisha Orin. Our bride & groom got ready at the Sugar & Spice Luxe Studios after arriving on the Freedom of the Seas. Their ceremony & mini-reception was hosted by the beautiful Oceana in Frenchtown, St. Thomas.

leighanna and jacob from andrew orleans on Vimeo.

This bride & groom were married on St. John in the cutest little church in Cruz Bay with their reception at the Ocean Grille. This was produced locally by the wonderful HiDef Video team.

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Congratulations Jennie & Jonathon!

I had two weddings yesterday - one was for Jennie & Jonathon, the other was for Jemmie & James. Yes...two brides...Jemmie & Jennie! They were both lovely to work with but I have to say, I'm kind of glad that day is over. Trying to keep them straight was headache inducing!

Jennie & Jonathon hired Blue Glass Photography to capture their day and Alain, their photographer, emails me these photos today. Just wanted to share, especially since I love the downtown photos more than anything else...

Ceremony at Lime Tree Beach...

Ringing in the New Year...

It's 2012 and the year of the Dragon - not really sure what that means other than it's going to be an awesome year! This time of year is always very busy for us. A lot of our spring and summer brides put their wedding plans on hold to enjoy the holidays and then we get a flood of emails from them come January. A lot of couples were engaged over the holidays, we see a flood of new inquiries. It's also the time of year that we revamp a lot of our photos, procedures, website, etc to get ready for the new year. We've been reaching out to new venues, old venues and evaluating current venues. We've tested out some new vendors. We've got a new part-time coordinator. I know I'm excited for 2012!