Saturday, April 20, 2013

Going to the Chaaapeell, gooooing to get MARRiiieed...






I'm in Indiana today to attend my brothers wedding. This is a big deal folks, as no one ever thought the boy would get married! He's been single for the past 10 years! My husband had to stay behind to help with the weddings I would be missing while I'm away but my daughters are with me (and very excited about their job to pass out programs). They are fascinated with the fact that the wedding is NOT on a beach! I told them the wedding would be in a church and they were a bit surprised people got married in churches! Ah, the minds of children of destination wedding planners....

Before you ask, I have no idea where the photo above is from. I found it on Pinterest and when I clicked on it, it took me here.

I get back very last Tuesday night and will not be returning calls until Wednesday but I am keeping up with emails while I'm gone.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Sailing away....

Island Sweet Stuff






Isn't that cake amazing? Created by the talented Island Sweet Stuff team.

Even though it's a boat and not a plane, it reminds me to tell you I'm taking off tomorrow! The timing could not be any worse, but my big brother has decided to get married!! Unfortunately, it's HIGH SEASON around here, but I simply could no miss my big brothers wedding (pigs are flying! hell is freezing over!). It's an event I won't be able to believe unless I see it with my own eyes!

I will be working while I'm away - the laptop and I will be the best of travel buddies and my phone will never leave my hand. I have my staff in place here to make sure all the weddings will go off without a hitch.

I'm really excited to attend a wedding that I am not in charge of! It's going to be a new experience for me and I'm going to do my best to enjoy it as a guest and not critique everything. That may be hard for me! Wish me luck!

Sunday, April 14, 2013

I adore this favor idea...

I've looked around on Pinterest a little lately at destination wedding favors. I've had a few brides recently asking for ideas so I was looking for something new & unique. I think I found it!

Fedoras for the boys:

destination wedding favors

Shawls for the ladies:
SSt. John wedding planners


Or a fun help yourself station with fans, hats, shawls, etc:

Island Bliss Weddings

Classic, simple, fun...usable! Love it.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

A new romantic arch....

I'm starting to see a new trend in archways...









I tried to get a picture of the ceremony but I don't like to be intrusive so I stayed in the very back and then the real photographers are always in my way! You can see them both crouched down in the aisle in the photos below. I have a nice collection of photographers backsides. :)

Friday, April 5, 2013

March Re-Cap!

Oh, to be in the throws of busy season...it is just nuts! I feel like I am either at a wedding or I am behind the computer 24/7. It's a good thing I love my job! I can't imagine doing anything else. But during busy season...my mind can wander to the the beach, or a boat, a hammock and I wish I was doing that instead!

If you're trying to get a hold of me in April or May, email is really the very best way. I try not to answer the phone when I'm on-site and when I'm behind the computer, it can be hard to answer and break concentration while doing emails (I'm in the zone, man!). Emailing questions or emailing to schedule a conference call is best.

 I had the March re-cap on my to do list since the end of March. I just went through the pictures and I am so glad I'm doing these monthly re-caps. So many of the following images would have just been kept on my jump drive and never shared! So sit back, we've got a lot to go through!

I love images like the one in this Brewer's Bay photo below. My mother would say "but they are way down at the bottom!". Exactly.


Ha! We had to make a hat for my daughters preschool Easter egg hunt (which put me even more behind on emails!). I hope everyone had a good holiday!


My "mini-vacation" - I had a villa wedding on the far east end of St. John - the only hotel in this area is the Concordia Eco Resort. My "sweet suite" below. My friend told me this is "glamping" - glamorous camping. Can't beat that view though, huh?


Pretty little boutonniere.


We've had a lot more requests lately for snacks at ceremonies. I found this little seahorse cheese cutter on eBay. You know I had to have it!


A really lovely ceremony on Lime Tree Beach - these petals? Yummy dessert for the iguanas! You need to see more of this wedding - it was gorgeous. Check it out here.


Not the best picture in the world - taken with my little point & shoot camera - but I love the look of the lanterns and burlap runner. Very neutral and classic. Brides often tell me they was "simple but elegant" - if you think about this phrase, it's really hard to nail down what this really means. But I think this picture just about covers it.


I could go on and on about this Oppenheimer wedding below. The couple was just so sweet and fun to work with and I have to admit, I was a bit nervous about having both the ceremony and reception at Oppenheimer but it totally worked out and was goooorgeous.


I told you....lots of food requests....


Love this wedding at Sand Dollar Estates. You can't see the lanterns here very well (different then the white ones above) but this was also very pretty.


Yay for sunsets on Brewer's Bay!


I stalked this chalkboard on the website that was selling it for months. Everything I would check, they would be sold out. Finally one day a few weeks ago, they had them in stock! I snatched up two and a day later? They were sold out again!


Look at Mr. Crab! I was taking a picture of the bouquet and he showed up to say hi.


And Yay! for sunsets on Trunk Bay. You can't beat the magic lighting at a Trunk Bay sunset wedding.



This may be slowing me down with emails. Another picture of St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix on my lap while I type. You'd think three sleeping kittens on your lap wouldn't be hard to work around. They are. And St. Croix? He has to go to the vet tomorrow. We're pretty sure he broke his front leg. And you know what that means? Non-stop meeeeeooooowww, meeeeoooowwww....But St. Thomas & St. John? They so want you to take them home! Adopt them! I'll cover their adoption fees!


That Oppenheimer Wedding again...how pretty were these chairs? We needed them for the Hora but they worked great as a little lounge during cocktail hour. The white lanterns are hanging in the trees. How cool? Very.


I think I shared this already in a blog post last month. I don't care. It's so pretty, it needs to be shared again.


And OMG...as I was going through the photos I found this and I can't believe I forgot to blog about it! At our Sand Dollar Villa reception, our bride use white luggage tags attached to a sand dollar for the place card/favors. Pretty right? But wait...
 

Look at the monogram on the back!! Love this idea!


Oh yea, Oppenheimer again. In case you didn't know, I have no control of the way this blog uploaded the photo - it chose some random order. Let's go with it. =)


You may have seen something similar on Pinterest? Our caterer (Passion Fruit Chefs), they got it done! Apparently they have the inside info on a local coconut man. Fill with a painkiller, add a straw, you're good to go!


That new chalkboard sign has lots of good uses! This sign is hard to display if it can't be hung up somewhere. Chalkboard sign saves the day.


Phew! And onward we march into April....

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Congrats to Olive & Nathan!

I can't say how much this video made me smile! It's just gorgeous - thank you to Chris Angeles Films! Olive & Nathan flew Chris in just to film the wedding and I can see why. Great work! And check out the photos by Elisha Orin Did Olive and Nathan hit the talent jackpot or what?

Monday, April 1, 2013

April Fools! But it's not a joke...

So remember the puppies I was fostering? They *almost* have new homes. We are now fostering little baby boy kittens! Would any of my April or May brides like to take one home?!

This is St. Croix (he's the biggest)


This is St. Thomas


The all black one is St. John (he's the smallest)


Next week they will get their first shots and will be ready for adoption. If you are flying in, we can get a health certificate for you and you can easily fly home with one (or two or three!). It's a great souvenir from your wedding, right?! =)