Congrats Tasha & Walter!

Another gorgeous Lindquist Beach wedding shot by the talented Kelly O!

Congrats Nicole & Luis!

Nicole is a local girl - her parents own a business here on island. But she didn't find her husband locally - Nicole & Luis met while she was studying abroad in Spain! I love that - I think how incredibly awesome it would be to have family in Europe that I would be "forced" to visit (ha! You don't have to twist my arm to head to Europe!). And maybe the opportunity to live there for awhile? I'll take that too.

Kelly O from KO Photo did their photography and sent me these images. Thank you Kelly!

Congrats to Jerry & Jami!

I am way behind on my "favorite elements" challenge for October - if I didn't get to your wedding, I promise I will do so by the end of November! November is yet again a very crazy busy month for us with a crazy busy December to follow. I'm looking forward to January! (not really, I always get the post-holiday blue, I miss Oct/Nov/Dec when they are over!).

I had to get Jerry & Jami on the blog today though - their wedding was yesterday morning on Lindquist Beach, St. Thomas. With my October challenge, I was always looking for my favorite element of the wedding. The moment the bride stepped out of the car and told me her rooster story, I knew it would be the roosters! She told me many years ago she had gone to a psychic and what else but love topics come up with a psychic? The psychic told her she kept seeing roosters everywhere. Wouldn't you know that Lindquist Beach is covered with roosters?! The bride stepped out of the car and there must have been 20 of them with their chickens running around!

Of course we made sure to get a picture of the bride & groom with the roosters. Kelly O was their photographer but I was in charge of throwing bread combs in front of the couple to get them to cooperate. Kelly got some amazing photos - the photo below is NOT hers! I don't have a copy of Kelly's work yet - this photo is just one I snapped in between bread crumb duty:

I love these kind of stories. When I was a senior in college, my roommate and I went to a psychic. The only thing I remember about the session was she told me I would meet a man that would take me closer to the sea. Less than a year later, I was practically engaged to my now husband and less than 3 years from that session, I was moving to St. Thomas!

Congrats Lauren & Adrian!

Married on Lindquist Beach, St. Thomas and beautifully captured by Kelly O Photography!

Thank you Lauren for sharing these photos with me! I felt terrible that I missed Lauren's wedding. This was last month right after I returned from vacation and was hit with a horrible head cold. My voice alternated between a whisper and a goose mating call. Thankfully my wonderful assistant Kimberly was able to step in and cover for me and by looking at the photos, it looks like everything was a success!

Mimosa anyone?

I had a lovely wedding yesterday on Lime Tree Beach (aka Bluebeard's Beach Club). We knew in advance that many of the guests did not really enjoy champagne, so we brought a bottle of OJ for guests to make mimosas. I really didn't want to bring a carton of OJ with me to an elegant wedding - something just didn't seem right about pouring from a Minute Maid jug into a champagne flute! So I brought along this beautiful Mason jar. I really like the way it presented itself!