Villa Serendipity Wedding

Yesterday was such a beautiful wedding - I just downloaded the images and am going to blog them here - I think that's the fastest I have ever blogged a wedding!

First we had the ceremony at Lime Tree Beach with beautiful mason jars and a full rose petals aisle.

This bride chose an amazing bouquet - be warned - she paid a lot more for it - but it was GORGEOUS.

With of course, our signature seahorse!

The reception was then held at Villa Serendipity - all events on St. Thomas. Heavy appetizers were provided by Passion Fruit Chefs, music by DJ Snow and photography by Elisha Orin (all photos here were taken by me though).

I love their favors - these CD covers were adorable. 

Wedding cakes by Island Sweet Stuff:

We brought these twine wrapped vases for the bridal party to put their flowers in and reused the mason jars from the ceremony to add more flowers to the reception.

You cannot beat this view! 

These centerpieces turned out awesome - the twigs created an even large effect.

Congrats Katie & Brooks!

Congrats to Rosalyn & Bret!

These photos are so completely out of order! But oh so pretty anyway. Rosalyn & Bret were married on Lime Tree Beach, St. Thomas. Megan Biggs Photography shared their photos with me quite awhile ago but I'm just now getting around to posting them (post-holiday laziness on my part!).

Lemonade in a mason jar...ahhhh....

As you know, I am now on Pinterest and loving all the new ideas. Our wedding last Friday on Lime Tree Beach had lemonade for guests to enjoy after the ceremony and of course, I had to replicate the mason jar idea I found. I think I came out really cute, what do you think?

Parasols instead of flowers...

I think this is such a great idea, especially when you have a large bridal party. A maids bouquet can be as inexpensive as $30 but a full sized maids bouquet is typically $75. If you have six maids...yikes, that can add up quick. I love the simple white against the freshness of their blue dresses...these parasols are a perfectly beautiful alternative to flowers.




Thank you Elisha Orin for the photos above. Here are a few others I found online showing different colors:

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...

Lime Tree Beach Wedding

I took a photo of this set up with my iPhone on Tuesday and posted it to our Facebook page but I have the old version iPhone and the photo was pretty "not great". But the set up was fabulous! I wanted to share some more pictures taken by a real camera of both the set up at Lime Tree Beach (also known as Bluebeard's Beach Club) and the reception at Havana Blue. Havana Blue is located at Frenchman's Reef, which recently underwent renovations. Havana Blue is a great spot for a luncheon or dinner reception.



These flower arrangements were supposed to be up on the candelabras that you'll see later on at the reception. Unfortunately, because of the breeze, we weren't able to use them. The candelabras are $750 to replace if they are broken...and um, no one wanted to take that risk! I'm going to rename the candelabras "how to give your wedding planner a heart attack". The breeze at Havana Blue was a bit...strong...and these things would lean ever so lightly, making my eyes bug out of my head and my heart skip a beat.




I didn't get a great photo of the rose petals we had put down. The breeze was not to kind to them, scattering them pretty quickly, but the did look lovely on the aisle runner.



The pomanders from the ceremony were reused at the reception...





This was such a fun wedding to work on, I love this set up, so pretty!

Enjoy your Halloween weekend!

Sunset colors...

These photos are pictures I took with my little camera at last weeks wedding on Brewer's Bay. The bride & groom really wanted romantic sunset photos and it is always a little stressful as a wedding planner...as sunsets are completely out of my control! And very hard to time...this particular glow only lasted about 15 minutes. But what a great 15 minutes it was, giving the photographer enough time to capture some really wonderful sunset images!




There are a lot of questions that pop up when a couple wishes to be married at sunset. A lot of times, you imagine saying your vows while the sky looks like this...but keep in mind, 10 minutes later, the sun is gone and it is now DARK outside. Which means terrible light for group, family and portrait shots after the ceremony. We normally schedule the ceremony about 1 hour before the scheduled sunset - this allows for great lighting for the ceremony, time for photos after and then just shots of the bride & groom together (which are going to the ones you love the most).

Another question is...which beach has the best sunset?? Lime Tree Beach and Brewer's are the two that really face the sunset, but that doesn't mean you can't get great sunset photos at other beaches. Lindquist Beach has amazing lighting around this time of day, very soft and even for photographer. But it does face east, so your sunset is going to look different....



I had someone ask me the other day, what time of year is best for sunsets? Honestly, there isn't a good or bad time...it all depends on the conditions on that day (dust in the air is good, so are clouds...but of course, too many clouds and the sunset is blocked!). The timing of the ceremony is important too. It's tricky, but with some luck, it can be done!