St. Thomas Photo Booth!

It can sometimes take a little while for wedding trends to make their way to the islands but I'm so glad this one finally did! This a new company on St. Thomas that I am so excited about - St. Thomas Photo Booth!

They did a wedding with us last November, here are some photos I took with my camera. They have this awesome little booth that guests can go inside - before going inside, they pick out the props they want to take with them (the props are included but you're always welcome to bring your own too).

On one side of the booth is the camera.

And the other side is a little bench for guests to sit on.

And you end up with some pretty awesome images from your friends and family!

Go to their Facebook page right now! Share their site, like their page, get friends to like it too and guess what?! You could win this completely awesome St. Thomas map necklace!

Chevron Wedding and fun details...

My last wedding at Sand Dollar Estate was so beautiful. I love chevron print and the bride used it beautifully. She started the day wearing this from Etsy:

Also from Etsy were these gorgeous coral colored chevron table runners. The bride had told me about the blue poms she planned to use on each table setting and I wasn't really sure how that was going to look but wow, I loved it! The coral and blue combos are so pretty.

Love!

She had a lot of great personal touches like the chalkboard name place cards, coordinating table numbers in cute little wooden blocks:

And her favors were one of my favorites this year. She purchased these bags from Isola Bella, a local artist:

And then filled them with goodies that represented both her and the groom:

Including a Maryland style crab mallet! Her reception wasn't the only beautiful thing about this wedding. Unfortunately the water at the beach at Sand Dollar was a little too high for the ceremony so we moved it to the pool deck, but look how beautiful the setup was!

And because I know you enjoying peaking into other weddings, check out some more pictures from this wedding! The beautiful brides bouquet:

Great way to use your bouquets after the ceremony for decor - rented blue mason jars with starfish decor

Don't expect me to be able to do this for your wedding! The brides friend was able to chalk up this board and made it look awesome! I don't have this talent unfortunately....

We rent this 24x24 chalkboard sign to our brides - perfect for ceremony or reception!

This was a very fun group with lots of dancing. It was a fun wedding to be a part of and of course, I loved the end of the night when the bride surprised me with this necklace! She had seen in on my Pinterest page!

Really, my favorite part of wedding planning is seeing how brides pull all their creative efforts together. I'll be honest, I wasn't sure I was going to like the poms with the chevron runners but when I saw it all together, it looked amazing. Gorgeous wedding thanks to the efforts of my creative bride!!

A new addition to the giveaway!

If you haven't checked out the giveaway - check it out!

I have another fun item to add:

A fun little airplane luggage tag! So if you haven't come down to get married yet, you'll be able to add this to your luggage. If you've already been married with us, attach this when you come down for your vow renewal! =)

Photo shares!

I love when a bride sends me photos from her wedding day, especially when she has brought her own photographer from home. It's nice to see a wedding through an unfamiliar photographers perspective. Thanks Ally for sharing these photos with me! And thank you Peirce Photography for allowing us to share the images. Ally was married on Lindquist Beach and had her reception at Bolongo Bay...

If you are a past bride and wouldn't mind sharing some photos for the blog, please send them to janelle@islandblissweddings.com - I know we'd all love to see them!