On this Christmas Eve eve...

I want to share with you a little gift from me to you...a recipe for my favorite Cruzan Christmas Drink! I invented this myself (or at least if there was a drink like it before, I was unaware of it).

Pour yourself about 8 ounces of milk (I use fat free but any kind would work well) and add a shot (about 2 ounces) of Cruzan Rum Cream. Not heard of Cruzan Rum Cream? It is heaven! If you love Bailey's, I think rum cream is about 100% better. Then add a splash of peppermint schnapps - don't overdo this - too much can kill the drink). I call this "Christmas in a Cup" and drink it every holiday season.

Like the bouquet in the background?! That's for our wedding tonight on Trunk Bay. Gorgeous, right?!

Speaking of St. John weddings...

Blue Glass Photography sent me these images of our Trunk Bay Wedding last week. Just love them!

Large bamboo arch with matching bamboo runner:

These photos couldn't be any prettier. You can't beat Trunk Bay weddings at sunset.

Congrats to Jake & Melissa!

Congrats to Leslie & Jamie!

Leslie & Jamie aren't exactly an October bride & groom, but they had a beautiful wedding nonetheless! Married at sunset on Trunk Bay...enjoy the sneak peek to your photos!

Congrats to Ric & Lynda!

Ric & Lynda were married on Trunk Bay this past Saturday. One of my absolutely favorite aspects of this wedding? Their gorgeous sunset!!!

I shot this with my iPhone in very low light, so it's a bit grainy, but it was really just a gorgeous night!

This post is a part of our October Favorites series. My goal is to post one picture from each wedding of my favorite part of the wedding.

Congrats to Andrew & Alex!

Another post for my "October Favorites" challenge. Andrew & Alex were married on October 2nd on Trunk Bay, St. John. My favorite element of their wedding day? These two photos! Alex is extremely ticklish and it was very hard to get this photo:

Because she kept doing this whenever he went to kiss her neck!

Congratulations you two - you are both so beautiful and so much fun to work with!

No petals, no problem!

St. John has a lot of rules & regulations about what can and cannot be done on the beach. I posted recently about no glass on the beach but another rule is that whatever we wedding planners bring in to decorate must be completely picked up after the wedding or we risk fines and possibly even losing our permit to do weddings on the beaches. This makes sense though, right? Leaving trash or decor behind would not be a nice thing to do...but this includes EVERYTHING, even rose petals that your flower girl may toss as she walks down the aisle. Every single rose petal must be picked back up before we leave. Because this can be nearly impossible, we don't really allow anything on the beaches in St. John that could possibly be left behind and get us in trouble. A recent bride really loved this look and wanted to duplicate it for her ceremony:

This is a bougainvillea aisle - this petals can be cut from their branches much like rose petals can be plucked from their stems. But just like rose petals, they are a pain to get all cleaned up. Thankfully, our florist was able to come up with a wonderful solution that really turned out cool:

These hot pink carnations were placed in floral oasis blocks - easy for us to set down and even easier to pick up and gave us a very similar look. The cool thing is that bougainvillea only comes in hot pink...but these could be done is just about any color to match your wedding colors!

Something blue...

I just loved these photos taken by Brooke Anthony of our Simple Island Photography team!



The photos are pretty but the shoes are fabulous! They deserve a closer look...



That's what I consider something BLUE! Loved them.

Can you believe this was at night?!

These pictures were taken when it was pretty much dark outside.





I felt so bad for this bride & groom! They put so much work into their wedding and then 10 minutes before the ceremony was to start, the skies opened up and it rained for the next hour. Right through sunset. =( We gave them some options...take the ceremony back to their villa, wait for the rain to stop, or hold the ceremony under one of the pavilions at Trunk Bay. We decided to wait for it to stop, but it was pretty dark by time the ceremony started. Many many kudos to Alain Brin of Blue Glass Photography and the magic of him camera for capturing these images with such little natural light!