August Re-Cap!

Almost two weeks in to September and I'm finally getting to the August re-cap! I always look forward to the fall thinking we'll slow down and have more free time but I find when I'm not at a wedding, I'm busy catching up on other things. We have some exciting stuff happening this fall which will be blogged about soon. In the meantime, checkout some photos from our fabulous August events!

Check out the new "beach lounge" at Bolongo Bay Beach Resort! This little area is right near where they set up the tent for wedding receptions and makes a beautiful cocktail hour area.

PHOTO BOMB at Lindquist Beach!

How cute is this couple?!

This couple chose to have a 2nd hour of photos back at their hotel after the ceremony. These two photos were taken at Frenchman's Reef. I love the splash of color inside her dress.

A lovely morning wedding at Hawksnest!

Sometimes morning weddings are just tiresome though. Poor little guy fell asleep as mommy and daddy were saying I Do!

But you get some really great morning lighting likes these Lindquist Beach weddings:

I thought this was a fun picture - completely by accident - I took a photo with my camera to check the setting and accidentally  caught this moment on Magen's Bay right before the bride walked down the aisle.

Magen's Bay palm trees...

If you have your wedding at Oceana, you'll have the honor and distinct privilege to meet Morris the Cat.

Pretty Klip Point at Sapphire Beach...a gorgeous spot for sunset weddings (and sunrise!)

Look at the sunset!

I love the rose petal toss photo - and its possible to do even if its just the two of you - the officiate stood off to the side and tossed these! I love how they have a 3D effect in the first photo.

This bride had a few photos taken in her room before the ceremony - and a cool room it was at Sapphire Beach and Marina. Some of the rooms are really nicely updated.

One of our Sand Dollar Villa events last month. I love decorating the tables here.

And a few of the yummy wedding cakes we had last month.

I love this photo - the bride made this the morning of the wedding - just glued some starfish together and slide the rings on - awesome ring "pillow"!

I thought this was a fun ring shot too - two sea urchins found on the beach added the right beachy touch

The next two photos were taken by Megan Biggs Photography. This couples was just so sweet - they had their sunset wedding on Trunk Bay followed by a reception at Ocean Grille in St. John.

And of course my daughters want to know why he is wearing a "skirt".

I'm often asked what my favorite beach is and honestly, I absolutely love Trunk Bay weddings at sunset. Just look at that beautiful light.

And that's it for August my friends! Hopefully the September re-cap will be up around October 1st instead of mid-October!

Congrats Alison & Grant - all the way from the UK!

I know I've said it many times before but I love hearing from past brides. Alison sent me this note and a few of her photos from her wedding (thanks Megan Biggs!).

Apologies that this has taken some time to send but Grant and I would like to say a HUGE Thank You to you and Stuart for helping us tie the knot last November.

When communicating purely via email sometimes it can be a little bit testing but from the reviews on your website I felt assured that we had chosen the correct way to tie the knot.

I didn't expect to be sea sick on my 1st cruise especially as people told me I wouldn't feel the ship move but on the day of the wedding I amazingly felt great .. Well that was until we were told that the ship couldn't dock as it normally did but instead it would be berthed and we would be transported to the shore via lifeboat vessels ... Oh my word my heart went into full blown overdrive .....

However, on reaching the exit with my parents to see my handsome lad standing there waiting for me I knew that I could overcome this .. And I did :-)

Due to the delay it was a bit rushed but your husband Scott talked us through the whole process. Gave us a history lesson on route to Lindquist Beach and then it was like "whoa - this place is stunning"

Then the nerves started again when I was left in the car on my own for a short time until you arrived to welcome me and chat ...... I almost burst into tears at the sight of my bouquet it was stunning, and will be permanently ingrained in my memory.

It's funny to hear someone else who really doesn't know us to talk about our history together like we were best of friends as that's how it felt when Scott was conducting the ceremony .. But I knew that this was just PERFECT :-) and exactly what we wanted, just the two of us and my parents.  Yes it would have been nice to have other family there but it wouldn't have been the same and it wouldn't have been us as we are a private couple and like to do things our way.

Lindquist Beach is just stunning, there are no other words that can describe it and the ceremony was exactly us .. And we cannot recommend you, Scott, Megan (photographer) and St Thomas or Lindquist Beach enough ........ Truly AMAZING :-)

June Re-Cap!

I started going through the photos I took in June and thought...uh oh...I really don't have all that many to share! But then I started looking through the photos from Simple Island Photography and in fact, I did! Simple Island is a team of photographers and I usually get to keep a copy of all the photos (as I'm the photographer myself about 50% of the time) so it was fun pulling out some of my favorite images from each wedding.

I started doing the monthly recaps a few months ago - it's a great way to share a lot of photos that may otherwise not get shared and just sit in my data storage. It is not meant to showcase each wedding we did that month. I really wish I could but I don't always have access to the photos from each wedding nor am I at each of our events. I've felt really bad the last couple of months as I always get at least one or two emails from a bride that was disappointed her wedding didn't make make the re-cap. I think I do add at least one photo from each wedding that I have photos of...so if you don't see your wedding but would like to be on the blog, please send me some photos! I'd love to do a blog post for you.

As always, a very random assortment of photos

I think I'm going to do a blog post soon on just boutonnieres. They don't get as much attention as they should.

This couple chose to do a boat wedding where we rented a boat and a captain for the day - they got married on a little deserted island off the shores of St. John and then island hopped all day!

Not a bad way to spend your wedding day, huh?!

This couple below was married at the GORGEOUS Coco de Mer villa in the exclusive Peter Bay neighborhood of St. John. We actually just did our wedding last night there as well!

One of our brides last month sent down this "monkey knots" for her table number holders. They had arrived off a cruise ship and I thought this little knot idea was pretty clever. The owner of Villa Botanica, where she had her ceremony & reception got a little laugh when I had asked her if she had ever seen monkey knots before and she says "monkey nuts?".

I really love the combo of green and white tropical bouquets.

Blue has been a popular color this year as well.

A bird of paradise in the bouquet is always a fun and tropical touch.

One of my favorites this past month was this coral and yellow though. The gloriosa lilies were the perfect shade.

And more centerpieces from this past month.

These name cards were etched onto pieces of driftwood. Very cool!

A morning wedding on Hawksnest Beach..

Ha! And another party we coordinated this month? My daughter Maya's 5th birthday party! She loves penguins so we did an entire penguin theme.

You may want something more simple for your own cake though. :)

One of my favorite favors (although I think I'm cheating here - this wedding was actually in July) were these koozies!

I wanted to get koozies for my daughter's birthday party but my husband convinced me they were not appropriate for a childs birthday party! If only they made juice box koozies...

This was a pretty wedding at Lime Tree Beach, St. Thomas. They were crew members on the Disney ship!

A ceremony all set up and ready to go at Lindquist Beach, St. Thomas.

A bride sent me this fun picture of her bridesmaids at Sapphire Beach Resort - great colors!

And unfortunately, we did have some rain issues in June, but that didn't stop this couple from enjoying the beach.

I really loved this rose petal patterned aisle.

More centerpieces! I told you, this program just throws up the photos randomly!

The elegant ombre ruffle cake!

How adorable!!!

This was a bride after my own heart with all her seahorse details. Each chair had a vintage hankie and a fan with a white seahorse stenciled on.

This bride here? Very last minute! I got a phone call almost asking if they could get married TOMORROW. Sure! Our officiate just took a few photos for them with a small point and click camera...which still turned out lovely! Just proves you don't need all that much time to plan! =)

Probably our most popular live music request...steel pan!

Its always a good idea to have a vase or two handy to put your bouquet in - make it work double duty and add some additional decor to the reception.

I took this while the photographer set the group up for a group shot...I loved the tropical jungle feel.

And a Trunk Bay sunset...nothing is better.

Another...this group was a hoot!

Trunk Bay once again...

And that's all for now! Please send in your photos if you'd like to be featured on the blog!!