New, fresh and exciting (for me at least)

My new elements are starting to arrive in the mail and yesterdays wedding was the first that I could do one of our newest aisles. I loved the results - what do you think?

Nice white starfish, bright green moss balls and beachy driftwood. I love how it all came together.

I have a goal of starting a new "choose your own aisle". Right now our packages include conch shell & palm leaf decor but I want to start offering our clients choices on the type of aisle they have. Of course, you have that choice NOW, but it's not properly presented to make the selection process easy. I'm hoping to have that set up by the end of May.

Saint Thomas Yoga

This is a new and very exciting service offered here in the Virgin Islands! We have spa services that will come to your hotel and villa....but what about some serious stress relief? Yoga! For any of my yogi brides, I think this would be a must have for your wedding day (or the day before or after!).

Check out St. Thomas Yoga for details on classes or even a private session.

So I took the plunge and have been pinning away!

That's right folks...I couldn't deny it anymore. For months brides have been sending me links to the Pinterest boards and I hated going there, knowing that I was going to get sucked in to hours and hours of browsing boards. This site is amazing! So many cool ideas for people to share with each other. I finally decided to open an account for Island Bliss Weddings, pinning my favorite things. I already have an idea that I'm going to incorporate into tomorrow's wedding (a surprise for the bride!) that I'll definitely come back on and share.

I started a few boards - some of them are color inspiration boards based on the popular colors I am seeing this year....I named them Yellow Sunshine and Coral Inspirations. I also added "In the Navy" because I'm really starting to dig nautical themed events (and navy can look amazing with a few other colors...hot pink, apple green, yellow...love these shades together - not all togeher at once, but navy & hot pink or navy & apple green, etc). If you can think of a board that you'd like me to start...a certain color palette or a certain theme, please let me know and I'll happily do so!

Best idea ever.

I am so in love with this sign. I might just have one made from Etsy. What do you think? Would you like it at your ceremony?

Perfect welcome party shorts...

I became slightly obsessed with these shorts when I saw them on OneWed's Facebook page yesterday. I think these would be awesome to wear for a welcome party or even something to change into later at the reception if you're too warm in your dress. I was a liiiiittlle put off by the $280 price tag. So when in sticker shot, I always check out eBay to see what they may be able to offer. And a good deal I did find! Click on a price you like....

For $15

For $50

For $10

For $16

Bored? Not at MY wedding!

LOL...we did a beautiful wedding last month at Villa Botanica, which is located on the top of Crown Mountain in St. Thomas. There are a few different ceremony sites to chose from in the location and the bride chose to be married in the garden.



We place programs on each chair. The front side had the happy couples name and wedding information...the backside was full of puzzles, crosswords, Mad Libs, to keep you entertained in case the ceremony got a little too long. How cute are the little pencils attached to the ribbons?



This bride was very creative. For favors/seating cards, she used picture frame coasters at everyone's seat. In order to indicate to the staff who had the chicken and who had the beef, she put a little sticker on each coaster! I wish they would have had a fish option, I could just see a little kissy fish on there!