A little something blue.

I was shopping last week in Red Hook in one of my favorite little home stores (Home Again, they have so much stuff to look at, it could easily take over an hour to see everything). They are also one of the few distributors of Isola Bella Designs. I know I have blogged about them before as they have great gift bags, wine bottle bags, home decor, etc. (check them out at www.shop.isolabellashop.com).

Had lots of fun shopping around, but I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw this:



How gorgeous and perfect is it for a destination bride on her wedding day?? It even said "Bridal Handkerchiefs" on the sign! And they are only $10. I bought one and contemplated buying two...two little girls at home that will perhaps grow up to be brides one day...but decided against that (how many years will it be stored in my junk drawer if I wait for that to happen??). So now I'm trying to figure out what to do with the one that I bought....a blog giveaway perhaps? Any ideas?

Save The Dates!

A client of mine from Chicago (hi Amy!) asked me to send her 50 St. Thomas postcards. She plans to use these as her save the dates for her Feb. 2011 wedding. I don't particularly like picking out things for a bride, everyone has such different tastes. But when I found these, how could anyone not love them? They are so classic and beautiful.

Virgin Islands Chapter of AFWPI

It was a true honor to attend the first social mixer of the Virgin Islands Chapter of the Association for Wedding Professional International on Tuesday night. The association is open to all wedding professional in the US Virgin Islands. It was great to see so many vendors come together and...




do some serious damage to the sushi platters!



I'm proud to be a member of this growing organization and seeing what the future has in hold for it!

Mimosa anyone?

I had a lovely wedding yesterday on Lime Tree Beach (aka Bluebeard's Beach Club). We knew in advance that many of the guests did not really enjoy champagne, so we brought a bottle of OJ for guests to make mimosas. I really didn't want to bring a carton of OJ with me to an elegant wedding - something just didn't seem right about pouring from a Minute Maid jug into a champagne flute! So I brought along this beautiful Mason jar. I really like the way it presented itself!

Toes in the sand...

Can you imagine anything better?

A cookie after my own heart....

Can you tell what these are??



Seahorse cookies!! We had an absolutely GORGEOUS wedding this morning at Lindquist Beach for a lovely couple coming in on a cruise ship. Our bride is just as crazy for seahorses as I am and requested seahorse cookies instead of a wedding cake. Our bakery, VI Desserts, didn't have a seahorse cookies cutter, so I found one on eBay. Now...the eBay listing said it was 4" and I didn't really think to measure it but these things were much bigger than 4"! Closer to 6 in fact. They looked awesome and the bakery was able to do the icing in the brides wedding colors. VI Desserts can use my cookie cutter anytime, so if you like them too, don't be shy to order. They have their own starfish cookie cutter that makes a great awesome starfish cookie as well.

A big bonus of these cookies? The royal icing hardens, but isn't hard, if that makes sense. Very, very little mess involved - virtually none at all.

Congrats Cliff & Sarah! I hope you sail off into the sunset on the Ruby Princess with fond memories of St. Thomas!

Congratulations Kenny & Jackie!

Kenny & Jackie were married yesterday on Lindquist Beach. They were our one of two guests bloggers that we had back in October! I had SO MUCH fun at their wedding yesterday, I felt like one of the guests. They are a super cool couple (and avid blog readers) all the way from Scotland. Kenny looked so handsome in his kilt!



If you click on the hyperlink above, you can read about Jackie's idea of incorporating the Scottish thisle into her bouquet. She brought the flowers with her. They came out gorgeous!



And you know what the coolest thing about Kenny & Jackie is? Other than their adorable accent? How nice they are! They brought me an awesome gift all the way from Scotland. This is a Scottish Friendship Cup, also known as a Quaich. Next time they come to St. Thomas, they are going to drink whiskey out of it with me! =)



And can you find my favorite part?



The thistle!!